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So I had a brief run in with the law, so for the last two months I've been away...while I was gone my brother was supposed to let my roommate in my room so he could maintain the tank. Well after returning all my coral and fish were dead, tank had crashed! No one had fed the tank nor did the water changes, my roommate was able to salvage a few coral..zoa's on a clam shell, sun polyps, hammer coral and a few crabs. So I am starting over. I picked up a 70g at aquatek (stand needs some work) and Tek T5 (4x39watt), my only plans for this tank are soft coral. Hope to bounce back up and get a tank going! btw my 8g boicube has grown some rather large mushrooms while I was gone.

I have 2 55g tanks that I am currently not using....both are not reef ready.

One tank comes w/ a black stand (could use a repaint), hob overflow and a wet/dry sump- asking $75

The other tank comes w/ a iron stand.. tank is dirty and could use a good scrub- asking $50

I also have metal halides. PFO dual ballast 400watt x2 (w/ reflectors and month old bulbs-sps 10k single ended)- asking $200

I also have a extra CRP bakpak skimmer (w/ out pump)- aksing $20

512-552-5170

PFO dual ballast 400x2 watt metal halide...sps 10k bulbs (bulbs are 2 months old)

I am asking $200 for the mh setup.

512-552-5170, kevin

pm me your number, i would like to take the auto top off your hands.

Yes, I'd appreciate pics. I'm not too awful bad at building things, my problem is I just don't have much spare time. Would anything lighter weight hold the lights? the heavier it is, the more problems it'll cause for me if I have to take it off. I'd also like to have doors in front so I could put something on top of it.

I just finished my canopy build...i used burched (very heavey :-( ), my tank is a 55g (48x12), the whole front swings open. Great thing about building your own is you can have it open however you want! I built my canopy 14in high to old house my mh,t5's, fans, and moonlights. If I can take pictures tomorrow i'll post mine for you also....

Hey everyone. I have no more fish in the tank so is there any need to run the skimmer? All that left are about 50 snails and crabs. I am fighting a hair algae issue so I sold the fish and plan to let the tank sit with no lights for a while. Is it worth running the skimmer during this time? Tank has been running for 1 year.

When i was fighting hair algae I left my skimmer running, I also added a sea hare and watched him eat the whole tank clean within 3 weeks....

What type of bulbs are in them? How old? Do you have pictures? would you trade for 2 x 250's?

To answer some questions...

Blueline 10k bulbs are currently in them...no clue on the age of the bulbs but would recommend replacing them. I currently don't have a working camera as I tend to drop mine :-(. Since I don't have a camera let me try to explain them to you. The ballast is silver in color, some electric pro decided to cut the wires going to the lights...I have soldered all lines and used heat swrink (I am no total noob to wiring, i've rewired many cars during engine swaps). Hoods are in great shape, reflectores show no damage but will need a small clean up (which will be done tomorrow). Will I be willing to trade? 250's are still a little high but will be easier to work w/ than the 400's. Pm me what you want to do..I am looking for a straight trade as close as I can.

Are they Dual Ended or Single Ended? I have 2 slightly used 250W Dual Ended setups on my tank. I have a 180 and think I could use more light. Let me know.

They are single ended.

Well after much trail and error im trying to find a much smaller mh for my tank, i currently have a pfo 400watt x2 ballast and lights. lights

Im looking for a smaller hailde, around 150-200 prefer to be x2 due to a center brace in my tank...nothing is wrong w/ the bigger setup Im just to worried about boiling my tank. I had a impulse buy and think no matter what I do the 400x2 will just boil my water in the 55g .

Bristle worm is a general term used for many different worms. There are good species and bad. See this link for a short beginner's lesson.

http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/msubpestb.../a/aa102198.htm

thank you for the link, now Im sitting here at 4am trying to identify the worms...so far I have 2 differnt colored worms, I hope someone will chime in.

one is gray (these are my longest ones in the tank...and a pita to catch...) so far looking around I see Hawaiian Orange Fireworm as the match for these guys...

This is what I seem to be catching ALOT, today I saw one that is so far going to be my record if I can catch it, stretched 16in long...and moved like there was no tomorrow.

The other woms are more redish pink kinda like i found on another site...

I will be adding a wrasse and arrow crab by sat...if anyone wants worms feel free to pm me and I will be more than happy to let you go worm hunting in my tank.

I will be more than happy to lend a hand in unloading the tank.

There not all scary. In fact I ususally order some online to add to my tank to keep my sand mixed up.

It's bad when you walk up to a tank and the first thing you notice is all the bristleworms...i have a seabade anenome the size of a grapefruit when its closed...and unfortantly ppl first ask hey what is this worm sticking his head out of the rock? If you are really ordering worms for you tank you can allways let me know how many you would like....i can drop whatever i trap in a smaller tank and let you swing by to pick some up.

I look into the arrow crabs to help bring down the overwhelming amount of them in my tank.

I've been reading alot about these scary little creatures however in the last 4 minutes i have spotted over 60 large bristleworms in this tank (im talking some are way over 6inches), I also noticed every time one of my turbos fall and is upside down a bristle worm (one of the large ones) seems to jump all over it. Out of the 20 turbos i had I am down to 5, I've checked my water and the only thing I noticed is my salinty was low (1.020) and did a 10% water change and got it back to normal. I have a small pvc tube w/ holes in it, capped at both ends (i've dropped krill in the tube) and dropped the trap down into the tank. I've been able to get about 20 worms (large ones) out a night for the last week, however is there anything else i can do to get these larger ones to come out? So far my record catch is 14in shrunk up...and I know there is larger ones in the tank. Any suggestions or anyone want to come over and collect some worms :-).

