paulkva

Have 2 parties interested now. Highly likely the system is no longer available.

I am moving and down-sizing. Thought the aquarium would be moving too but that has changed. I have a Red Sea 130C (130 liter) that is 5-years old. Need someone willing to come take it all by Friday 7/11/14 from Reston location. Not interested in parting out. Includes entire setup: stand, skimmer, lights, Hydor ATO (never managed to get it properly dialed in), reference books, 2 5-gallon water jugs, numerous Salifert test kits), small battery backup for included air pump, 4 hydor koralia nanos, various additives and media, food pellets, lots of other odds and ends. Tank does have green algae. I am not an expert, but believe it to be hair algae. Photo taken today attached (I think). Livestock: 2 fish: False Percula and yellow goby Serpent starfish Turbo snail Burgundy leg hermit A few blue mushrooms 2 blastamusas (each fist sized with about 2 dozen polyps each) Pipe organs Favia prism (8+ polyps) Orange Ricordia Green zoas A few orange zoas Please communicate interest by Text Message Only to 703-926-3125. Calls will not be accepted.

Thanks to everyone for your input. I am happy to report that the GSP was just in a funk. I repositioned it so it is now on the sand bed, but it seems that light was not the likely driver for the retraction of the polyps. The polyps are open again now. I will post information on water chemistry as soon as I can as I do not have those data with me at the moment. Thanks again, Paul

I am very new to the hobby and need some help determining what is happening with my green star polyp. I am guessing that the light is too intense but have no experience to draw upon so I ask for help. I acquired a green star polyp about a week ago. It did great for a few days, but now most of the polyps are staying retracted. Water chemistry has been good without fluctuations. Tank is a Red Sea 130D about 2 months old, 34g, SSB, 35lb live rock. Lighting is 2 T5 10k. Is it likely that the polyp is reacting to light that is too strong compared to its former home? I guess I should have started at the bottom of the tank and moved it up over time? Polyp placement is at about a foot of water. Lights are on 11hrs/day. Suggestions for now and advice on how to do better in the future? Thanks, Paul