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    Rozen Nursery Inc.

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    Took my first trip to Roozen's today. When I got there I was a little confused as to where the fish department was. After asking the guy at the front desk, I finally found the "fish greenhouse." The greenhouse reminded me of a ghetto fish store under a circus tent...The tanks were very dirty and the wooden racks holding them up looked to be turning into pulp. But the store makes up for their first impression with their large selection of decent fish. When it comes to their coral, I was a little disappointed only because they lacked in sps. They did, on the other hand, have a ton of lps. The one thing that absolutely pissed me off about this store is the fact that they don't have listed prices. Every time I found something interesting I had to track down an employee and ask how much. And its not like they even had a set price on anything..it was as though they just pulled the price out of thin air. I swear I saw people asking for a price on some of the very same things I was looking at and they were given a different price. Anyway, aside from the listed price issue, this store is definitely worth checking out once as Jan said. It was an hour and 20 min drive for me so I don't think I will be going back.

     

     

    I agree with you Nate. I went there for the first time. One cool thing was everything was supersized. From the shrimp to the coral. Everything was big. The negative side was it just seem so dirty. It appears he relies on the natural light from the greenhouse and the sun shooting through the roof so all the tanks look like a hazy green and give you a natural untouched effect.

     

     

     

    Also just about every tank was full of aptasias. I'm not talking small ones but big ones. If you put you hands in there one might drag you in. Also the same, the price list is not available but I had my iphone where you can pull the price list from their website.

     

    Their live rock tank is full of aptasias too so i will never buy life rock from them.

     

    It seems like it operates exclusively like an online fish store so nobody can see how dingy and dirty the place looks in my opinion. But if you want something big, that is the place to go if you don't mind all the aptasias you can possibly transfer to your tank.

     

    One guy in passing said the prices are not concrete and you can do some haggling with the guy.

     

    Plus his green house is very hot so I could imagine his chiller is running overtime.

     

    Oh well. Thats my 2 cents.

    small frag zoas that wont open

    in General Discussion

    · Edited by queloque

    How long have the zoas in question been in the tank? Are there sexy shrimp walking all over them. How big is your tank? Can you post a picture? How much water flow is there? What kind of lights do you have?

     

     

    125

    a lot of flow

    no shrimp

    T5 - 12 bulbs. A lot of light.

    had Zoas about 3 weeks or so

    Great Corals

    in General Discussion

    I went to Fish World in Richmond today and the Corals they had are unbelievable. If you want to see some colorful stuff now is the time to go. I wish i had extra money, but after buying 4 MH bulbs and 8 T-5 my hand could not dig any deeper into my pocket.

     

     

    Yes, the Richmond store is awesome. I've been there.

    Reef Safe Butterfly..???

    in General Discussion

    · Edited by queloque

    Yes, I have one. Its called the "Lamarck's Angelfish".

     

    Very passive and coral friendly

     

    "This is not the most beautifully colored angelfish, but it is a beauty to watch swimming in a reef aquarium. It does not touch corals and it is very well behaved"

     

    "Members of the genus Genicanthus are planktivores and will not bother corals or clams in the aquarium, making them the perfect reef angel. Lamarcks' angelfish is white overall, with black lines on the body, black on the dorsal fin and small black spots on the tail. The tail in this species, and other members of this genus, is lyre-shaped, which is indicative of a speedy open water swimmer. It readily adapts to life in captivity, accepting aquarium fare and acclimating to the conditions found in a well-maintained aquarium. Therefore, it is important to provide them with plenty of swimming room. Like all Genicanthis, they tend to be passive toward most other fishes."

     

    I personally like the way it looks.

    The amount of ammonia dead fish and inverts put out question?

    in General Discussion

    Is it just a matter of size that determines the amount of ammonia a dead fish or invert puts out if you can't find the thing in your tank or hope that your crabs will get to it?

     

    So will a dead turbo snail put out the same amount of ammonia that lets say a clown of the same size will put out or are their chemistries different?

     

    And if you have lets say a dead fish that is 3 inches long and big, how many days of ammonia release do they produce if untouched by critters. How long will it take for it to decompose bringing the water back to normal through its cycle process.

     

    Clearly there is a science to the madness. I could look it up I guess but would like to hear from you guys for discussion sakes.

    moisture from tank

    in General Discussion

    · Edited by queloque

    I was having the same problem in my garage where my sump is. Lately I would crack open the garage door or open it all the way. I have my chiller running and the humidity has been low I guess because the water temp has remained normal and consistent.

    Anyone hosting their fishtank online?

    in General Discussion

    cam setup

     

    Just go to camstreams.com and set up an account.

    There is a tool you download that communicates with whatever camera you have and that is pretty much it.

     

    You might have to do some router configurations for your port.

     

    I'm testing them out for a little bit.

    WOW

    in General Discussion

    Funny I was about to post that you never find or seldom find clean looking or well organized aquarium stores. It seems over time they just look worse and worse as though the upkeep is very difficult to maintain but after looking at this I know that it is possible unless this is a brand new store and only time will tell.

    Need Chiller and frag tank plumbing advice

    in General Discussion

    Yes, taking the chiller drain and putting back into the sump is better. Chip mentioned the need to make sure you aren't short cycling your chiller in another thread which is asking very similar questions.

     

    I wouldn't put the chiller in the drain line. The flow for a drain is less predictable and can have debris in it. Not good properties for feeding a chiller.

     

    I'm doing something similar but i'm not m3fan8ic. His post just sparked my issue as well.

    Second return pump for chiller question

    in General Discussion

    · Edited by queloque

    Just be mindful you don't short cycle your chiller by doing this.

    You will need a fairly large sump to do so and why I did not sugest it.

    on/off/on/off to quickly is least efficient and bad for the chiller itself.

     

    It is a 75 gallon sump. Is that too small?

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    And chiller

     

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    Second return pump for chiller question

    in General Discussion

    · Edited by queloque

    yup, just loop it on the sump itself - or loop it on the display, but not both.

     

     

    I guess it doesn't matter where in the sump I feed the cooled water in right? Meaning feeding it back into the return chamber where the primary return pump is or in the initial drain chamber where the skimmer is located?

    Second return pump for chiller question

    in General Discussion

    Any thoughts about plumbing the 2nd pump to return chilled water back into the sump? This would eliminate the head pressure and additional drain volume concerns. I'm assuming your current return pump provides enough flow through the sump for this.

     

    I never thought of that.

     

    So you are saying pump through chiller than loop the outflow from the chiller back into sump?

    Is my skimmer too high?

    in General Discussion

    By the way, the last three bullets were supposed to be sub-bullets under the second one.... It looks like the board software removed the extra spaces preceeding the sub-bullets. You get the message though, right?

     

    I got it. Thanks. :)

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