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75 Gallon Reef Tank

2008-11-20 12:11:18

My tank has been going for about 2 and a half years. I've recently become interested in fraging and am learning along the way. I put a lot of time and effort into my tank and am very proud of what i have been able to do with the tank. Here are a few pictures.

Fish Compatibility?

2008-11-14 16:06:34

I have an established 180g reef tank that has been up and running just over 2 years. I have Acropora's, Frog Spawn, Zoa's, HydnaphorasTwo Brain Corals,a Galaxea Coral, a couple ofMontiporasand too many anenome's...they are becoming a nuisance. I had one a year ago.....I now have at least 15 different bubble tips spread throughout the aquarium....this problem is for another day though.My question to anyone willing to answer...given the size of the tank and the amount of Anenomes.....could I introduce a Maroon Clown into this tank even though it already hosts a Tomato Clown?I have two other compatability questions....I would also like to know if an EmperorAngelfish can coexist with a Cherub Angel and a Potters Angel in this 180 g tank?And lastly, if the angel addition is not advisable, then how about adding another Tang Fish...I like the Powder Blue, the Naso, the Clown Tang and the Sohal. I would like to maybe add one of those but I alreadyhave aYellow Tang and a Blue Hippo Tang, is it safe to introduce a 3rd?

Hello from www.aquariumslife.com

2008-10-28 17:44:34

Hello reffers!Its my first post here so I'll take the time to introduce myself. My name is Patrice and have been in the hobby for the last 8 years. I am always looking for new frag so I'll hang around this site from now.I run an aquarium maintenance business and a few websites. My latest site is going to be quite nice I think. Right now it features over 250 species of marine species and I add a new one every morning. Check it out www.aquariumslife.comBTW, I am always looking for new articles to put on that site so if anyone of your have something about frags, that would be awesomeregards, Patrice

Hello From Aloha Corals

2008-10-24 23:47:32

I wanted to post this blog entry to familiarize myself and my newly started business.With the very strict importation laws in the State of Hawaii i was not able to bring anything into the state to create a "reef" tank. Although SPS and LPS can not be taken out of the water here, there are no regulations on Zoanthids and Palythoas. (All soft coral actually.) After finding many beautiful color morphs of zoas and palys and not ever seeing them in the mainland market i started to inquire with the various state department here in Hawaii. Not to long after i was licenced by the State of Hawaii to propagate, sell, and ship out local and endemic Hawaiian soft coral.Everything you see for sale is local to Hawaiian waters. All frags are propagated in my tank. All current mother colonies at one point were wild collectedat one point and started with just a few polyps of each.Please take a minute to also check www.AlohaCorals.com as well as my frags here at frags.org.Here is a bit of information and policies of Aloha Corals.Shipping: Shipping is available by UPS, USPS, and FedEx. ~Overnight available through UPS only. ~Two day shipping by USPS and FedEx. Note: Overnight available through FedEx for most parts of CA, AZ, WA, OR, & ID. If you are in these western states and prefer FedEx overnight please e-mail sales@alohacorals.com prior to finalizing your order.Live on Arrival: We offer a Live Arrival Guarantee on the rare instances that our product was received dead on arrival (DOA). To be eligible for Live Arrival Guarantee, the following guidelines MUST be followed: ~The order must be shipped next day or overnight to qualify. ~The order MUST be delivered successfully on the first attempt.~In cases of severe weather conditions (below 45 degrees and above 85 degrees), we will require that the order be shipped to a local carriers customer center or staffed location. ~Contact us immediately within 6 hours of delivery, if you believe the product in question is in fact dead on arrival (DOA). ~Please provide clear digital photos of the product in question (within 6 hours), so that we may evaluate its status accurately. The more pictures you can provide, the more accurately we can discern the condition of the coral. ~Each dead on arrival (DOA) claim is reviewed individually, with special consideration given to the various factors and circumstances that can affect the livelihood of the coral. ~As with all corals, please keep in mind that slight discoloration and stress are completely normal after shipping. The coral should return to its natural appearance with proper care. ~All dead on arrival (DOA) claims will be given store credit or replacement if available. ~Unfortunately, we are not able to offer refunds. We can only credit the product, and do not offer refunds on shipping.

looking for zoos and softies, philadelphia area

2008-10-12 11:44:14

Hello fellow reefers,I have been in the hobby 5 years and went from a softie tank to sps dominated and now because of time constraints on maintenence, am going back to soft corals, lps and zoos. I have a 75 gallon, with a 30 gallon sump and a gravity fed 20 gallon refugium. I have about 100lbs of live rock. I live in Exton, PA and would love to be in touch with folks within 45min to 1 hour to buy frags and perhaps trade.

Buyin digi's in FL

2008-10-10 15:18:07

Wandering if anyone was selling montipora digitatas in central FL. around orlando and brevard county.any colors will do but i prefer purple or green.thanks!

Hello

2008-10-04 21:52:49

Hello everyone, as this is our first blog on here, maybe a little backround is in order. The Mystic Reef is a full line tropical fish store in Riverside, CA, that has grown out of our love for saltwater fish and coral. Its a great industry to be involved in, especially here in SoCal, with great livestock right at our fingertips for the cherry picking! The store has been open nearly 2 years now and things are getting better everyday!!We support a self sustaining hobby as much as possible, and to that end we try to provide tank raised fish, corals, clams, etc.. whenever possible. I bring in tons of ORA corals and fish. All of our clownfish are tank raised, as well are our Farm Raised clams.We also propagate and frag a wide variety of zoas, plays, lps (acans & faviids...) sps, anemones, xenia & cespitularia, shrimps...we work on it all . We have access to many of the most desirable corals thanks to our large network of industry friends and hobbyists, if we dont have it, we can get it!!Well that should do it for now, for more information check out our website www.themysticreef.com or give us a call at (951)727-8332. You can also email us at themysticreef@hotmail.com. I hope to update this as much as time permits, Im thinking ill share my experiences dosing vodka in the next one.

