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Not big but I have a piece that is probablly 2 1/4" long by 1" by 1"" that I would get rid off, it seems to like lower light and I have not been able to find a good spot for it. I got it at Upscales and would sell it but would prefer a trade for some zoos. PM if interested TY

photos from last month;

Hey Rick, just a thought, as it has worked for me and as far as all the threads I have ran across-That Purigen has enabled me to do water changes monthly as to bi-monthly. I feed my fish pellets daily. Brine, mysyis every 3rd day, on the days I am not feeding fish brine(spiralina-sp?) I am target feeding my Dendros, Duncans and hammer, frogspawn, and torchs. In addition to that I use reef nutritions Oyster and Phyto feast, PLUS cyclopeze. I mention only for the reason in my opinion, I think I add alot of nutrients and to have NO3 at 1 after a month when I used to hit the 25 every other week- Well Im happy with the results- My Params are NO3-1 PO4-.05 (or less) SG 1.025 MG 1380 Kh 11 I supplement Trace elements, Stronium/Molybenum and Iodine my 2 cents worth Just trying to share something that has worked, I've already tried something that did not-Tonight I am drinking the rest of my Vodka Dosing-(drinking)

WOW- "Red Slime Control" by Blue Life Works for me-Not sure about the "turf", mine was like cyno bacteria Good luck with your endevour

Rick is the reason you are dosing to reduce the NO3? I ask only becuase that was my only reason, my NO4 stays around .02-.04 but my NO3 was always at 20-25ppm between H2O changes. I've since (about 2-3 weeks now) been using that Purigen I mentioned, my NO3 is constant at about 1ppm (could be less but not more) and I am using a Salifert test. My goal was the reduced NO3 and the Purigen is a drop in my filter sock and FORGET it, no need for daily this, and daily that-FYI

Sorry I did not see this sooner, I had the same experiance my Giant Tear Drop died, but I also lost a Bellas Angel. The only good thing, if I can use that term loosely is my Rose Bulb Anemone split from the stress so now I have 2 and the LFS will give me 40.00 dollars for it- Now I am only out 130.00 I got somewhat lucky, when taking a frag to the LFS yesterday he happened to have a 2.5 inch Tear Drop Maxima, I sucked it up fast- not as nice as the 6inch one I KILLED though-but i have been looking for one for over a month-the closest I found was an 8 inch one for 175.00-TOO BIG. Sorry about your loss. Question for you and it is really a question- What was the purpose for your dosing, reduce NO3 & PO4 or what?

Money paid for banner plus 15.00 for the contest-the extra 5.00 (15.00 vs 10.00 for members) will go for a good use-techniclly wasn't a subscribed member at the time I paid 15.00-LOL TY

Just a nube I guess-I sent the payment, but where do I sign up or have I done that by sending money, and lastly what thread do I subscribe to or how to I keep updated? Thanks in advance

WOW- how picky is PayPal- I copy n paste the email address from your sig and it does not like the caps-it tells"PLEASE ENTER A VALID EMAIL ADDRESS" I sell on Flea-Bay and deal with PayPal and Fleabay weekly-just another reason to hold them in high regards-ARG Breath in/Breath out-hey a song I know Thanks I will watch for whats next I'm all in

Ok I will send the money now- MOOOOM, I want a banner, everyone else has one-I want one too. How do I get a banner? TY

I'ld like to jump on board if possible, is my entry 10.00? Let me know and I can PayPal right away. Thanks

Fantaseas sells these dendros at 18.00 a head, the one I got has already gotten its 4th mouth with 10 more on the way

I just bought these at 10.00 per head and I felt crazy doing that-coupled with the fact that I am, I did not feel bad later;

The thread reply came of reading terrible, it was not meant poorly. I was implying that if something was to die that would be a bad thing. My biggest worry is that "what if" factor. For me it may have been (actually had to have been) my skimmer I used to have the AquaC EV-180, I have no idea why I read some of the reviews I've read on the Aqua skimmers, I have a AquaC Remora and the EV180, and they BOTH SUCK-LOL-Did I mention they are for sale? Presently I am running a phosban reactor and the Purigen by Seachem-tested water last night PO4.03-tested with the Hanna Meter and NO3-.2-Salifert. those are levels I can live with all day, and I dont have to dose twice a day- "Set it and forget it" to coin a phrase My NO4 has always been low due to the reactor (I would assume) since I do nothing other than H2O changes. Before starting to use the Purigen, my NO3 would be 25 by now-I used to change out 20 gallons every other week, I am on week 3 without a change and will start doing monthly changes now-maybe longer-I supplement for Trace elements with Coral Vite, plus I dose Iodine, and Stronium/Molybenium. I almost did the whole turf scrubber-the outcome sounded great but after a month and asking alot who tried and stopped,I decided against-then I see the article about dosing-Either I wish I had not or had a SKIMMER that worked. I am sure it was the lack of skimmer. I hope it all goe well-sounds like it will and is-Im just jaded(flame)

Duuuuuuuuuuude if you kill off things does that fall under the good or bad catagory(plotting)?? Just messing I obviously did somethng wrong but [language filter], what exactly is your goal?-Zero NO3 and zero PO4-more than one way to skin a cat Hind sight 20/20(flame) Peace out(clap) LOL@M

