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...

I have two new AGA 75-gallon Reef Ready aquariums here, one black frame (black frame sold!!) and one oak frame. I'll let them go to WAMAS or CMAS members for $199.99 each! When these two are gone, so's the offer... Lots of new fish came out of Q today, come on down to take a look! Plus: It's the November TWOFER sale!! Filter Cartridges and Media, Buy one Get the second identical item 50% off CaribSea Substrates, Buy one, get the second of equal or lesser value for 50% off Penn Plax Ornaments, Buy one, get the second of equal or lesser value for 50% off Omega One Dry and Frozen Foods, But one, get the second of equal or lesser value for 50% off Driftwood: Malaysian, Manzanita and Red Cedar, Buy one, get the second of equal or lesser value for 50% off Penn Plax Artificial Plants, Buy one, get the second of equal or lesser value for 50% off Plus, it's holiday season and you need to clean your tank!! Cleaning supplies and accessories 10% off Offers good through November 30, not valid with any other offer.

If you haven't been to SCALES in while, it's time to make the trip! We are loaded with fantastic corals, fish inverts. If you haven't been before, we give WAMAS members a 10% discount ALL THE TIME on all of our livestock: Fish, Inverts, Corals, Live Rock. A few of my favorite corals: A purple encrusting Monti with bright green polyps and a gold encrusting Monti with BLUE (!!) polyps. Lots of full size LPS corals like Lobos, bubbles, torches, brains, Galaxeas, Fungias and lots more... no chop shop here, just great corals from small starters to show pieces. A spectacular Modern coral (Remember these? Cynarina species, transparent flesh with green and other colors underneath...) Nice Zoas and other polyps, pink, apricot, red and some cool combinations too... Again, nice big rocks here. Lots of leathers with some particularly nice yellow finger leathers. Scroll Corals, yellow/burgundy specimens (Redskins anyone?) Crazy colored mushrooms, red, blue, green, hairy, fuzzy, bumpy and more! Cleanup crew!! We got 'em; great prices and volume deals too. Buy 5, get 1 free, buy 10 get 4 free, buy 20, get 10 free on snails and hermits, then add your 10% for WAMAS membership. Plus nice peppermint shrimp, emerald crabs, sally lightfoots (lightfeet?), serpent and brittle stars. My favorite, a pair of harlequin shrimp!! So pretty, so weird. Fish: got 'em! Newcomers coming out of quarantine today plus lots of tangs, cardinals, tank-raised clowns, dottybacks, lawnmower blennies, jawfish (nice pearlies, eating and happy!). Quarantined, eating and looking great. There's too much here to list... Come by and see us! And, tomorrow (November 1) look for our Two-Fer sale on our web page. Details to be posted!

The Fang Blenny was hilarious... This one not so much. I really have no idea how the cone snail got in there. I've already called Holmes and Watson Detective Agency to work the case .

That's the problem. I DID pick it up. Got the back end though...

So I was innocently collecting Cerith snails for a customer today when I found something else in the sand. At first glance, I thought it was a fighting conch. Nope... Cone Snail. The adrenaline has now passed... Nice peaceful, safe hobby we have!

Got some... Thanks to everyone who contacted me and don't be shy about your other coral frags for sale!

We're looking for 10 approx 2 square inch frags of Orange/Red Montipora. We will pay $5 each in cash for these. We buy lots of hobbyist-raised frags for cash. If you have corals you'd like to sell, please pm me here or call me at the number on the web site. Generally we always like Euphyllias, GSP, Zoas, plating Montis, Corallimorphs and other good "retail" stock (i.e., good for beginners). Other varieties will certainly be considered. Please contact me and only me before bringing to the store to make sure that we have room and are interested in what you are growing.

PVAS is proud to present: the All-Aquarium Catfish Convention 2008: Expedition Amazon! Through this convention we will explore the Amazon basin, its fishes, especially catfishes, habitats and their aquarium care. If you are interested in Amazon river system and its aquatic life, you don't want to miss this event. Our top-notch speaker lineup features presenters from the US, Germany and the UK. In addition to the speakers there are fish shows, social events, auctions and more. For more information see: Expedition Amazon

I think the 3-month (!!!) warranty is more than enough statement about that company. Most manufacturers are doing 3-year to lifetime warranties on large tanks now.

All is not as it appears... There are three intakes being used for the closed loop. One on the top third, one in the middle and one near the bottom. All three will be plumbed into the single CL pump. The intake drawing from the bottom will have a valve to control the amount of flow through it to manage exactly the situation Dave's describing. In the worst case scenario, Larry will be able to turn it off completely. The bottom intake will also be protected by a live rock feature which will be designed in such a way to encourage water to enter from the top rather than the bottom. Finally, his batch of Southdown is a little more coarse than I've seen the Sugar fine. It will hold together better, especially with rock in place. Larry's also not done adding sand... I think the next batch might be a little more coarse than the Southdown sand.