grover2

Hello there, This is my first venture at selling my frags and corals so be nice to me. I will post prices, but I am really unsure of how much to ask for these things. So please make me an offer. I will be available this weekend to show these items. In this first post is the parent Deadman finger leather coral that is not for sale. I am asking $15 for each frag. One pictured here, the other two below.

The unit is leaking around the shaft that goes up and down. There is a gasket in the shaft, which I have replaced with two better gaskets. I think I am going to take the whole get up back and purchase a float designed by coralife (the brand of my filter). Then it should work with my filter. Thanks everyone for the advice, it lead me to research shut offs available commercially. I had read other posts when I was first getting started of DIY set ups and didn't realize the commercial ones were readily available and inexpensive.

Holly do you have corals in your tank? Do you dose your tank with corals?

Sean, I just put two and two together. Are you the owner of cichlids and salt? I have been in your store a few times and have a vague memory of your wife looking familiar. Did she grow up in Creswell also? I don't particularly remember you, but I had a few friends that were likely in your class at Creswell or a few years before. Small world isn't it?

impur, thanks for the advice. I realize they are all to high and I am working on doing multiple water changes. I did one saturday and will do one tomorrow. Now that I have my water filter system moved to my laundry room, I think it will be easier to run the amount of water I need for these changes. I would have to get the test kit to see the measure of the alkalinity, but it the card in the kit lists 1.7 in the average/good range. Nyles, I meant did you grow up in CG or Creswell? If so when did you graduate. If it is to personal that is fine, just thought we might know each other.

Nyles, are you from this area as well? My original salt tank was began when I lived on lynx hollow. I wonder if I know the person? lol....

Thanks for the advice SeanF! I am actually from the Creswell area also. I grew up on Lynx Hollow off Hwy 99. However, I went to school in CG. I graduated in 91, how about you? I have been using Instant Ocean (I had two buckets that are now almost gone). I would like to switch brands, although the guy at the LFS said there was no difference between the brands as far as phosphates are concerned. I have a 120 gallon tank with a 10 gallon sump. I have a filter bag, protein skimmer and algae (the wirey kind) in the sump. I have been wondering if this is enough? It came with red pump that I can only assume was a phosphate remover pump. It was so increadibly black that the contents were un-identifiable. I have run phosphate remover in that device a time or two, but it is very time consuming to change the medium. According to the directions the phosphate remover/medium should only run for 3 or 4 days before being changed or removed from the system. Anyway, yesterday today (I did a 10% H2O change yesterday) Temp 75 76 pH 8.0 8.0 phosphate 0.5 0.5 nitrate 20 10 nitrite 0.05 0.05 ammonia 0.25 0-0.25 alkalinity 1.7 1.7 Well in taking new levels to post, I decided to test my RO/DI water for phosphates and it was 0.1. So I guess I discovered part of my problem right there. I guess I need to put some more work into my filter system.

I have been working on getting my RO/DI unit out of my kitchen this weekend. It has been in there for about 10 months and is driving me mad!!!!! Anyway, I have moved the set up to the laundry room. Put a Y valve on the washing maching water line. Run a hose through the wall and to the auto shut off, then to the filter unit and back into a garbage can (clean 55 gallon only used for fish water). The discharged water runs back through the wall and down the drain for the washing machine. I have bought all the appropriate connectors and auto shut off I have is a brass one with and intake and outlet with fittings for hoses. Then there is a float attached by an arm and a simple shaft in the unit to shut it off. However, it is leaking non filtered water out the top of the shaft. I have taken the unit apart many times and added two new, thicker gasket/o-rings. It slowed the leaking down, but unless the unit is just right it still leaks. My questions are: what auto shut offs are other people using? where you purchased them? do you hook the auto shut off before or after the filter unit? If it is after, don't you have water constantly discharging from your unit? and any other suggestions you may have? ideas on how to connect the shut off valve to the garbage can? (I was thinking the unit should attach inside the can incase it leaks)

One of mine is almost that size already, well I guess all I can do is keep an eye on them. Thanks for the heads up.

I actually got two sally lightfoots, at what size do they attack fish? I was more worried about the sally's getting into it with my banded coral shrimp. I don't know why I never learn.... I went to the LFS for emerald crabs and the friend I went with was exclaiming over how cute the sally's were and the LFS guy said they were great for algae to.... now I regret getting them already. I should always stick to my list, nothing more!!!!

Aparently I missed all the other posts about Creswell before I posted my reply. Have you noticed all the power outages in the area in the past month, maybe we really are taxing the power supply to much!!!!! Most people just blame it on the weather, but who knows.

Jay, I noticed you were from Creswell also. I am a little intimidated by your 300+ gallon tank. I am running a 120 and am still overwhelmed by that. I shop at Ray's almost daily, I have probably seen you there. Thanks for the info on the salt. I have been struggling with hair algae and various other kinds since I bought this tank 8 months ago (bought used, fully stocked). I thought I might try a different kind of salt and see if that helped. I picked up some emerald crabs and sally lightfoots today. Maybe they will help as well.

Thanks for the advice. Does anyone else have any? I was thinking about switching to Tropic Marin, but I wasn't sure anyone local was carrying it. I don't really have the time or ability to run all over town checking. Thier web sites are not overly helpful on what brands they carry.

I am not all that new to the hobby, but I guess it is all relative. I would like to switch brands of sea salt and was wondering what brand other hobbiests prefer and where you purchase it. It seems that buying local is necessary due to large shipping costs. However, I would be willing to pick it up anywhere between Eugene and Portland if necessary. Maybe even Seattle.