AlexKilpatrick

Price drop to $750.

This is kind of weird, so bear with me. I have a Aqualogic 1/3 HP Chiller for sale that is new in the box. As in, the box is still sealed from the manufacturer, and it has never been used. This is the kind of chiller that has a hose with coils, and you just drop the coils in your sump, so you don't have to mess with plumbing. However, it is about 5 years old (long story), so you won't have any manufacturer's warranty. Aqualogic makes great chillers, though. Is is this exact chiller: http://www.marinedepot.com/Aqua_Logic_Trimline_Cyclone_1_3HP_Chiller_TLC_4_with_Temperature_Controller_1_3_HP_Greater_Drop_In_Aquarium_Chillers-Aqua_Logic-AL2133-FICHDIQT-AL2137K-vi.html (ridiculously long URL) New is $1000 + shipping. I am selling for $800. You can test it out to make sure it chills a bucket of water, but I can't provide any more warranty than that.

Tank has been sold and picked up. And I hope I never have to move (or help move) a tank again. Goof luck Theo!

All: Someone is planning to come pick it up this weekend. If that falls through, Laura's client has first dibs. Sorry for the confusion.

I have treated a couple of times with Flatworm exit and they eventually came back. I was going to move to higher levels of dosage, which I have heard works. The tank is still a package deal. I posted the photos for someone who may be driving down 4 hours to get it. But it is still open for sale. I will consider parting it out next week if it doesn't sell.

Some pics I took quickly, and not very flatteringly. But this should help prove that I have all the equipment.

Yeah, I am not really entertaining deals for parting out right now, especially since I posted in "Complete systems" and also said "Please don't ask about parting out" You guys are nothing if not persistent, though.

The tank is 5 x 2 x 2. It has two corner overflows.

Yes, I have done that, and watched him for a while to see if he goes after that flatworms. He just doesn't seem interested, or there are enough that he gets his fill. It may be that there is a balance. Right now you can see the flatworms if you look for them, but they are not overwhelming like some populations I have seen.

What's wrong with six-lines? He is very well behaved. I don't think he eats much in the way of flatworms, though.

Sorry -- one more thing I forgot to mention. The tank does have a bit of a flatworm problem right now. If you buy, please quarantine before mixing in with another tank.

OK, I guess this is the wrong crowd to say "Please don't ask about parting out" :-) If it doesn't sell in a week or so, I may part it out. I just want to avoid dragging the selling process out over a long time. I have been chastised for not mentioning the fish. Here you go -- 2 clowns, 4 large Chromis' and a six-line. I also have Mark's super-splitting anemone. I bought 2 from him and now I have 4. Mark -- just doing some consulting work to keep things going.

I'm starting a new job which will require a ton of travel, and I don't want to ask my family to maintain my tank. All equipment is less than 1 year old. The tank is on a second floor, so you will need to have someone help you move it. Please do not ask about parting out. 150 G Oceanic reef-ready. Cherry-stained stand (Oceanic) It is 5' wide, which is kind of unusual PM Redline Skimmer (rated for300 Gal) PM 36" Sump Aquacontroller Apex controller 2 Vortech Pumps Hamilton fixture -- 2 x 250W HQI, plus T5s RO/DI (100 GPD) Live rock I have a few corals and fish, but nothing worth mentioning. $1500 Firm.

@chark -- I don't think it is on the market yet. It is supposed to be something they are releasing soon. @DaJMasta -- I don't expect it to save costs. I just think it might be easier to manage, and certainly cheaper to ship.

Actually, you hit on a potential problem. I mix up saltwater in a trashcan, and I don't have a precise measurement on the amount of water. I just put in salt until the salinity gets to the right point. That approach won't work if your saltwater mix is in two separate parts. You would have to put in the exact right amount of the trace elements, and then you could adjust the salinity with NaCl. But you would have to know exactly how much water you had.

I would assume food salt. It is just NaCl without anything else in it. I would guess the difference would be the level of purity.

Weird story related to this. My mom was an ICU nurse; she retired in the mid-80s. They used to have a lot of "expired" blood because it has such a limited shelf life. (as an aside, a HUGE amount of donated blood is not actually used) Some of the nurses used to take the expired blood to put on plants. They said it was hugely beneficial. Dunno if they still do that now, but I doubt it.

I haven't looked, but it doesn't seem like it would be that hard. NaCl is NaCl. It just needs to be relatively pure.

I thought you were supposed to calibrate it with a solution because it is not linear over the entire range, just over the smaller range (say 1.020 - 1.030 or so). I had a problem initially calibrating mine because the solution was using different units than the refractometer. I had water at something like 1.018 for a while and couldn't figure out why corals and snails kept dying. Fish didn't care, though.

This is a clever idea. I wonder why no one thought of it before. http://reefbuilders.com/2010/03/18/neomarine-kalibrate-saltwater-premix-brightwell-making-seawater-bulk/ The idea is that they can ship and store saltwater mix much cheaper if they don't include the salt, which is 80%. You can get the salt locally. I would love to not have to deal with those huge buckets.

I would advise getting a simulator (about $200 or so) and do lots and lots of practice. Helis are pretty challenging to fly.

Did you know the iPhone software for interfacing with aquacontrollers is not connected to Neptune in any way? It was just written by some guy.

My philosophy is that you don't need to have more flow through your sump that your skimmer outputs. For example, let's say you skimmer outputs 100 Gal/hour. That means it can only take in 100 gal/hour. If you have more flow than that through your sump, you have more flow than you need. You can use something like a vortech in the tank to handle all the flow needed in the tank without having to have a huge pump shooting water through your sump at 1200 Gal/hour.

I agree this is not a hobby for people who are trying to save money. But why spend $80 on a dosing pump for top-off when a $25 osmolator pump (or similar) works just fine. Yes, it adds water a little faster than a dosing pump, but it is such a tiny percentage of the overall tank volume that there is no way it will make a difference. If you are worried about back-siphon you can just add a $2 check valve. (aqualifters won't back-siphon, by the way) Not to slight dosing pumps in any way -- I use them for two part because I want really precise control. But personally I can't see any use for them as top-off pumps. Sometimes in the hobby it seems we have a perception that the more expensive equipment is better, and if you want the best for your reef you should not be cheap. Sometimes the more expensive equipment is better, but not always. Is the $2300 bubble king really better than a $230 skimmer? There are lots of examples where things just seem to be more expensive for the sake of perceived quality.

I did a couple of months ago and then had to retreat a second time. They seem gone now, though. The only think I have noticed is GSP being retracted. Everything else seems ok. I have read that skimmer production is usually low for a while after treatment, but I didn't see much difference. In fact, my skimmer production has been UP for several weeks after treatment. I don't know if that is related or not.