lmluckenbach

Hmm. Well that all makes a lot of sense. Installing a duct in my garage seems a little daunting because of the brink veneer though. I guess I'm going to have to get moved in before I start planning this out. I was hoping to only have to set it up once, but there are just too many variables. Not to mention planning the rest of my move and starting law school Monday.

Thanks a lot for all the input.

Oh, yeah, I definitely don't want it getting up that high. That's what I'm trying to avoid, but I may not have worded it well earlier. I was hoping someone would tell me to just run a big fan, but I wasn't sure that alone could handle the high heat. If it's worked for others, though, I'm definitely willing to try. Thanks!

Well, I currently run it at 78, but it wouldn't be a problem to go to 80 or 82 I suppose. I'm really more worried about consistency and, you know, having the dt run at 87 if it gets 100+ outside.

Well, title says it all. It's hard to fit everything in the stand of my 72 gallon bowfront, and since I'm buying a house now and can officially do whatever I want, I'm considering putting the sump in the garage. Seems like I've seen this done a lot on forums, but it's been a while since I've paid attention, so I'm not sure how practical this is in Texas. I guess you just HAVE to run a chiller if you do this? And the refugium would need to stay indoors? Thoughts? Thanks.

Yeah, sorry guys. One of the other members did kindly offered to take care of the tank for my while I'm in between homes, so I think I'm going to take her up on it. I should have posted something on here about it but we hadn't really worked it out yet and I've been incredibly busy with a bachelor party I had to travel for last weekend and I'm back out of town for work right now.

I went in there and sweet talked the lady and she didn't hold me to the minimum.

I'm located southwest. Westgate and William Cannon.

The female clown is about 3.5", the male about 2.5" but not nearly as thick. The male hosts in the "Some purple with pinkish center paly" that can be seen behind the female clown in the 4th to last pic about 80% of the time.

Ha, yeah, well my move out date is actually 8/25, so if you want to prepay with paypal, I don't mind holding it!

Well I just bought a house in Houston and I'll have about 2 weeks where I'll be in-between houses...unfortunately my tank has no friends to sleep with during this time. So...if it's living, it's for sale:

Kole Yellow Eye Tang 4" - $40

Mated pair of Clownfish- $40

Royal Gramma 4"- $15

4 Blue-green Chromis- $5/ea

Leopard Wrasse 3"- $40

Yashi Goby and Red Banded Pistol Shrimp- $75

Rose Bubble Tip Anenome, pretty large- $90

2 Green Bubble Tip anenomes, med and med/large- $30 for the big one, $20 for the smaller

Frags:

3 heads Dendros- one frag with one head, one with two $25/head

I can make more frags of any of these btw. Please don't ask me for 1 or 2 heads of anything, I just don't want to mess with it.

AOG:

25+ heads x2 $80

5 head $35

7 head $40

Horizons? Orange skirt, bluish white center:

tons $2/head 5 head minimum

King Midas

20 head $50

8 head $20

Mohawk:

40 head $50

Frag with Mohawk/Horizons/King Midas:

Prob 40-50 head $40

Some purple with pinkish center paly

60+ heads $50

Live rock w/ zoas:

BTW, this is all Bulk Reef Supply Pukani rock so it's much lighter and less dense than typical rock. Smaller ones are prob 6-8lbs ea, the biggest maybe 15 lbs.

I'm sorry but I just don't know what to ask for the following. Feel free to make me an offer, I'll come up with prices...sometime.

8" with 90+ Rastas. Will frag for $12/head

9" with 120+ Tubb's Blue. Will frag $5/head

10" with 100+ Joker. Frags for $3/head

12" Really unique center piece rock w/ 200+ Eagle Eye. Frags for $3/head

Huge 15"x12"x9" w/ 90+ AOG Frags for $6/head

12" or so. One that overhangs on the right. 80+ Orange skirt, blue/green/blue centers Frags for $8/head

Also tons of hermits and snails of different sizes.

Sorry about the crappy pics. I'm sure there's more to come.

Oh. One last thing. Some of the LR has what I believe to be some red gelidium on it. I just recently made a post on here to figure that out, and after using the blow torch on a couple pieces that were easily removed, it's been eradicated from those pieces. There are two more pieces that have a pretty bad case of it, the center piece w/eagle eyes and the one with the jokers. Haven't wanted to take them out since one is a base piece and the other is home to the goby/shrimp. I can torch the stuff when I pull it out though.

Having attempted to bond acrylic and glass, I would recommend using glass partitions instead. You might be able to get it to work for a while, but I would have concerns about the bond lasting permanently. Also, I'm pretty sure most people use 1/8" glass for partitions. The outer walls of the tank need to be 1/4" because they're taking the bulk of the pressure, the partitions won't really be stressed.

Ok. I'm 99% sure you're right, too. Gelidium or red turf algae. Same thing really. Fortunately, I'll be breaking my tank down in a month and moving to Houston. Sounds like a perfect time to break out the ole torch. In the mean time I'll grab some mexican turbos. Feels...a lot like cheating though. I guess the die off won't have much of an effect? No one seems to have had an issue with just sticking the rocks back in the tank afterwards.

Two 35 gallon storage tanks with sturdy metal stand- $150. I use one to keep salt water mixed at all times and the other for fresh rodi. It's been an excellent system for me but I'm about to have to move and won't have room for it at the new place. I'm located southwest, next to 290/Lamar.

Hmm. Well that's definitely closer than I was able to find. From the pictures I saw of Cotton Candy Algae it looks to be composed of much thinner strands, but yeah, certainly has a similar growth pattern. I'll have to grab some turbo snails and see if they'll eat it. Thanks a lot.

Does anyone know what this purple fuzzy stuff is? I haven't been able to find anything online. I first noticed it as a 2-3 inch patch on (the only) piece of live rock I introduced to my tank. It didn't seem to grow much but after having to work out of state for 3 months and neglecting the tank, it has now covered numerous rocks. Thanks in advance.

I'm interested. Pm'd.

Thanks! Looks like I'll finally grab that QT. I've been meaning to stop by there, I heard they're going to start bringing in more saltwater stuff. The guy I talked with who works there actually mentioned trying to get a sponsorship on ARC.

Why not just get your tank drilled during the move? You're already breaking it down, and I'm sure you can set up an appointment so you're not waiting around.

What model is the Eheim pump?

I guess you sold the mag 9?

Throw me in on it too, please. Thanks.

Lance Luckenbach

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No plans to do a pickup in Austin?

Sump is sold! Little Giant 4-MDQX-SC pump rated at 1350 GPH still available.

Yep, both the sump and pump are still available.

Hmm. That's interesting. Who knows what happened then. Well I'll be running carbon and GFO as soon as I get my shipment in from BRS, and I'm also shopping around for a UV sterilizer. Surely between all this and keeping a better eye out for any more temperature mishaps I can avoid any more "major' problems...Or, I guess, greatly limit the possibility of something like this happening again.