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3 hours ago, ClownF1sh said:

Has the tank been inside the house or outside? awesome tank just asking because silicone doesnt like to be stored in the cold. 

Silicone holds up great to cold, and even is pretty resistant to the outdoors, you just have to watch out for temperature swings, as that can weaken the seal and is actually the thing compromising people's outdoor-stored tanks.

Found a pretty good comment on reef2reef summing it up: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/storing-a-glass-tank-outside.105088/#post-1171203

I can make use of them, pm sent

I've been messing around with a lot of lighting diy lately, I'll take all if someone hasn't already, pm sent

Pm sent, I can take all

I think I'll take a leap at the dragon bounces. Pmed. 

I'll take a birds nest and a digitata. I might be interested in som kenya trees for a kenya tree refugium experiment I've been interested in running.

here ya go, unfortunately some of the zoas in one tank appear less colorful due to lighting+I grow them in high nutrients (makes them more brown than they are in most people's tanks)

I have a few varieties of zoas and palys, let me take some pics when I can (if I can get home before the lights go off, otherwise it'll have to be tomorrow morning).

I have extra firework clove polyps as well if those are zoa adjacent enough for you to want some. 
 

And completely swerving off, but I have a lot of ultra orange ricordea yumas, some of truly impressive size. Thought I'd mention the cloves and ricordeas if you have any interest, but Ibdo have many variants of designer zoas/palys that I simply don't rememver the name of.

I have two cultures both a mix of rhodobacter spheroides and rhodopsuedomonas palustris. I've had some success with them when I was dosing more regularly, but time will tell. Sps was growing really well and stopped and took a turn a while after I stopped dosing, so I do wonder if there is a correlation. 
 

Something that I do with my cultures and also my reef is I supplement B vitamins. Rhodopsuedomonas (and maybe other pnsb) are limited by various B vitamins and it seems to help keep them going. 
 

P.s: have been meaning to ask about acquiring some cultures and some macro from you, but haven't had the time. Will shoot you a pm when I do. 

3 hours ago, Jorge said:

Take it all for $100.

Hose is about 30ft. Was used for water changes.

 

I think I'll take it, pm sent

I'm most likely willing to take it, but what are the dimensions? And where is the pickup?

Selling a tank with dimensions: 

Glass: 60x30x17
With the frame 61x34x19

for ~$300, or willing to consider trades as well

It needs resealing, if I had the time I would reseal it and use it, unfortunately I don't. 
 

Likewise, if you decide to part out, I'd be interested in the red goniopora, peach alveopora, and red setosa

Will take the trachy, scoly, meat coral, octospawn, favia, and gatorade zoas.

1 hour ago, goldenbasketreef said:

Yes, Rhizotrochus spp is in appendix II CITES, which means OK to trade. However, one reason that I mentioned above is that interpretation to each CITES country member would dictate allowing the trade or not. In the case of the US, it is not allowed to be imported or traded because there is no scientific data to estimate the wild population number.

Being in appending II CITES is only the first step. Each exporting CITES member country must establish an export quota based on scientific study. An export quota is a total number of this Rhizotrochus spp allowed for export in one calendar year.

If we look at CITES database no coral exporting country has Rhizotrochus spp listed in their respective 2022 quota year. So since no export quota there is also no collection permit in the country origin and no export CITES has been issued for Rhizothrocus spp.

 

How can it exist in the US?

Through illegal import by falsifying import documents to declare Rhizotrochus spp as Tubastrea spp or Dendrophyllia spp. So many corals being imported just overwhelmed the job of USFWS inspection agents.

Irresponsible importers taking advantage of the situation, this is why as a reefer we have to take a proactive approach to reject this type of product.

 

An import shipment cleared customs and USFWS so the import shipment with Rhizotrochus spp is legal?

Not really, Customs and USFWS import/export clearance is temporary in nature. The import shipment is cleared based on a given information at the time of import but can be revoked later up to 5 years later if new evidence is obtained to show the false documentation.

US management authority position has always been if a coral is illegally collected or illegally exported, it can't never be legal by any means.

The law required every importer to show an import declaration form if requested by a buyer when a question arises as to the legality of coral being imported. Also the seller must give a signed statement that the coral sold is imported legally if demanded by the buyer.

For example if a Rhizotrochus spp is listed in CITES documentation the same as in USFWS declaration form then the import is legal.

