Carlos@River City

RIVER CITY AQUATICS HOLIDAY SALE Hey Everyone, Just wanted to give you all a heads up about our upcoming big event. On December 16th from 10 AM to 8 PM we will be having our 3rd annual HOLIDAY SALE. During the sale ALL LIVESTOCK will be 30% OFF! We have FOUR Marine orders due in just in time for the sale. As soon as we know what is coming in I will post a list of what will be available. We will also have great deals on dry goods as well, including: TROPIC MARIN 200 GALLON SALT MIX $54.99!!!!! By far the best price of the year. Come early for the salt, we could only get 25 buckets, and once we run out the deal is over. ALL CURRENT PC LIGHTS 25% OFF OUR ALREADY LOW PRICES. CORALIFE METAL HALIDE FIXTURES WILL BE ON SALE AND IN STOCK. KENT PRO SCRAPERS (ALL SIZES) 50% OFF ALL FROZEN FOOD 15% OFF ALL DAINICHI FISH FOOD 15% OFF INSTANT OCEAN 50 GALLON SALT MIX BUY 2 GET THIRD FREE! ALL TANK COMBOS 10% OFF We also are having a 75-GALLON FREE TANK AND STAND GIVEAWAY. For every $10 you spend in the store between now and December 16th at 8PM get another entry. This year you can chose between a Marineland 75-gallon tank, top, light, and wood stand OR Oceanview 75-gallon brick (no center brace) REEF READY tank only with pine stand. YOUR CHOICE! See store for complete details. As always we will have FREE FOOD and DRINKS all day long. I hope to see you all there, Carlos River City Aquatics (512) 219-7200

The other thing to keep in mind is that some of the black sands such as "black beauty" and "onyx" seem to release phosphates over time, something you defiantly don't want in a reef tank. The only black sand we have found the doesn't release phosphate is the Tahitian Moon Sand. We have the TMS in our little nano cube and for the most part I love it. It does not have the same buffering ability as the aragonite sands, but I like the look of it and it doesn't seem to have the "dirty" look that the white sands can have over time. Of course the "dirty" look is very natural, just not what we were looking for in our front tank. As far as our Frontosa tank, it is a 200 gallon with only 4X96W on it. It is a very dark tank, but that is the look we were going for. The black sand does absorb some of the light, but with "reef" lighting and lots of live rock near the surface I don't think a reef tank will appear any darker than a white sand tank.

plenty of zoos and xenia. No sun coral at the moment.

HOLY SMOKES We just unpacked the first order and all I can say is WOW! Out of the 50 or so new corals we got at least 90% are SPS fragish. Acros, pocilipora, monti both cap and digi. TONS of color for small frags just out of the bag. Also got a bunch of zoos including PINKS, redish orange, and some that have not even opened yet. Come ASAP to get first picks. NONE of the new corals over $35 and many (at least half) at $20.

Put a piece of dark paper or cardboard between the two forks of the buld and you should be able to see the "less intense" bulb glowing.

We finally got the stands in just last week. Kind of a pain in the butt to put together, but a little nicer than the nano cube stands.

I'm guessing you are talking about 1/2 of the PC bulb on each side? If this is the case, are you sure that the bulb is going out? Current's "Dual Actinic" has two different nm of actinic light on each bulb and one of the sides looks VERY much like they are not working. With the bulb running it will appear that only one side is running but in reality they are both firing. If you already know this, I apologize for repeating the info. We have not had a single return on the OO out of selling at least 30-40 fixtures with the halides. Also, with out getting into too much with other stores return/warranty policies, ALL current light fixtures have a one year warranty. We simply replace the light off the shelf or if it's not in stock we will have an entire new light in the shop in less that 4 days. That is one of the reasons we went with the Current fixtures--the return policy. Coralife is now sending out replacement PARTS instead of replacing the fixture. As much as I like the Coralife fixtures, I don't want to have to tell a customer that they have to wait for Coralife to send out parts in hopes that that is what is causing the problems, all the while your corals are with out all or part of their light.

Its on our first coral tank when you walk into the saltwater room. We sell the Outer Orbit almost 10 to 1 over the Corallife mostly because of the price and the OO has 130W actinic PCs vs 96W on the corallife. I think if I ever used one of these fixtures on a home aquarium I would go with the Corallife just because of the external ballast.

Hey Everyone, We have some cool new stuff coming in Thursday afternoon. Please let us know if you have any questions. Nassarius Snails 2" HUGE OVER 50 NEW COLORFUL CORALS FROM $20 - $35 Maxima "Joker" NOT GOLD!!! Clams Crocea Ultra Clams Green Bubble Anemone w/ Pink Tips Magnificent Anemone Purple Base w/ Yellow Tips Long Tentacle Anemones Watchman Gobies Tank Raised Seahorses ONLY $22.99Ea Blue Velvet Sea Slug Potters Angels Royal Gramma Lawnmower Blenny Copperband Butterfly Pearlscale Butterfly Ocellaris Clown Tank Raised Firefish Gobies Mandarin Green Atlantic Blue Tangs Convict Tangs Sailfin Tangs Rectangulatus Trigger Six Line Wrasse Peppermint Shrimp Skunk Cleaner Shrimp Astrea Turbo Snails ALL LIVE ROCK CURED Tonga Live Rock $5.99 / pound Fiji Live Rock $4.99 / pound

As always RCA would like to donate some grab bags and door prizes, if someone can swing by the store to pick them up it would be greatly appreciated.