Cloudy Water problem resolved

2008-10-04 03:33:52

I have had a cloudy water problem for months, up until yesterday. I had tried water changes, carbon, and other combinations with small but unsatisfying improvements.What worked:I purchased Marineland's Rite Size (TM) Bonded Filter Pads from DrsFosterSmith. It is an 8 pack of pre-cut filter pads. I think it costs $8-$9 for the entire pack. I also purchased Seachem's Seagel (Carbon + Phosphate remover) as well as Seachem's "The Bag" to contain the "Seagel".I cut a piece of filter pad large enough to cover the water intake on 2 of the 3 powerheads in my tank. I simply used the suction power of the powerhead to keep the filter pad in place over the power head intake area.I added "The Bag" loaded with Seagel to my HOT refugium (5 gallon size) and added a filter pad for refugium water to pass through before returning to the tank.I have 1 powerhead that feeds my refugium and gravity drains my refugium water back into my tank. I did not place a piece of bonded filter pad over this power head's intake, because I am relying on the filter pad inside the refugium to do the same job.I am not joking, after 4-6 hours I noticed a remarkable difference in water clarity. I also noticed how dark brown the filter padding pieces had become that were blocking the intakes to my powerheads. I pulled the filter pads off the power head intakes and rinsed them and re-applied them! WOW! I have repeated this rinsing and replacement ritual for 24 hours and my water is crystal clear!!!I honestly attribute 80-90% of the water clarity improvement to the filter padding filtering my power head intakes. I recommend this cheap and easy solution to everyone.For those who have not read my introductory blog entries that detail my tank, here are my specs as an FYI:80 gallon glass tank.5 gallon HOT DIY plexyglass refugium. Water is fed into refugium by Aquaclear 70 (formerly known as AquaClear 802) powerhead. Gravity drains the water back into the tank. Refugium houses DSB (3") live rock particles, Chaeto, heater, and now Seachem's "the bag" containing Seachem's Seagel and a filter pad that forces 90% of water flow to pass through the pad before re-entering the tank.80 pounds cured live rock purchased years ago from a local fish store for a premium, but glad I did it.DSB 4-6 inches depending where you look in the tank.2 additional Aquaclear 70 (802) power heads that are opened all the way for full board operation.Bonded filter pads attached to the bottom intake of the two powerheads that circulate the water in my tank.Power Compact lighting with 8 moonlights. (two actinic 65 watt and two 14k 65 watt bulbs)US Aquarium Protein Skimmer purchased in 1999, this company has since gone out of business, but the skimmer is perfect for my tank. The original powerhead on the skimmer is still going strong. The protein skimmer sits inside my display tank in the far left corner. This is not aesthetically ideal, but I am accustomed to it and the skimmer is a must have in my opinion for my setup and my lazyness in performing water changes.Critter content:Powder Blue Tang (14 days and counting since received from Liveaquaria - please don't die now, I can't get my money back)two oscelaris clowns4 blue yellow tail damselsskunk cleaner shrimpfighting conchhundreds of baby cerith snails and a few adults too.Amphopods and mysid shrimp everywhere at night and even in the day.dwaf hermit crabs.chestnut cowrie snail - I love it.Feather Duster (X-large) is the longest living organism in my aquarium - have had it since I started my first 20 gallon salt aquarium in 1999.Coral content:Green star polyps galorgreen hairy mushroomsblue mushrooomsFinger leatherNext purchases:Huma or Clown Trigger to keep the critter population in checkdwarf angel fish (flame + coral beauty added simultaneously) which if you've read my previous entries you know I have had both in my tank previously with no troubles. The coral beauty must be larger than the flame if added simultaneously as the flame is the more aggressive of the two.Always more snails and crabs.Another skunk cleaner shrimpThat's all for now ! Keep reefing and GO WMAS! (www.utahreefs.com)Aaron Taylor (airteresa@q.com)

Coral frags for sale, waukesha, WI

2008-10-03 23:06:05

Selling several different frags, please contact me for more info. Orange polypskenya tree coral/Capnella coralhairy mushroom coralGreen Starburst corals

First entry

2008-10-03 12:21:44

Just getting started in reefkeeping again. Had a 55 gallon for several years, and just bought an establsihed tak 4 weeks ago.It looks great. I have pictures on my myspace. http://www.myspace.com/jazmynetheredMy Xenia is thriving. I have too much, wanting to trade out some for many things:cool fishLPSsoft coralsanything else that catches my fancy.

Coral Farm Construction

2008-09-22 16:58:10

New Stuff- Jendub is back on ReefBlogs!

2008-09-20 20:00:53

Hello to all,After taking a short break from Reefblogs we are back! The Website www.jendub.com has just been updated with new colonies! Come check it out; here is a sample of the new stuff:Laker Colors....purple polyps with a golden ring and a glowing green eye! (Pending)Glowing big red polyps! Glowing red, black, and white polyps! Purple and electric yellow ring with a neon green center! (Pending)Carrot Patch Favia!Appleberry FaviaElectric Storm Favia!Pop Rocks Symphyllia Wilsoni!This is just a small sample of what you'll find on the website so come visit us today!!www.jendub.com

WHERE IN THE STATE OF ISRAEL CAN I BUY CORALS AND SEA OPLANTS FOR MY NEW REEF AQUARIUM

2008-09-03 18:22:55

I WOULD LIKE TO BUY CORALS,ECT FOR MY NEW REEF ATNK IN THE STATE OF ISRAEL

brain corals needed

2008-08-30 11:02:47

hi does anyone have brain corals or acan lords for sale. Thanks, john

Calcium 2 part 3 Part? What do I do?

2008-08-26 10:23:54

HI i have a 40 gallon reef aquarium and I wish to put some sps in there and maybe even some lps, but don't know were to start with calcium and all that stuff. If people could tell me what they do to keep a successful reef tank that would be great!

the begining

2008-08-05 04:20:06

215 Gallon Reef Tank

2008-08-02 13:03:08

Great Tank. I am selling all the inside of a 215 gallon reef tank. There are many acropora, monopora, pocillopora,clams, polps, soft corals, live rock, live sand, invertibrates, fish, and macro algea in the sump's refugium. $5,900 for all the insides. Please ask about adding the other equipment. I can offer the lighting and tank and sump as well but can sell just the inside the tank stuff. There is easily over $10,000 worth in retail pricing of stuff in this tank. And the corals are very large and can be fragged quite a bit. Tank has been established well over 2 years and nothing has died. Most have doubled in size or more. Pick up and cash only please.

free coral update! nuclear green palythoas added~

2008-07-26 04:15:29

a frag of this will be added to the swap~ heres the thread with details on how to get a chance for this free coral http://www.marineplantedtanks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=209&page=4

corals for biocubes

2008-07-25 14:30:09

hi does anyone have suggestionsfor cool corals that will be ok in a biocube? thanks john

acan lords in a 29 gallon bio cube

2008-07-24 13:31:09

hi, would an acan lord be ok near the top of my 29 gallon biocube? thanks, john

Acan Update

2008-07-23 00:42:53

It's been a little over a year since we started getting in Australian Acanthastrea. So many nice morphs have come through. Here is a picture of our latest shipment. It was over 60 colonies.And here's some of the pieces we've collected over the last year.

Free CORALS at Marine Planted Tanks dot com

2008-07-17 17:25:17

Sup everybody!I know this site is about frags! Excellent site. I've done a few trades and buys from a few of the members on here. I wanted everybody to know we are running a contest to win corals on the site! It costs nothing to enter! Heres your chance to score some nice frags w/o hurting the pocketbook! http://www.marineplantedtanks.comhttp://www.marineplantedtanks.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1454#post1454 Here are a few corals that are in the prize post (more to be added weekly until the end of the contest!)

