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the FW dip works only for killing animals/worms/pests that are sensitive to hypo saliniztion....it isnt meant to help restore necrosing tissue, or kill virulent pathogens or bacterial infections. Iodine is one of the best for the latter Sean

Iodine at certtain concentrations is a disinfectant almost as strong as chlorine....it hasa small margin that separates toxicity between corals and pests, pathogens, etc. soooo follow the package dosing to the drop! for stonies(sps, havent done it with LPS), I have been experimenting with a 10 second FW dip, I used it on a coral piece that came in three weeks ago with acro nudies, and it worked like a charm. no adverse effects on the coral have been observed yet. Sean

He ate a lil bit, but only after the food sank to the bottom, not voracious enough of an appetite for my standards All Carberryis are sold Francis, I have A large green mandarin for you! The clams are beautiful, so are the torts I will post pics tommorrow Sean

Everything is in and acclimated....LOOKS GREAT Also, I did a small order from a new distributor, 2 helfrich fire gobies 1 red sea Regal angel 4" Threadfin Anthias....only five left that arent spoken for beautiful flame angel green mandarins spotted mandarins Stop by, you wont be dissappointed...A lil low on the fish and invert side But oads of corals and clams!!!! I will post pics later today Sean

id think theyd be ok closer to the surface under VHO, but alas I am sold out of ritteri's. They went quick i only had four of them come in. Sean

Glad to hear he/she is doing well. make sure to feed him just like the others, as it is a horse of an anenome and long term will do better with meaty foods. Cheers Sean

Yes sir i most definately will, time to break the fancy new digi camera out! Prices will be inluded with the pics Sean

Hey all, I have been waiting a long time for these clowns, so imma put it out there now before i even get the order. I have two picasso clowns coming in finally Also arriving are: 6 first grade maximas 6 blue torts a couple of nathans green millepora 2 blue lipped squamosas 3 ultra grade squamosas And... a coral they are calling "australian delicate"-purple with green polyps See ya soon Sean

yeah i got the PM.....Pm sent Cheers Sean

Yes the ritteri's are bright purple based and lavender tentacles. they are 8" tall and 6" wide. Im asking $50 for the ritteri's. The Cinarina lacrimalis is a real nice red color and I am asking $75...this is not a browned out cynarina, it has a really nice color to it. I will continue to look for the background cheers Sean Yeah I will be in tommorrow open til close, 11-8. hopefully I wont be tied up with the someone trying to make nemo the latest addition to their betta bowl!!!

The shipment is in and is absolutely beautiful... More RPE's for sale loads.....NOW SELLING $6 PER POLYP! Come check it out, you wont be disappointed with the coral stock. Next week we will resume our fish orders, our procedure will invovle a copper quarantine for 5-7 days at a minimum before they are for sale in the display tanks. Sean

today I have Blue discosomas red, red discosoma flame discos green and blue striped discos lobo phyllias cynarinas - red trachyphyllias fungia plates anenome plates Ritteri anenomes galaxea green cataphyllia (elegance) with pink tips purple and red gonioporas sarco. elegans leather And as an added bonus..... INCREDIBLE HULK AND SUPERMAN FRAGS WILL BE READY SOON.....I also have found an aquaculture facility that specializes in growing special montis. Pm to reserve a frag We have several SPS frags at the store ranging from $20-35, still have some corals in the thiry dollar tank, these corals are not frags but med-larg colonies. Huge fish shipment next week! Even bigger clam shipment after labor day! Cheers, Sean Gallagher

A couple red eye acan. echinata 3" Sean

Hey all- I have two tanks filled with corals and I need to clear them out..... SO.... everything, yes everything in these tanks is marked at just $30!!!! come check it out! -Sean

I guess this is a good time to announce and propose fins and feathers plan for the future.... Between now and next spring we will break the ground on a new 3000 sq. foot saltwater only store. I plan to eventually have close to 10000, yes ten thousand gallons on coral system and a few thousand for fish. I read a few weeks ago about the SWAP program....Id like to throw this idea out there which a business version of this program. You give me a frag of your prized corals, I grow them out and sell frags of them to buying customers(business side). We will catalogue the frags abased on type and allow WAMAS members to dub the name for records and marketing sake. The frags will still be available to WAMAS members of course, but at 50% of what id be asking retail....and NO I WILL NOT BE PLAYING THE PRICE PUSH/PULL GAME! anyone that knows me and my store well can vouch for my fair prices. After all that being said, should you have a catastrophe and lose a particular coral we will have a backup for you....frags, based on my models would be available from immediately- 6 weeks. small colonies obviously will take more time for us to grow them. I offer this b/c I absolutely believe this is the direction the hobby should go, also I wont have to pay $34 dollars a square foot but rather $7 a sq. foot. Therfore not costing me an arm and a leg for overhead. This program I will offer to WAMAS members exclusively, which I think will help build our membership even more while at the same time offering backup livestock support to all wamas members LMK what you guys think, agin this is months away.....but i thought Id throw it out there for everybody. Your thoughts and comments would be greatly appreciated Craig if this is considered hijacking then I can repost in a new topic heading but the feedback I am looking for here has to do directly with Idea presented in your article. Thanks gang, Sean ps...Im also trying to figure out a cool name, I initially thought of Dulles marine center, but I thoguht Our local Veterans might not like that one. PM if you think of one, dont post here cuz that would be improper.

