Truckin

PayPal payment made (probably in the name of Judy J [wife]) for:

Red Montipora Capricornus $ 12.99

(green w/) Purple Rim Montipora Capricornus $ 34.99

subtotal: $ 47.98

10% discount $ 4.80

less 10% $ 43.18

box fee $ 2.00

new subtotal: $ 45.18

3% PayPal fee $ 1.36

Grand Total: $ 46.54

Let me know if I made any errors. Thanks, Roy

After the bulbs burn in, how about posting how you like the Phoenix 14k. I've been thinking about making this change myself.

Here's my order:

Red Montipora Capricornus $12.99

Purple Rim Montipora Capricornus $ 34.99

Total: $47.98

Are we up to the 10% discount?

I think that the focus is on fish, with maybe no corals.

As soon as I hear back from Vivid about the clove polyps, I will finalize my order. In my PayPal payment, should I deduct the 10% discount? Thanks.

I was wanting the Yellow Snow Clove Polyps at last week's sale for $ 15.99. Did Vivid respond? Thanks.

Hi Laura,

I'll take one of your $5 "frizzly" green mushrooms. About 4:00 tomorrow at RCA?

Thanks, Roy

I'm not an expert, but I will offer my two cents. I have to assume that you have a good supply of quality salt water. I would use two or three 5 gallon buckets, or similar plastic containers, and put salt water in the first two, maybe half full. I would wash the sand and rocks, separately, starting with the first bucket for the "dirty" wash. Move them to the second bucket to wash again, for slightly cleaner wash. If needed do the same in a third bucket.

As the first bucket becomes really dirty, pour that water out, and this becomes the new third bucket. The original second bucket now becomes the first dirty wash, and so on. Basically you are using the water until it is too dirty to continue.

After cleanup by washing in salt water, put the sand and rocks back in the aquarium with fresh salt water. Then watch the protein skimmer and set it for vigorous skimming.

Having said all of that, I doubt that major damage was done to the rocks and sand by the food items in the tank, and I would not worry about "bad bacteria." In other words, I doubt that long recycling will be necessary. But the sooner you start to get the crud out, the better for the good critters on the rocks and sand.

Maybe someone else on the bulletin board has more expertise. Good luck.

I'm in for $20-30. Waiting to see what the next sale shows.

Things have changed. I plan to be there.

Roy

Some of the "dollar stores" carry the superglue gel pretty cheap. (Don't be surprised if the tube has some air bubbles.)

I also got some of the green clove polyps from Vivid. It took them a while to open, but now they are doing fine and producing more polyps. I have noticed periods that most or all seem to fold in for a while and then later they open up, apparently normal again. Maybe they are just resting (LOL).

Hi Mark

Vivid has Yellow Snow Clove Polyps on sale for $ 15.99.

Also they have Red Montipora Capricornus (not on sale) for $ 12.99.

Can you ask them to hold those two items at those prices until the order goes in next week? And next week, after seeing what is on sale, I will add at least one more item to my order. As with last time I will send you the payment + 3% by PayPal.

Thanks. Roy

Here is a link to a discussion about making aquarium rocks from concrete:

http://saltaquarium....CementRock.html

Which one is this?

I just noticed the file name "blue-green zoas." Does it have another name?

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I was reading Anthony Calfo's Book of Coral Propagation this morning, and I remembered that he made a strong statement (page 103) that horizontal is the way to go.

Take two:

After playing around a bit more, it occurred to me that the bottom part of the golf tee might be more useful for this because it could fit into smaller holes and cracks. Haven't tried it, but plastic pics (party style?) might work as well.

I've come at the topic from a slightly different direction.

Any way, in the past couple days, I have used super glue gel to attach an old-fashioned, plastic golf tee (most seem to be wood) to the bottom of a mount. I use side cutters to cut off the bottom of the tee leaving about an inch (or whatever fits the location). Depending on whether this is an existing mounted coral, or a new mount ready to receive a frag, the tee could be cut before or after gluing.

Many of my live rocks have holes or cracks that the remaining tee fits into. Then if I want to move the mount, it just lifts out.

So far, this seems to work. Hope this helps.

Roy Buchanan

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I've had a couple of green chromis disappear during the night at different times. I don't know whether to blame the emerald crab or not. Could Peppermint Shrimp eat the chromis? Two other green chromis have done fine over a couple months.

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If Mark doesn't take them today, I'm up for $20 , and I can make it by late this afternoon or early evening.

(I will be away from the computer for a while, but I will check back around 2:00 this afternoon.)

Thanks.

I would like five. PM sent.

If the Armagedon Paly is still available for $5, I want it. PM me a convenient time to pick it up.

Thanks. (The Kedds Redds have opened nicely.)

Roy Buchanan