55 Gallon Salt

2008-07-02 01:34:28

Well my aquarium is coming along quite nicely. List of all equipment andlivestock.108 watt GLO PC lighting260 watt PC hood with moon lights for a total of 368 watts with GLO unit.Prizm Protein skimmer660 Penguin power head with Hydor flow modA Power Sweep 270 gph rotating power head.Rena Filstar Wetdry filterLive Argonite sand bed75 lbs of Fiji Live rock18 Blue leg hermits4 Red leg hermits12 Astrea snails4 Nassarius snails1 Emerald CrabSome Green Feather Algae If anyone has any recommendations as to equipment or livestock please let me know, I'm very open to all suggestions.Also I've been looking up videos and pictures of Xenia on the web and I'm thinking I wanna try and snag some from someone for cheap just to try it out. If anyone has some or maybe information as to why I shouldn't get some please let me know. Thanks~Ryno

Green Zoa's Receding

2008-06-29 22:47:58

Hi there I recently noticed that my wonderful green zoa's are 'dying back' you could say. all of my paramounts look great and no other coral looks like its dying. What could it be. My friend said it might of been the way that they were collected. Any help would be great! ThanksGrant

Shipping Question

2008-06-19 22:36:32

Hey yall I'm just starting out on this website and want to know yall's advice on shipping. Who yall go through and how yall charge and how yall package your frags? ThanksGrant

Starting my 55 gallon Reef

2008-06-19 02:58:37

Okay so here's the background story. I've been working with freshwater aquariums since I was in grade school. Started with goldfish in a small 2 gallon fish bowl and moved my way up from there. I later aquired two 30 gallon aquariums from a friend for free that had a couple pumps and lights etc. I kept the gold fish in my upper 30 gallon and moved onto fun schooling fresh water fish like zebra danios and nean tetras in the other one. Junior high came and mother bought me a 55 gallon start up aquarium set that had tank, UG filter, two 660 power heads and chemicals from petsmart. With that aquarium I kept a couple oscars for years. Oscars were a lot of fun, feeding them live food was a thrill ^.^ 3 years ago while in college after my oscars had long pasted I turned that same 55 gallon into a planted live bearing tank. This was my first time using live plants instead of decor plants. Built my own CO2 system and upgraded lighting a little bit, added attention needed to care for this tank was a little more thrilling keeping me on my toes and making me fall in love with aquariums all over again. Due to having live plants live java moss and hornwart in the aquarium, my live bearing fish absolutely took off, I had hundreds of fish and didn't know what to do with them all ^.^ was lots of fun taking care of them all and watching each month as new life was added. Last winter ('07)we had a terriable freeze here in Oklahoma, It took out hundreds of thousands of peoples electricty mine included. Our power here was out for 3 weeks straight. Killed everyone of my fish except for my two 16 year old goldfish. Even took out my 10 year old 3' pleco which survived a previous cold black out which lasted 1 week, about 7 years ago.After all that, I re-planted my 55 gallon aquarium and added a few pretty schoolers thinking that's what I was ready to attempt again. Then one day I got a wild hair and went to a LFS in Midwest City, OKand looked around at all the salt water fish and coral. "Man that looks like a lot of fun!" I said to myself. For the next couple months I done a lot of reading and budget setting and went and bought a 14 gallon BioCube, some live sandand 20 lbs of precured fiji live rock from that same fish store. I also bought some of his salt water from an established tank to help get things rolling. Got everything home and set up and even tho there wasn't anything in there to go on except water in and water out, I was super thrilled to have started it. Couple weeks go by and I start getting some brown algae so I buy a couple astrea snails and a couple blue leg hermit crabs to help clean things up a bit. Couple more weeks got by and things start looking nice, sand is white again, no thick brown covering the live rock, purple and pink coral line algae starts growing on live rock and back wall. Ammonia, Nitrate, Nitrite levels all read 0.0 ppm. Temp is 78, pH is 8.2, calcium levels look good, So I go on web and buy some two tone green riccordia, some green zoanthids, a emerald crab and a peppermint shrimp. Everything appears established and looks good, all is well, the peppermint shrimp molted and I got to see it =) the skin was hanging on rock that night but was gone in the morning. The peppermint shrimp also realeased a lot of baby shrimp in the tank all of which were sucked into the overflow and filter i'm sure. Couple more weeks go by and probably like most people I got a little anxious and decided to get a few more items for my BC. I bought a clown fish, green star polyps, a toadstool leather, red mushrooms, a torch coral, a bubble tip anemone and a sand sifting star. Even after reading countless times to take things slow and let things establish I still made the mistake of adding too much at one time. Everything done wonderful for the first month or so but then it happend, a brown algae and green hair algae outbreak that took off out of no where. Every day I had to wipe off and brush loose the algae clinging to everything. The protein skimmer was working overtime, the astea snails all had waky hairdoos from the green hair algae. The brown slime algae ended up killing most of my star polyps so I started with the water changes a little heavy to try and remedy the issue. hmmph yea right that just made my anemone and torch coral sick. The clown fish had hosted with the anemone and would dart in and out of it while it was sick till it would close up and hide making itimpossible to feed, thenone day the anemone died taking withit a couple riccordia frags, the torch coral, and the frequent water changes fluxed the pH a little too much causing the star fish to get sick and start loosing limbs and eventually die due to me not having a sick tank set up. Sheesh that was a rough month or two but since then I've kept the 14 gallon BC tank in tip top, taking strong care to detail, water changing, medication and application. So as of right now and since that time I have in my BC my emerald crab, clown fish, hermits, snails, a riccordia that now has two mouths so hopefully soon I'll have two.A lot more zoa's due to them spreading ^^. My toadstool leather which has gotten bigger and looks great. A few star polyps that has since survived but not sure how long they'll last with the vacant mat slowly breaking apart. There is very little algae in the tank except for the coral line pink and purple algae which looks great ^.^ I'm very pleased so far with it. I've now moved my planted items and fish from my 55 gallon to my 30 gallon and have completely cleaned and reglued corners on the 55. It was now time to make it saltwater. I learned my lessons from last time, and this time i'm taking it very slow. I now over a period of serveral months have aquired these items so far.Live sand, 20 lbs of live rock, adding 50 more soon, a Rena Filstar wet dry filter rated up to 75 gallons, a Power sweep 270 gph rotating power head and a penguin 660 with a rotating hydro head mod, a Hagen GLO light system with 2-54 watt T-5 lights.I've recently ordered and is on its way a Prizm Protein skimmer, and a 48" CF 260W (4-65watt) and 4 bluemoon LED hood for a total of 368 watts for aquarium with GLO hood. I'm looking for any advice on helping me start this bad boy up. Equipment suggestions or whatever. Got an ideafor adding an overflow to sump/refuge? hook me up. Things I'm doing that I probably shouldn't, please enlighten me. I'm all ears, and I love to learn.Thank you for reading and please feel free to leave any information you wish. Take Care, God Bless,~Ryno

My Reef And Fish Only Tanks

2008-06-04 16:12:49

[IMG]http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk311/Reefer334/120reefshot.jpg[/IMG]Welcome to Chris's Blog.I currently have 6 tanks, 2 reef ,3 fish only and 1 QT tank.

