Willapa

Not going to make the meeting.
Will just have to figure something out.

Ok. I'm working up in Vancouver the week after this coming week so can coordinate then. Thanks.


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No I actually just got lazy..........there still kicking around the garage.

Cool. If you're coming to the meeting on Sunday and wouldn't mind tossing them in, that would be great. If not I can grab them sometime.


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Have these been tossed? I'd like to try another blue plus and an actinic


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Gottcha down Trevor!  Looks like both are out right now and there are a couple of member who skipped turns.  Stay tuned for a shout from Cherany.

Ok great! If they were both available, I'd prefer the USB, but really not that picky.


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My biggest takeaway from aqua scapping is keeping things away from the glass enough to facilitate easy cleaning. If you're like most of us, reefing takes the back seat to life and if it's hard to do, it won't get done! Just like growing a vegetable garden, things always fill in quicker than you think and I can see an SPS growing mighty close to that glass is a short amount of time!


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Well it's time again to test some par. Please put me down for either model. Thanks.


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Ya I am, when are you available? 

Sent you a pm


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Frag tank pending


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If it’s still available ill take the trumpet coral

The other person decided to pass, so all yours if you're interested. LMK


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If it’s still available ill take the trumpet coral

Had one other person pm me about it, but haven't heard back. I'll let you know!


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Hydras are pending@lewisriverfisherman and have@xmas_one as next in line.


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Great! They still work great but I'm switching to T5 LED DIY combo and don't need these two.


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Got it and replied.


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2 hydra 26 (no HD), wireless aquacontroller, and Apex AWM module. Currently in use so you can check for operation. I'll be taking them down in a week or so. $225 for all. Hydras PENDING

 

50 gallon glass frag tank, 24" x 48" x 10". Drilled with a glass holes.com 700 gph overflow, 3/4" return with lockline. Schedule 80 plumbing and unions with enough straight pipe to glue a coupler. $100 OBO. I have a DIY screen top I'll toss in for $10 and a sump for $50. Frag tank PENDING

 

Corals:

Large orange/red monti cap. They're cheap since they lost some color during tank transfer and are large chunks broken up. Pieces range from 6-8 inches. Have 4 of them. $10 for the first pic, $5 each for the others.

 

Approx 25 head trumpet coral. Easy low light coral. $25 Trumpet PENDING

 

Approx 25 head green with purple tip torch. Probably 10" diameter. Whole thing for $50 or $10 for one head, $15 for two head, $20 for 3 head frag. Whole torch SOLD

 

Piece of frag rack covered in Hawaiian paly and shrooms. $5

 

Softball sized piece of live rock covered in branching GSP. $10

Lots of free branching GSP!!

 

Sorry for the bad photos. I'll be around all weekend. I live in N Portland near Mississippi district.

 

Thanks for looking!

 

 

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Yeah, I was surprised to see how meek yours was being in the presence of the others... ours is a terror.  Surprisingly, however, it seems to be tolerating the blue jaw we just introduced.  Probably just luring us into a false feeling of security...

That blue jaw was a beautiful fish. Glad to hear it's settling in. Brian, didn't you have a blue jaw early on in your tank? Is it still around?


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I treated the frags and colonies both with a melafix bath and the frags recovered quickly but colonies still looked terrible for a couple of weeks and decided to sacrifice them so not to keep spreading any infection. That seemed to contain it. Some other corals like stylo and monti cap started to look infected as well but were all cured by the melafix for the most part. Can you treat the whole talk with melafix? I was just doing a 5 minute bath.


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Can you frag some of the high end ones and put in a coral QT tank until things start to rebound? It would be like an insurance policy. All my birdsnest started to get funky a while back with something and basically cut a healthy arm off, dipped, then put in another tank. The frags took off but the main colony never recovered. Losing the colony sucks but at least you have a baby to replace it.


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Awesome, thanks for sharing. Tank is looking sweet, love the aquascaping and all the arches. You've got a lot of real estate with that footprint.


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They are here!  DESTROY, DESTROY the evil aptasia.
 

 

Wow, those things are small! I just pictured something larger but I had monti eating nudis once and they were pretty tiny. Will they eat full grown aptasia or just baby ones?


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is that new 120 the one I made?
 

Yep, a monkeyboy special. Here is a pic of the faithful sanding day!

And the multi function closed loop, power water changer, and tank drainer 3000 I upfitted it with.



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All livestock and rock will be living in a big water trough with heat, flow, carbon, and skimmer for several days while I do the transfer and plumbing. I have a 2 year old man! Have to do the transfer during naps and at night!


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Trevor, 
If you are going over to cuttlefish this weekend I can bring you a vial or two of Probidio biostart.  

Thanks for the offer, but beat you to it!


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Used both Tims and the Bio and both work great.
I picked up the bio at Petco just make sure its not out of date.
You will need ammonia with either one.

Well, a few hours ago ordered bio spira on amazon prime next day pickup. Needed 2 bottles, but only 20 bucks. Had a lot of really good reviews on BRS. At least it won't have to sit on my front porch and will be in an amazon locker.

Do you think I'll have much of a cycle knowing that my existing sump (full of heated and circulated saltwater), some of my original tank water, and about 50 lbs of live rock is getting transferred directly over? Basically the only thing changing from a 3 year old system is the tank. Maybe I missed the boat on that. The bottle of bacteria was mainly just a safety net.

For adding ammonia, will my fish be enough?


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Ok, thanks. I'm switching out my 55 frag with a 120 with the same footprint. The new 120 will sit on the same stand with same sump, fuge, etc. I'll be flopping over all livestock, rock, and corals within a few day period. Using Tim's was some cheap insurance in case I get a small cycle. I've heard lots of good things about Tim's so figured I'd try a bottle. I'll probably just do amazon prime 1 day pickup, but was worried about the cold weather. Seahorse doesn't stock it either.


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Does anyone know if a LFS in Portland stocks Dr. Tim's one and only? Need an 8oz bottle. Thanks.

 

 

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