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Anyone do DIY 2 part? thinking about going that route if it's a sufficient cost savings. anyone else interested?

sounds good. i've always had good success with scarlet hermits and having at least 1 mithrax. reeftopia has a nice deal on astreas...they have a golden astraea listed as well, anyone have any experience? laura, definitely let me know how your order turns out. they told me they had only right handed ones and someone had bought out all the lefties

for a 180, how does the following package sound (from reefstogo) 150 bl hermits 4 emeralds 70 nassarius 70 ceriths 50 margarita snails 2 sea cucs 2 sally lightfoots would you add anything? i've got a 3" sand bed. couldn't find the left leg hermits on the reefcleaners site

great suggestions! thanks everyone. will check the reeftopia and reefcleaners sites

Where's the best place to order for clean up crews? what are people's preferences in terms of crabs/snails/etc? I'm looking at reefs2go.com, which looks promising but i'd like to hear other people's opinions.

sorry, that sucks man

thanks guys. pretty much know how i'm going to plumb it. it's more just that it seems like a job for 2 guys...plus it's always nice to have another set of eyes and another person's experience when you're plumbing...i think i'm a little out of the way for most people though :(

anyone in the stafford/fredericksburg area up for some plumbing/initial setup fun? bought a nice 180 used setup but have been away from the hobby for a while and could use some help. also, my wife isn't strong enough to help get the hood off easily, which is making plumbing things a little hard. would be happy to compensate with $$$ or some extra equipment i'm not going to need in exchange for the help.

went to marine scene the other day. to be honest, a little underwhelmed. great display tank. had some nice ricordia in and a decent selection of frags. their fish selection was a little light. decent selection of lps. they told me they don't quarantine in general. is this common in the area? previously, when places charge $150 for a purple tang, it was due to them quarantining for at least a week prior to selling. i may have caught them on a light day but given that it takes an hour to drive up from stafford, will probably avoid for the time being. i think atlantis may actually be closer to me so will check out.

if you part out, i'd be interested in the skimmer.

it sounds like one of those guys that's best highlighted in a nano tank where you can rotate in corals or in a huge display where it won't hurt anything enough due to its size. very cool nonetheless. which of your tanks is it in? it was on the dendro?

very nice is it safe?

i'm interested as well, though i'm about 2-3 months away from being able to get the tank...for a 300 dd

this tank keeps looking better and better