Stephen

Thanks Becky.

It's a ricordea yuma. Better hurry. It made my wish list also for the weekend order I plan to make. Speaking of which... When I order online how do I go about getting the WAMAS discount?

That's organics and proteins built up that form the skim on the top of the water if I'm not mistaken. My over flows take care of it for me. In the sump it's my skimmers surface skimmer that gets it.

GARF has a pretty extensive list of links concerning this in their "How-To Pages". It's listed under "Aragocrete". GARF

It's definitely not the place it used to be. They got a (seems pretty knowledgeable) ex employee back so maybe things will flip for the better. He even is/was a WAMAS member.

I have a couple of frogspawn. It doesn't look like the normal heads they put out. I'll try to get a better pic really quick. I'm assuming it's some sort of LPS but I can't find a thing on it. There's 12 or so polyps on this rock that are on the top, bottom, sides, etc. There's one on the bottom that's a little bigger and the "tube" it's in is around 1/4 of an inch long. It looks like a little anemone that's growing out of a rock tube. Here's another pic. Maybe just a little bit better.

Noticed this in some coral rubble the other day in a sump. I decided it deserved a home in the tank. I've been looking for days for an ID but have come up empty. Any idea what it is? Sorry for the pic quality.

Congrats!

Just wanted to say I had a great visit to BRK this evening. Great selection, great livestock and a very helpful staff. It will become one of my new lfs. Even though it is an hour away.

Thanks. I found some reviews on another site and am looking forward to the rics and things I purchased.

Planning to attend. No guests.

I just made an order with them and was wondering if anyone here has received rics or livestock from them before?

I'd either shim it or find a new location.

Awesome rics everyone!

That's going to be a mutual feeling on November 29th. lol

After a LONG drive from Orange to Charlottesville to Fredericksburg then Manassas (was heading to Blue Ribbon Koi but they were closed :() just for some dry base rock and a bag of substrate I ended the day at Cozy Clownfish. Fortunately they had everything I needed and a nice little ricordea rock that I wasn't leaving the store without. Sorry for the pic quality (digi cam isn't the greatest) but... BTW... Greg and Terry at Cozy Clownfish showed me today that excellent customer service is still alive and well. They both earned high regards and my future support.

that is awesome. can't wait to see this thing filled up with livestock!

I've seen stoma's do this before. Never seemed to hurt anything. Although I've never seen it on a large enough scale to make the water cloudy. Do notice my candy cane puts out its tentacles during the event. Eating them maybe?

Thanks Bob. I found the thread and he has a great tank. Hopefully I'll be able to achieve something similar. I'm going to look into a drilled tank since I can't seem to find any reef ready tanks in the size I want.

I didn't mean to seem brash or stubborn on my hardgood choices here. Sorry if I came off that way. I think I may take lanmans advice and look into a reef ready or drilled tank.

I was planning on having the pump on it. A buddy has been using one for a while now and he says he's never had a problem. It has the pump on it of course and the 10.99 for the pump isn't pricey enough to live without. I like the size/footprint of the skimmer box that goes inside the tank. So little room is used compared to the other overflows I have or have seen. Same with the skimmer. Except this time it comes from personal experience. Nice footprint, below average in noise levels and puts out nice dark gunk when it's adjusted right. Most of my choices are based on their foot print in the tank or sump. I want the power, but I'd like the space for other things. Hence most of my choices. Thanks everyone that's replied so far. Keep them coming! I debated joining wamas for years and can honestly say it's been the best 20 bucks I've ever spent.

A couple of months ago I purchased a 20 gallon tank to upgrade a small ocellaris clown pair and an anemone. Things have been going well except I suddenly have the desire to go bigger. I'm limited on space however and want to use some existing equipment without making a big purchase of another 75 or 90 gallon tank and the equipment and lighting to go with it. What I have in mind is a 30 gallon (36"l x 12"w x 16" h) with my current 20 gallon as a sump/cheato/macro farm. I'm dying to try my hand at SPS corals but I have a few question I'd like to ask first about the set-up and your opinion of it's ability to maintain SPS corals along with LPS and softies (I've been keeping LSP and softies for half of my life). This isn't my first time at the rodeo but since I've decided I want SPS coral I'd like others opinions before I get my feet wet. I've included my equipment plans and future livestock plans. The biggest question I have is will the t-5 fixture I plan to purchase be enough for the anemone (sebae that will be moved to a 75 gallon with MH once it grows too large) and SPS to thrive (I purchased a MH with CF's fixture for my 20 gallon but returned it as I couldn't live with the way it hung over the front and back of the tank). Along with suggestions of corals (SPS and LPS specifically). Below are my livestock and equipment plans. Any and all suggestions and substitutions welcome. 30 gallon display 36"l x 12"w x 16" h Equipment - 2 Maxi-Jet 1200's with rotating deflector FLO attachments (purchasing) - Fluval 305 (have) - Current USA Nova Extreme Pro T5 Lighting Fixture, 6X39 Watt, 36 inch (purchasing) - CPR Aquatics CS50 Siphon Overflow (purchasing) - Prizm Deluxe Skimmer (have) - Eheim Water System Installation Set 2 (for sump return) Livestock - 35 pounds of live rock (have) - 25 pounds of Sea Flor Reef Sand (have) - 1 small occelaris clown pair (have) - 1 4" sebae anemone (have) - 2 red fire fish gobies (purchasing) - 1 six line wrasse (have) - 1 orange stripe prawn goby (have) - 1 tiger pistol shrimp (have) - 2 peppermint shrimp (purchasing) - 1 coral banded shrimp (purchasing) - 1 emerald mithrax (purchasing) - various snails and hermits Coral - SPS (what can I keep or am I limited to?) - LPS (again, what would you suggest?) - frogspawn (have) - candy cane coral (have) - zoo's (have) - ricordea's (have) - toadstool leather (have) - xenia (have) 20 gallon sump 24"l x 12"w x 16" h light cycle will be opposite of 30 gallon. Equipment - Coralife 20" 96 watt CF fixture with 6500k bulb (have) - Maxi-Jet Submersible Utility Pumps Model 1100 (purchasing) - Stealth Heater 250W (purchasing) - Maxi-Jet 1200 for flow (have) Livestock - Cheato (have) - Caulerpa (have) - various snails Diagrams Overview Plumbing Tank Layout (front view) Thanks in advance for your advice and suggestions.