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Don't get a ceph of anysort, leave them to those of us who feel dedicated to the little guys (some are a little obsessive, you know who you are.) Start off with something that is quite hardy, and work your way there. You won't get the satisfaction that you seek by just mixing up some water in a 10 gal with a cotton/carbon bubble filter. There is a lot of experience that goes into those articles, and a great deal of passion. I am quite certain that the individuals that contribute, do so out of the goodness of their hearts, and to share knowledge and pass on wisdom to those that are willing to go through the process of keeping these wonderful creatures. Not only that, the knowledge base that was necessary to develope the understanding that is required to keep a ceph, is probally in the millions of dollars. It may sound a little outrageous, but if you take into acount the amount of time spent cleaning, caring for, feeding, observing, taking notes, maintaining water quality, temperature, making more observations, and then making adjustments. After having to do all that, reapply that to an emergency condition where something, seemingly innocuous, went wrong, then having to correct the condition, then do it all again. And not to mention the proper equipment that has to be purchased, just so you can do all of this. And keep in mind, everyone here, that has kept cephs successfully have indeed become emotionally attached to them. No one here would refute that statement, so to say that you don't want to read the forums that are available to you for FREE makes me a little

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Good luck to you.