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Welcome to ARC SirReal63. There are some great hobbyists in the area to be sure!! Lee

1.) I have seen over 580 species of birds in North America. 2.) I keep venomous snakes and tarantulas in addition to my tank. 3.) I owned a turquoise and white 58 Edsel Corsair Show Car with 53,000 original miles that won over 20 trophies. 4.) During my college years I traveled the country selling sports memorabilia at card shows around the nation. 5.) I first met the woman I married in 7th grade at age 11, we began dating when we were 15 and we have been married for seventeen years. Lee

Looking good!!! Lee

Yea, but it is over $2.00 a linear foot at HD. I can mail order for less than $90 a sq. ft. I was just checking to see if someone has some they didn't use to save money and time!! Lee

Does anyone have a roll or partial roll of Spaflex you are looking to get rid of? I can mail order for a decent price but thought I would check the club first. Lee

SOLD

1.) I am going to attempt to sell as a setup until Tuesday. 2.) If no one has bought the setup, I will begin parting out on Tuesday. 3.) You may claim dibs now. 4.) I will take Paypal. 5.) I will not sell the MH bulbs separate from the fixture. 6.) This was the tank I used for my scorpion and leaffish with SPS. 7.) I am selling because my wife said if I got the 225 Gallon tank all the others had to go! 8.) I have an acrylic (black) overflow that would need to be made shorter that I will throw in for whoever buys the tank in the event you wish to drill it or have it drilled. 45 Gallon (48LX18WX12H) Tank (non-drilled) - This is an excellent quality tank as it is exactly like River City Aquatics display Tanks (same glass thickness and everything - it was bought from there new about one year ago at the most). Stand - I just redid the stand and painted it a cool black using a slightly textured paint. Tank and Stand - $100 Giesemann 40" 2 X 150 Watt DE MH Fixture. Running with Phoenix 14K bulbs with lots of life left. I have some wire for hanging the fixture from your ceiling. Fixture Part Out Price - $400 with bulbs Aquaclear 70 with Hagen Surface Skimmer - $30 (2) Maxijet 1200 Powerheads - $8 each Mag-Float - $7 TOTAL SETUP PRICE (FIRM) - $475 This setup would be killer for frag propagation, clam tank, sps with predator fish like Scorpionfish, or if you would like to also see from top down. Thanks, Lee

Hey folks, Want to do some cool pillars in my new tank. I was wondering where I could buy some acrylic rods to make the pillars with? For those who have made pillars, is it better to use acrylic rods or pvc pipe? Thanks, Lee

Chip, It isn't ready to go just yet, but I have a great Aqua C Urchin HOB with Maxi-jet 1200 that I will be selling for $70. It is on a tank that will be coming down within the next few weeks. Lee

For a tank that size, check out the #4's. I have some of the Koralia's and have been very pleased. The Tunze nanostreams have been breaking (the holders) big time on me (I have had to superglue three arms). Lee

That is the tank indeed. Euroreef is also coming out with a cool pico tank which should hit around the end of the year/first of next year. The light appears to either be loved or hated. I like it with the rimless look. I have inquired at a local fish store as to whether they can get them in or not (referring back to the Current Solana). To see a bit more you can try searching the posts on the big central reef site and look for Melev's photos of MACNA. There is an on-line store that is selling the Solana but I don't think you can post their website, but it seems phishy to me ; ) Lee

Have you seen the new Current USA Solana rimless cube? 34 Gallon and has a cool metallic looking 150 Watt MH DE fixture. I am looking into one myself. Do a google search and you will get a couple of hits on it. Lee

Mike, No, I wasn't at all suggesting you were being unethical. If you were, you wouldn't have told people up front. Once you have and they take the corals then that is totally their decision. I am just saying that I assure people that the controls suggested on most forums don't work for bryopsis. I think that since you stated up front what was in the tank then you were doing just fine. If someone wants to take the rsik then that is their choice. However, that freebie better be worth everything in their tank if it brings bryopsis with it. I was just hoping to inform people before they made the choice (and I have do doubt you did as well). Oh, well, haven't posted in months and first one gets someone riled up. Back to lurking. Lee

