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Wow those blastos rock. PM me with a price & head count plzzzzz. Thanks, Chris

You have a permanent spill boom in your dinning room,

when you tell the bank they will get their mortgage payment after this up grade,

when first things first means, "happy corals first & then the kids", if there's any thing left.

OH SORRY dont know how I missed the price. Sweet deal

I was thinking of a cube this size buy some how I missed your asking price.

Jody what is that in your avatar?

Jody 99% of my zoas are gone & now the lobo has gotten worse. I am running carbon & tested phosphates, they are like .01 maybe (Salifert test). Do you have any ideas? I thought maybe a bristle worm or something was bothering it. Or maybe it is some sort of fungas or infection that went from the zoas to the Lobo.

I have no skills tip to share, however I did enjoy the video. Cool looking tank.

What a schmuck, he wont get far if the media gets involved. Those are pretty clear shots & very identifiable. It's only a matter of time now untill he gets taged.

snowpunk, the Lobo has been like this for nearly two weeks now. The pic shown is during the day while inflated. At night (lights off) the deflation is considerable. To the bottom left of animal you can notice tissue recession. I am glad to hear all those things are sponges, but what is the slimy shinny stuff? I have had this Lobo more that 3 years & would hate to lose it.

I have a Lobo that is clearly unhappy. I do not know if the problem is connected with many zoa colonies dieing off. Water parameters are good, I have not added any fish that may be bothering it. At first I thought a big bristle worm may be eating it or something. Here are a few pics. Any feed back is much appreciated.

Unhappy Lobo

underside of Lobo, note the slimy spot, I tried to scrape it all off.

underside of Lobo

Is this sponge to right of chalice? a little tiny spot just like it has started on bottom side of Lobo.

Thanks for your time, Chris.

Could you post a picture of the white/yellow cotton ball stuff on the bases.

I really do not know what this stuff is, maybe some body else can chime in & identify.

Yellow spongy stuff

White cotton looking stuff

strange purple stuff on sick zoas, to right white cotton stuff from zoas.

& what is this stuff to the right of chalice? Is it sponge?

 

all the while he drives in limos, flies in private jets, and has a 10,000 square foot mansion. Really?

Ironic huh.

Follow the money trail on global warming. A lot of people are getting rich while others will hit billionaire status. Al Gore for one. He invested in this many years ago & will do & say any thing to make the people panic into a carbon taxed disaster.I am not saying the issue should be swept under the rug, I am saying put some truth to the science & lets see if it is really as bad as they say.

impur that is one ugly spider, I feel grateful that is not what I found.

undrtkr_00, The white rubbery stuff was not slimy at all. My zoas spread out & became like a linked network at their bases. I also found these little white/yellow cotton ball type stuff on the bases. Someone mentioned zoa pox so I will read more on that.

Here is the best pic I could get of that worm last night. If any body has ideas on how to get him out I am all ears, or eyes in this case. Thanks for all the responses, makes a guy feel not so alone & lost.

Sometimes Eunice worms will eat zoas. I caught an Eunice eating out of one of my Euphyllia. I just fed the pink hammer coral (the most expensive coral that I owned), and the lights went out. Not 30 minutes later I watched a large black worm work its way up the skeleton and into the center of the hammer. It went right into the center of the mouth and ate the food that I gave to the hammer. Over the next week, the hammer died of brown jelly disease.

 

I ended up Nuking the rock that held the worm. I think I got the bugger.

 

dsoz

That does not sound very reassuring, This worm is very shy & darts back in hiding at the slightest movement or light. He did not fall for my trap 2 times now. Water parameters. All Salifert tests

pH= 8.0/8.2

Calcium= 420

Alkalinity= 13.8 dKH or 4.91 meq/L (Been using seachem reef salt)

Magnesium= 1170

Nitrates= 6 or 7

Phosphates= .01

Could the Lobo be infected with some kind of fungus? It looks like there is spongy type of stuff in the skeleton.

I feel kind of foolish about the spider after my son said it also looked like a plain ol spider, & after searching I have not found a sea spider that looks like this one. So this still leaves me stumped why a thousand or more zoas disappeared & the sad looking lobo. Should I did the Lobo in Iodine? Could it be some sort of fungus? I have what looks like spongy material in the Lobo. Any help is appreciated.

I have lost a lot of zoas the past few months & did all that I know to try & save them, by way of fresh water dip, dip in iodine, & inspect for pests. I never saw any pests on corals or in the bowls they were dipped in. I lost 99% of the many different colonies. Now I have a Lobo that is clearly suffering from something. I made a bristle worm trap from used epoxy tubes & discover a worm at least 1/4" to 3/8" wide. The worm never crawled into the tube but he crawled up to & around it. He left a giant trail of something slimy/sticky that sand was bouned up in. The trail was probably 15" long. Stuck in the trail of slime I find this spider. Now what? I am lost on how to help the animals. Attached are bad photos but the best I can produce. Any ideas on what to do?

I straight out think it is dishonest & shows the charater of the seller. Buyer beware is a odd way to face the problem. Maybe there shoude be a master list with all known pic-cheaters slathered all over the web. Look at ebay & tell me all of those photos are the true thing. Most are yes, but all? nadda

Chief is on top of it.

Does Reeflo Hammerhead ring a bell for the pump?

Has any body else received this strange notice from James?

Hey,

I'm new here, how's it going?

"The most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently" - Pema Chodron

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James

A little strange I think...

What shape is the tank in? I know when it was in Michaels care it was flawless, however it's had a few owners since. Is the wave maker a 2 way with 1.5" in & out & what kind of return pump? Thanks

just curious but whats everyone getting?

Price Qty Ordered Qty Shipped Subtotal

6 Pounds - 1 Gallon Bulk Magnesium Chloride for Aquariums

4 Pounds - ½ Gallon Bulk Magnesium Sulfate for Aquariums

3.5 Pounds – Half Gallon Bulk GFO High Capacity Ferric Oxide

1.5 Pounds - Half Gallon Premium ROX 0.8 Aquarium Carbon

Deluxe Dual Inline TDS Meter DM-2 HM Digital

5 Micron Purtrex Depth Sediment Filter

1 Micron MATRIKX® +1 Carbon Block

I needed a lot more however at this time the pockets are rather shallow.

Thanks to Ryan for putting this together for us.

Huskerduch,what is the name of the company that emailed you? I got the same thing but cant find it, must have gotten deleted

cool cool, I wonder if that explaines all those little white balls covering my cap. Perhaps caps spawn in the same way. HEY! What if we put the cap & torch together what would we get??? hehehehe