Breaking Down Tank, Nice Size SPS Colonies with Good Prices!!!!!

2008-06-01 01:31:00

Keeping tank. Thanks for those who looked.

12 gallon nano aquarium

2008-05-29 20:35:09

Has anyone had any success with Aquapods 12 gallon aquarium?

Test

2008-05-20 17:08:45

Test

Skimmer pump.

2008-04-30 19:11:47

Does anyone know were I can find a Coralife super skimmer pump for the up to 125gal modle? The pump I had is shot.

help from the experts

2008-04-23 23:15:40

I am new to thislife and I have a 120gal with all the extras. I have ordered 135lbs of live rock and have been told two different things. Our LFS [70 miles away] told me that I needed lights on or the live rock will die. Another soarce told me that I should not use lights till the tank has cycled. Which one is right?

More watts per gallon

2008-04-22 08:28:37

I currently have a 14 gallon bio cube and was wandering if there was a way to get more watts per gallon. I think it gets about 3.4 so i couldn't get the acropora and the higher lighting corals.Thanks in advanceCoral Kingdom

Looking to get more color in the tank

2008-04-20 01:30:09

This is the second time at having a reef tank. My first one was a 20L, but Ifound out that when you move it isn'teasy to move tank and in Pa. It does matter where you move to. One town can have good water out of the tap, and one town over and it's heavily treated. So you live and you learn, now I use ID water and there's some newproducts that I use. P.s I only us Seachem producttank 29 oceanic biocube one domion and skunk shrimp salt water base line seachem salt & ID water 35lbs.ofliverock oneLPStwo SoftCoral

Hello world!

2008-04-11 22:58:40

Hello World!Hi, I'm Waffleman and I'm a reefaholic!This is my first blog ever, so I will give a brief summary of my reeftank.Hardware: My system consists of a 29Gallon tank HOB skimmer (prizm) Aquaclear 200 filter for carbon.150 Watt heater250W MH for reeflux 12K bulbKoralia 3 for circulation30lbs of LRCoralsI keep a mix of corals, SPS, LPS and soft a little over 30 variatiesFishClarkii ClownYellow tangThis system has been up and running since 2003. Of course there was a steep learning curve associated with this adventure. It all started when we saw the movie Nemom and it's been downhill from there.Up until about a year and a half ago a was unable to keep SPS's. Now I have good luck with the montiporas, I still have issues with the acros.Overall I'm quite content with the system, although I'm planning a 90Gallon reef system, to take the place of my 75G planted tank. Waffleman

Frag rack help

2008-04-10 15:33:14

Hey,Im sort of new to this site and i was wandering if anyone here knows how to build a frag rack it would be small, preferebly 3-4 inches. Somthign small like that, so if you can help thanks!

show size rare blue gigas

2008-03-28 11:15:09

These won't make it to my site 2 14in blue with blue spot gigas $650 shipping is $50 flat rate any where call 203-231-0857http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u144/eastcoastsps/eastcoastsps004-2.jpghttp://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u144/eastcoastsps/eastcoastsps003-2.jpgalso have tons of 3in maxima clams and squamosa'shttp://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u144/eastcoastsps/eastcoastsps007-2.jpghttp://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u144/eastcoastsps/eastcoastsps006-2.jpg

Laura's Reef

2008-03-14 04:12:38

Hi Guys!I'm new to this site but I'm excited about being here! I just need some help I wan to show you my tank but I can't figure out how to insert a picture. Any advise would be great! Thanks Laura Lynn-

Bad FIsh sites

2008-02-25 10:23:23

Hi just letting all no that there are Bad fish sties out there .That like to take your hard earned Money.One is coral plus.com IN MI , a lot of pepole are pulled in on there cheap prices.But don't let that full youThan tried to let pepole no on RC and got Kicked off .There is no recourse with these pepole on RC Been a member for a long time .Sold coral and talked to a lot of reefers on their , than got the axes . Just P. O. ed offSo i thought i Would let some hot air off to calm down some this ma heart my standing with RC But their are a lot of fish site s outthere. Thank for letting me ramble on. Let me know what you think . bad or good it wont heart my feelings

Start of a new day.

2008-02-18 14:22:15

Finally I got my 40 gallon tank back after a year in Siberia.. After my wife had me removed from my house during our seperation..(longsad story)My tank was left unnatended for 45 days needless to say I lost everything..it took me a year of daily attendance to build up such a amazing tank. After the 45 days I was allowed to get my tank back and transfered it to my moms. Unfortunatly she had no idea how to take care of it. So in all I lost about 2000 dollars in sea life. Well today is a new day and I set up my tank yesterday and filled it with water from the Monterey bay by some kind of miracel all my water levels are normal. I will post pictures later..I am in the Stockton CA so if you live near by let me know if you have anything you would like to donate or sell cheap..for I can't afford to go out and by all new sealife.. saltydog@blowbackusa.com

Helpful Service

2008-02-15 02:38:05

www.reeftank123.comWorked well for me in early start-up phases.Also helped me diagnose a very trickly plumbing leak.

Web Site For Sale

2008-02-04 22:35:45

Hey Guys,I am writing to personally let you know that EyeCatchingCoral.com is FOR SALE. As many of you know I am 21 years old and I am in college. I am selling the business because I do not have enough time to run it and go to school full time. I am also required by my college to do an internship and study abroad. I will be focusing my time on that and will have no time for the business. I will be in Australia for a year. I currently have a great customer base and reputation. I advertise onReefFrontiers.com, Club-Zoa.com, and ReefSanctuary.com. My sitegets 100-400 hits per day. My site had about 1400 unique visitors in December alone. All of my exotic SPS will also come with the site. This includes my huge tyree sps collection and watermelon chalice. I also have several other exotic corals that will be included. If you just want the site that can also be worked out and I will sell the coral separately. All of my suppliers information will also be included. I am fortunate to have some of the best suppliers in the world. I have a great contact in Canada who gets the best corals in the world.I also have agreat supplier is Australia who only sells to me in the US. I will also talk to them to let them know some one else will be taking over the site. I would estimate that you can make $40,000-100,000+ profit per year from this site and my contacts. I normally only work about 1-2 hours per day. I ship once a week and it takes me about 2 hours. You will also receive my full customer list as well as there contact information. This is a great opportunity. I will help you in any way that I can.

nice efflo-soli's

2008-01-28 17:14:48

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u144/eastcoastsps/eastcoastsps001-3.jpghttp://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u144/eastcoastsps/eastcoastsps003-3.jpghttp://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u144/eastcoastsps/eastcoastsps004-3.jpghttp://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u144/eastcoastsps/eastcoastsps006-3.jpghttp://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u144/eastcoastsps/eastcoastsps005-3.jpgi will post these in my site tomarrow you can email me if your interested mal@eastcoastsps.com i also have dendro frags available

Anybody wanna trade?

