AquaticEngineer

I've been using some very effective and very well priced 50w LED floodlights from ebay ($17.99 each) and they are great for my applications, but I would really like to be able to do a little fine tuning on the color spectrum with the Kessil amazon sun.

I was able to use one for a display tank at MACNA in Denver a couple years ago and it worked out great. 

If anyone has any leads on where to get one online or locally that would awesome

Would love some of these for my coldwater tank since they represent the more true lighting that we receive here on the Oregon coast but cant seem to find them at any online retailers.

I'm sure they didn't sell very well being a lower spectrum, maybe with the freshwater crowd?

If anyone happens to have a used one they want to part with on the cheap let me know, or if you know of a source for them please post it up here

Thanks!

No problem

Time for me to start growing them back out again. Might be a couple weeks before I have some more colonies to sell. You guys should have plenty though

Looks like Emerald is getting a bottle also, I will be dropping them all off at Flashes tomorrow night.

I also suggest that anyone getting one of the 2 liters go ahead and dump half of it into another 2 liter so you can have a backup colony going right away.

Just top off the rest of the bottle with tank water or water from a water change.

Whoops, yeah ment PM Shot u one back Spectra.

I'm out off of 172nd and Hwy212 just before Damascus. I should be home most of the day tomorrow, shoot mea text for address/cell

Right now I have mine under a trio of LED spot lights that normally run a 12 hour light period, but I turned them on from the reef keeper about a month ago and and just left them on.

Temp swings from low 50's to high 80's in the garage. They will 100% live outside though, just make sure they don't get cooked in direct light or water logged with rain. I'd guess a window or back porch on the south facing side of the house would give the best lighting and coverage from rain. Evap is a PITA, which is why I went with the 2liter bottles for the main grow outs. The tapered neck prevents a lot of the normal condensation.

The tigers look good. Thanks again.

Glad I could help You guys should have no problem setting up a couple more solid colonies with those 2 liters you got   Remember to spread em out so you have backups in case anything happens to one of them.  My kids have knocked a couple of mine over before, lol.

They will survive the temp, but will be eaten by other amphipods and the animals. These guys in the wild only live in splash pools that they at the highest animal on the food chain, and the algae they eat is the next. I've observed pools brimming with them and right next to it a pool devoid of them and only one or two slightly larger amphipod species. Best bet is to propagate them outside of the main system and then add them as a food source to your tank.

The nice part is that they will live year round in room temperature stagnant saltwater. If u want more production out of them just raise the temp with a small heater and keep them in a tank, that will speed their metabolism and hop up reproduction times. I light mine 24/7 now that I have algae that will grow nonstop.

I will definitely grab one. Anyone else want me to grab one for them? I will try for Sunday before a get-together.

I will be around the house most of the day on Sunday, I will shoot you my address and cell number so we can arrange a time for you to swing by

Doh! My inbox must be full, lol. Will clean out now

Got a ton of tigriopus californicus growing out in 2 liter bottles in my garage, I like to thin them out occasionally so selling off some in 3 oz starter cultures.

If you have anything that likes to eat small copepods these make great food, and they are super easy to grow. 

I think I've had the same cultures running for about 5 years now and all I do is give them light for the algae to grow. 

If you want a starter to get your own culture going just let me know

$5 per starter, or if you want a whole established 2 liter I'd sell one of those for $25.

Post here if you are interested and we can PM or text to arrange a time to meet. I live out towards Damascus/Clackamas and commute to Beaverton so can usually meet up somewhere in between during the week after work.

Cheers!

Stu

Yup, what Josh said Short term exposure to elevated temperatures outside of their normal range they will be fine, long term will extremely shorten their lifespan. If these species could successfully be acclimated to higher temperatures over the long term they would already be living in those areas in the wild.

Totally random, but I'm curious if anyone knows a guy that goes by the screen name of "Nice-Diver" that is from Eugene?

Found his Flickr account and some posts on the Northwest Dive Club Forum (he hasn't been active there since 2014) but I figured that maybe someone here might know him since the diving and aquarium keeping worlds aren't too far apart.

He took some photos of some grunt sculpins in Newport while diving the Jetty a few years ago and I wanted ask him about.

