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My eyes are burning. Awesome stuff as usual, maybe slightly more awesome than usual.

I would definitely borrow the generator if the power is going to be out that long.  Plan for the worst case scenario like if they run into problems and your power is off for more than one day.  Plug a power strip into the generator to run your return pump, heater and wave makers.

I think they are colonial hydroids although I'm far from an expert.  I have the in my tank also that came in on some gulf live rock.

I swear I'm there three times a week lately.  My wife is going to divorce me if I spend any more time or money there.  On top of my spending, my daughter just bought a Red Sea tank for an upgrade so we both are addicted now.

There is so much awesome stuff in the store right now it's almost overwhelming.  I would encourage everyone to stop by and see the incredible selection that is currently available.

So you picked that up.  I already spent too much on clams or I would have seriously thought about it.  Very nice score.

1 hour ago, CuttleFishandCoral said:

Roger. She will be next. My bad. 

No problem.  She will be happy about that.  Thank you.

You missed PNWaquatics.  She requested one on the 10th and was 3rd in line on the 13th.

Use real live rock (florida is about the only option left) and you will basically have an instant cycle.  I realize that it is expensive and there are there are some unwanted hitch hikers but the bio diversity that you start out with makes the start up so much easier.  I've started up many tanks over the last 25 years and I've used both live and dry rock and I would never start up another tank with dry rock again.  

That's very impressive! Nice job on the new tank.

Great guy to deal with.  My daughter bought some zoanthids and is very happy with them.

I don't have any experience with that skimmer but I do use the AquaticLife 115 on my 50 gallon lagoon.  There really is no skimmer that can handle 50 gallons that can fit in one of the chambers but I feel that the AL 115 does a very good job and it only costs $43.00.  

They are just straight, flat aluminum pieces that are about 7.5" long by 1.25" wide with several slots cut into them for different mounting distances.  They also have a slight 90 bend in the very ends to slide into a track on the light.  They are not expensive, I just thought someone local might have a set laying around.  I'll also check out the hardware store if I can't find anything.

2 hours ago, CuttleFishandCoral said:

Get some driveway heat. Lol

Lol.  I actually used it back in the day but it is calcium chloride.

Does anyone have a set of the flat mounting brackets that came with the AquaticLife Hybrid light that mounts flat lights like a Radion or Hydra?  I'm going to add a couple of Reefi Unos to my 24" light and only have one set.  I could trade a Kessil mount or just buy them.  Thanks.

Pending sale.

I bought this a few days ago as a back up to my other generator but my power came on a few hours after purchase.  It is still in the unopened box.  I thought I would offer it here before I returned it to the store in case they are still out of stock around the area.  I'll even take $50.00 off of the price if someone wants it so asking $500.00.

https://www.harborfreight.com/2000-watt-super-quiet-inverter-generator-62523.html

This is from the stock of shaywood.  Very high quality chaeto.

I'm trimming some chaeto and have a baseball chunk of it for anyone who wants it.  

Let me know if you have any more.

2 hours ago, PNWaquatics said:

I lost power early Saturday morning and am still waiting for it to turn back on. I had to search around for a generator and luckily found one so my tanks are going strong.
 

My parents lost power late Friday night. They also have a generator to keep my dad’s tank going. No estimation on when the power is coming back on, and we’re hoping the generators can keep going indefinitely. So far, neither of us have lost any thing (though my Midas Blenny did decide to jump in the overflow during the 6 hours it took me to track down the generator). 

Almost 72 hours of power loss but it just came back on about an hour ago.  My little 15 year old Honda Eu2000i generator kept my tank alive the whole time with no apparent losses.  Hopefully my daughter @PNWaquatics power also comes back on soon.  I think I'm going to have to look into a whole house generator after this.  We lost many trees and the cleanup is going to take a long time.

2 free for Premium Aquarium please.

It's good to see someone else that loves clams, yours look great.  I currently have six but three of them are still very small. Did you get most of them local and are you worried that that gigas is going to topple your rock when it gets bigger?

Pending pick up this evening.

Responded to both.