2008-01-27 18:29:19

I just set up another tank (29 gal) and I'm looking for someone who's willing to trade frags for cured Marshall Island live rock. I have approx. 50 pounds that's been cured over 18 months.

Eastcoastsps.com stock update

2008-01-16 16:41:25

My website is finally getting stocked up here is a few shots of whats on there im always getting in acro's and austrailian stuff shoot me an email if you have any questions or are looking for something thanks

Scott Fellman Live

2008-01-10 18:59:40

January 13th at 8pm est - Scott Fellman Live - SPS AlternativesLogin and listen to this fascinating, funny aquarium expert. www.120gallons.com

hmm

2008-01-08 22:52:30

Why does my protein skimmer always overreact (fizz up) at night?

nice, right now. uh oh.

2008-01-02 23:25:48

I got my 75 set back up and running good. Every thing is going good right now, thats the problem, I need to keep it going good. I have two peppermint shrimp and 12 astria snells and 7 blue legged hermit crabs and two big hermit crabs, and I have an overflow system that does a really good job clearing out the water more towards the top of the tank. I need a little more of something to keep the rocks and the bottom of the tank a little cleaner. Does anyone have an idea to keep the rocks and down a little cleaner. Like some more shrimp or something. It was definitely the water quality that was getting on to the Kenya tree coral cause it is opening up pretty big right now in my aquarium, I need to keep it that way.

Frags ,and chatting it up

2007-12-28 17:51:46

I have up some frags to offer they can be seen here or over on www.nanoreefing.com Our site is a nice little site to learn how to or just share ideas or talk with others that face the same problems that we have with nanoreefs. Our little systems require special care to keep them going ..Go on join its free and has a RTC

New Findings

2007-12-23 08:37:37

I just realized that it is not algae but Cyano bacteria! I try to take it out but it will grow back in hours! I have found 2 solutions though: 1) More water flow 2) Fighting Conch will eat them I also tested my magnesium and it was low so i'm hoping raising it and using the other solution will get rid of it. Suggestions are welcome!

New Reefer

2007-12-17 14:31:18

Hello all, starting my first reef. Kind of doing it low budget. So far I have a tank 80 gallon Oceanic. This tank is bow front with curved corners. The unit came as a complete setup. Lights, Stand, and filter. First thing I did was cut some holes in the bottom. One hole in the back corners of the tank. First hole came out ok with only a bit of chipping on the bottom of the tank. 2nd hole chipped on the inside of the tank about 1/3 of the thickness. (Yea, I was upset) I back filled the chip with aquarium sealant and covered it with plastic to let it dry flat. At this point I moved onto the stand. The Stand, whoa! As I assembled the stand I noticed it had 2 partitions inside. This would not work with a refugium as the sections would be too small. So I decide not to install the 2 partitions. After completing the base I headed to Home depot to get some 2x4's to brace up the inside. After taking careful measurements I go to start to cut the 2x4's. Well All I have to cut them is an old 7" circular saw with rust (At no extra charge). After attempting to make a few straight cuts and failing I gave up. The next day, after returning from work I stopped by home depot to look at cutoff saws. I ended up choosing a Ryobi with a stand for about 400.00 while there I also picked up a biscuit cutter and some extra 2x4's to practice. Well that worked out well. Was able to brace up the whole stand nicely to include leaving the aft corners open for the tubing to come thru. I put the doors in place and the center door was hung with latching swivels to allow for them to be removed.With that done I went to my local store (Sea Splendor) and spoke with (For 2 hours) the manager about refugium my setup and what to expect. Well after taking so much of his time I felt it was only right I purchase something that I needed from them. So I had him special order a Euro Reef skimmer. The next day after work I went to the local (Mega store) to buy a small aquarium for my refugium. I ended up with a 29 gallon All Glass complete system (Way cheap).Brought it home and slid it into the stand. Well with the upper and lower bracing the fit was quite cozy’s had about 18" extra in length and 6" in height. But then I thought about trying to slide this thing out of the stand full of water. Let’s see 29 gallons plus pump and protein skimmer and about4" of sand Humm...can you say 275+pounds. Stand Modification time. In my not so infinite wisdom I decided to make a sliding pull out for the refugium. This meant another trip to home depot. This time I picked up a sheet of 3/4" plywood black latex paint and drawer sliders. All went together as planned. Thus I understand that the sliders wouldn’t hold up to the weight for long so again back to home depot for some heavy duty casters to slide the whole thing onto. Works great! Guys at sea splendor calls tells me the skimmer is in, so I make plans to get it after next day’s work. UGGGH Man I wasn't expecting it to be that tall. With the addition of the slider the skimmer just barely fit into the stand. I have about 1/2" between the top of the skimmer and the top of the stand. Lighting well after doing quite a bit of research on the net I concluded the lights in the hood would not cut it for hard corals. In fact they should be ashamed of themselves for including such poor lighting 2 blue actinic 36w each and 2 12k white 39w. I figured I would use them for the refugium. I scoured the net found what I thought would work an upgrade oceanic with hood. So I bought it. While waiting for the light I went to Tap Plastics and had some pieces cut for the refugium to section it up. Well the lights came and I thought they looked good. But still only 260w Humm that’s not enoulf maybe use other set as well for(One that came with tank) the top. Humph this would still limit the type of things I could place in my tank. After thinking and searching the net I decided to just do it right. Went to sea Splendor and ordered a Current USE outer orbit 2x150 10k MH w/2x130w Dual Actinic and lunar. I had also decided to use the upgraded Oceanic for the refugium. Well in my lack of wisdom I found that there wasn’t enoulf room to place the oceanic lights too thick too long. So what do I do? Hehehe yup I dismantle it place the lights in the hollows of the 2x4's into the top of the stand. Well I turn them on to ensure they work. Well what do you think I smell yup roasting wood. Not hot enoulf to start a fire but quite warm. Well I told myself that if it was throwing off that much heat, the transfer to the top tank would be horrible. So back to home depot for insulation and the grocery store for some heavy duty foil. I used the Styrofoam type insulation 3" I put in the recesses of the 2x4. Then I stapled the foil to the top to reflect as much as possible. Then I mounted the reflector hood and lights to the top of the stand. Looks nice, no heat thru the top. I decided to go one step further and place a fan in the back of the stand. This meant trip to radio shack for a 120mm 12v dc boxed fan. Went in garage used old transformer from a now defunct router. Mounted the fan over one of the holes in the back (Right) of the stand. Mounted a power strip next to it and plugged it in. Fairly quiet will get quite a bit of flow thru the stand. With that done I ordered a pump, Aqua Medic ocean runner OR3500. I installed the pass thru's in the main tank and put the main tank on the stand. After a few days I got the pump installed it and a titatum heater. Wet test, started filling up the aquarium and the bulkheads on both sides leaked. Used aquarium silicon to seal them up waited 24 hours and tried again. Tank been up with plain water for 2 days now no leaks. Still waiting on MH lightings for the top. This has been just the beginning please tell me it gets easier. Did I miss anything? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Mike Gruetoo@yahoo.com