Here's his photostream if anyone recognizes him or anything in it let me know would love to grab a beer with the guy and pick his brain

https://www.flickr.com/photos/nice-diver/with/23601112121/

Anyone want this for free? Need it out of the way. Text me @ Five 4 one 513 - six 1 five 7

Still available.  I have a trailer we can haul it on if you have a hitch.

Maybe I'll make it into a pontoon boat.....

Forget to add, I'm out off 172nd at the edge of Clackamas before Damascus.

Just took this big boy off my coldwater system and would love the garage space back.

It's a 14' x 3' x 18" fiberglass system with baffles at both ends and a 2" bulkhead for drain. Just lay a couple 4' sheets of egg crate in it and light her up!

Shoot me a pm with your # and I can text you pics of it. Post her that you pm'd me.

$200 and I'll help you load it if you have the means to haul it.

You guys may remember last year when Josh and I gave a talk on coldwater aquariums to the club.  At that meeting we met Kelly Perry, who is AWESOME.

From that point she went gangbusters getting together a go fund me campaign and purchased the best coldwater system on the market from Titan Aquatic Exhibits.

We got them some native livestock and the tank had been cycling and running smooth for a while now, but the end goal was an Octopus in her classroom.

I am happy to say that we finally were able to get them an appropriately sized Pacific Red Octopus for their coldwater tank last Friday

I would post pics but I'm locked out of FB at work, lol.

Congrats to Kelly Perry and all her students at Tualatin High School for putting in the hard work to be able to keep a native coldwater octopus species in their classroom!

Wow that's quite the award and quite the prize!

That's what I thought! I figured it was worth making everyone aware to give somebody a chance at a free trip to MACNA and having the club represented there

Just wondering if anyone in the club had spearheaded nominating anyone for this?

Here's the link to the original:
https://forum.neptunesystems.com/showthread.php?11714-Neptune-Systems-announces-1st-Annual-Marine-Aquarium-Hobbyist-of-the-Year-%28MAHY%29&p=78379

Here's what it says copied over:

Neptune Systems announces 1st Annual Marine Aquarium Hobbyist of the Year (MAHY)

July 23, 2015 – Morgan Hill, CA
Every year at the MACNA (Marine Aquarium Conference of North America) banquet it is exciting to see who is crowned a new “Aquarist of the Year” as selected by the MASNA committee. This is often a person in the industry or with a profession related to the marine aquarium hobby. We applaud MASNA for making this award.

Neptune Systems decided there was room for yet another, similar award – The Marine Aquarium Hobbyist of the Year. This award is given to the person that really exemplifies the best in this hobby. These are often the unsung hobbyists that not only have amazing aquariums, but are the epitome of a great marine aquarium hobbyist. This person has the qualities we admire most in our best “fish-friends": a love of the hobby, dedication, persistence, patience, helpful to others, humility, respect from their peers and much more.

In addition to the honor of simply receiving such an award, Neptune Systems will be footing the bill for the travel expenses and the cost of their full ticket to MACNA. Additionally they will receive $500 in new aquarium gear of their choice from Neptune Systems.

The qualification, nomination and selection process for this award is as follows:

Qualification
• Must belong to a club, for at least one year, that is a current member of MASNA.
• Must currently own and maintain a marine aquarium of any size.

Nomination
• Nominations can only be made by a MASNA member marine aquarium club.
• Any one aquarium club can only nominate one member for this award – chosen in any manner they desire.
• Nominations must be sent to mahy@neptunesystems.com by midnight on 7/31/2015 to be considered for this award.
• Nominations must be submitted by a club official with examples (links to online profiles, forum posts, photos, etc.) that would show how this person exemplifies the criteria outlined above along with a few paragraphs stating why this person is deserved of the award.

Selection
• Neptune Systems each year will select a 3-5 member committee of respected individuals in the marine aquarium industry
• These individuals will work with Neptune Systems to come to consensus on who they believe is most deserved of the award based on the criteria above.
• Selection will be made by 8/7/2015 and made public on the Neptune Systems web site, community forum, and FaceBook pages.

Due to the short notice this year, the submission and consideration timeframes had to be compressed. Neptune Systems plans on making this an annual award that will be announced approximately one month prior to MACNA.

Digital copy is available now! Coldwater article starts on pg 14  

http://www.reefhobbyistmagazine.com/magazines_files/a62dd1eb9b15f8d11a8bf167591c2f17-issue-33.pdf

Thanks Hopefully its well received by everyone