UPSCALES

Updated this weeks cool stuff.

I first met Gateway Bob when I was about fifteen years old. So I guess I have known him for abour nineteen years. Man that makes me feel old. Great guy. Made things work the old school way. Undergravel filters and flourescent lights, nothing fancy but he always had great stuff, even way back when. Everyone loved Bob. I was actually with him when he broke his shoulder, after he fell he got up and asked me to help him bag up some corals. He was standing there with a broken shoulder and all he was thinking about was getting corals to bring back for his customers, forget about the ER he had work to do. He had a very loyal following. Travis

No black worms here(at least live anyway). I do have frozen bloodworms though. Travis

Here they are...... Peppermint hog $125 Radiant wrasse $49 Flame angels (2) $49 Neon blastomussa (several) $65-$85 Super Tonga yellow leathers (3) $65 Sexy shrimp (2) $15 Wild Bali deepwater Acropora (several) $95+ Neon green polyp toadstools (3) $65 Neon starburst polyps (nice) $49 Travis

If you need colonies for fragging I will sell any of my $65 heads for $50 for this event. Travis

Tangs not tanks. DOH!

A few things of interest this week. 6/23/06 Springer psuedo $39 Blue star leopard wrasse $39(two) Flameback angels $49(one left) Flame angels $49 Radiant wrasse $49 Twin spot wrasse $39 Fridmani psuedo $39 Small blue tangs(lots) $30 True percs (lots) $25 Exquisite wrasse $45 Yellow tail wrasse $39 Purple firefish $35 Dendrophyllia four head $295(two) Orange carpet lobo $75(nice) Blue/red echino $125(nice) Nice blastos New acropora Barnacle blennies $35 See you soon Travis

Sold two more! Hot coral of the day.

It was someone that is in to rare and unusual corals.

I sold a tongue coral! sweeeeeet!

A tongue coral garden! Now that is a sweat idea! Maybe I will keep them all and line the bottom of my cube with them.

I hope it is a mistake, but I was looking at my incoming tranship and it looks like I have twenty tongue corals coming in friday. Sweet. Just what I needed. Everyone needs a tongue coral, they are like the new purple monster. Gotta have one. At least it says that they are green. I know Smeggy wants two or twenty. Travis

Testing long term( six months plus) on tanks with various corals including SPS is the only way to test the effectivness of these units. Am I going to be able to achieve the same colors as I do with Metal halide. I doubt it, But I could be proven wrong. I think they will be good light for LPS and softy type tanks. I know when power compacts came out they were going to replace halides, and when T-5's came out they were going to replace halides, They had the par but didn't produce the results of halides. I don't think you can ever replace the intensity of a halide. Prove me wrong Travis

I am always experimenting, trying different bulbs. I switched to the XM 20k run off a HQI ballast over my acros and have really liked the colors that are coming out. So far I like them better than the radiums. It has only been about six weeks so we'll see. They are cheaper and should last longer than the radiums. I am mainly looking for a bulb that will maintain intesity for a longer period, my radiums are dropping off at about four to five months. Acording to Sanjay the XM's are the most effecient bulbs out there. Still using radiums on everything else for now. Travis

If you drip above water it allows any residual co2 to escape into the air rather than being released in the water causing a ph drop in the aquarium. Travis

The membranes I carry are the Dow Filmtec. I have tested most the membranes on the market and I have found these to be the best for the money. The only one that I saw a beter rejection rate in was the HI-S from Kent, but the price on these is crazy. If you run a Hi-S DI with a Dow membrane you will get just as good of water as with the Hi-S membrane. I do have DI cartidges and Hi-S DI resins. The combo (canister and DI cartridge) sells for $55 minus your 10%. As far as the membranes I have 50gpd, 75gpd, 100gpd. They range from $50-$65, minus 10% for club members. Travis

I would still make premium aquatics stand behind the product it sells. You bought the product from them not PCI. They should ship you a new pump and deal with PCI themselves to get their money back. Don't take no for an answer Travis

That is part of doing business on-line. You should not have to deal with PCI yourself that is the job of premium aquatics. If they want to carry a procuct they need to warranty it also. If you bought that pump from me or any of the other LFS around you would already have a new pump. On-line may be cheaper, but you get zero custmer service when you have a problem. My two cents, Travis Upscales

Thanks to everyone for coming. It was nice to see some new faces in my shop. Seeing this club grow over the last few years has been amazing, keep up the good work guys(and gals). Thanks again for your support, Travis