Lazyreefer

59 minutes ago, miketoohey said:

i would consider a trade for freshwater fish or just the price of the eel minus shipping which was $60.00 for the snowflake eel.the shipping was a another $40.00 This is a 7-10inch snowflake eel saltwater.I would trade a freshwater snowflake eel for my saltwater snowflake.I could really use some help with my dilemma Thanks squatch

Are you not seeing the replies on this thread or something? You still just have the eel in its bag from the time you posted this?? I sure hope not

Why did you get the eel if your tank isn’t even brackish though, you said you thought it was a brackish eel? Confusing post....

On 3/24/2021 at 7:01 PM, Emerald525 said:

If I had a tank up I would love her l. I love lightning maroons they are feisty.

Yea she is a beast 💪 such a beautiful fish to I’m glad she went to a home I believe will care for her well with @Nick thanks again man hope you enjoy her like I did! (Pic from him sent of her in her new tank) 

Bumping this in hopes someone can give her a good home before I break down the tank this weekend! Hit me with an offer if you feel the price is too high she’s an awesome clownfish👌🏻

I have a 4 inch from head to tail lightning maroon clownfish that I’ve had for almost 4 years. She used to bully all the fish in the tank but has honestly calmed down in this tank a lot and doesn’t harass anybody at this point.  Obviously no guarantees once she goes to a new tank but I really want her to go to a good home that will be able to deal with her as she gets bigger she has hosted the same anemone that has split 3 times in the time I’ve had it and it will come with her unless you have one that you already want her to live in in your tank. Asking for 75$ for the clown and the anemone can meet in Portland/Beaverton please don’t inquire unless you will be able to take good care of her otherwise I will just do what I can to make it work in another one of my tanks as she is an awesome clownfish🙏🏻 Appreciate y’all I will try to add better pics as I get them

I am thinking of the best way to switch over to Red Sea or something different, what would be y’all recommendation for switching over salts then since it doesn’t look like tropic marin will be an option? There’s no way you should just one day do a full water change with new salt right? Gradually add the new stuff into some water changes towards the end of the bucket?

I need classic tropic marin if anyone has it!!!

Just a little update: Still waiting on my railing from 8020 should be here about first week of March..... Ended up getting the live rock rubble from Aquabiomics and adding it to the tank in my sump section that has all the other bio media along with doing a micro biome test of the tank before I added them. I think I will be doing another one next week to see how it has effected the bacteria populations. I still have not done a water change on the big tank yet but it is reading no ammonia no nitrites and about 3.5 nitrates. Added a carpenter wrasse from world of wet pets to the lagoon yesterday and it has eaten both days and seems to be doing well so far! 
 

The zebra bar gobys and the hawk fish are doing well in the drop off eating aggressively and look healthy. Happy with how things are going so far I think 👍🏻 
On another note I can’t find tropic marin classic salt to buy anywhere and I am down to the last bucket and am kind of freaking out because I believe I would want to start mixing in the new salt I would be using in this batch towards the middle of it so I don’t just all of a sudden do a whole water change with a new salt if I can’t find any to buy..... 😪

Hey there, I am looking to buy a school of flame cardinals for my new tank I was thinking 5 or 6 of them schooling would be a little different. If anyone knows where I can find them it would be much appreciated ive looked on live aquaria and blue zoo so far no luck. Thanks for any help! 

Got the tank cycled with the dr tims and ammonia bottle. Also added some chunks of shrimp about 2 weeks ago and it is reading 0 ammonia and about 3.5 nitrates with salifert. I am still waiting on the 8020 railing and then I will hang my light! Got my ai prime on there for now just to see what it looks like lit up and for when I add a fish next weekend not sure what my first one will be maybe a few Anthias. 
 

Also added 2 Chinese zebra bar gobys to the drop off about a week and a half ago and they are pretty shy but come out to eat everyday and are out a good amount of the time when I’m not walking around the tank. Just today I added a Pygmy hawk fish from @MrBretat Paradise and it seems to be looking great so far and getting along with the other two fish!

11 hours ago, EMeyer said:

Sorry I failed to get back to you - absolutely, you spoke first, you get one for sure. 

Easiest thing is just place an order for the rubble, that way you're in the system and I can add an order for free testing. Let me know if you run into any bugs. 

Thanks! 

No worries at all just checking in, I just made the order though it’s order number 20069. Thank you very much!  

On 2/1/2021 at 3:54 AM, Adamhorane said:

Text please 9713809333

Hey I messaged you, never got a reply 

8 minutes ago, obrien.david.j said:

Its not as satisfying having the order take longer, but I'll bet the Black is the right look for your application.   And there is a silver lining to still being cycling.