XFACTOR SAPPHIRE POLYP AUCTION UP EN EABY

2007-12-17 14:14:27

Hey Everyone, i have a frag pack on ebay right now that includes a frag of the original XFACTOR sapphire polyp montipora. I bought my frag a couple years back from the original owner. It isa TCO limited edition and a very rare piece. This is the first frag i have released. The auction also includes a 20+ polyp frag of the ATL snowflake clavularia, and a 3 polyp sunset micro frag. Click the links below for more info on the XFACTOR and the auction page. Contact with questions.http://www.thecoraloasis.com/limited/limitedxfactorsapp.htmhttp://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=270196088848&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=017

Feather duster death

2007-12-17 10:14:30

Borwn algae has been attacking the and in this one spot. It is concentrated in the corner of the tank. A bit of it covered the feather dusters tube opening, killing it :(I looked at my water quality it is fine, but i am recovering form a temporary calcium shortage)(I also do use R.O. water)Any suggestions to control this menace

New Frags Posted!

2007-12-16 22:04:45

Hey Everyone, i finally got around to putting up some frags. More to come in a few days. Email with any questions.http://www.frags.org/memberfragslist.php?id=829

Ultra Aussie Acan Frag Pack on Ebay!

2007-12-13 10:58:50

We just put up a killer Aussie Acan frag pack on ebay. These guys are killer. It's a 3 frag pack with over 30 total polyps. Heres a picture of the corals.http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=250197384321We've also put up this Ultra red, pink, green and yellow frag that's been growing in my system for about 3 months.http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=250197656025Be sure to check out our website for other frags and ebay for other auctions we are running.

A Sweet coral

2007-12-09 20:49:12

One of my favorite corals: the Long tentacle plate!

Aquaurium clean up.

2007-12-05 14:05:20

I think I am probably going to clean my aquarium up from bottom to top. siphon all the the water and replace with fresh water, and blast the sand out and clean all the filters out and rince all the rocks off and just clean everything up .I cant wait till its all done.

Question everyone.

2007-12-03 16:31:41

I have a Kenya tree coral that has not been doing to good lately, It hardly ever opens up fully, and I'm afraid that if I don't act soon that it might get toast. So if anyone has any idea how to fix the problem than please tell me.

And it begins...

2007-12-02 20:20:47

It began with a 10 gallon tank obtained for free from a coworker in February of 2007. Then a notice in the apartment complex mail building bumped us up to a 20 gallon setup for $5.00. 16 pounds of live rock, 2 clownfish,1 flame angelfish, 1 emerald crab, 1 coral banded shrimp (rip), 1 yellow bodied coral banded shrimp, 1 bubble tipped anemone, a ton of hermit crabs and snails, learning more about chemistry, battling red slime algae, and numerous wet socks later, we buy a 55 gallon tank at a yard sale for $40. Or so we thought it was 55g...after some measuring the actual volume was determined as 75 gallons. Even better. And that begins our story of (what we hope to be) our 75 gallon reef tank in our living room. The following entries will chronicle our further adventures in bringing marine aquaria and the need for flood insurance into our home. Comments, criticism, and advice are welcome!!

Bloody bristle worms.

2007-11-29 19:30:20

Lately I have been observing my aquarium, and guess what, Yep the over sized nut worms. Dose anyone have a home solution to get rid of there bloody bristles?

New episode about marinebreeder.org

2007-11-29 17:22:55

Interview with Matt PedersenCheck it out at http://www.120gallons.com

what in the reef is going on.

2007-11-26 19:32:21

Nooooooooooooooooo, aptasia are starting to become many. Dose anybodie have a home solution to get rid of them.

2 new episodes

2007-11-15 19:49:06

Episode 11: Eric BornemanEpisode 12: Steven ProGet them at http://www.120gallons.com .Reefkeeping blog and podcast!

Picked Up a new Sebae ananome

2007-11-12 18:46:27

I just got a new sebae ansnome looks awesome. It really moves around. I am slightly concerned because it is slightly deaflated but looks OK. Our tomato clown hasn't found it yet but i am hooping he soon will!

Aussie Collector Frag Pack Posted on ebay

2007-11-12 03:53:33

Hey Guys,I have posted a collector frag packofAussie Acanthastrea Lords on Ebay. These are the best of the best!!!!CHECK IT OUT, YOU WILL NOT WANT TO MISS THIS ONE!!!http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=270185369851&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=017GROUP SHOTCLOSE UP OF FRAGS THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT,Mikewww.thecaptivereef.com

Biggest Update Ever - EyeCatchingCoral.com

2007-11-12 02:29:21

Hey All, We have been working very very hard to bring you our biggest update ever!!!! 57 Aussie Acan have arrived as well as several Rainbow grade AAA Brains. I also got more crazy palys! Please check out the new corals. First come First serve as always. ThanksThanks,Jimwww.EyeCatchingCoral.com Jim@EyeCatchingCoral.com

eastcoastsps stock

2007-11-07 19:47:04

some new stock and some aussie acan;s and duncans

Aussie Acans in stock...

2007-11-04 21:06:51

Visit www.aquariumspecialty.com for much more!

