renman303

How big of a piece are you looking for? I live in Gtown. if you'd like a piece of LR. Dave

Thanks for the reply. I'm sure I need to invest in a cleanup crew. What do you think of these: John at Kingfish said this was a great deal. Reeftopia Cleanup Crews

Capt. Obvious, Come and see me, I can donate a frag of Birdsnest, Xenia, Green Star Polyp, Gold Polyps and other stuff. Dave

I have plenty and would be willing to donate some for you. Dave

Mike, Sounds like what I have been doing albeit, not quite to the extreme that you took. I may have to though! I have been pulling rocks one at a time to remove the algae. It is starting to cover the corals and I have to use a soft toothbrush to remove the algae from these. Here is my Blog: Renman's Blog Here is my setup: 225 gallon tank 100 gallon sump which has about 45 gallon refugium. (NOTE: Sump is algae FREE!) Skimmer: Deltec 851 Water Movement: 2 -Eheim 1262 pumps to the tank. 1 Tunze Wavebox 1 Tunze Stream 1 SEIO 1500 1 SEIO 1100 Critters: 1 Sailfin Tang (5") 1 Swallowtail Angel (4") 1 Scooter Blenny 1 Oscellaris Clown 1 Pink Bar Goby 2 Blue Line Cleaner Wrasse 1 Tiger Pistol Shrimp 1 Gold Coral Banded Shrimp 3 Peppermint Shrimp 1 8" Black Serpent Star 20 Various Snails 20 Various Red and Blue Leg Hermits Feeding: 1 standard frozen cube, shrimp/octopus/Brine Shrimp Every other day, greens for the Tang. Water: Water parameters are good. Calcium is at 430, pH 8.4, Magnesium good, Phosphates=zero, I have to buffer quite a bit though...usually sitting at 6 DkH. Temp 78 degrees. Water changes have been every ten days at 65 gallons (~20 %). Pat, I'm really curious about your methods? Sounds very interesting??? I would like to load the sump with more Mangrove plants for filtering. My sump has lighting as I keep an overload of Gold Polyps Green Star Polyps and about 50 additional pounds of LR. The sump has lighting for about 8 hours a day and has great coraline growth! This is what is perplexing? No algae in the sump? Here is a link to a reef care package that was suggested by John at Kingfish: Reef Care Package - Reeftopia I could host a meeting and get everyone's opinion on this? Besides, you have to see this killer tank with external overflow that Kingfish had built for me. It's plumbed through our dining room wall and all equipment is in the garage. I could do this on Saturday the 24th at noon (have to work by 3pm) or Sunday the 25th?

I don't have much of a cleanup crew to speak of. AndmySailfin Tang could care less about the algae!

Hey Clint, RO/DI water for all changes. Setup by Kingfish. Problem is I was growing algae from minute one and Kingfish was actually good enough to bring the initial H2O from their place so, I know it was good. Half the LR was new from them and the other half came from my old 55 gal. Never had an algae issue there... Water parameters are good. Calcium is at 430, pH 8.4, Magnesium good, Phosphates=zero, I have to buffer quite a bit though...usually sitting at 6 DkH. Tank was set up on July 2 so it's now 6 months old. Dave

I would be very interested in how you remove Hair Algae? My tank has been rampant since day one, the first of July! I keep removing the rocks to scrub it away but it still returns? Water movement is provided by two Eheim 1262's returning to the tank from the sump, a Tunze Wavebox, Tunze Stream, SEIO 1100, SEIO1500. Seems like enough water movement to me????? I'm getting frustrated with removing rocks everyday to scrub them and sifting the sand that has a film over it. I'm about to pour Round-Up in the tank! ha ha. I think I'd like to schedule the January meeting at my home to get everyone's input? Thoughts? Dave

I have some nice frags that I already have mounted to Oyster Shells. Birdsnest corals and the like. Not to change the subject but I would be very interested in how you removed the Hair Algae? My tank has been rampant since day one! I keep removing the rocks to scrub it away but it still returns? Thanks, Dave

I'll take $50 for the tank? Anyone? Dave

I didn't know that there were different kinds of hair algae? This is very long in the places that I can't reach well (3"). It has caused me to remove the rocks on several occasions and scrub them with a brush to remove the algae. Phosphates on my water is zero. I have a Deltec 851 Skimmer rated for a 400 gallon tank that is run by an Eheim 1262. I also have two additional Eheim 1262's pumping water back from the Sump in two locations in the tank. A Tunze Wavebox and a Tunze Turbelle at the opposite end of the tank and supplimented with an SEIO 1500 pointed toward the bottom back of the tank just to stir things up from behind the rocks. Most of my luck in removing the algae has been from removing the rocks one by one and hand cleaning them. But the sand bed is in constant need of cleaning as well. Maybe we need to have the next meeting at my house then I can get everyone's input???? Anyone that has any extra Cuc's I'd gladly trade for Frags? I have lots of Frags! Dave

Mike, Thanks for the info. I know that I saw a really large one in a 450 gallon that Kingfish did at a doctor's office. It was all black and really cool to see "working" if you will. Dave

I want to add a nice 4"-6" cucumber to my tank. It's 225 gallon and has been up since July 1st. I have had a lot of problems lately with Green Algae that is clumping on the sand and rocks. I think there is enough detritus to keep the algae blooming and thought a big cucumber sifting the sand may not remove the algae but may clean up the detritus better than sifting stars? Thoughts? Dave

I bought 2 fans for my hood that I made. Radio Shack had them for $19 and they are dead silent, take 20w and move about 150cfm. Dave

Nah, I've loaned them put a few times to serious players. Nice instruments should really be experienced by all, at least once in your life to fully appreciate them. Dave

Yea, I bought it off some gut about a year ago like that. It's about 4" across now. I love it. Just different, you know?

Here are the pics: Take your pick ! Dave

I have some gold polyps, green polyps, devil's hand corals if interested?

I have a Pink Birdsnest that I can frag? I also have Devil's Hand Leathers and Gold Button Polyps and green star polyps. I'm off of Leander Rd. in Gtown.

Sounds like a Derasa? Does it look like this? If so, I'd be interested. PM me, I'm in Gtown as well.

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I have both the wavebox and the Stream. Personally, in my 225 gallon, the wavebox does all of the work. I really don't understand the stream? It can also vary in power and frequency but doesn't seem to create the waves that the box will. Secondly, it's waaaayyyy overpriced (stream) for $300+. I also have a SEIO 1500 that moves 1500 gph and only costs $70! Not sure of your tank size? Placement of the wavebox has a "Blue" line on it. That should be level with your water level when there is no motion. The wavebox works great!

Got 37 Astrea Snails to add to the tank and cleared a lot of the algae out by hand. It's like trying to weed a garden. Some of those guys are impossible to pull out! Also got an "Algae Urchin" aka: Math Sea Urchin. Great at eating Algae. It's only about 2 1/2" across so, it has lots of room to grow.

The Sea Apple has been doing fine for about 2 months now. I know that they can be volatile so I have my QT set up right under the main tank in the stand. Prior to the Phytoplankton I was only using dried Cyclopeze.

I do build my own. I find they are better than most, albeit I don't use a CNC to form any part of the guitar. And I can mold and fit them to each player. Most people that play the first guitar that I made love it but find the neck a bit too narrow however, it fits my hand perfectly!