brandonk

I accidentially bought too much pump. What I meant to get is the CA20, a much more modest 40GPH. If anyone happens to have a CA20 or similar pump laying around, id be happy to trade. The pump i got has never been used, and comes with everything it does new, except the box. accidentally threw that away. THANKS!!!!!

I'm with robb on this one.... if you stay on top of regular partial water changes, theres really no reason for a skimmer, as long as your tank isn't overstocked.

also, how many lbs LR total will you have in the system? 40 total? that may not be enough....

i had one of those for awhile and no matter how high i kept the water in the tank, the bubbles were there. are you using the bio-wheel(s) or did you remove it/them? that may be something else to try....

yup these guys can be pretty nasty but thats not to say that no one should take them... i know some people with mantis shrimp that feed gorilla crabs on occasion.

we had a red cyan earlier in september in one corner of our tank, and i realized that every morning before the tank lights turned on, light would get in from a window nearby. after adjusting the light cycle of the tank and closing the blinds, the problem seemed to have cured itself.

SOLD!

alright 200 for everything... anyone?

id really rather not part everything out.

don't everyone reply at once though...

im also willing to trade for live rock, coral, or a large protein skimmer.

whats the price on 15 ?

thats awesome! I've been looking to get an anemone, where'd you pick this one up?

I finally took down the 40 breeder and transferred everything to my new tank, so this is what I have left.

40 Breeder glass tank with (unopened) hood (not sure of manufacturer, i bought it at petsmart)

2 bulb T5 fixture (used before buying the Trinity)

36" JBJ Trinity T5 HO w/ LED Moonlight (Purchased August 8th, 2011)

2 Aqueon ACP-500 500GPH Circulation Pump

Coralife 05152 Digital Power Center

Marineland Penguin BIO-WHEEL 350 Power Filter (no wheels or filter media included)

Fluval M-150 150 watt submersible heater

$250 for everything. i can post pictures if you're interested, but everything is pretty much new. the tank does have some sand left over and looks kind of dirty but thats just because i don't have a backyard to wash it out.

all gone guys! thanks Devin for meeting me less than 3 hours after posting.

cool, will do! he seems pretty neat, how often do you see yours?

I bought a complete setup a few months ago, and I've finally got it setup the way I want it, so I'm giving away all the stuff that was included that I don't need.

Donations of live rock or misc inverts are accepted.

Aquarium Life Support System Protein Skimmer

I'm not sure if this thing goes with the skimmer or its something similar entirely, but if you want it its yours.

This also may be for the skimmer but it may be for something else entirely and you can have it too.

Little Giant Pump Company Model# 977458 http://www.pumpvendor.com/Little_Giant_977458.html

Not sure what you'd do with this, but its yours if you want it.

Elite 801 (Marina 100) Air Pump

WON Pro-Heat IC Heater - 200W

Maxi-Jet MP 900

Maxi-Jet 1200

I'm not sure what this is. Looks like a bristle worm to me, but what do I know? I was moving around my live rock and he happened to be under there. not really a quick mover, so i scooped him up in the net and now he's hanging out along with some sand in the net until i figure out what he is for sure.

hes about 2.5-3" long, since theres nothing really to compare to in the photo.

Just sent a PM

Looking to buy 200+ lbs of sand, 100+lbs rock (live, dead, combo....), and possibly some small easy corals that are generally pretty hardy.

I don't have anything to trade so I guess cash will have to do.

definitely email me with some pictures and we can talk...

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interested in buying a 120+ gallon tank. I've got an iPad 2 with smart cover and a canon GL2 video camera id be willing to trade, or of course cash if thats what you want.

well, around noon today i looked around and starfish only had two legs left, all tattered... so he's gone.

In unrelated news, the butterfly fish seemed to wedge himself in-between the live rock and the side of the tank, and died two deaths in one day

the tank is a 40 breeder. i can't imagine he was starving because he was eating some clam meat i put in the tank the day before.

i do have blue leg hermit crabs though... do you think it could have been them?

So I've had this small starfish for maybe 2 weeks without a problem, added another (larger) starfish, went another week without a problem, then added a dwarf fuzzy lion fish and a copper banded butterfly on thursday.

Today, I came home and noticed that half of one of the smaller starfishes legs was missing, and it wasn't cut in half the short way, but rather the leg was missing the under-half, and the top skin half was still intact, connected to him but just sort of floating around.

earlier i saw him and it looked like he may have been stuck between two rocks, so i dismissed it.

i came back later and realized the rest of his leg has disappeared.

I went to the fish store and they said it probably wasn't the butterfly or the lion fish, so I was just wondering what you guys thought it could be.

After my most recent scuba diving adventure in the Caribbean, I have decided that I need my own slice of the ocean.

I finally decided to go for it, and bought a 40G breeder for my first tank about two weeks ago. There are some things that no amount of research will prepare you for....

I knew that I wanted to keep the tank in my favorite room of the house: the bathroom. Well, I bought the tank without measuring the distance between the two sinks, and luckily the 40 breeder fit PERFECTLY ith about 4" on either side.... Luckily. So now I'm sitting in my bathroom with a giant empty tank. I never really realized that I would have to haul 40 gallons of water in here as well. So I make my second trip and buy 30 gallons of water, some salt mix, and a powerhead.

I let that run overnight, while I thought about all the possibilities that the future could hold for that tank.

The next day I realized I had to fill my tank with something. After talking and reading, I decided to do go the live rock / live sand route, and after reading many reviews, eventually decided to get THE PACKAGE from Tampa Bay Saltwater.

I placed the order that night, and picked up part one from the airport about 18 hours later.

After haphazardly throwing in the sand and the rock, my tank looked something like this:

Once I could see, I tried to move things around to make them look a little prettier.

The amount of life on these rocks and in this sand is incredible. In the sand we found what we later determined to be a spiny sea cucumber, currently around 4 inches long when he's fully stretched out, a few porcelain crabs, a decorator crab, and my nemesis, a pistol shrimp.

This pistol shrimp has killed two of our other shrimp so far, and has evaded all of my attempts of catching him. He lives in what we now refer to as pistol shrimp rock, the second to last one in the previous picture. He has NEVER come completely out of the rock as far as I know. I've tried EVERY DAY baiting him out with some mysis shrimp in a bottle trap, but he has never shown his face. As soon as i stick the bait in the water though, SNAP SNAP SNAP he goes.... Very frustrating. Another method I tried is what I call the chopstick method. This method pretty much involves me sticking chopsticks in every hole that I see his face in until he's forced to come out. I quickly ran out of chopsticks. I've also tried isolating him. I stick his rock in a giant pot within the tank and stuck a lid on the pot, and after two days tried baiting him out, but he wouldn't show his face. I know he's about 2.5-3 inches long, and he has a stripe on his back, and evidently he's smarter than I am.

Well, today I got an email from Richard from TBS asking if I was ready for part two, and I was, so he sent it and I picked it up from the airport after work. I wasn't prepared for what came in those boxes.

A few of my favorites...

Two GIANT sea cucumbers

A beautiful large starfish

A lovely sponge

And a bunch of snails, crabs, shrimp, not to mention more beautiful rock. Heres a picture of how I have everything set up right now.

I love it.

The best part about this rock is that its so alive-- Almost every time I look at it I see something new. I plan on just letting it sit like this for a few months, making a few minor tweaks here and there, and then seeing what comes next....

Also, if you have any suggestions please let me know because I am a true amateur and need all the advice I can get!!