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App II CITES are corals that allow in the trade, however USFWS has their opinion on certain animals not accepting for the commercial trade or captive holding in the USA.

One example is Asian Arowana that has been widely farmed, each with a microchip for tracking, is still not allowed to be imported and held captive for any purpose.

Rhizo spp is another one that has not been accepted by USFWS for the reason lack of information on distribution and number of population in the collecting area.

Unfortunately some of these animals have been imported by irresponsible businesses with falsifying import documents and import declarations, we just want to be aware about this situation and not support such commercial trade.

About 15 years ago there was a case here in the Portland Metro area where USFWS came to an individual's house and confiscated 5 gold asian arowana and that individual was indicted and convicted.

It is unfortunate that in this highly regulated coral trade some sellers purposely mislead buyers when dealing with illegal animals.

52 minutes ago, Eatfrenchfries said:

@obrien.david.j they are rhizotrochus. A very large polyp NPS coral that is now illegal to bring into the US. There are only a few in circulation and I managed to snag a couple colored variants to add to my collection when someone retired from the hobby. Cost me more than I'd like to admit. They do not produce more heads but instead trigger a spawning event where some more may appear. I haven't lucked out yet.

 

I started collecting dendrophyllia and tubastrea before moving on to hidden cups.

Not only illegal to import it is also illegal to own because it is under appedix I CITES unless it has been declasified for commercial trade

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On 1/10/2023 at 12:01 PM, Rp McMurphy said:

Looking for recommendations for water in East Portland as my previous source is now unavailable. Currently driving to to Cuttlefish (and have been going there for years for coral and livestock) but it ends up being a 45 min round trip just for 15 gallons of water. I only have a Nuvo 20 and 12 gallon long so it doesn’t really make sense to set up my own system. 
 

Looking for real life experience with sources. 

Thanks! 

You can set up Catalytic Carbon and DI filtration for your need save gas money for sure to buy livestock 😉

Most likely the consumption of those 3 parameters are still not significant and when you do water change most replenishment is from the new water.

I will not worry so much about calcium and magnesium levels because it will not affect the health of coral, the calcium will precipitate if too much. Alk on the hand is very significant to the health of coral, so need to keep this at a steady level. If you dose 20ml to keep your alk level then you need to dose the 2nd part the same amount. This is because you want to have ionic balance in the system. Dosing one and not the other can cause ionic imbalance and will make the system more problematic in the future.

When consumption increases everything will balance out. Right now probably even 20ml daily for part 1 is too much if you don't have much coral in the tank. I would determine the exact dose for part 1 then dose part 2 the same amount.

This is another option to buy chewable interceptor from Canada that many reefers use it

https://www.canadapetcare.com/interceptor-for-dogs/heartwormers-treatment-54.aspx

Interceptor will not kill it

Gorilla crab is very easy to spot, shine the light to show glowing blue eyes then stab it with metal skewer.

The whole body of the crab is hairy.

I have both seasoned live rock and dry rock med to xxl pieces

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Nice, Santa watching over the Octopus.

2 hours ago, islandVib3s said:

I wonder if instant ocean hold fast epoxy sticks have metal or if it's natural 🤔  thanks for the tips Rudy! 🤙

All major brands of reef epoxy putty is manufactured by Aquamend with the addition of color pigment, then rebranded.

A lot of cheaper industrial epoxy putty may have ingredient that is not friendly for aquarium life.

A lot of people using insta-set without problem.

Not all epoxy putty have the same ingredient, some has metal in it. Also some for aquarium has color added and this tend to make the epoxy set quicker compare to the natural epoxy.

I have use this brand for many years without problem, AquaMend Epoxy Putty Stick. This is the base for all aquarium epoxy in the market.

Epoxy will also need superglue for both at the plug end and the frag end. The advantage you can can cut and attached frag without has to level the bottom of frag and skinny branch frag will attach easily using epoxy & superglue. Also for encrusting and sps it has a base to start growing faster. Epoxy and gel glue combo also work good for in water attaching frag to rockwork.

For using glue only thick gel type cyanoacrylate glue is the best. I usually just use water to make the glue set quicker. I put a dab of gel glue on the plug and a dab on the base of the frag dip in water, pull out then wait 20 second then attach.

