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    Getting out of the hobby

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    This is what is left

     

    Current USA Prime Tower 1/3 HP Chiller $300

    120 Gallon tank with stand and with 75 gallon subout 35 pounds $1.50 a poundmp, skimmer, Current USA T5 (12 bulbs) %500 OBO

    Box of live rock (dry) 50 pounds $1.00 a pound

     

    Now some hardware

     

    Oceanic Cube 14 gallon. Need to replace lights and fan. $100

    Breeder tank $100 OBO

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    Getting out of the hobby

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    Ok, Jan gets the Chromis

     

    Kristen the Live Rock, sand and some water. Kristen, do you want the dry live rock also?

     

     

    Aurora, the rest of the fish.

     

    We have to coordinate on this one. I don't live in the house anymore, its my ex, but she is keeping it running until I get it all sold.

    I would be coming from my apartment in Alexandria.

     

    So if for sure you are coming, I can be there to meet you.

     

    PM me and I will provide you the address in Manassas.

    Getting out of the hobby

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    Everything sold except

     

    120 gallon tank that is selling with the 75 gallon sump, stand, and skimmer, pumps

    3 Pajama cardinal fish

    one little clown fish

    6 line wrasse

    algae blennie

    about 50 to 60 pounds of live rock in the tank $1.50 OBO

    50 pounds rock outside tank

    Getting out of the hobby

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    · Edited by queloque

    I'm getting out of the hobby and i'm trying to sell my 120 gallon tank along with my 75 gallon sump along with skimmer and pumps. Looking for a good offer.

     

     

    chiller for $450 OBO

     

    I have live stock for sell too. Someone is coming by at 8 pm today to look at the live stock

    so if they buy some or none they are still available.

     

    Fish:

    $125.00 for fish

    Yellow eye tang

    2 orange Lyretail female Anthias

    Lamarck's Angelfish

    Dragon goby

    6 line wrasse

    3 other fish I forgot their names but passive

    Along with giant snail a small crab lurking in the rocks.

     

    $20

    Clam

     

    $20 a head, 8 heads

    Dendro coral

     

    $30

    candy cane coral

     

     

    I'm in Manassas

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    Kobe tang aggresively attacking my Dragon and lawnmower goby

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    Man, it looks like that I might have to get rid of my kobe tang. Its aggressively attacking the two algae eaters. I mean really aggressive. Had them for a while but during the past week, the tang is going nuts after them especially my large dragon goby housing him up behind the rocks. I had this guy for 2 years who likes to grab a mouthful of sand than make the sand come out of its gills.

    Is the purple reef lobster really safe?

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    · Edited by queloque

    I did my research on the internet and I spoke with the person at the LFS that sold it to me. I specifically asked if it was safe to have this lobster around fish. I know lobsters don't eat corals. I also had a purple lobster in my tank 20 years ago. He never bothered any of my fish. He'd come out during the day to eat whenever I fed my fish.

     

    These places, to list a few, is where I got my information.

    http://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_11_03/Pu...310_63_4_4.html

    http://www.freshmarine.com/purple-orange-lobster.html

    http://www.petfish.net/kb/entry/47/

    http://www.vividaquariums.com/10Expand.asp...uctCode=02-2010

     

     

    Hey Jan, 3 of your 4 links say they will eat small and passive fish.

    Lowering High PH in Manassas, VA water help

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    · Edited by queloque

    I remember someone from WAMAS back when I first joined advising me to take pH reading from the tank and not from the RO/DI water. I think it might have been YBeNormal.

     

    Queloque, you have both Tom and I who can help you test the pH on your water.

     

     

    Well the initial test were from the tank that gave me the high reading. So I was curious and decided to test my ph level from the filter so I tested that too and got the same reading. I should have been more clear in the initial post.

     

    @jnguyen4007 - Yeah, I'll stay local and stop by your place.

     

    But in the meantime what is the most reliable off the shelf brand?

     

     

    @Origami2547 - I don't know the numbers off the top of my head but my paremeters were what was recommended based on the testing kit for Calcium and Alk. I didn't see any dates on the testing kits. I'll look again. I have a shipment of The 2 part kit coming in from Bulk Reef Supply today. So I will be testing again after work.

     

     

    Is a PH probe more reliable than the little kits in the box?

    Lowering High PH in Manassas, VA water help

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    · Edited by queloque

    Forget it. It's not a bad test kit. It's a bad test approach. pH of RO/DI water varies wildly because of the relative lack of ions present to buffer it. You really can't trust the reading that you're getting when using test kits or pH probes in RO/DI water. Test your saltwater after it's been mixed and has aged a day or two so that it's CO2 content equalizes with the air.

     

    Interested in a more technical discussion? Read this: http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-05/rhf/index.php

     

    From the article (by Randy Holmes-Farley):

    "The pH of highly purified water is not accurately measured by test kits, or by pH meters. There are several different reasons for this, including the fact that highly purified water has very little buffering capacity, so its pH is easily changed. Even the acidity or basicity of a pH test kit’s indicator dye is enough to alter pure water’s measured pH. As for pH meters, the probes themselves do not function well in the very low ionic strength of pure freshwater, and trace impurities on them can swing the pH around quite a bit. "

     

     

    But I tested the water in my tank as well and get the same reading of 8.8 except from the third test kit that gave me an 8.2 reading.

    Feeding Trumpet coral

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    · Edited by queloque

    Is it better to feed my trumpet coral when the lights are out. I see their short tenticles flaring during that time or does it really matter and should I spot feed them or that doesn't matter either?

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