mexicanjavafish

Hey everyone! Things have been changing a lot lately for me, starting with moving out of my parents house and into a great apartment with a good friend of mine . As most of you know, I had a 75g setup.....which surely will not be going up 3 flights of stairs! So, after racking our brains and trying to figure out what to do, jasonthefilterfreak and I stumbled across the perfect tank for me to take with me: a 34 gallon Solana! The tank itself is still at my parent's house in Columbia, but we'll be moving it to the apartment soon! I wasn't sure about the tank at first, and I knew I would really miss having the 75, but so far I'm really glad I went with this tank! I love that it's an all-in-one system, and the skimmer it came with works great. The light is a 150w HQI pendant light with 14k bulb which I think gives off a really nice color. The only thing I'm not too happy with is that I won't be able to keep my hippo tang :( (any takers?) Current inhabitants: 1 ocellaris clown (needs a friend!) 1 picasso trigger 1 flame angel 1 orange banded prawn goby (MIA since I put him in the new tank...I even checked the floor!) 2 BTAs (one red, one green) So far that's everything in my tank, more will be moved over just before or just after we move the tank. Thanks for reading! --Christina

Does anyone have a tile saw with a large diameter blade I could possibly borrow to cut rocks? It makes aquascaping quite a bit easier....

I have a clam that is attached either to the glass bottom of my tank, the sheet of eggcrate on top of it under a 3" bed of sand or both. I will be downsizing my tank and I don't know how to get my clam to let go so I can move him. Anyone have any advice or a how-to? Any help is much appreciated

you guys are awesome :] he's in laurel md and he did have really good plans drawn up, its just the time restraints keeping him from actually putting it together. last i checked he was having a hard time curving the wood for the door (it's a corner tank). he/we also have yet to start on the led light setup he wants to build. he's got it mostly planned out, the materials just need to be purchased/built. after that the whole thing really just needs to be put together and it should be ready for water :] i'm probably forgetting loads of details, it's been forever since i've actually been able to take a look at what needs to be done, but those are the bigs things (i think) for right now. thank you so much guys!

So here it is: jasonthefilterfreak has had the world going against him when it comes to getting his tank set up. He's said himself that since his tank teardown so long ago he just hasn't been the same, and I think it's time this one gets set up! He's finished with school (finally! ) but work (which he loves, btw) demands so much of his time, and it's nearly impossible for him to get anything tank-related done and, as a true fish geek, it's having a real impact on him . It's been a while (work, haha) but in the past he was a very active member of wamas, and would do anything to help anyone he could whether here on the boards or in person. Even now, both him and I try to make it out to ctenophore's place for the usual fish geekery. I really want to do this for him, and hopefully have it fish ready by christmas, if possible. He deserves it after everything he's done for me and my tank honestly - but I can't do it alone! I want to get a good, solid group of people together who are willing to help with this project. In person would be best if you're close, but I will even take help on the boards if you've got anything to offer. ANYTHING will help! The only catch is that I would like it to remain a secret for as long as possible. He hasn't been on the boards in quite a while so hopefully he won't see this, but I would appreciate it if no one PMed him about what we're doing during the planning stages. When it comes time to work on the actual tank though, I'll let him know of course! Please let me know guys, like I said, ANYTHING will help! Thanks so much everyone! oh, also, i'm selling/trading corals from my own tank. perhaps a trade for help?

How could I forget The ribs came out pretty good

Well it's certainly been FOREVER and, despite popular belief, I still have the tank and it's looking better than ever :] I just took a look at all the old photos and it just hit me how much things have really grown and changed in my tank.....and I figured I'd share a glimpse of that growth with everyone There will be plenty more pictures to come - but someone stole my camera when they broke into my car - so I'll have to wait until I have access to a better camera. These cell phone pics really don't do it justice!

what caused it?

I very much agree with this statement. At this point I'm debating the lighting choice for my/our new set up being as right now we're running 4 x t5 + 2 x VHO

Really christina and I asked realllllll nice and the very nice security man let us in... we went down to the basement and had it all to ourselves walked around looked at some of the off displays the alligators were cool in tha dark, tried to call a few people to see what was up then left. edit: Whoops logged in on her account - Jasonthefilterfreak

Use food and lure him into a net or do a quick drain/refill of the tank and snag him that way.

I think you might be able to as along as you don't exceed the maximum lenght or wattage of the ballast, though it would be tricky and probably not a good idea

Guess we'll have to wait for him to confirm, cool prize though

FandF had fantastic prices on salt during the social

okay wow when i said they laid eggs i lied....she's still in the process of laying the eggs!!