 

https://8020.net/shipping-information

Black Anodized

Verses Non-Black

 

Yea definitely agree it will be worth it my stand is all black so it will look great. I got the rail covers to that slip into the track so I can run all my cords inside the railing and the led hybrid fixture has cords out of both sides so I think that will be perfect for hiding those cords and it will just be 1 flat bar for the whole thing👍🏻 

So have the two been purchased already or not I haven’t received a reply yet 

19 minutes ago, obrien.david.j said:

What!?!   @SuncrestReef's delivery experience was very similar to mine.  

One Question, did you order black anodized?    Somewhere in their documentation it states this adds more time.  So both of us ordered basic Silver.

Yea I did get black smooth railing, I didn’t see that anywhere when I was ordering about the extra time... I was expecting it to be here by now as I ordered on the 20th or to atleast have tracking and I called and was bummed but my tank is still cycling so it’s not the end of the world I guess 🤷🏻‍♂️

On 1/19/2021 at 8:47 AM, obrien.david.j said:

I've placed two orders.  First one was extensive.  10 bars, lots of plates/screws/miscmiscmisc.  Second one was just follow up of half dozen additional piece parts.   Shipped via the standard/cheapest shipping they offer.   Fair warning, Shipping charges are high.  So don't judge how much this is going to cost until you check your shopping cart all the way through shipping.    

• 9/22 - ordered, 10/1 - shipped, 10/6 - arrived
• 12/5 - ordered, 12/11 - shipped, 12/17 - arrived

Well [language filter] mine are going to take 30-35 days.... guess you got lucky

Love it, I am establishing a new tank and am interested in getting some for it as it’s cycling now and I believe it would be the best time to add it? Let me know how to get in on this👍🏻

Nice I have definitely looked into this and am very interested in how it goes for you, good luck! 

1 hour ago, reef-fisher said:

I get mine at ace hardware. They usually seem to have the oddball fittings and such I can’t find other places. Between work and reefing I’m usually there twice a week. They know me and love that I always bring a challenge 

Nice I appreciate that, I ended up going to ace and getting just the white nylon zip ties to use under water and above water in places they seem to work fine! I wish my ace was like that they always seem annoyed when I ask about stuff for the tanks! 

I also have the return pump and an in tank media basket for it.

Just ordered the parts from 8020 today I plan on screwing it into the wall with this part two screws go into the railing of the 1515 bar and two will go into the wall I think it should look really nice. I went with the smooth black railing and got the plugs to make it flat all the way around basically and be able to hide the cords in the rail like the video said which is especially nice for this hybrid I believe because cords come out of both sides 👍🏻

21 hours ago, obrien.david.j said:

I've placed two orders.  First one was extensive.  10 bars, lots of plates/screws/miscmiscmisc.  Second one was just follow up of half dozen additional piece parts.   Shipped via the standard/cheapest shipping they offer.   Fair warning, Shipping charges are high.  So don't judge how much this is going to cost until you check your shopping cart all the way through shipping.    

• 9/22 - ordered, 10/1 - shipped, 10/6 - arrived
• 12/5 - ordered, 12/11 - shipped, 12/17 - arrived

Awesome I appreciate that will definitely look into that today then doesn’t seem like it takes terribly long like I’ve read 👍🏻

9 hours ago, Higher Thinking said:

I'm assuming suspending from the ceiling is a no go?

Yea unfortunately because the ceiling is like 15 feet up and it’s vaulted  

11 hours ago, SuncrestReef said:

I just ordered some aluminum from 8020.net for a project I'm working on.  It's not as expensive as you'd think.  The 1.5" rails like in this video are only $0.39 per inch.  The mounting hardware is also pretty affordable:

https://8020.net/1515-uls.html

Oh sweet thank you! Have you received yours yet did it take a long time? 

1 hour ago, obrien.david.j said:

Of course this Entire Pallet is more than you need, but if you can do your own cutting or use lengths they have - this is 8020 equiv, off Craigslist.

https://portland.craigslist.org/clk/bfs/d/columbia-city-large-lot-of-minitec/7257576118.html

I've seen other offers in the last 6 months come up.   I ended up just ordering exactly what I needed from 8020.net.   Also, check ebay, I saw plenty of misc like this there.

Oh nice thanks for the heads up! Did it take yours forever to arrive as well? I have been reading a little of that online recently and will need the light setup within the next few weeks 

2 hours ago, obrien.david.j said:

Check out this 8020 light support bar.  Isn’t this exactly what you’re trying to do?

 

 

This stuff would be best case I think but it is pretty expensive and I looked it up and couldn’t really find somewhere to buy it besides Amazon and it wouldn’t be long enough... I definitely appreciate the heads up on it I wish I could find where to get the 1515 railing like that