Charlie97L

I'm going to update with what's left. Prices dropped on most items and on the custom tanks. Metal Halide Ballast 250w – 40 RO/DI System chassis, needs new filters (5 Stage), and TDM meter – 90 Gx-2400 Pump (for chiller, can be sold separately) – 25 Current PC 2x65w Fixture – 40 Metal Halide Socket x3 – make an offer AccuStart Ballast for T5 (with cord) – 25 Timex Timer x2 – 5 each Assorted PVC, Bulkheads, Strainers, Valves – Make an offer for pieces or whole lot Hydror Koralia Nano – 10 Co2 Canister (never used, 20 oz) – 10 Red Sea CO2 Pro System (never used) – 100 Eheim 2213 Canister Filter – 30 Scrapers/Grabber - free with purchase by request 8 Gallon Oceanic BioCube with lights/cords – 50 *still pending* Custom Acrylic Cube (Advance Acrylics) - 275 20” wide, 18” tall, 18” deep, ½” thick 2” rim on sides and front, 1” rim on back Black Back Never seen water, outside of test, paper still on bottom Custom Acrylic (made by NAGA) - 175 24” wide, 15” tall, 12” deep, ½” thick External Overflow/Return (~600 gph) Never Seen water, outside of test 2” rim Custom Acrylic (made by NAGA) - 75 20” wide, 12” tall, 10” deep, ½” thick Holes drilled for drain/return, bulkheads included Never seen water, outside of testing Rimless Additives –make offer (most of these were used with my small tank, I threw out everything that had an expiration date) Black Diamond Carbon 2x Kent Kalk Mix Seachem Acid Buffer Seachem Marine Buffer Kent Liquid Calcium Kent dKH buffer Kent Tech-d Kent Zoe Kent Garlic Extreme

Sunpod sold magfloat sold digital thermometer sold chiller and biocube pending.

SunPod Remora Koralia MagFloat Digital Thermometer are all pending.

AC Junior is sold.

Korali is available again! Metal Halide Hanging kit is sold.

WavySea / Eheim 1262 sold.

B11 Air pumps sold!

SOLD: MagDrive Maxi Jets Koralia Black Refractometer Coral Clippers I'm unable to edit the main topic, so I will post updates in the thread until I can resolve that, as well as delete the photos of sold items in the photo album. Thanks!

Hey all- I know it’s been a while since I’ve spoken to most of you. I broke down my big tank several years ago during a move, and have been keeping a small tank going in the interim, saving a lot of my nicer gear. However, over the course of a divorce, two moves (one of which broke down my small tank), and starting a new business, I’ve resigned myself to the fact that it will be many years before I can re-enter the hobby, if ever. I have some pretty decent equipment and tanks still sitting, and I’d rather see them used and loved than just gathering dust. I really enjoyed my time as a member here, it’s a fantastic community, and I thank all of you for that, seriously. I’m going to give the community here first shot at this stuff for a week or two before I put it up on RC. The tanks are local only, so they’ll be up until they’re sold. Any questions, or if you’d like more pictures, please let me know. All of the equipment except the tanks has been stored in plastic storage bins in a temperature-controlled garage for the past few years. The tanks have been in my clothes closet, covered with cloth to protect them (with the exception of the BioCube, which was my active tank). Here is a link to a gallery with pictures: http://s853.photobucket.com/user/chadwickatwork/library/Aquarium%20Sale?sort=3&page=1 Aqua Controller Jr with Temp/PH, and DC8 plugs – 120 WavySea wave maker with Eheim Pump 1262… missing the power plug for the wavy, but I’ve found ones on amazon that should work – 100 Metal Halide Ballast 250w – 50 RO/DI System chassis, needs new filters (5 Stage), and TDM meter – 100 Pacific Coast 280 Chiller 1/10 hp (excellent) – 250 Gx-2400 Pump (for chiller, can be sold separately) – 30 Mag Drive 1200 pump (brand new) – 50 AquaC Remora Skimmer w/ extra lid – 60 Current PC 2x65w Fixture – 40 Current Sunpod 150W DE MH w/ LED. Bulb should be good, fairly new - 100 Top Off System – 15 Metal Halide Socket x3 – 5/each, 10 for all 3 AccuStart Ballast for T5 (with cord) – 30 Refractometers 2 1 – 20 each Silent Air B11 Air Pump x 2 – 7 each Timex Timer x2 – 10 each Assorted PVC, Loc Line, Bulkheads, Strainers, Valves – Make an offer for pieces or whole lot Maxi Jets with various attachments – 5/each Hydror Koralia Nano – 10 MagFloat Medium – 5 Co2 Canister (never used, 20 oz) – 10 Red Sea CO2 Pro System (never used) – 100 Eheim 2213 Canister Filter – 40 Metal Halide Hanging Kit – 5 Coral Clippers – 10 Digital Thermometer – 5 Scrapers/Grabbers – Free to first come! Tanks: 8 Gallon Oceanic BioCube with lights/cords – 50 Custom Acrylic Cube (Advance Acrylics) - 300 20” wide, 18” tall, 18” deep, ½” thick 2” rim on sides and front, 1” rim on back Black Back Never seen water, outside of test, paper still on bottom Custom Acrylic (made by NAGA) - 200 24” wide, 15” tall, 12” deep, ½” thick External Overflow/Return (~600 gph) Never Seen water, outside of test 2” rim Custom Acrylic (made by NAGA) - 100 20” wide, 12” tall, 10” deep, ½” thick Holes drilled for drain/return, bulkheads included Never seen water, outside of testing Rimless Additives –make offer (most of these were used with my small tank, I threw out everything that had an expiration date) Black Diamond Carbon 2x Kent Kalk Mix Seachem Acid Buffer Seachem Marine Buffer Kent Liquid Calcium Kent dKH buffer Kent Tech-d Kent Zoe Kent Garlic Extreme