We have the Current Outer Orbit 4' on one of our coral tanks, and for the most part I really like it. Unlike the Corallife the Outer Orbit has its ballast built-in to the fixture so there is definately some heat issues, but we suspend it about 16" from the water so not that big a deal for us.

10 - 8 Mon thru Sat 12 - 4 Sunday

Yes we do have some Tank Raised Ocellaris Clowns and some nice xenia frags.

Hey guys, We have two orders coming in today (Thursday). Should be in by 4-5 PM this afternoon. Here is what we are expecting: Flame Angels Gold Stripe Maroon Clowns Blue Regal Tangs Sailfin Tangs Yellow Tangs Pacific Cowfish Atlantic Flounder Porcupin Puffer Emerald Crab Turbo Snails Banggai Cardinals Copperband Butterfly Sailfin Black Blenny Neon Pacific Gobies Yellow Leaf Fish Niger Trigger Fish Blue & Gold Rabbit Fish Foxface Six Line Wrasse Purple Lobster Red Leg Hermit Mexican Turbo Snails Rose Bubble Anemones Seabae Purple Tip Anemones OVER 30 NEW CORALS TO CHOOSE FROM! Tonga Live Rock $5.99 / pound Fiji Live Rock $4.99 / pound Cured Fiji Live Rock $4.99 / pound (already in stock)

we are open labor day our normal hours (10-8)

this should work http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&q=12108...ustin,+TX+73301

Hey Everyone, We are having our "FIRST FRIDAY AFTER HOURS SALE" this Friday from 7- 10 PM. All Saltwater livestock is 20% OFF including some new very nice Tonga Premium Live Rock which will only be $4.79 per pound during the sale. We will have sodas, beer, and snacks so come on out and say hi! Here is a list of what we expect in: NEW: OCEANIC BIO-CUBE ALL IN ONE AQUARIUMS, NOW AVAILABLE!! 14 GALLON $189.99 29 GALLON $274.99 EXPECTED SALTWATER BY 09-01 BLACK TURBO SNAILS 30+ NEW COLORFUL ZOOS ULTRA COLORED DEEP WATER ACROPORAS LEPTORIA BRAIN BLUE MAXIMA CLAMS ---- VERY RARE BLUE ANTHELLIA FLAME ANGELS MARSHALL ISLANDS BLUE AND GOLD RABBIT FISH SMALL CLOWN TRIGGERS HARLEQUIN TUSK TONGA PREMIUM LIVE ROCK --- ONLY $4.79 PER POUND DURING THE SALE!!! HALFMOON ANGELS LONGNOSE BUTTERFLY BLACKFIN SHRIMP GOBY CORAL BEAUTY ANGELS POTTERS ANGELS PEARLSCALE RED BUTTERFLY OCELLARIS CLOWNS TANK RAISED SAILFIN TANGS YELLOW TANGS SIX LINE WRASSE LONGNOSE HAWKFISH SADDLEBACK ANEMONE SALLY LIGHT FOOT CRABS HORSESHOE CRABS HAWIIAN FEATHER DUSTER CODIUM MACRO ALGAE

Hopefully I might be able to make it. At the very least if someone wants to stop by the store on their way to the meeting, I know that RCA wants to donate some dry goods as door prizes or whatever you all see fit.

I'm glad you found your way. It's a good group of local folks.

We have an order coming in first thing Wednesday morning, with a few cool items we don't get in to often. Lawnmower Blenny Yellow watchman Goby Kellogi Seahourse Tank Raised Powder Brown Tang Green Feather Dusters Yellow Feather Dusters Candy Stripe Pistol Shrimp Eibls Angel Kliens Butterfly Clarks Clownfish Pink Skunk Clown Yellow Clown Goby Fuzzy Dwarf Lionfish Orange Spot Rabbitfish -- Way Cool!! Hawaiian Leaf Fish Achilles Tang Clown Tangs Sailfin Tangs Pink Tail Trigger "Super Color" Acropora Pom Pom Crab Peppermint Shrimp Geometric Pygmy Hawk Red Cap Goby Randalls Goby Panda Goby Thanks for looking.

Salt has arrived! If I'm not here you must let the guys now that you are part of the Austin Reef Club group buy.

The salt has been ordered and will be here on Friday evening.

Hey Jim, On some of my older MH units it could take a few minutes (up to 15 or more) for the lights to refire after the power has been cut. I think this has more to do with letting the ballast cool down, but during that time there is no light being produced from the bulb. I'm not saying that this is true on all my past set-ups but on a few. I would give them a few minutes to see if the ballast will refire after a power outage.

It looks like I can get the 200 gallon Tropic Marin PRO down to $64.99 + tax (normal $89.99). To make this work we will have to buy at least 20 buckets. RCA will take 5 so if you guys can get close to 15 buckets then its a go. Lets get a list going. Also because there is almost no margin on this I will have to ask that no one use any trade in credit. Thanks RCA....5 hammondegge....2 rprew.....2 aquadoc....2 fishypets...2 gkarshens...1

I will get some prices at different breaks on Monday and let you all know.