Most of you haven't seen me on here in months and for a good reason. One word: Bryopsis. I can assure you if you are starting a new tank and move ANYTHING from the old one, it is only a matter of time. Bryopsis is NOT Hair Alage. It is a low nutrient algae and NOTHING eats it all. If you bought something that "ate" it, you didn't have bryopsis. I consulted with Eric Borneman, every book I could find and all kinds of experts. I tried Scribbled Rabbitfish, Sea Hairs, Lettuce Slugs, you name it. Final solution. I had to turn the lights off on both tanks for over 4 months. I could have sold or given away many corals and a clam, but I didn't feel that would be ethical. This is the WORST challenge in reefkeeping I have ever dealt with. It smothered corals, took over every piece equipment, and you name it. I would take a powerhead out of the tank, let it sit for a few weeks, put it back only to have the algae pop right back up. If you are starting a new tank, I would say start totally anew or you will regret it. Read about Bryopsis and you will see how easily it is spread. I just bit the bullet and ended up losing hundreds (probably thousands) of dollars of corals. All because of one rock I bought from a store that had some macroalgae I wanted (after it was in my tank one week I saw the bryopsis and pulled it out). It had already begun to spread by unseen methods. I had moved a few zoos from that tank a few days after I bought the macroalgae to my other tank. Guess what? I am serious to all reefers, you DO NOT want to add these to your tank. If you have seen my tanks prior and you saw them today you would weep. You can go to reef central and read that this or that eats it. I assure you, real bryopsis is low nutrient and not palatable to herbivores. Therefore, you can do water changes until you are blue in the face and it doesn't matter. Low phosphates or low nitrates don't do anything to help. I basically turned off the lights and did no water changes for 3 to 4 months and finally the stuff dissapeared. If you want to know more, feel free to email me!! Lee

Your unknown coral is the Pectina. Lee

Aquatek had a cool looking one (about the size of a huge pecan. It was white with yellow and blueish highlights - I believe), but that was last Friday when I saw it. Lee

I know that I never had a problem with River City's water and they are now offering premixed Tropic Marin water at $1.50 a gallon or IO water at $1.00 a gallon. Lee

Keep an eye on ebay for used MH kits. I picked up a Sunlight Supply dual 250 HQI ballast and (2) Reef Optix III pendants for only $300!! Find what you would like and watch for a good deal. For new kits (in addition to above) try www.reefgeek.com and www.championlighting.com. Lee

Best source is to go to the AKC website (www.akc.org) and find local breeders on their list. You may have to get on a waiting list, but you DON'T want to buy from Newspaper breeders. Folks who truly know the breeds are very selective in breeding and will do tests (depending on the typical maladies a breed tends to suffer from). Yes, you may pay a little more, but a great example is a lady in our church wanted a couple of labs and I recommended the same to her. Instead, she bought two from a newspaper add for $400 total. Now, for $600 or $800 she could have bought from an AKC breeder that gets inspected and does tests. Both dogs ended up with a breed ailment. After $2,000 on vet bills one died and the other is sickly. For that much, she could have bought two from a selective breeder!! Happens time and time again. Be very careful, particulary with large breeds as they tend to have a shorter lifespan and serious hip and knee issues. My grandfather raised English Bulldogs for 30 years and showed around the country. I grew up in that environment and have heard many sad stories from folks who bought their "dream dog" only to find out something horrible later. The breed you are looking at is a GOB of fun if you love big dogs. I am trying to talk the wife into a Neaopolitan Mastiff someday (she has to get over the drooling issues). Later, Lee

Depending upon where you at, I have a barely used 20 gallon long and powersweep (not sure the model). PM if interested. I'm in Georgetown. Lee

I love finding corals that are reality unknown are not that available (usually because they haven't been declared rare or given a cutsey name) for almost nothing. This thing opens up like a scolymia at night but has such thin tissue. It actually swells (the tissue) at night as weel. Developing some sweet rainbow like colors as well!! I will have to figure out if this frags like other corals that Anthony Caflo says by just running it face first into a ceramic tile saw. Lee

I've been having the same result for the past few days now. It also doesn't return all the true new posts for me. I have posted a few to test and it won't return them. Now having said that, this forum rocks. I am impressed with how far it has already come. Wish I had the knowledge on how to solve the problem. I hate just pointing out things that aren't working. On the other hand, there are 8,735 things working great Andrew. T.D. Jakes, well known African-American Pastor said, "Don't bring me problems, bring me solutions. I have plenty of problems." Sorry I don't know the solution. Keep up the good work. Lee

Not all of them. This species has one large mouth. Very cool coral. The store I got it from had no idea what it was. Nice $20 find!!!! Lee

Well, no more guesses so I suppose I will share: Echinophyllia nishihirai. Yep, it is an Echino. Sprung actually has a nice photo and ID in his Corals book. Lee

No, not necessarily, what you don't want are two powerheads at different levels just shooting straight across the tank. If you have two, put one at top on one side and angle 45 degrees down, put other at bottom of side and angle 45 degree upward to collide and produce some turbulence. Having said that, Andrew's suggestion is the best. Lee