jadams7

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You heard me right...I have about 5 (5 gal) buckets of live sand, nothing fancy, not fine grain or anything. Just got it out of a tank, and need it gone by the end of Sunday (or mid day monday if you really beg, haha). Anyways, its free, come get it. Definitely would not turn down a frag or something if anyone needed to give one away, but no pressure. I would love to have my buckets back that the sand is in if possible. Let me know if ya want it. Thanks

PM sent on 125 gal tank!

Silver/rusty t-5 fixture sold.

Good read...that guy really knows his stuff. I do like the fuge layout at the end of the article.

I would heavily prefer glass over acrylic. The 180 is glass, not drilled but overflow box included.

I will be getting a very nice 180 gal with custom made mahogany stand and hood, which is too large for my place. I would really like a 120 (or 125 gal) with stand and hood. Anyone got any ideas??

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Well as nice as it would be to have a 120+ gallon tank to house one tang, it is not practical for everyone. The nature of this hobby takes a fish from the never ending ocean, and plops them into a 5 gal display tank at some LFS for a couple weeks (after a long, stressful journey of course) until someone can buy him and put him into a tank which is smaller than anything he was every even close to in the wild. If we all had 500+ gallon aquariums we could dedicate to a damsel then we could consider it a bit more humane, but we dont. From everything I have read, all of my experiences, and in talking to many other aquarium owners, a 5 inch tang would have plenty of room to swim in my tank. Although I respect your opinion (no larger than 1 inch tang in less than 120 gal) it is both not practical, and going against everything I have read and heard, let alone my own experiences with tangs. I have had great 'luck' with tangs so far, and that is in my 72 bow. Seeing as it is a very popular size tank, and my tangs seem to love both my aqua scape (caves for them to swim in and around) and plenty of open room to swim. And, IMHO the volume and quality of water does hold importance in keeping tangs healthy. I am not saying that it would be the best-case scenario for the fish to keep him in a 72 bow, but on the other hand, it is worse than where he currently is, and I think he would do just fine. Taking ANY fish from the ocean and putting him into a tank is not 'putting the animal first'. What we can do is best replicate the ocean possible, and judging by the rate at how fast I upgrade tanks, worst case is he would be in there 2 months. Obviously if I noticed a fish was unhappy, or not doing well I would attempt to change that. And from the original post about the tang "Never had ich, no diseases or flatworms" this is from being moved from tank to tank, with what sounds like a 72 bow, and currently a 55. He obviously does fine in a smaller tank (as far as ich goes) and I think the issue here is getting him into a setting where he will not fight with other tankmates. Either way seeing as there has been no reply from the owner in quite some time, I believe this is somewhat of a mute point.

Well seeing as she said he was previously in a 72 bow, and is currently in a 55 I figured getting him out of the 55 was more important. 'Cruel' is keeping the tang in a 55 if he is clearly unhappy. Seeing as nobody else showed interest in the tang, and my tank is fairly empty, I figured it would work temporarily at least. I have a total of about 100 gallons cycling through my tank currently, and have temporarily housed fish that size with no ill effects. Seeing as most of my fish are fairly small (firefish, damsels etc) I dont think keeping a 5 inch fish would be the end of the world (for me or for the tang). I know you are just looking out for whats best for the fish, but the main issue here should be getting him out of the 55gal.

Is this still available/alive?

All of this is still available! I will be at the meeting on Sunday, and if that wont work I can make a trip to portland if a couple of things are getting sold, Thanks!!

Torch them if they are on the rock itself...works like a charm!

PM sent!!!!!!!!

I would love to take him off of your hands...they are beautiful fish. I have a 72 bowfront I think he would work out great in. I will send a PM. Thanks

Beautiful tank, welcome! Nice work on the stand and hood by the way!

I would look into getting whatever the Twogirls has left. Their ad is in the classified section, and was a little over $2/lb for some good looking base pieces.

Hey I have a 175w metal halide with a DIY wood casing (36") and sunlight supply ballast with timer I would sell for $140. Shoot me a pm if interested. Thanks

Thanks! does the disease of wanting to upgrade tanks ever end by the way? I am less than a year into this and I have upgraded tanks a couple of times already, and keep telling myself I cant upgrade any more!!!! We will see...(plotting)

There are no flow adjustments on the skimmer itself... I think I may have figured out the problem, I added some "RedSlime Control" for the first time a few days ago, and have not done a water change yetDOH! I completely forgot I added it, and as of tomorrow (when I have enough R.O.) I will do a 25% water change and try to turn the skimmer on again. I think the medication is the only thing that would be throwing off my skimmer, seeing as I did not wash my hands any time prior to touching anything, and I have not added any new piping whatsoever in the past 2+ months, just messed with lighting. I also checked the air tube and put a few drops of fresh water down it just in case there was some salt buildup, but I strongly believe it is the medication. Thanks for all the help guys, I will let ya know if it is still acting up after the 25% water change.

So the past few days, my protein skimmer has been going crazy and bubbling over the top, leaving a constant flow out of the cup. The runoff is not all that dirty, and I have had this skimmer up and running great for quite a while now. I finally turned it off, after my sump had 5 gallons drained out of it (in a matter of about 2 hours). Why is it doing this, and how can I fix it? My skimmer is a Top Fathom Tf110a. I have not made any changes to the tank outside of adding water every night (which I did before with no problems) and switched to halides (which I think would not create any problems). Any ideas of what to do??

I have not taken any pictures of my 72 gal yet, so I got bored and took a few quick ones...enjoy! Sorry, they are horribly blurry.

Any chance of you coming down to salem for the meeting? If so, I am interested in a couple things!

Chief - Great info, about how long should I let it run in between PH testings? Would it be better to run the drip out into my sock, and let it filter through the sock, then fuge, then skimmer chamber, or directly into the skimmer chamber? Lowman - Sounds good, how much are you looking to get out of it, or what do ya need in trade??

I think I would consider buying a treadmill for my tank if they made them...and possibly a small sweat band.