runamukus

SOLD! Thank you very much.

*Pending Sale*

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I held onto this tank thinking I would get back into the hobby, but school and work is keeping this from happening.

I'm selling my Solana 34 - tank, stand and MH light. It is a 150 Metal Halide. The light has about 5 months left of good use.

The tank needs some cleaning from the old coral line algae.

It comes with a skimmer.

I will throw in a lot of other odds and ends - such as buckets, 5 gallon jugs, food, some dry rock (about 10lbs) and whatever chemicals I have left.

I'm asking $500 for everything.

Thank you.

The clowns and Anemone are beautiful. The GBTA is huge and it still retains it's nice green color.

The clowns are very active, and the couple times I've been there, they had fresh eggs.

You won't be disappointed in them.

This was one of the rare times someone breaks down a pristine tank. I've got several pieces from him. The rock is super purple, no pests, & everything made it back to my house happy and healthy.

Good luck runamukus.

I'm glad everything found a good home!

Getting down to the nitty gritty! Need to the clowns & anemone gone - come on, I know somebody out there wants a mated pair of clowns with the anemone AND they lay eggs AND they host the anemone...

Pm sent on hermit crabs

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Where are you located? I'd like the birdsnest...

I'm in Kyle - South of Austin about 15 minutes.

Hey all - I tried to sell my complete system but the few that were interested backed out. I'm selling all of my livestock. See attached pictures, if you want a pic of one of the items that are not shown, let me know and I'll take a pic and either post it here or email it to you.

ALL SOLD, nothing left. Thanks to everyone that stopped by!

any word on a part out?

Matt

I'm holding out as long as I can. I'd really like to sell the whole thing and there are a few folks that are interested in the whole setup.

As stated in my post - if I part out, it will be livestock only. I will keep all the hardware because it is likely I'll get back into the hobby with a different setup.

I'm giving those that are interested in the whole setup about a week to get serious. If they are still unsure, I'll post the prices for each coral and livestock next weekend.

Thanks,

Charles

my pistol shrimp is the best thing that has ever happend to my substrate

I agree, but it can be a pain in the behind when they keep moving sand out from under the rocks and things unexpectedly shift and fall! I have to constantly move the sand it moves to one side of the tank BACK to the other side. It keeps us both busy.

Moved to livestock

One of the ballast in my lighting fixture went kaput. I need one. Does not have to be new. Willing to buy if reasonable or TRADE for some pretty pom pom xenia or dragon eye zoas.

So, if you have a T5 HO ballast (the one I have is for a 24 inch fixture) and it is a program start (not rapid start) and want some zoas or some pom poms, let me know and we may have ourselves a trade.

I have some pom pom xenia and a decent size of what I believe is called dragon eye zoas for trade. I attached pictures.

I'm looking for some really colorful zoas.

If you you would rather purchase - the pom pom is $15 on a small rock.

The zoas are $20, it is about the size of an average person's palm. If that measurement means anything.

PM me and let me know if you have some cool zoas for trade or just want to buy 'em.

Thanks.

I'm interested. PM sent.

Are you willing to part out?

Yeah, that's right! I want to "steal" a 75 through 90 gallon tank. Well not really STEAL it but I want to buy it so cheap that people say OMG that is a steal!

I just got me a house and so my new project is to build a tank on the tightest budget possible. I am NOT in a hurry, I know good deals happen from time to time and I intend on hitting up all the good deals possible. If you have something that is just sitting around, collecting dust (a BIG sin to have a nice tank collecting dust! ) and want to strike me a deal I can't refuse, please let me know!

I do have a HOB overflow so the tank does not have to be drilled - so I'm good there.

I'm willing to barter some of my web hosting and skills as well.

LMK what you all have!

Did you ever use anything to treat your fish for ich? Any copper based chemicals added by chance?

Ok, I know this is an odd request, but I thought it was worth a try. I have two onyx clowns that I bought at River City last March. They STILL have no idea what that rather large green BTA is for. I've tried taping pictures to the tank. I've tried shining a flashlight on the anemone at night. I've even pulled up videos of clownfish on the laptop and set it in front of the tank. Mine just won't go into the 'nem.

So here's the deal - if you have two onyx clowns that are creating problems in your tank because of their hosting behavior (smothering a small anemone, messing with frogspawn, etc.), I'd like to trade you mine straight up.

I had two clowns that did the same. In fact the anemone was so big they had to swim around it. Then after about 4 months, the male decided to host it out of the blue. Then the female followed in about 2 weeks time. She was preferring to sleep on an orange mushroom. Now they both host the anemone. You just gotta be patient, they'll figure it out in time. I say hold on to them for a little longer and if they don't host within a year, then try and trade 'em out.

Traded. Thank you.

Well the water change is a big debate amongst different folks. Some think you should change at least 10% once a week. Some say they don't change it but once a month. I personally can see that if I don't do a water change once a week, my corals and fish are not happy. It seems like you have a FOWLR (Fish Only With Live Rock) and I never had one of those. I do know you want to keep the Nitrate to zero. When I see any Nitrate, I do a water change immediately.

Another question is: What kind of test kit are you using? I know some SW test kits are not that good and can give false readings. I'd suggest taking a sample of your water to a LFS and ask them to test it for you to make sure your readings are in sync with theirs.

Trade pending this weekend...

The only thing I can recommend is when you decide to get more fish, add only one and see how it does. If your water parameters are fine, (being 0 nitrates, nitrites and ammonia) and your Ph is a stable 8.2

But is your alk really 200?

The alkalinity of a saltwater tank should be around 2.5 to 3.5 meq/l. I'm not sure what kind of test kit you have, could you let us know what you are using?

Too, you should have zero nitrates. How often do you do a water change and how much?

Another question or two is what are the other tank inhabitants outside of fish? Do you have any corals that may contribute to polluting the tank chemically (something a test kit won't pick up)? What kind of filteration are you using? Do you have LR or a deep sand bed? You may be adding too many fish at once and are getting a spike which could kill already stressed fish. Oh and how big is the tank?