AndrewB

Saturday is SCALES' last day open. We will be releasing used reef lighting, aquarium books and moving out all the rest of the stuff here that needs to go. We still have cleanup crew available, one fuzzy dwarf lionfish and lots of small, drilled tanks. If you purchased a used tank, it must be picked up Friday or Saturday.

There's a lot left... Still frozen foods, marine/reef water conditioners/additives, lots of critters especially, including peppermint shrimp, blue leg hermits, star snails, porcelain crabs, turbo snails, nerite snails, cerith snails, a jawfish or two, urchins, emerald crabs (green or pink) and some other stuff. All remaining corals are $5, $10 or $20. We need a home for a large miniatus grouper. Want a beautiful small reef display? We have an Oceanic Tech setup, 45 gal, comes with tank, stand and Oceanic sump for only $600... Normal low SCALES price was $1200 on this setup. Tanks - tons left. Folks, this is an amazing, if unfortunate, opportunity. We have 30 (36x12x16) and 40br (36x18x16) with a hole drilled low on the the side panel. These are perfect for making sumps to use with external pumps. Also 40br tanks with overflow holes available for a stand alone display or a satellite tank off a large system. Lots of 15 (24x12x12) and 20H (24x12x16) tanks with holes drilled on the top back corner for use with inline systems. It's easy to plumb these into an existing system or start a new system. There are a few custom 100 (72x18x18) tanks both drilled for overflows or standard. You'll never see these tanks again without paying mucho bucks for a custom build. Got some 75's too, these have a hole drilled low in the back panel. This can be plumbed for a standpipe overflow or used as an intake for an external pump. Or, drill some more holes and have a cool CL pattern. Thanks to everyone who came by this weekend to help us clear out.

SCALES Tropical Fish Warehouse will be closing its doors at the end of the month. The principals have decided to close the retail front and focus on our service and custom installation activities. Everything has got to go! All retail goods and livestock are 50% off. All store fixtures, tanks, equipment, etc. are for sale. There's a lot of stuff here to be sold! See the web for details. We have a ton of tanks and other equipment that would be great for display systems, breeding/propagation systems, sumps, refugia and much more. Sincere thanks to everyone who has supported us over the years and we hope you can come by and take advantage of our liquidation to further your own pursuit in the hobby.

Tired of the same old tank sizes? Looking for a new display tank? Marineland introduces Cube Tanks! Available sizes in inches, length x width x height: 18x18x18 - 25gal 24x24x18 - 40gal 24x24x24 - 60gal 30x30x18 - 70gal 30x30x24 - 93gal All sizes available as standard or overflow tanks. These complement the existing line of exciting tank sizes including: Deep Dimensions overflow tanks: 36x36x27 - 150gal 48x36x27 - 200gal 60x36x27 - 250gal 72x36x27 - 300gal And Column tanks: 20x18x24 - 37gal 20x18x30 - 47gal 30x18x24 - 56gal (standard or overflow) Call or drop by for a quote on these fantastic new tanks!

Free Livestock: Buy 2 get 1 free! Buy 2 fish, get 1 free Buy 2 plants, get 1 free Buy 2 corals, get 1 free Buy 2 inverts, get 1 free Plus all of our other great 3rd Anniversary specials... See web for details.

SCALES Tropical Fish Warehouse celebrates its third anniversary with great promotions for you. Max promotion extended through February! Plus lots of Threefer deals! See the web site for details.

Don't wait until the ice storm knocks out your power!

The new 66-gallon Red Sea Max 250 is here! Come on by to see. Introductory pricing details available on the web site.

The ultimate all-in-one reef system. Is this not the perfect office tank? Or maybe you have that one spot that you've been trying to find a tank for... 6x39Watt T5HO Lighting: Integrated 240gph Protein Skimmer: Integrated 8 LED Lunar Lights: Got those too Day/Night Timer: Yep, built in 960gph Circulation Pumps: You guessed it! 200W Heater: Yeah, it's in there One Single Power Cord!! Convenient Hinge-Top Lid with Props for Easy Maintenance New and Improved Cooling Fans Introductory price: $1,599.99 for tank and stand. Add 65lbs Fiji Live Rock and 80lbs CaribSea Live Reef Sand for $499.99. Want it delivered? Installed? Set up? Only $150 within 25 miles of SCALES. The first one is scheduled for delivery at SCALES on January 13. Full Specs at: Red Sea Max 250 Or, if you have a smaller space, we have the the new and improved Max 130D. 34 gallons of nano-reef bliss, only $899.99 for the tank and stand for the month of January. More on the web site...

Sometimes you'll get a problem if the water level in the skimmer is too high relative to the water level in the tank, especially with CPR BakPak skimmers. If you have any media in the skimmer, take it out and give it a try. Check the outflow too to make sure there's nothing slowing the water flow from the skimmer back to the tank.

Last night and this morning I just brought more than 150 new SW fish out of quarantine... Way too many list but there's a lot of great stuff here, including some fantastic tank-raised clowns from Sustainable Aquatics. Want to work the system? Use our Livestock in Your Stocking promotion to get yourself great discounts on livestock. Details on our website...

First off, the TWOFER sale has been extended to December 15 due to its amazing success.... Buy one get the second half off on a wide variety of products including CaribSea substrates, filter media/cartridges, driftwood, Omega fish foods and more! Plus, its our Livestock in Your Stocking sale! Buy a gift card for $25, get a coupon for 10% off livestock! Buy a gift card for $50, get a coupon for 15% off livestock!! Buy a gift card for $100, get a coupon for 25% off livestock!!! You can use the coupon yourself, or give it with the gift card! In fact, you could give the gift card to yourself and get the coupon too! Livestock includes all FW and SW fish, plants, inverts and live rock. Coupon is one time use, expires December 31, 2009 and may not be combined with other offers/promotions. Details on our web site.

Do a 72" long tank if you only have 24" front-to-back. Anything longer will look a bit funny IMO. A standard 180 (72x24x24) would be perfect. Tanks usually look better if you don't try to use the maximum space available and you can use the money you save on good equipment and livestock. If it was my tank I'd do a T5HO system on it, maybe a 12x36" bulb or 16x36" bulb fixture, and forego the MH option. The Deep Dimension tanks are awesome but in townhouse it might be a little much...

Some really nice fish in stock, here's a few highlights: Blue Reef Chromis - large, healthy, eating!! Sargassum Frog Fish - Queen Angels - adult colors, small size Bicolor Angel Tangs - Yellow, Hippo, Tomini, Clown, Sohal, Powder Blue and more!! Twinspot Hogfish (same as Candy Hog) Lots of Puffers, at least 6 kinds Pink Spot Watchman Gobies Yellow Rose Gobies and Pistol Shrimp Clowns, clowns, clowns - TR Percs, Clarks and many more... Sexy Shrimp Porcelain Crabs Emerald Crabs Peppermint Shrimp Blue Linkia Did I mention the Sargassum Frog Fish? So Cool... Lots, lots lots more... It's too cold to play golf, come on down!

First, we have a Marineland Deep Dimensions in the store that will not be installed for a few days. If you haven't seen one of these yet and would like to, come on down! We have the 250gal, 60" long model here. Bring your measuring tape. Also, we still have an AGA 75gal oak color frame tank with overflow offered at only $199.99 to WAMAS or CMAS members. This is essentially cost for this tank, at the old price levels... I've spoken to my AGA rep who has told me that there has not been a design change in terms of tempered glass used for the sides of their aquariums. If you are interested in seeing which tanks have tempered bottoms, you can look here: AGA Tank Specs. Plus, lots of cool fish, inverts, corals...