CrabbyCrabs

Do you have a user name for the eBay seller

That algae grazer is cool. Do they have a smaller version of it? How are the magnets sealed?

When I moved, I reused most of the sand and all rock. I had everything back in tank including 50% of the old water the same day. Fish/coral, everything. No losses. But I did add biospira just before adding fish. No cycle detected with daily testing. Did that with 2 tanks, same results. Now I'd probably add new sand and a cup or two of old sand.

Look at cal pump. They have some pumps designed to run in the ocean itself. They used to offer magdrive style that were way better than magdrive/danner. I wanted to get a backup for my pond but they no longer have the cheaper pumps it seems. My cal pump in my pond has been running for about 15 years with no issues besides being frozen solid with ice a few times. Just another option to throw out there.

How much more does your top off consumption go up, since it's evaporation that's cooling the tank

Well, we we're going to come out for the Raffles and get some other stuff but..... The puppy decided to break out the window on one of our front doors which required an ER visit for him for surgery 😟 then a Depot run for wood to block the window. Hope everyone else enjoyed it.

I currently can't connect to two of my lights through the cloud, so they must be down

AI needs a lot of help in a lot of ways. Half the time I can't connect with cloud so go through direct. One light I can't even connect with the cloud, period. For what they cost a little refinement in the adjustability would be nice too.

Stupid question but how's the raffle work. I buy 5 tickets then drop in hat for the prizes I'd like or one big hat where all tickets go then random prize to each draw? I've never been to a club meeting so not sure how you do it

How old is the tank?

I use hikari marine herbivore sinking medium, which is very small pellets. Similar to new life spectrum there +a. All my fish love the hilarious pellets in both tanks, along with crabs, snails, and shrimp.

Do you still have the gyres? Are you firm on price?

Never went to their old shop. If there's no parking near where I want to go, I go somewhere else.

Yes, bigger. With parking for those that drive trucks. LoL

I like falco hawkfish. Not necessarily reef safe though.

I've had good luck with aqua sd and other online retailers. Be wary of obsessions and dip/qt as their coral tanks have red planeria flatworms. I've heard good things about the one in Hillsboro but have yet to get there

I have some fresh roe that I can give you a bit to try if you stop by tonight or tomorrow. I don't have any of the others currently.

ÇB's tropical is where I get mine. It's always super fresh with long expiration date. Call before going as they have limited stock. I also like oyster feast from them. My fish try to eat it, they go nuts.

Try reef nutrition roe or arctipods. When I first got my fish I tried a bunch and that's what got them eating. Now they don't touch arctipods but eat everything from pellets to several frozen.

So how long do the plastic housings last? I got about 2 years out of my pond uv/filter before the UV exposure deteriorated the housing to where it crumbles apart. What's funny is the outside of the housing that's exposed to weather and sun all year looks new.

I've seen them but can't remember where. Maybe Kay's off division? I think that's the name but I'm not 100% that's where I saw them

I think a may deadline would be fine since it's just a friendly competition

Looks like soap residue

Get rid of that metal clamp would be a good start. There are a lot of different alloys in anything metal and if it's rusting it's not a good quality stainless clamp. Even if it was I wouldn't want it in my tank. Stainless has chromium which can kill a tank. Probably also has zinc, copper and aluminum in unknown concentrations that are leaching let alone iron. They make nifty little ratchet style clamps to use in place of hose clamps. Start there and a poly pad and big bag of hq carbon. Some sps I can't keep, some grow too much. But I can't keep zoa's.

This is how I did my move when I bought a house. Just 2 20 gallon nanos though. Bagged all coral and fish individually. Floated them in heated buckets of fresh saltwater. Paired clowns went in same bag. Took rock out and put in buckets. Siphoned water out of tanks into buckets with rock. Scooped out most sand for weight. Placed in buckets. Quickly moved one tank and it's livestock to new house and set up with 50% old water and all old sand. Set up rock work and coral as it was. Floated fish and acclimated. Dumped in biospira and fish. Repeat for second tank. Did not lose anything, not even a snail. I never even saw an ammonia, nitrite, nitrate difference through the next 2 weeks. I used 16 gallon barrels with lids to transport stuff with heated water to reduce temp drops. My move was about 5 miles or so. Was back breaking as we were 3rd floor of an apartment. I reused all sand, rock and 50+% water.