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the price is priced according to what they think or however they come up with it, but i wouldnt say ripping off. also, if you talk to them a little, (i talked to brian for over 30 minutes), he said that they know some items are over priced and are working on it to be more competitive. and they definitely will work with you if you just give them a chance. after talking to Brian for half an hour, i decided to buy some corals, they had several 3-4in rock with about a dozen or so ricordias on each, i only wanted two on two different rock, they said ok,and took 15 minutes cutting the one i wanted off for me. so, just for that, i think they are pretty good. but telling you something is in stock but wasnt. =( maybe one employee told you it was, but a different employee sold it. who knows. i've been there twice, first time, about 4-5 weeks ago, they were still putting the store together, half the tank didnt even have water in it. The second time, last week, they were about 1/4 stocked up, so, i'm sure they are still working to get the store up and running, i would give them another chance again in 2 or so months when they are fully stocked.

asap

sorry dude, i'm 40 minutes from tyson myself. so that's over 1.5 hours for some cheap powder, i'll just check out walmart, thanks tho.

how far is that from tyson?

Yes, i'm going to start dosing kalk. have not heard or read about Mississippi Lime. same stuff as mrs wages i assume? where can i get it? thanks

anyone know a place to get this in chantilly area? and who uses it?

anyone?

anyone got a list of online vendors that got good rating?

you can try the regular flame scallop, i had both, both died, even tho the regular flame lasted like less than 1 month. dont remember how long the electric lasted.

I had brown stuff, got some snails, all gone

i read that there are mods, but i dont quite understand, is there any necessity for mods? or just plug and play, and how do you adjust water level? oh and there is a larger collection cup for 100 extra, is that worth it?

msx vs octopus, these are the same arent they? anything else comparable or better to them at similiar pricing, i'm looking at the MSX250/300.

thanks, i think i will set up something similiar. but what do i do with the inverts in the DT now? there is no possible way i can get them all out without breaking the entire tank down. especially those cleaner shrimps.

if they do in fact just lay dormant after 8 weeks or so, how do i know for sure i can restock? unless i redo the entire tank. my snails and shrimps are having a feast on the dead fish tho =(

Anyone know where i can get some Formalin, it was recommended to use this to treat.

thanks Jon, i'm sure it's brook cause of the slime on the fish. they start off with white dots like ick, but then it kinda spread out, (no longer dots, but like a splat), and a i see things come off the fish's skin, i.e. slime. and of course, some of the fish just die for no reason, no white spots of anything, just like the article said, kill in days or hours.

ok, i've been reading more on reefcentral, here is the article on RC, http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.p...88#post15624988 and i think i see what's going on in my tank. i think it is Brooknella disease. i didnt know about this disease, even tho it was similiar to ick (white spots), but is a type of ick i guess. http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/ichparasi...rooklynella.htm. There is much i can do. this is so frustrating, this weekend i lost most of my fish. only hippo tang is fine, no sign or anything, and eating fine too. along with some wrasse, but havent see them eat, flame angel is coming up with spots now too.

yep, doing the mentioned above for the last couple of days, checking parameters daily. feeding as much as the fish will eat, but they arent eating much =( only a few are eating well. the Heniochus is, =(, gone, he didnt make it. some other fish seems to be coming with ick now too. some got better, some got worse, that's the weirdest part, the hippo tang, is spotless, and eating everything i put in, but the powder brown an my gold strip marroon, are coming up with it now. WTH.... my dwarf angels seems to be doing fine, eat somewhat normally, but seems to be scratching their body on the rock once in while.

oh thanks, but does anyone know where to get that local to NOVA area?

So where do you buy Mag Flake?

Any chance you still got some on sale?

water are pretty much clean. all are 0, except for nitrate which is around 10-20. last few fish i've added before the out break was pair of black clowns, and a black and white heniochus. The clowns are fine, the heniochus are severly infected., my blue hippo got a little, my powder brown had a little, but seems to be ok now. my onyx is having an outbreak now. he's been in there for 3-4 months now. no reason he should have an outbreak of ick. i've stopped feeding the live, only flakes, pellets and frozen, and sheets. and only moon light is on. seems to calm the fish down when there is no light. oh i've also added activated carbon.

it's live brine

how can you tell which is which? i just buy those at the LFS