RLaForce

The other thing you could do is take a sample to your local shop and ask them to put in the algae in with the tangs and other stuff that might eat the algae. Then buy which ever one eats it. You might want to check your water and see if anything is out of wack. Also how much do you feed?

That's crazy that you tank was able to be on that stand for 8 years! I wouldn't think that it would hold it at all without any bracing on it at all!

I also have a a set up, but would need a new reflectors on it. It is a electronic ballest, but it was a kit that I ordered and made myself. I ran it for about 1 1/2 years with no problems. I don't use it at all so I would be willing to part with it for just a few nicer frags.

I have some really nice super pink birdsnest that I would be willing to frag a bit for trade. I also have some Fire and Ice zoo frags.

Wondering what your looking for in trade for the acro? I wish I could just give you money for it, but I've reached my limit for frags this month. Otherwise I think your prices are more than fair.

I wish I could, but I will not be at the meeting. Clay is coming up on Sunday so I thought I might be able to con him into picking stuff up for me he just doesn't know it yet! lol I can send him up with the money for you. Thanks!

If its xbox 360 then you want this badboy

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16889253200

 

If you are looking to save some $ you could go with an off brand. Or a brand like Vizio which is still pretty good. Depends on how big you want, but i think 32"-40" are plenty if you aren't really into game big time. In this size range you really only need 720p.

I agree with Miles on this tv. But if your tv is going to be used for blue ray movies I would go with 1080p. Most of the time you won't need 1080p, but when you do it's worth the extra money!

My next buy is a ps3 for the blue ray player in it. It's a plus that it's an awesome game console as well. Now that the price has come down on them I think it's the best way to go for a blue ray player. They have the best refresh rate of any BR on the market. That way you get to see what your tv was really made for at it's best! Easiest way for me to get the wife to agree to getting another game console too!(clap)

Here are the Oregon rules....just scroll towards the bottom.....and stay out of reserves.

 

http://www.dfw.state.or.us/MRP/shellfish/regulations.asp

 

 

Here are the Washington rules.....again, scroll towards the bottom. The rules are similar to Oregon. In either state, you don't need a license to collect most of the items that we're interested in.

 

http://wdfw.wa.gov/fish/shelfish/crabreg/otherspeciesregs.shtml

Thanks for the info!

Always loved the idea of doing a cold water tank. I think that will be my next tank when I have $$ and time to do it right!

I was wondering the same thing. I was under the impression that you couldn't harvest anything. I have friends that live over at the coast and I was talking to them about doing a cold water and just diving with them, and they told me that you can't harvest around here. I know people do it, but I don't think I have the guts to do it and knowing my luck I would get caught!

Oh and put a little cheto in the tank so they have a place to hang out!

If you have an established enough tank you should be able to just by one bottle and then they should breed in your tank. Just make sure that you look after a month or two to make sure you still have some. The mandarins have a fierce appetite and wipe out a good amount pretty quick!

Could you pm me the price on the whole tank plus it's dimensions please?

Never mind just read the whole thing rather than skim reading it. I want to be one of the smart people!

Could you pm me the price on the whole tank plus it's dimensions please?

R-3 I'm interested in the blue clove frag, but not going to the meeting. I'm driving up to see Brandon soon though. Let me know what you want!

I'll take the two greens and the purple! ricordia that is!

I have heard of them and I bet you get them from a to t lamps! Right now I have 10k and it's to white for me plus I would like to see more color.

Fortunately blue is not much of an issue in my tank, I have 4-65 watt actinic in addition to the dual 250 watt DE MH, which is a big reason why I pulled my 20K's out and put the 15K bulbs back in- I still get a nice look (10-14K by themselves are to "yellow" for me) and my corals LOVE the lower K. I saw the difference within the 1st 30 minutes, my Loripe and Lokani corals show ever so slight polyps with the 15k that was never present in the 20K-

 

I am going to guess you have never heard of my bulbs-they are Plusrite and run 22.00 a bulb delivered to my door.

 

That is why I was asking about the readings before mentioning the "no-name" brand I use.

 

And have used for the past year-I like to compare par readings as to brands.

I don't know any way to rate a bulb other than the level of par it produces at month 1,2,3,4, etc.

I bet it's your setting. Go into your formatting and set what it's set at. When you bought the tv it came with the default setting so unless you go in and change it it will still look like your watching a older tv. Make sure that your format setting if on full.

I got a question' date=' I've got a 32 inch LCD and some times the movie or chanel will still have the black blockout lines like it's a reg. tv and the pic is in the 9x16. I've watched some channels that have the black bar's all the way arround to make it like a smaller tv. is that a setting or what?[/quote']

What kind of bulbs are you using? That's a huge difference in the par! Right now I don't have reading for my bulbs, but looking at the Phoenix bulbs the hit right between 400-500 for the depth that I have. The other thing I really like about the Phoenix bulbs is the blue that they give off. Like I said I have an easy adjustable lighting system so I can play with it so see what works best in my tank.

RLa-did you run acroos what the levels of par are for a 14K and 20K?

Just curious how they compare to the bulbs I use-

Jusy to throw it out there, and these are 2 months old but my 20K 250 watt DE-MH bulbs at 22 inches of depth were 220, when I switched to "15K" not 14K I had par readings of 420 at that same depth.

 

What are you finding?

The other thing to think about when your decided between plasma and LCD is look at it from the sides. Most people just look at the screen head on when there at the store, but you need to look at it from the sides. Most people look at the tv from an angle at home (at least some of the time) and you lose a lot of the picture with LCD. That or it warps the image or you lose it altogether. So when your buying make sure you look at it from a side angle that you will have at home.

Impur you have pm!

Wow! Glad to hear everyone is okay!

I also read the same article I was thinking about 16-18 months as well.

Most of the time plasma is better, but they have started coming out with LCD's that are really nice as well. Panasonic makes a really nice LCD that I almost bought. I just couldn't pass up the deal I got on mine.

Plasma it is!