what happened to allll the corals

Did you have a crash?

i'm sorry, i know that's what you're using now, i mean the led bulbs that were in the fixture? those seemed to work well. thanks! also, is that a perfecto tank?

What kind of LED bulbs are those?

what size tank?

while i agree that that is waaay too many hermits, i think he's suggesting using a fuge with macro algae instead of turbos/algae snails as your main form of algae control in the article. at least that's how i read it. if you have a good fuge, you won't really need algae eating snails, in theory.

some pics of the coral in question would help i'm sure.

Went by Aquarium One in Rockville the other day, and they have done most of a major overhaul. Coral looked fantastic. Fish also. You can tell they are really trying to up their game, especially from the last time I saw things about 2.5 years ago. Lots of fantastic looking frags.

Man, I was not expecting this kind of response to my return. HA Chris, I will hit you up in the mornin' via PM.

Hooo boy that looks intense. So I guess you'd get what, one of those and some blue led strips for a tank my size?

SEAN!!!!

HA! No, she's into it. We can't get a dog or cat because of my allergies, so we're setting up a FW tank and a reef tank to satisfy the pet itch.

i have a custom acrylic 20x18x18 tank left over (never seen water) from when I got out of the hobby a while back. it's designed to be sumpless, and I have the HOB filters/skimmer/fuge still sitting around, so I think that might be the way I go. Of course, since it's acrylic, I could easily add a sump, I guess, I just am thinking of keeping it simple this time around. 2 things I'm missing are a stand and a light. I'm looking into DIY LED but there is SO much information out there I'm having a hard time finding a guide, and/or how many LEDs and of what kind I should use over a tank my size.

Hey all! Well, after a 2.5 year hiatus, I'm thinking about getting back into this wonderful hobby. I changed careers, got a fixer upper house (and fixed it up), and am getting married, so taking a break was definitely the right call for me at the time. I also moved 4 times in that period. I'm going to ease back into the community. I have a bunch of gear still laying about that and I'm going to see what kind of setup I can put together, but I probably won't have the actual tank up until after I get married in October. Anyway, hi again to all you crazy DC reefers that I know, and I can't wait to get to know the ones I don't! Charlie

if you're just running them as actinic supplementation, 2 will be just fine... however, if you want to toss a few 12K T5s, that wouldn't hurt either. with 10K xm and actinic UVL t5, you get a really nice clean crisp white color. sounds good man!

me too. however, to the OP, if you take zoanthids that are colored up under intense MH or overdriven T5s, as a lot of the really bright ones are, and put them in a lower light environment, they can fade. it doesnt' happen to every morph, but i've had it happen to me a few times. coral colors can and do change. god, my fungia plate coral has been a different color in every tank it's been in. anyway, what are your water readings? that will help us figure it out. what size tank, and what filtration are you using?