To avoid bubble I always dip the plug in ro / tank water before fragging for 1 minute, dry the top then apply gel glue and attach the frag.

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1 hour ago, obrien.david.j said:

I've never been to a Tyree sponsored event.   Looking forward to it.

I went back to the Coral Reef Farmers homepage.  Looks like these are well planned events.   The day before Portland (21st), an event is being held at SeaTac (20th).   I'm impressed with the efficiency these vendors must have.   Setup, Show, Teardown - Drive - Setup, Sleep, Setup, Show, Teardown...

It might be interesting to do a roadtrip up to SeaTac, attend the show.  Return home, attend Portland Show.   And compare.  Might have to add this to my calendar.

SeaTac Show 20th

• Vendor Setup Saturday 5/20 [7:00 AM - 11:00 AM]
• Vendor Hall Open to Public Saturday 5/20 [11:00 AM - 4:00 PM]
• Vendor Teardown Saturday 5/20 [4:00 PM - 6:00 PM]

Portland Show 21st

• Vendor Setup Sunday 5/21 [7:00 AM - 11:00 AM]
• Vendor Hall Open to Public Sunday 5/21 [11:00 AM - 4:00 PM]
• Vendor Teardown Sunday 5/21 [4:00 PM - 6:00 PM]

http://www.coralfarmersmarket.com/cfmprotour_seatac_2023.htm

 

It is a yearly event for Seattle and trying to do the same with Portland show. We hope for a good attendance so we can do yearly for Portland show.

Tyree CFM Pro Tour will have a show in Portland, Sunday - May 21 2023.

Many quality out of state vendors will be coming and it will a treat for us all to have coral selections at one place.

http://www.coralfarmersmarket.com/cfmprotour_portland_2023.htm?fbclid=IwAR1FUkvM56HW9Yxm2rhN5anZQR9UfG2ktxHxZax1gfsOqLOcbsTl8CwTwc8

Have you experiencing fluctuation in your water parameter? How often do you test the water?

Acropora doesn't like alk swing more 0.5 dKH for example, the effect usually will show a week after the fact.

Also sometimes RO water is the problem that being overlooked, replacing filter regularly is a must to keep optimal RO water for acropora keeping.

What is your tank parameters?

Alk, Cal, Mag, NO3, PO4, and Potassium?

It is a Ricordea yuma, very nice looking

It will loose the green coloration as it grows

I have one that fully open about 5" diameter

7 hours ago, islandVib3s said:

Last resort I will QT all my montis and anacroporas. Hoping I won't have to but you never know. Luckily they hatch fast and now I have first hand of what to look for . One of the best reasons to keep stuff on plugs or plates lol easy in and easy out.

Cut the top portion of monti / anacropora then discard the base, put the top section in a new base.

I bet it will cut down 95% of time hunting for the nudi

Monti eating nudi is the most difficult pest to eradicate because it will require super high strength of dip medication that will kill coral

Egg and/or adult comes with mariculture montipora or monti from infected system

I have tried full strength of bayer without dilution and this pest still alive, high dose of KCL will only temporary shock it but not kill it

The best way is to QT new monti or manually hunt adult and eggs daily till all gone in the infected system

IME another option is to use camel shrimp, this shrimp will hunt for egg and adult monti eating nudi

not sure if peppermint shrimp will do the same since I have never tried it

8 hours ago, Kerbash said:

sup guys,

Has anyone has experience with SPS and how they perform in low vs zero phosphate nitrate environment? My tank have been at like undetectable phosphate and real low nitrate for a real long while now, my sps does fine but no where near as colorful as some other people, but I have been seeing recently that some people are dosing phosphate and nitrate?! And Im still deciding should I dose it or not. Anyone got any input?

For ULNS (ultra low nutrient system) to keep sps you can follow zeofit system

Iodine level can also be elevated too high if keeps adding without testing, this situation is silent sps killer

Check your iodine level

Jake and I have been friends for years, it is shocking to hear this sad news about him passing away.

I spoke with him last week about getting him some sps and talked about his diving trip to Bali after many years

pause. He was very happy and looking forward to the trip.

I surely will miss him.