Steven Pro Live

2007-11-01 19:41:43

November 11th 8pm est. Come and listen to him and ask him questions....http://www.120gallons.com

Tomini Tang

2007-10-30 16:18:17

Just got a good sized tomini Tang LOOKs greatI feed it krill pelletsand alge pellets. I also offer dried macroalge once a week.Great Fish

Sell all model notebook,laptop,pda with the competitive price

2007-10-28 14:22:23

Global BrandsThe flagship company, Centurysell Electronics Company Ltd. is ISO 9001 certified and was founded in the Republik Indonesia in 1999.presence encompasses the seven area Jakarta,Bali,Bandung,Bogor ,Jogja, and semarang. Centurysell Electronics is one of the largest distributors of Sony,products in the world, the company has an enviable line-up of various other international brands in its portfolio including Acer, Apple, HTC,Palm, Creative, Dell,Fujitsu Siemens, Hewlett Packard, Lenovo,Motorola, I-mate, Nokia, Samsung,Siemens, Sony Ericsson, Toshiba, etc. Centurysell ELECTRONICS :Centurysell Electronics is one of the biggest names in the field of consumer electronics, information technology, telecommunications, home appliances, office automation and entertainment in the Indonesia and is amongst the first transnational corporations. A partner for the world's leading brands, Centurysell retail and distribution network have made it a natural choice for manufacturers who want to tap into the growing Asean market. One of the largest distributors of Sony products in the world, the company has an enviable line-up of various other international brands in its portfolio including Acer, Apple,HTC,Palm, Creative, Dell, Fujitsu Siemens, Hewlett Packard, Hitachi, IBM, Lenovo, Motorola, I-mate, Nokia, Samsung, Siemens, Sony Ericsson, Toshiba, etc. Centurysell remarkable progress into being a consumer electronics giant has been built with an uncompromising adherence to quality. Centurysell five principal divisions Sony Division, IT Division, Telecom Division, Supra Division, Agencies Division work seamlessly with channels such as the Retail Division and Corporate Sales Division, with support from the Centurysell Services Division, to set new benchmarks in customer service.From modest beginnings in 1999, Centurysell remarkable progress into being a consumer electronics giant has been built with an uncompromising adherence to quality. Centurysell five principal divisions Sony Division, IT Division, Telecom Division, Supra Division, Channel Sales Division work seamlessly with channels such as the Retail Division and Corporate Business Division, with support from the Centurysell Services Division, to set new benchmarks in customer service. For more any information please visit to www.centurysell.com

hip hip!

2007-10-26 19:18:41

just the other day I made my first sucsesful frag, except that my hermet crabs keep on pushing it off the rock that I set it on,punish the hermit crabs! no i'm just playing.

Eric Borneman Live Sunday 10/28 at 8pm est

2007-10-25 17:38:15

Join us live at8 pm est Sunday for a chat with Eric Borneman.http://www.blogtalkradio.com/120gallonsCall and ask a question at 347-215-7988.

More New Corals!!!!

2007-10-24 01:26:22

Watermelon Chalices Finally available!!!www.eyecatchingcoral.com

Long tentacle plate?

2007-10-22 11:35:15

I have a good 3 inch long long tantacle plate coral. I feed it some mysis shrimp 2 times a week, Is it enoughHow often schould i feed it ?-Henry

New Addition..

2007-10-21 22:22:56

I ended up buying a new tank at the beginning of Oct. I was surfing Craiglist and came across the ad. New Nano Cube 24 Gal, never filled with water - $120. I called, the guy still had it, so.....long story short, now it's mine.I bought a new cabinet style stand, filled it with SW from my 72 Bow, and added a few scoops of seed live sand, plus a few fully established pieces of live rock from my 72's refugium, and away we went. After 2 weeks, I added a few snails, hermits, and all was well. Last weekend, I bought some more live rock from my buddy, who's taking down his 75. I bought a huge piece of Tonga Rock, it's literally about 2 inches smaller than the inside diameter of the tank. I had already purchased some nice Tonga Branch pieces so I now have this huge single piece of Tonga, with the branches protruding through it, suspending it almost like a shelf. I also bought a nice Toadstool, Orange Ricordia, Pulsing Xenia, a Pom Pom (Boxer) Crab, andtransferred my McCoskers Flasher Wrasse. (he was ahappy camper until I added the Maroon Gold Striped Clown from the Aqua Pod 12 in my sons room.Bought a Sapphire NC24 Skimmer, upgraded the return pump from the POS that came with the tank to a Maxi-Jet 1200, and threw in a Rio90 for circulation. So far, so good. I will add some pics soon...That'sall for now.

Yeah I could really use some GSP too

2007-10-20 12:41:53

If anyone would like to donate some GSP or will sell some for <15$ i would be intersted.

Nice purpleish mushroom polyps

2007-10-20 12:39:12

Just got a nice 30$ mushroom frag. It has 5 dark purple polyps and is looking great. I don't know about the flow though, it's open but my 2 t-zunes and 1 maxi-jet 1200 really move the water around Will get PIC soon

please

2007-10-19 12:16:15

Hey if you have some star polyps for sale under15$ or would be willing to give some for free, I would love to git a chunk.

MORE NEW AUSSIE LORDS & OTHERS TO BE POSTED THIS WEEKEND!!

2007-10-19 02:46:49

Hey Everyone,I will be posting some more new Crazy Aussie Lords, Green Duncans, Insane Sponges and much morethis weekend.These are imported dirrect from Australia. They areNOT Transshipped or imported From Canada!!!!!READ MY FEEDBACK!!!! YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPOINTED!!!!!!!!!!http://www.thecaptivereef.com/page/15wfn/Feedback_Ordering_Shipping.htmlThe last batch sold out quick!!There will be lots of rainbows : ) @ Great Prices!!!!!!Pink centers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!thanks,mikewww.thecaptivereef.com

New Corals Added!!!!!

2007-10-18 23:24:45

Hey Guys, I have been working very hard to get my new website up and running. It is finally done... Tons of new corals have been added. Thanks for your support. -Jimwww.EyeCatchingCoral.comJim@EyeCatchingCoral.com

My reef aquarium

2007-10-17 11:34:23

reef aquariums are one of my favorite things to observe. I have started up my own reef aquarium resently, it isn't going so well right now, but it has been getting better in the last few weeks, and am still having problems with nuisance algaes. I have some colony polyps and did have some star polyps, but they all died. My colony polyps were about to die also but I put them into a smaller tank and they started to open up again. some kind of a flew must of went threw my aquarium or something, but I cleaned up my tank and erverything seems to be all right now. IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU COULD GIVE ME SOME TIPS.

Welcome to Aquaholics!