From what I understand, the owner skipped town with the cash and some critters, he left some dogs and like behind and will be charged with cruelty. Sounds like you are just a bit late!!

Lee

Wow im watching the news article online...I can't believe Terry would do something like that, he better have a **** good explation.

Looks like 19 confirmed people, so far. This is going to be a pretty large meeting. It will be cool to meet everyone and put a face with the screen names.

Well since its only a couple blocks from my house I will be there!!! I'm off of dallas drive....but am noramally haning out w/ a friend on Tamayo drive...cya there! I will be bring my roommate w/ me so he can learn a little about fish tanks.

in this picture, there are actually 4 babies, one is camera shy and is hiding under here neck.

So after writing in the blog today about how tired I was my min pin decided to give birth!! After setting up a new kennel she decided to have them on the ugly blanket that was sitting in my closet. I was actually at aquatek to discuss how to drill and plumb a extra 55g i have sitting around...when i came home i was suprised to see 2 new puppies! I ran downstairs to grab a heat lamp and a few new blankets and call a vet friend of mine...when i went back up stairs i noticed there were 3 puppies and another on its way into this world. 4 puppies so far and my more mother looks so drained...if you read the blog you will see how much I care about my dogs. Every animal in this house is part of my family and I never refer to them as pets...this is my view on anything that relys on me feeding it (so yes everything in my fishtank is part of the family). Im jumping up and down w/ joy that this so far has been a smooth birth but it isn't over quite yet, the next few days are going to be walking on ice. I am expecting the vet to stop by in the next hour to give the mother a clean bill of health (ie no dead puppies still in her) and check every puppy. I so far had to unwrap a cord from a puppies neck and hope this lil pup does good. I havn't looked yet to see the sexs, i won't till momma is a lil more stable. This is the 2nd litter and in honesty wasn't really wanted...I will be taking the lil boy in for a snipping on monday and when she is able to be fixed will happen. The boy is very worried as he is sitting next to the closet door and starts to cry if something is going wrong, he was the one that notified me about the pups cord around the neck. I will get a pic of the pups once they are all cleaned up..i don't want to gross anyone out as they are still wet.

Wish her luck and pray we don't lose any of these innocent little babies.

The rock came out of AAI's tank. It doesn't really matter to me. I was just pointing out that the location seems to be cursed and has lots of bad history.

Im going to agree w/ you also, that was a very bad location and bad history...the second owner had a problem on her hands when she decided to take over it. It like a pet shop in lakeway...its been going for awhile but is in its 3rd ownership and allways had a bad name. I give it to the last owner he was doing saltwater, freshwater, furry lil animals and repitiles and even took a big step and ventured into selling dogs and cats. A couple days ago I called them up to see what there salt water stock was and sure enough he said he was closing his doors, he sold the lot. Im going to head out there later today to see if any of his LARGE fish tanks are going to be on sale or if he taking them w/ him. Flippers Pets is what the place was called.

welcome to ARC!!

Would you buy used equip from a person if they tell you they bought it new, but you know the person they bought it used from?

I've had to deal w/ this alot...first thing is to inspect it (while doing so ask if they can go any cheaper), make sure the item is in full working order..ask about warranties, the orignal place purchased so forth. If the truth hasn't come out by then give them the price your willing to pay and tell them you know who they got it from. Most ppl are looking for a $ and will look online at what items are going for and try to get a little under the "new" prices.

If he gets your tank algae free and you are worried about starvation, I would be happy to house him for a while and allow you to recoup your purchase cost. Then I will pass him on to the next person in need. A tank move and re-set in January has caused a large algae bloom in my tank. Took two years to get it perfect and now it looks worse than it ever did.

Enigma- if your looking for a sea hare, i recently bought 2 for a major hair algae outbreak, by monday I will be looking to get at least one out of my tank. I'll pm you my number..

It's as big as a quarter, and is currently residing in a 29g cube.

what kind of anenome is this?

I hope this is a pod...any ways i used a Sony Cybershot DSCW55 7.2MP Digital Camera.

these lil guys are bugging the scooter bleeny, he will sit there watching this guys all day w/ no luck on being able to get them.

about a hour after i turned the lights of in the 55g i noticed the yellow tang had a white stripe and a coupe brown spots (the last yellow tang didn't do this) so I did what I do best. I hoped on the computer and found out it is common for them to do this when they are sleeping or stressed. So this morning i turned on the light and almost instantly he was back to bright yellow :-). The sea hares in the tank have done a very good job on eating the algae, what they leave behind the turbo's are picking up.

So today I plan on doing some maintance to the 29g reef tank in my roommates room, I am hoping to frag the hammer coral (branching) today and getting a 10% water change, we are battling a heat issue in that tank at the moment. Couple nights ago the tank when from 81 (lights off) down to 71, we have a temp fix on the hood, we lifted it up 1/2 inch and it seems to make a huge differnce. There used to be a very very small snow flake eel in that tank but as he attacked and killed off the flame scallop and a hermit he was moved to the 8g. I will oon have him posted on this forum as someone here might want a tiny baby eel.

pics of the hammer

and the baby eel