ChrisQ

They are in my area, this is where i got my valves, thankfully my experience was better. It was explained to me that these items they normally don't stock but i guess i showed up on the right day, even bought the one i didn't need at the time. The one i needed and the other were the only two in the store. I'm also in need of another gate valve, i'll give them a visit and see what i can find out, if they don't have one/s in stock then i'm sure with a little politeness they'll get some to me fairly quickly.

I see what looks to be some nice Tonga in there, next in line please

Forest fire digi hates me Tried about 3 times.

Have you by chance been able to i.d the few known "to me anyway " species/or diets of them? Most of us just have the harmless algae eaters, some eat coralline algae and when we're really unlucky, the base of the flesh of some LPS. I've found it pretty hard to tell the differences in their diets. Most of the harmless ones we normally deal with are on the glass/panels. When we find them on the rock work and wake up to huge swathes of white as a sheet paper patches, more then likely those guys are preferring the coralline. Then having a problem with a certain trachy i finally flipped him over and found some at the very edge of the flesh. I don't know how helpful it might be but where i'm finding them seem to help a little as well with their tops of their bodies seem to have a color what seems based on what they have been eating. Good luck in your reduction

I come from the coast as a former surfer (raised in the Ocean) (Pacific islander) I have great respect for what was always below me that i could never see (Including Great whites) that at the time i was completely ignorant of, i spent much more time bobbing around like a buoy/cork waiting for sets to roll in than i have in this hobby. Thinking. So, i guess the moral of the story is, not everyone is going to be comfortable with taking a fresh razor blade to an animal to feed another as a basic substitute of what their after. I can understand that their diet will suffice with multiple species of starfish. I'm afraid at the end of the day it's what one is going to be comfortable with doing in order to properly care for the creature.

Another issue is, some of us are not comfortable with this, so passing him/her along as an integral creature in our Club/hobby might not be a bad idea.

I would rather it become a club creature that we all need at some point but they are indeed hard to keep and care for with their diet. So i feel it would be best to find a very healthy one, always take a proactive approach in what tanks hes shared in and keep him/her well fed on their natural diet. We all come across these stars at one point.

I'm sure you are not referring to the stars, cause if they were any bigger i would personally transport them to the range with me. With attacking one of my Trachy's. End game. But yeah, that would be great if we can get one in club circulation. I was the last club file fish holder and i lost him many years ago, so i'll replace a file fish and purchase the shrimp that is club owned. (Since Scott is so lazy) Just kiddin bud!

Great idea! I was standing 4ft from Rudy and Bert the whole time and have never paid so much attention to a discussion in my life (ADHD doesn't help ) but i would completely butcher it so i won't even try. I know and understand Rudy's time is very short and precious at most times but that would be absolutely amazing if he ever found the time to create a dedicated thread for that info. My take on some of it: One of the best things, is that it's not light/brand specific but more about what's most important that our corals are seeking and need and how leds "REALLY" work when it comes to the electrical output the diode is receiving and what spectrum it's actually producing and utilizing certain spectrum's and eliminating others. Haha! told you i'll butcher it. In my defense, i was awake for over 48hrs in preparation to pick-up my new torch making water, mixing, testing, testing and some more testing to match parameters/temps when i realized i was at 50ppm Nitrate What made matters worse is the morning of the meeting i decided to do an ammonia test being that i never was able to find or locate the body of a peppermint shrimp that went rouge and was imprisoned to a chamber of my large sump, trying to make sense of my 50ppm nitrate level. He was able to swap chambers because in my "Brain fart" tiredness i forgot that when i shut the return pump down ALL chambers become accessible due to the rise in volume, so he got by me and ended up in the intake of either my skimmer or return pump, my guess is return pump (poor guy) The ammonia test came up 0.25 (it was expired roughly one year) False alarm but fortunately i already knew cause i again immediately went and tested one of the newly mixed brutes and i got the same result so then i tested it with a Salifert Nitrate kit and it came out zero, so that's impossible to have ammonia but i still went and bought a new ammonia kit at 8:00am lol All checked out fine. Long story short, i did a 80g water change in a 125g system and dropped nitrates from 50ppm to 10ppm which was good enough for me at the time. Didn't get the new torch dipped/plug swapped and in the tank until just past 9pm But, happy to report the extension is at least twice as long as when i stood with Rudy and picked it out and i KNOW i don't have better water then Rudy! I must apologize to Taylor for interrupting his flatworm thread several times. Sorry man!

Melanurus Looks great btw!!

