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  1. Personally I'd suggest calling if you know what you want and not wasting the gas. Most everything was beat up looking. I agree that stock does change though. That being said a steal is a steal. I dont think ill be making any trips there in the foreseeable future. :)

  2. Haha that's awesome. I'm here now...incredibly unimpressed. Tanks look filthy, livestock unhappy and unhealthy from why I can see, and I just heard that the Achilles I inquired about over the phone monday was $150 when i called and another member just came here yesterday and asked about the same one (only one here) and was quoted $350.

     

    No prices on tanks either. Interesting.

     

    I'll inquire more but so far I'm not seeing much worth my trip.

  3. It was maybe 5 years ago, but they were always $38 or $48 (when everyone else had them for over $100...if you could find one)...small or medium sized. I had a couple for years that I bought there at different times from different salespeople (Larry and Jos).

     

    To have more than tripled in price seems crazy...my gut tells me if you went in and talked to the right person, they would be much less than that...

     

    The problem was availability...they only had them at certain times of the year (when they are being more actively collected for some reason possibly?). Maybe they are cheaper during that time.

     

     

     

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    yah, i spoke with Jos yesterday. I mentioned to him the price of $40 and he acted like they've never been that price (obviously they have or you'd have never bought them there).

     

    i was ready to drive there RIGHT now and buy one :)

  4. I'm running the fuge high as that's where the old holes were. To the left it overflows down into the sump, which has 15 gallons of room when I lose power. I tested this before I did it, and the excess water in fuge just goes over into the sump.

     

    I have a filter sock on the left overflow.

     

    I think I'll change over to a reverse durso on each side and get rid of the other filter sock for ease of maintenance. I have some rubble on that side. I like that design! It seems intelligent.

  5. <br />I tried biopellets when they first came out. I had mixed results on various systems. On one that already had nonexistent nitrates, but had p04, it led to the growth of cyanobacteria. In fact, all 3 tanks that I ran biopellets on, cyano grew. After nearly 6 months of use and not seeing the results that were supposed to be occurring, I decided to remove all of it. I think the jury is still out on this.<br />

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    Isn't there something called Zeovit for ULNS?<br />

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    Haha zyg...like you dont know zeovit.....

     

    Yes zeovit was another I was considering and researching. I've read comments from reefers for years of how their tanks have never looked so good. Im sure one question would be in relation to the reactors-what needs to be different about them vs the bio pellets or gfo/carbon?

  6. <br />my tank is 125 gallons, and i have the 350ml capacity reactor. But i have 2 of them and put in 1.5 cup in each one. i am running 1 cup per 50 gallons. Since i just got my 125 gallon up a little over a month ago. I don't expect to see a lot of results just yet from the biopellets. Everything that i've read said it takes about 9 - 12 weeks to actually see any results.<br />
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    Yes me too- Apparently the stuff has to build up on the pellets enough to slough off and be skimmed out. I'd guess a healthy daily or weekly micro Bacter7 dosing would help...

     

    Gosh, decisions decisions decisions...

  7. Need help...182 gallon system. How big of a reactor do I want and approximately how many grams of pellets should I be tumbling? I only want a basic reactor so ill take recommendations for appropriate reactor.

     

    I'm also going to need same answers for carbon and gfo- how big of a reactor and how many grams of each?

  8. <br />Fire shrimp, sexxy shrimp, a group of cleaner shrimp... Lots of options. The harlequins are cool, but small, and not always so out in the open.. I agree with mike, I think Fire shrimp are awesome, and you can keep groups of them together and not have to harvest there food..<br />
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    ok thanks for the info guys. I will officially ixnay the asterinas and harlequin idea. I love fire shrimp. Such awesome personalities. 45fa0b9e-175e-9b3c.jpg

     

    I have three peppermint shrimp right now, and one fire. On a related note, the odd thing is the peppermint linger by the supposed aiptasia, but wont take a bite. In the temporary tank they took out the few aiptasia I had in there, but those were glassy and clear. This one is brown.45fa0b9e-1886-577f.jpg

     

    I assume there's nothing I can do to encourage this, right?

  9. Sorry i meant does anyone have any asterinas, not shrimp. Ive done a fair bit of reading on them and was hoping I could get ten established in my reef and then add shrimp down the road, sort of a process. I'm having a tough (expensive) time with my mandarin only eating tigger pods, and dont want to make same mistake with a pair of harlequins. So yes, if by culture u mean add some to my display tank and see if they multiply, then yes. I think I read they sometimes will eat arms of the chocolate chip star so I guess if push came to shove Id do that but I want to go the more natural route-no rush on the shrimp.

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