This will get me bannedDOH!, but it is like getting years of information in a sitting or two; check out this site and look at the tanks of each months winners, they provide information on their lighting, photo periods, supplementation etc. http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/subject/totm.php?s=&menu=15 What ever you do take alot of information in and deduce what is correct, typically it will be majority rules. You may get 6 different answers to the exact same question so it can be tough, the internet can be a great tool-but.... Also check out the stores in the area and looks who does well with Reefing, as an outside sales person, I think I have seen 85% of the stores in town and there are those who should stick with fish-check out their dispalys. Lastly remember and this is key- Nothing good happens fast in reefing-take your time, although its impossible(laugh) it pays off. And hats off to you for jumpng in with a 250 gallon-at least it will take time for the "swings" with that water volume-LOL, you got to have DEEP pockets to stock that tank-I forgot how many Thousands I have dumped into mine- you must be single also, or seperate bank accounts. Good luck and Enjoy

My experiance with vodka dosing-SUCKS I had NO3 at about 20 or so and really wanted to get it down, I spent about a month researching sites/threads I ran into this which I am sure you have read; http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2008-08/nftt/index.php I erred on the side of caution as to amounts I satrted with .25ml of vodka and at day 7 when my Giant Tear drop Clam died, and I noticed my Tyree toadstool had not opened in 4 days and... and... and....- so I stopped. DEAD; I monitor my tank so well I can honestly say it was the vodka dosing. My skimmer pulls great "sludge and I was overly cautious as to the amount I dosed. The next night I watched my Bellas Angel die in about 2 hours-went from swimming AND eating to DEAD. DEAD; My NO3 never got down and my PO4 was only at .06 before dosing. After reading more after it all happened I decided to try Purigen a product by Seachem. My NO3 had always been around 20-25ppm, after 9 days of Purigen my NO3 is at less than 1ppm My test kits are Salifert. Dose if you want to, but having to have "so many things, perfect" ie skimmer, total water volume per dosing amount etc, and if one thing is not right you might kill off things-not for me. I took what Vodka was left and am saving it for the weekends, maybe a screwdriver or 30. My posts of 12 or whatever is not refelective of how long I have been at this, I got back into it last year after doing reef tanks 16 years ago. Not a nube here. Dosing gets a zero in my book-you have to do it daily, I know if you miss a day or so no big deal just continue were you left off, if you over dose-death, if your skimmer stops-death if if if. weigh the pros and cons- My experiance will never have me an advocate.. Just hate to see you loose stuff, even if you have been doing it succesfully-when it goes South it goes WAY SOUTH(flame)

If it is the live brine I have gotten in the past for fish food, an airstone is helpful but I do dnot know of keeping them long term, the water gets nasty and polluted-I would suggest calling the store who gave them to you and see what they suggest. Most live brine I got in the past did not last more than a week , and when I bought them the were just kept in the store in a rubbermaid type tote with an airstone. I dont recall exactly what I read or heard-as it was LONG ago, but it was to stay away from the live brine, had to do with sickness, parasites or something-I mention this only so you can do research, that was 15 years ago.

Stuff Happens-Hope what ever disaster your juggling gets taken care of in your favor- Take care

So was the PM I sent not the way to go? I wanted the MIlis and you said the green was asked about and that was it, money talks. I was home all day yresterday and waited to hear how, when, where, and no PM back??????????? Here are the mesages; I see the red mili is no longer posted, did you sell it? Let me now if you have either, I have the money and would buy them, If you want to sell them to me-If not I understand.

LOL, not sure what I would like, but I have this frag that is doing well and I would love to make a trade-I'm interested in a monti cap, some type of SPS if possible- This one is probablly about 4 inches tall, its polyps are not really opened, I took the photo after messing around in the tank-if interested I can take another photo with polyps out-but you get the idea I hope I would prefer a trade as to taking it the LFS. Any one interested please send me you trade suggestions. Thanks Brad

PM Sent. Thanks for organizing it!

PRICE REDUCED BUMP-175.00 price drop New price, call it, I just need the space sale. Tank, canopy, Stand, Sump AND MH T5 Moon light fixture all 350.00 I just bought something that needs to be placed were this thing is being staged-its got to go.

The bulbs that are in there (if thats what you mean) are maybe 2 months old. I bought a set online and then the LFS was telling how bad "no name" bulbs can be so I bucked up and and bought SPS lights-I think they are coralview, I could check. Anyway put in the new bulbs-no visible differance in my opinion I put a PAR meter under them and got readings of between 950-1000. So I have Actually the other bulbs I will throw in, the no name 20K's-2 of them and the old T5's. The older T5's are probablly 5-6 months old, the no name HQI's about 3 months. The fixture itself was part of a complete set up I bought (used) last Christmas-and now sellingDOH! Hope that makes sense. Sorry for the delay, I have Comcast and yesterday SUCKED(threaten)-I could not get on line, about 1 page loaded per 8 attempts, its not a new problem for them-GLAD I SWITCHED-NOT(flame)

Sorry I got my clams mixed up, I'ld be afraid of potential size these guys can get would not be good for my tank. How long have you had it and how much have you seen it grow? Getting uo to 20 inches really wont work-but if that is over 40 years well..... Let me know Thanks