So, not very many of us appreciate asterina stars. Now, i have no crazy infestation at all but i got lucky and have somehow acquired the "triple threat" out of nowhere, as one star will graze on algae (no big deal) then there's the other guy that preys upon your Coralline algae and then the really considerate one that will actually prey on the flesh of coral. Two tanks, the algae eaters and the Coralline algae eaters are in the main system. The ones that will attack coral were found attacking my Trachyphyllia's which means WAR! I have managed to stop the onslaught on the predation of my Trachy's but the hunting and picking at night with tiny tweezers is over. My solution to these problems has always been a natural predator. Best way IMO beside the ever present act of pro-activeness. Please let me know if we have a shrimp circulating right now, much like we did the file fish. i'm more then happy to just purchase him and put him into the club circulation like the aforementioned file fish.

Is this why over 90% of the coral in my tank that I've had for years that i still have is GB originated, alive and thriving? My box of shame makes even more sense now. :( Haha! Rudy, the lighting settings you spoke about in our May meeting is paying off! i did my best to replicate your suggestions and already i'm seeing a difference. My GB Yowsers colonies are slowly getting their multicolored look back, I've seemed to turn them completely orange with very low PAR/PUR i guess. Hopefully you're making some progress Taylor. It's a #$@%$ But you'll get through it.

Thanks for the link! Nice saw for sure, but there are some really great people here in this club that would be happy to frag it up for me/us.

Need a saw, the break could be right where their foot is, never know where or how its going to snap such as glass or drywall you'll know every time where that split will be.

Also, if a person has the ability to frag some of these out please contact me, the issue is when the mother finally left the main plug she left around 5-6 babies behind, only problem is when she did this she couldn't decide what side of the plug she wanted to settle on so she spread the babies on both sides of the plug so in essence, one set of babies don't get any light unless i make it happen. I would like to chop it up and re mount on plugs and let them bask in the light they so deserve. I just don't have to tools or know-how. Only a set of bone cutters. A stock photo of mom about 4 or so years ago...She is now about 4'' in diameter and what seems twice as bright . A GB ultra orange yuma frag will also be joining the TFT where needed/wanted. Karen is welcome to contact me to set it up, i think she does TFT if i'm not mistaken.

I have a super colony happening of GB ultra neon orange Yumas that i can probably share some pics tomorrow after i'm done with the last 10% of my atv engine rebuild. Be sure to put your sunglasses on and your favorite U.V protection BTW @Theclark remember when i promised you a couple frags when ready? HAHA! a couple years ago? Well, if you haven't acquired some yet i have your frags ready I know it's tough for you to make it down this way too often but just say the word. I can also drop them locally for you for pick-up if needed next time your in town at one of our favorite shops or at one of our fishy friends. Like i said Jeremy, just say the word.

I grew over 25 Rainbow bubble tips in a hydroponic flood tray only 6'' deep in pond baskets. Before that it was huge sections of egg crate for zoa fragging. You can fit a whole lot of plugs in a 4' x 2' tray. Lots of options out there. Also to try and help with your question about how-to with no sump. I tied mine into my main system. It would actually be in your favor if your corals are doing so well to keep them in the same water column/parameters anyway IMO

Sweet! thanks man! I can meet you sometime in Tualatin at a time that's best for you.

Possibly a faulty controller? I have a box of jebao ones.

Teehee Yep, Jeff knows his stuff. Haha, i feel beyond dumb in comparison.

Speak with Brad aka http://www.pnwmas.org/profile/13617-reefnjunkie/ Years ago when i found some he helped put me in the right direction quick, problem is and he'll probably tell ya is you have a lot of sps encrusted to the rock, it all needs to die. I'm no sps expert by any means nor even keep them, but he will be able to give you solid advice and hopefully help you save what you can. I was lucky and only had frags nothing encrusted on rock work. Like i was saying, ALL the encrusted sps needs to die/removed, frag what you can, save what you can "size" and get very serious with a dipping schedule as you already are i see, cant remember what the interval was but basically it's like dipping ALL your newly mounted sps frags every week. Basically the goal was taking away their food source "the encrusted bits after fragging" and then the repeated dips to kill them and their newly hatched until eradicated. Weeks and weeks perhaps with a very stringent dipping routine. But yes Brad can explain tons better then me, wish i could be more help. This is probably the worst thing you would want to hear, sounds like you have a nice tank with nice growth. Good luck in the battle! I know it's tough.

"camo" shroom! thats awesome, imagine if there was one like desert camo. I would take it if still around or zoas "in line of course" Thanks for the "share the love"

I have a horrific shoe box of skeletons to help ya out Thats awesome your system is so stable, a drop of only 1dkh in 2 weeks! Wow! I wish i had a calcium reactor The constant testing and dosing 2-part for years has been slowly killing it for me.

That's a good idea and worth a try with alk recipe 1, i mean, it cant hurt thanks again.

I use BRS's but i like some of the added detail of the other one.