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Just got off the phone with my brother who had a very sad story. After returning from vacation (on which his car engine blew) he found his show tank decimated and his new hatch of m. clowns (100+) dead. Since he was invaluable in my getting into the hobby (and since he is my brother!) I asked him what he would most want if I could help him out. Of course I'm fragging everything I can but that isn't alot. Tops on his list were monti caps and digi. ,bali slimer (his was huge sd ) and frogspawn. If anyone going to the symposium has any of those for sale or trade let me know. All I have tradewise are some big mushroom leathers, various shrooms, zoa's , pompoms and candycane,green kenyan tree and big brown/red button polyps. Also can offer an IOU for as many maroon clowns you want that I will pick up in July (he lives in NC).Also can bring back banggai if his current eggs make it to 'term' and don't end up lunch. Thanks Tom

I hate when that happens yn]

I have 2 mushroom leather 1 pompom many polyps o' candy cane neon orange zoa's mushroom grab bag (purple,striped,fluor. green etc) that I will trade for anything (I'm setting up a 90g with sps's from my 55 which means both tanks will be kinda sparsely populated:) Dave, I'll take/swap some anthelia if you have some left. Tom

Some devil's hand and/or yellow fiji leathers

Thanks for the input. I was going to put 2x250MH with 2 actinic VHO(110w) over it. Some of those Tunze powerheads cost more than I paid for the tank:laugh: ! What size (gph) on those pumps suggested? Thanks Tom

I just bought a 90g RR tank from a guy in NC. I won't be picking it up for a month or two, so in the meantime I wanted to start getting the pumps and other equipment together. Hopefully I can get the "right" equipment to start and not have to replace everything when it proves inadequate. It is going to be mainly SPS so I know I will need more current and circulation than my current tank that I just "frankensteined" together with the pumps and powerheads I had sitting around. I'd appreciate any input on 1-skimmer type 2-size sump 3-type and size of pumps, powerheads misc- seaswirls? wavemakers? Thanks tom

I know, I know, "you can't have too much light". I am going from 260W of PC's over a 55g to 2x250MH + 2x110VHO!! Question 1-Should I have bought a lower wattage VHO? #2-Will running lower wattage bulbs on MH ballast destroy the bulb? #3-What is the best way to phase in new lights-shorter photoperiod-some type of filter-both?? So far my suggestion of "I need a bigger tank" still isn't going over too well scry]]

I was thinking of a coelacanth for my 55:0