barderer

Do you know what time? I should be around during the morning. 1 hammer left 1 monti left 2 birds nests left.

Must be the time of year. My puff jumped out two nights ago at 3 A.M. Lucky his tank is in my bed room. Woke up to the "chmm chmm chmm chirp". He is doing fine. Maybe he learned something.

is this order still open?

I may be able to stop by during the day with my trap. I also build them for $40 if you want one of your own.

I am not going to be able to make it to the meeting this time.

I believe you did.

they require very little light. (hammer)

no $10 bucks for each frag and they each have 2 heads. They are a good size. I am just trying to clear this stuff out... Irssix when do you want to come by?

2 head Hammer frags $10 multibranch birdsnest frags $10 4x3 purple monti frags $10 Thats it! thanks Nick

wow you have a lot of these guys. LMK if you have one for me as well I live pretty close to you so I can come get anytime.

yeah just get the minced stuff from the HEB

the bottle trap does not work well, in my experience. I have a nice trap that I have used to catch wrasses before. LMK if you want to use it.

got this thing running yet?

I like the way you roll subsea. +1 on the red sea product, it works. I have noticed slight bleaching on some of the more sensitive SPS while using it but after the recommended water change post treatment everything recovers within weeks.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/01/green-sea-slug/

what kind of algae is present on these rocks?

Jager = good heater

I love both of those! Either way nice pick up.

For sale one new in box Rio Nano Skimmer. $15 Will also take coral trades so make an offer. Nick

I am in the market for some new bulbs etc. Anyone want to do a order from nanotuners?

There is a company that makes 14k bulbs in a 3 pack. They look nice. Also, nanotuners is selling their bulbs for 10 bucks a pop. Great deal.

speaking of this subject where do you guys get your replacement bulbs for your biocube 29? I have found the coral life ones to be better than most. What brand do you guys get etc?

well I always thought replacing every 6 m was a bit of an overkill...

If you are concerned about the health of the sps in the display tank, take the most infested rocks out and put them in a small QT tank with your tank water. Apply treatment in that tank (Mg or AlageFix and lights off or whatever). You can slowly go through all the rocks with this method. In your QT tank put the rocks under high flow and use a phosphate absorbing medium to soak up all the phosphate. Change water, let settle, then put them back your tank. Do the phosphate sponge in your display as well. After a while you should have killed off the existing stuff and solved the root problem of high phosphates without putting your corals at risk during drastic chemical/biological treatment. Nick

As stated above its a trade off between water/power. If you are willing to evaporate water then you can use fans. If you are willing to pay for power you can use a chiller. Chiller Pros 1. You don't need to constantly refill your ATO reservoir or setup a auto shutoff top off as you can run a closed hood. 2. The water chemistry is more stable because you are adding less top off water. Cons 1. Most expensive option Evaperation Pros 1. Water is cheap, fans are cheap. 2. Forces you to setup a nice ATO system, which is good anyway. Cons 1. Its a PITA to constantly refill the ATO res. 2. You can introduce unwanted high concentration of unknown substances your RO/DI filter misses as you top off so frequently the small does add up.