I also recomend the Kent pro scraper with the acrylic blade....no scratches and it is the absolute closest thing too a razor blade. Sean

I can try for some Sebae's if youd like me to. No commitment on your part, just LMK. Sean

Amphiprion clarkii...Bad common name, BAD

Our store is 5 miles west of Route 28 by Dulles Airport. Exit #5 on the TOLL road. For alternate directions to bypass the toll road gimme a call at the store, or post a request for them. Sean

I would love to grab a frag of the cap and the purple pavona.... Just LMK when's a good time and what youd like from me cheers Sean

I have been using the display system as the treatment system...that is I treat with copper for a week and then slowly pull it out with poly pads or carbon, the poly pads are good copper indicators cuz they turn blue. I have 250 gallon QT system in the works so i can completely remove copper from the display and use the copper in the new system. Jake- I have a few brown Acros that are real hardy that id be willing to len for and IOU frag in the future? These small colonies have been passed through several people, always back to me. The purpose is to test with these hardier specimens b4 spending money. -Sean

I really appreciated you coming back to the store and giving us a second chance...in retrospect i believe the previous situation ended win win. Since the last critique we have made a real effort to provide pricing for all livestock that is for sale. we do pride ourselves on our service and ability to educate the customer. But trust me when I say that I explain nitrification 2-3 dozen times a day and Always have to refuse the sale of Nemo's for the kids Betta bowl.... with that said we have learned to look at peoples lack of knowledge not as a burden but as an oppurtunity to teach. Thanks again for the rating and the visit Cheers Sean

Hey all... This morning I got a huge shipment of acros.... Just beautiful, wild collected and tons of F&F frags and loads of really nice Walt Smith cultured acro colonies. I still have Red people eaters blue zoos purple red-rimmed zoos Our own "Watermelon" zoos-1 frag pink, red, orange, green, turq. and yellow centerd zoo colonies purple and orange gorgonins ORA croceas ORA squamosas still have some HUGE collected croceas green and gold Pavona Fish...these fish have been through a two week treatment(7 days in copper, 7 days w/o) and are clean as a whistle Sebae clown pair ORA black false perc pair ORA Neon hybrid gobies yellow watchman scissortail goby purple fire gobies black dogface puffer-eats squid FREE anther grouper PJ cardinls juv. emperor angel exquisite fairy wrasse Sm. skunk cleaners peppermint shrimp emerald mithrax crabs sally LF's Small cortez nassarius snails--CHEAP CHEAP black cyano eaters blue leg hermits A few red legs fire shrimp white sand stars Overall a really nice shipment TONS OF NICE STOCK. -Sean

a setup like this allows the same controls as a dual chamber does. The main thing is calibrating CO2 input and the effluent of the first chamber so that it is super concentrated Alk. and Calcium. the second chamber allows the CO2 and subsequent carbonic acid to be displaced or used. As far as setting it up, I have on on my main coral sytem, and it works just as well as the dual chamber on my prop tanks in the back. Sean

\ To save Money when buying a Calcium reactor buy the single chambered ones and buy a 3-4 quart rubbermaid container and driil it in the top( with this method the top does not have to be sealed). then simply get a 1/4" low-pres. male threaded adapter and screw it in to the hole in the top of the rubbermaid. Cut 4 x 1" pvc into 2-3" long pieces. cut eggcrate to fit into the rubbermaid. place pvc in the rubbermaid as support for the eggrate. Place a few pounds of calcium rich media on top of a sponge on top of the egcrate. Then sponge on top off that, then eggcrate, then another sponge for good water displacement. I find that with this method or mod. that the CO2 is mostly dispersed, which is why they throw another chamber on there. DOWN SIDE..... Prefabricated dual chamber treactors mcome with really nice and precise needle valves. Needle valves are not hard to get nor hard to install for that matter. Sean Like they say