dshel1217

Pace yourself its going to be a slow build.

I realized after setting up my 3rd tank is I don't like building tanks. The drilling overflows, building a sump, the plumbing( I hate plumbing) are more of a chore for me to get the good stuff. Aquascaping, corals, fish, playing with setting is the part I enjoy the most. Therefore plug and play system seems the way to go.

TankRed Sea Penunsula 650 (140g)- ordered 10/6 (my birthday  ) arrived 10/17 shipped from Houston

Flow

Jeboa dc return pump

Maxijet xf280

2 Jebao RW15 (will replace with MP 40s when I upgrade)

Light

3x  Radion Gen 3Pro

4x  54w T5

Refugium Light Kessil H380

texted

Pmed on Maxspect Gyre XF-150

sold

5gallon bucket full. Comes with a bucket for free! And a top!!!

$10

Close to 20lbs

its gone

ya but its all packed up

13 minutes ago, ShawnM said:

Does the reactor have a pump


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Nope sorry

Pick up in NE austin text me for address 5125360719 or downtown during business hours. Paypal to hold. Thanks Dave

Red sea pro salt 175g new $50 Sold Cecilia

Hanna Cal $30 Pending Salty

Avast marine reactor/biopellet $20 sold atx

Red Sea color test kit $15Sold

$5 each

Purigen 1/2+ fullSold

Kalkwaser 90% fullSold

Calcium mixSold

Spectra garlic small pieces 80%fullSold

BRS mag, cal $5 each Sold Cecilia

hydor nano sold atx

$10 Each

Bio pellets 1/2 full Sold Cecilia

GFO  1/2 full Sold

lugols iodine newSold

Refracto meter Sold Cecilia

Jebao PP40 Sold Cecilia

Standard no holes, free 10g pickup in ne austin off tech ridge yager and i35

that tank is perfect for clothes-lining small children as they run past

Use a dry erase marker to mark the number of frags on your frag rack. Helps do a quick inventory in case one has fallen.

shades of fall made it and is looking good. Forgot the name of the other one

Is this still going down this weekend?

Im still in for 50.

We can still back out if we are later in the draft and certain corals sell out , correct?

Prices lowered

updated

hey the miami pulled through!

ya I had to break out the chisel it was getting to much light in that spot. That's were the frags came from. They are starting to get there color back after a month.

lookin good dave, bumps for you.

Thanks Ian.

red planet mother colony

Red planet-

left - $15 sold

right - $15 sold

ORA tri-color - between the two red planet - $10

sold

Miami hurricane

12+ eyes $15

8+ eyes $15 sold

red hornets - 2p - $15

I'll honor requests based on chronology whether I get it via pm, or text/call (preferred) . Unless I know you, PayPal holds. 512 536 o 7 one 9

Looking for a replacement powerhead, looking for at least a 1000 gph. Pm me if you have something.

Dave

All sold

Still a supporter of the problem is with the zoas dying in the first place already and the starfish are just cleaning up. Of course, I don't doubt there are some species out there that do eat zoas.

Just in my experience with my tanks, it has always not been the case of zoa eating stars. I probably have close to 700-800 zoa polyps in my tank and a conservative estimate of 400-600 asterina stars in my tank. When a colony of zoas starts to decline, the stars are all over it, doing what they are supposed to be doing, cleaning up.

If I ran with the theory of zoa eating stars in my tank, I don't think I would have 700-800 polyps still in my tank... they would have decimated my zoa population a long time ago with those numbers.

But if I overexposed a colony to light and they started dying or had an alk spike and some started melting, those stars are on them like white on rice. I guess there could be an argument that they could have recovered without the starfish on them but that is a theory for now until I can experiment with it.

As always, just sharing what I have observed over the years in my tank... doesn't mean it applies the same to everyone's unique tanks.

-Ty

also Ty someone liked my post therefore I am right.

Ty-
I agree with u even with what I have seen there is still no 100% guarantee that that polyp was not already dying. Also mine (the star fish in question) that I saw today could be a different speices.

The correct experiment would be to have multiple container with the same type zoa and a single star in each and see what happens.

But... I did see the heathy frag yesterday and it look perfectly healthy. but the question is, is it worth it to risk a few bad ( or hungry enough) asterina stars in the tank.

Ty - 0

Me -1

I saw a thread about this a while back. These zoas were open yesterday ( i know I moved them) and found a starfish on them this afternoon.

The pinkish zoa pointer toward the camera is the one he was on. The asterina found is next to the grabbers.

Then I feed him to my engineer goby "Kraken"