Some ideas, I don't know if it works:

in your validation method, change
   NSArray *allSpecies = [self.managedObjectContext 
executeFetchRequest:allSpeciesIDsFetchRequest error:nil];
   NSArray *allCatalogIDs = [allSpecies valueForKeyPath:@"catalogID"];
   if ([allCatalogIDs containsObject:*ioValue]) {
to something like
   [allSpeciesIDsFetchRequest setPredicate:[NSPredicate 
predicateWithFormat:@"catalogID == %@", *ioValue]];
   NSArray *species = [self.managedObjectContext 
executeFetchRequest:allSpeciesIDsFetchRequest error:nil];
   if ([species count] > 1 ||
      [species count] == 1 && [species objectAtIndex:0] != self) {


NSTextField can have a delegate which can implement
- (BOOL)control:(NSControl *)control isValidObject:(id)object


Willeke
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