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When I was in college in Daytona beach FL, me and my roommates would go to ponce inlet with our snorkling gear. We took a large plastic bag punched small holes in it to let some water flow through. Put small weights on the bottom and floats on the top of the bag. This allowed the bag to stay open. We put food in the bag and then attempted to get fish in the bag. It may be no surprise that the grey and french angels or the occasional butterflies wouldn't come anywhere near our contraption. the only fish we would catch were Sgt majors and buegregories. I think they thought they could win in a fight. It was alot of fun.

wow Really great work.

Excellent thread thanks for bringing it out.

I remember Petlands was the lowest I had seen as well.

It is painfull to hear about the damage but thanks for showing the pictures.

reef hunter. it sounds as if you have the older version of the GSA Kalk reactor. I have both and was very happy with the old one and like the improvements made on the new version. In the new version the motor is sealed and I was told the motor is more reliable then the old stirrer. Dan refurbed my old one recently with a new motor but I plan on selling that one because I like using the new product. They have both been excellent products as far as I am concerned. The new reactor has a different stirrer and because of this the RO water in can come in closer to the bottom of the reactor. The new reactor is a bit smaller then the old one. If you are looking at Deltec I would strongly consider the new GSA reactor. I think you will be happy with them. Just my opinion.

Cant you put the money in trust( I thinkthat is what it is called) so an intermediary holds the money until you recieve the tank?

Does the pond foam stick to the PVC? When you put the pond foam on did you then sprinkle sand and pieces of rock in the foam?

Hey Stu, I love the way it looks. Now that it looks like I will be in our house for a bit longer.(The house we wanted to buy got sold). I want to build something like that for my 90 so I can set up the corals I am keeping. I am thinking of using a piece of large diameter PVC as the center and work out with the foam and some rock on the branches. Any ideas would be appreciated. David

I agree with Bruce. Also when you re-aquascape tangs tend to get stressed and can often hit or rub against things when the aquascaping is different.

I never did use gloves until I got hit with that toxin about a month ago. Now I wear dish washing gloves and even after that if I think I feel anything I rinse the H-E-double hockey sticks out of my hands with soap. I have become a bit paranoid.

This is so impressive. Also a great opportunity for other members to learn from what you are doing. You mention that most of the corals cant take the full sun, does this include the SPS? I figured many of them are in pretty shallow water and sometimes even protrude at times from the ocean.

Yellow coris wrasse sold 1 yellow tang sold 1 still remains cleaner wrasse sold

Three large anemonies with tomato clowns sold Pair of sabee clowns are sold 210 tank and lighting sold UV sterilizer sold Price reduction aquacontroller II with 12 appliance controllers and new PH probe $125 Fish for sale Pair of sand sifter gobies $50 Purple tang 3-4" $70 2 yellow tangs 3" $25 each Kole tang $40 Sail fin tang 4-5" $40 Male and female Lyrtail anthias $45 for both 6 line wrasse $25 yellow corris wrasse $35 red corris wrasse $40 I still have alot of large SPS and LPS as noted in the original post. These pieces will nicely fill in a tank 1 bubble tip anemonie left $40 if it is attached to live rock I will sell it with the rock for an extra amount. various mushrooms from $5 for a single mushroom to $60 for a large piece of rock with mushrooms on it Numerous brittle stars $15 each. These are great for scavenging food off the bottom Numerous hermit crabs .25 each. Must buy other items before I will be selling these. I do this because I dont have the time for 10 people coming over and each picking up a couple of crabs. As I think of other items I am selling I will post them I will make deals for larger orders

Very nice. Good luck in the hobby. WAMAS members like Brian are what give the club such a good name

Pair of sand sifter gobies $50 Hang on back filters various ones $35 Tri color acro large coral: Frags from $15 and up depending on size to $150 for whole piece Teal staghorn Large: Frags from $15 and up depending on size up to $100 for entire coral. I have about four large corals

The Frogspawn and torch both have at least 20 heads and are very large. Both can be either used to fill a tank or broken and made smaller. I have a pair of seabee clowns that host in the frogspawn.

he two seperate pieces for $50 each Iwaki pumps Tank from about 6 months ago I will get better pictures of corals Aquacontroller II with 12 appliance controllers and new PH probe $150 VHO ballast

I will be moving a couple of miles down the road and have decided not to move the tank. After we get re-settled I will be setting up a new custom tank but will take my time doing it. Pretty much everything will be sold except some pumps and power heads. I will add items as I think of them. 210 with lighting may already be sold Green slimer sold 54 gallon corner tank reef ready $125 90 gallon reef ready tank With VHO lighting $200 Aqucontroller II with 12 controllers and new PH probe $150 Iwaki 40 pump $40 Has rust but works well Iwaki100 pump $100 Has some rust but works well Gama 25 watt uv sterilizer $60 Very good condition needs new bulb Magnetec ballast 960-vlh-tc-p $25 Rusty When I bought this it worked I never used it. Large Frogspawn $175 I will try and count the heads tonight but it is a very large piece large 2 piece torch $150 I keep a brown and green torch together and they look beautiful. I would say at least 20 heads but I will try and count tonight 3 lrage anemonies attached to a good size rock with a breeding pair of tomato clowns $250 2 galaxia smaller on $40 larger $45 Birdsnest corals anywhere from $15 for a frag to $50 for the whole piece Teal Staghorn From $15 for a frag to $125 for a large coral head with multiple branches Tri color acropora From $20 to $200 depending on size of frag or full coral head beautiful pieces of live rock with a small frogspawn and green Montipora cap with pink rim. Perfect for a small tank centerpiece $50 another live rock with small frogspawn and I think brain coral $50 Many other leathers, star polyps, and other corals and fish I will be posting.

Welcome to WAMAS. Location is helpful. I say this becuase in my experience one of the best ways to learn is to go over other peoples places and ask about their setup. Often you can see ideas that you incorporate into your setup

What exactly are you dealing with? Is it a power head or pump? what type?

I got 50 and will be happy to sell about 35. .90 per magnet. They stick on my 210 but I am not sure how well they will stick with a frag on it. I am going to try within the next 2 days. I think any glass thinner then the 210 would hold very well and they may be fine for my tank I just am not sure yet.

Thanks everyone for the offers. After talking with a friend and fellow WAMAS member I have decide to do this differently. Since I have some big plans for my next custom tank, I think I am going to sell most of my stuff. I will keep a couple of frags of some of the corals I really like but other then that people can expect to see me begin within the next couple of days to begin selling off all kinds of stuff.

I appreciate that. I am pretty set with stuff to move tanks I will just really be looking for a large tank to store my corals. I have time because we haven't even put our place up yet but I am looking to be ahead of the situation.

My situation is we are looking at buying a house a couple of miles from our current house. The new property has much more usable property so I plan on building a work/storage/ business shed in the back. This will allow me to keep my business outside of my house. I am considering breaking down my tanks before the move. I am sure I will have some stuff to sell but more importantly I am looking for someone who would be willing to hold my corals. You would need to have room because some of the corals are pretty large. If you have the room and are willing when I finally get re-set up I would obviously give big pieces of the corals you were holding. I am posting this now so I dont have to scramble when we finally make the buy. I will probbably also sell the tank and maybe even the stand and buy a new one when I am set up but that is something I will have to think about. if anyone has the room and would consider holding corals for me it would be appreciated. David