 

Rhizotrochus spp is one example of many other corals being imported by falsifying documents.

 

 The coral trade is a highly regulated trade that the law demands both commercial operators and individual hobbyists to be an aware and responsible party.

Thank you for the write up, it was very informative. I wondered how the execution of that would work out and didn't find it reasonable that it would be so slipshod as to be that it's clear for trade as long as it slips into the country. I suppose there just wouldn't be a way to prove that it was acquired legally on an individual's end as well, even if they didn't acquire it themselves illegally. 
 

Would still be amazing if captive propagation was established, but the damage the hobby can do to a dwindling species before the aquaculture becomes feasible is way too much to be acceptable, and is better left to labs that will do it, with proper facilities to carry it out. 

On 2/6/2023 at 7:47 PM, goldenbasketreef said:

App II CITES are corals that allow in the trade, however USFWS has their opinion on certain animals not accepting for the commercial trade or captive holding in the USA.

One example is Asian Arowana that has been widely farmed, each with a microchip for tracking, is still not allowed to be imported and held captive for any purpose.

Rhizo spp is another one that has not been accepted by USFWS for the reason lack of information on distribution and number of population in the collecting area.

Unfortunately some of these animals have been imported by irresponsible businesses with falsifying import documents and import declarations, we just want to be aware about this situation and not support such commercial trade.

About 15 years ago there was a case here in the Portland Metro area where USFWS came to an individual's house and confiscated 5 gold asian arowana and that individual was indicted and convicted.

It is unfortunate that in this highly regulated coral trade some sellers purposely mislead buyers when dealing with illegal animals.

 

https://cites.org/eng/taxonomy/term/6944

If this is up to date I think it should be CITES 2? 

If it doesn't end up selling to the pending buyer, would like to be second (?) on the list for them.

Not much in the way of advice, but Custom Aquariums' lifetime warranty only applies to the original owner who purchased it.

Anyway, following. Interested in the purple tang, blastos, purple plating sponge. Do you know how old the purple tang is? When was your last fish/non fish addition to the tank? And whereabouts are you located (since I need to see if/when I can fit a trip into my schedule)?

On 1/12/2023 at 8:45 AM, Abarger16 said:

My local petco has 2 small yellow tangs 200 each and 2 mandarins they are 1/2 in size and a derasa clam I doubt any of these fish are going to survive long at the store i would get them if i could!

I would recommend you just offer to save them if they're about to die, but not actually buy them. I've had/heard of some petco's where they will/might contact you and pass them on to you.

But as everyone else said, you spend a cent and all you will do is reinforce their behavior. Never reward a business for subpar work, or else you'll perpetuate the problem they're causing.

Could potentially also phone up their customer relations. On paper they say that "Any Partner who engages in behavior constituting neglect, mistreatment, cruelty or abuse of any animal will be subject to immediate discipline, up to and including separation from employment," so there's that. I bet it's just for pr and they don't do anything, but it's worth a try. Copy paste: CustomerRelations@petco.com or 1.888-824-7257.

Been meaning to get a gigas clam for a while, wanted to see if anyone has one that they might be willing to sell or trade, though right now I mainly just have some zoas/palys of various types, ultra orange ricordea yumas (have some huge ones, think probably 5+ inches across), and orange tipped rainbow cloves (I think?). Would also be wtb.

10 hours ago, obrien.david.j said:

PM'ing

The biggest clippings won't make it until mid Feb, just because those are the ones I will want to prune.    

Maybe what I'll do is do a 2nd pruning just before the meeting, and post what's available for pickup.    If you want something earlier, PM me.

That works for me for the meeting. I'm not in a rush. 

I can grab as big a cutting as you can give me, would be up for grabbing it at the next meeting as well... but when and where is that anyway? Haven't seen a post on that yet.

If you've got some left at the end I could probably trade you a sizable ultra orange ricordea, prefer about 6 berghia at least. Was attempting culturing berghia but got busy and couldn't keep it up.

Pm sent

Magnetic frag racks, scrapers/basters, plastic containers, filter socks, both sets of pvc, nitrogen sponge, bucket lids, fish nets, coral nutrition, brs carbon, 100 watt heater (depending on condition), large mag float. 
 

Text sent. 
 

Hopefully the reentry into the hobby or whatever you plan to do going forward works out well. Let me know if/when you do get back in, I'd love to help kickstart you back with a few frags of whatever I have.