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We have 4 spiny urchins... our pair has has 2 offspring and we'd like to trade the younger ones for something interesting that we don't have in the tank. Offer up!

Thanks for the rocks! Look great in our tank!

Picked up a couple of nice rocks from TBone yesterday!

I'm interested too!

Calcium 500, just tested today Thanks!

Unfortunately it did break all the way off... there's a little bit still attached to the rock and most of it in another piece that I have set on the rock to see if it opens...

They're BIG. Much bigger than my other fish. And my rockwork isn't on the glass and didn't want to chance any issues. The rocks that you sold me look great in my tank though! Unfortunately the bivalve broke in transit

Any time! PM being sent...

If I can get them today or wait a week I'm interested!

Not at all. It's just bigger and bulkier; the switches and plugs are on opposite sides of the case, too. Maybe that's a good thing for you.

apparently they're only available in the stores now...

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=914023&CatId=5313

http://www.compusa.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4823710&CatId=5313

I'm guessing that the manufacturer has discontinued them, or TD has decided to stop carrying them

You could try calling the DFW or Houston TigerDirect retail stores to see if they have any.

There's this one that has 5 switched outlets: http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=109&cp_id=10907&cs_id=1090705&p_id=7988&seq=1&format=2

Otherwise you're limited to an American DJ rack-mountable power bar...

That's all that I could find when doing my searching.

Tiger direct!

The overflow covers have just darkened with algae. It definitely blends much better now, but I still would do an external overflow had I the opportunity to build it over.

Well, funny you should ask, Chris...

We recently placed an order with an online vendor for a number of fish. Unfortunately, most of them didn't make it due to mortality or predation. We had a couple of carpet surfers AGAIN, and some simply disappeared! We think that the main culprits were the goby that I recently gave away (after the "incidents") and a sizeable white crab with pointy brown claws, possibly a gorilla or stone variety. We've pulled a number of smaller gorillas out and dumped them in the refugium and continue to hunt others.

So today our stocked inhabitants are:

2x true percula clowns

1x blue/green chromis

1x zebra striped bar goby

1x yellow tang

1x powder blue tang

1x coral beauty

1x blue mandarin goby

2x royal gramas

3x red (not blood) shrimp

2x skunk cleaner shrimp

2x sally lightfoot crabs

4x hawaiian feather dusters

1x hard tube feather duster

3x rock flower anemone

1x h. magnifica anemone (not terribly happy, but hanging on)

1x long tentacle anemone

1x brittle star

1x big orange starfish

2x serpent star

4x spiny urchins (2 came from TBS; the other 2 have bred!)

1x not so spiny urchin (I don't know this one's name)

2x small sea cucumbers

various sponges (came from TBS) which are slowly dying

a few acros and fans (came from TBS)

numerous hermit, porcelain, mithrax and gorilla crabs (we're trying to get the last ones OUT)

numerous snails

numerous pistol shrimp (hitchers)

Unfortunately we've lost probably an equal number of inhabitants to carpet surfing and plain ol' disappearance to unknown predators.

The closed loop system has worked out well, but I've determined I'm not happy with my experimental deep sand bed/benthic/refugium, and am considering having a new sump system built. I do dread taking everything out, but I think it needs to be done in order to be effective...

Craig, will you be around Aquatek this weekend? I'll pull the rock from my refugium and pick out the little buggers if you will and come down with them...

Lots of info on the net about how to build a fan speed controller. Google and get your soldering iron warmed up!

I built a rockwall out of dry rock from Prof. Great stuff!

Thank you. I hope that he integrates well into your tank. He is very personable aside from becoming territorial lately.

PM me for contact info... you can have him gratis. Just think about us when you have something to offer down the road

I'll always take some macro if you have more...

They were hitchhikers along with the blenny/goby. We dumped a number in our sump and pulled a couple more out of the tank today. They'll get dumped in the sump for now, but I'd like someone to take them that wants 'em...

Anything for trade? Can you get him tomorrow?

Any interest in gorilla crabs? We have a bunch of tiny ones that we don't really want...

We have this 3-4 inch blenny or goby to trade in Round Rock... he hitched a ride on some live rock from TBS and was a wonderful tank inhabitant until we recently added some more fish; he's unfortunately gotten territorial and has got to go. Trades considered, but free if nobody offers anything up!