2007-10-17 02:30:42

Welcome to Aquaholics! As the name implies, we help feed the addiction of the sps junkie and zo junky! We offer frags from corals from around the world. All of our frags are tagged when they leave our facility, "If it aint got the tag it aint a real frag!". We are dedciated to coral and reef preservation, each year we will be donating in excess of 10% of company profit to non-profits taht protect, study, and conduct research on the reefs and corals of the wild. We are also dedicated to the reefer at home, we will soon be adding an advice page that will dispell myths and contain tons of valuable links to resources, and even other frag farms.Do we import wild or maricuktured pieces? Yes, that is the only we can obtain these pieces for growing and harvesting. However, unlike most onlie shops and lfs', we are not a chop shop. Once we have a piece in our stocks, we keep it and grow it out. Our purpose is to establish the largest sps genetic database anywhere period. All of our frags are at least 1", are mounted on ceramic disks.We DO NOT embelish photos, we take the photo, use software to remove the blue as we use XM 20ks, and thats it. We dont play with color!We also believe it incredibly important for us to do our share in stamping out the scourage of AEFW, red bugs, and nudis that affect these magnificent spieces. All of our pieces incoming are dipped in TMPCC and quranteened. All outgoing frags are inspected and dipped in TMPCC. In this way we run a bugless system, we quarantee you will recieve nothing but beutiful corals without unwanted pests. What other store can make that claim?As far as price goes, we realize some of our pieces are quite expensive, but that is deoendent upon our cost to acquire and scarcity. If you notice, when posting each piece we always do market intel to determine a fair value and then knock it down to give the end user a better buy. Further, we offer frag pack discounts and other discounts as well. If you ahve any questions, feel free to contact us.Thanks, Tom Griffith, President, Aquaholics, Inc., 804-938-1904, http://www.aquaholicsinc.com

Anyone have Calurpa or Chaeto in So CAL?

2007-10-14 23:49:09

If you have any you would like to donate please let me know. I need some for my newest tank. I would be willing to pick up within about 15 mins of Irvine, CA. Please email me. ElitePhotoOC@aol.com

Invert ADDITION

2007-10-11 07:55:56

I added a small neon green feather duster. At first i barley saw it, but within the week it emerged daily and nightly

NEW AUSSIE CORALS POSTED!!!!!

2007-10-11 01:49:29

Hey Everyone,I Uploaded a bunch of new Crazy Aussie corals. Check them OUT!!!!!!!!!!!thanks for your support,mikeWWW.THECAPTIVEREEF.COM

A step up

2007-10-08 15:15:26

Added a new coral. A long tentacle plate coral. It cost 35$ from Fish doctors. About 3-4 inches long. I incresed calcium suplementation becase it will increase my tanks calcium demand

SNEAK PEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-10-07 00:59:55

Hey Everyone,Here is a Sneak Peek of ONLY SOME of the Aussiecorals I will will be posting!!!!!!!thanks for your support,mikewww.thecaptivereef.com

NEW AUSSIE CORALS ARE IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-10-06 01:29:18

Hey Guys,NEW AUSSIE CORALS ARE IN AND THEY ARE CRAZY!!!!I am going to let them settle down over the weekend & I will start posting them early next week.There is:Insane Grade AAA Lords Crazy Colors!! Neon Greens, Neon Oranges, Hot Pinks, Rainbows & just about every color combo you can imagine!!!! LOTS TO CHOOSE FROM!!!!A Couple TRUE MicrosSome Super Nice Scolies & Cynarias/ Neon Reds & Neon Oranges& Mixed ColorsGreen Duncan ColoniesReally Nice & Healthy Elegance Corals Neon Green w/ Barny Purple Tips.Blood Red Sponges with White Zoos. The Zoos are all over the sponges.I Have never seen anything like them before!!!And some other misc & oddballs...............KEEP CHECKING MY SITE FOR UPDATES!!!!!THANKS FOR YOUR SUPORT,Mike

NEW AUSSIE SHIPMENT NEXT WEEK @ GREAT PRICES!!!

2007-09-28 01:12:31

Hey Guys & Gals,I have a huge shipment next week Of CRAZY AUSSIE corals coming in!! I have been dealing with a collector & I am now doing larger orders with them, which means better discounts!! I am passing the discounts on to you!These are not transshipped and not brought in from Canada these are straight from Australia.!!!!DID I MENTION GREAT PRICES!!!!Here is a sample:GRADE AAA & AA Acanthastrea Lordhowensis 20 polyp COLONIES $199 & $299!!!! THESE ARE THE CRAZY ONES!!!! NEON COLORS!!!!Assorted Scolies and Cynarias THESE ARE THE GOODS ONES!!! INSANE COLORS!!NEON GREEN & ORANGE, NEON RED & ORANGE, PINK & every other color you can imagine!!!! $149 and UPNEON GREEN DUNCANS!!!! I have been waiting for these for a while. These are not like the ORA that are drab green, these ARE NEON GREEN!!! COLONIES $129 and up.AUSSIE ELEGANCE CORALS!!! THESE LIVE !!!! $99 & UP!!!!I have spoke with the collectors & they tell me that they never have problems with there elegance & they sell it as a beginner coral. I have had a few for over 3 months & they are huge and super healthy!!!Also have a couple Blasstomussa, a coupleTri Colored Hammers, 6 weird LPS (Not sure what they Are.) Blue & Pink ZOOS, White Line Sponges and so many more!!! ALL AT GREAT PRICES.MAKE SURE TO KEEPING CHECKING LATE NEXT WEEK & EARLY THE FOLLOWING FOR UPDATES ON MY SITE!!!!! YOU DON"T WANT TO MISS OUTthanks for your support,mikewww.thecaptivereef.com

Podcast Episode 8 Available

2007-09-23 09:32:42

Listen or Subscribe to Episode 8 Episode 8 is our special MACNA episode. Hear about some of the speakers and what they talked about and interviews from the tradeshow floor. Brightwell Aquatics MCU Research Lighthouse Controller Eric Borneman Polario Polario Polario CPR SR3 Sapphire Aquatics

I NEED HELP!!!

2007-09-23 03:45:03

I just started my saltwater Tank. I converted my 30G eclipse freshwater tank, I don't hav a protein skimmer, so i know monthly water changes are needed. I'm lost my tanks done cycling, I hav 20lbs. of live rock,2 True Perc., and 1 Sand shifterStar. I want 2 start coral, but don't where 2 start I was told that due 2 insufficent lighting Ican only do soft & Mushroomsbecause I hav a hooded tank.please help me,I just want 2 decorate my tank, what coral can I put, that wont die?

A new Xinea And royal gramma added today!

2007-09-22 17:17:50

Made big purchasses today a royal gramma1 pink xinea frag 10$ from fish doctors in Ann ArborIt LOOKS Great, It is my fist coral EVER The xinea opened right away and the gramma darted in to the live rock. I will take pictures soon.

Comments fixed

2007-09-22 13:24:50

There was a bug on comments... now fixed, please comment away!

An Update !!!

2007-09-22 08:53:51

Our clown has been eating so much laately it has been a big spike in behavior He now cruise around the edge on the tank and darts through the rock work. I am wondering what to get next a common fire fish, or a shoal of 3 green chromis or a 6-line wrasse or a royal gramma the choice is hard

NEW WYSIWYG CORALS POSTED!!!

2007-09-21 02:37:52

Hey everyone,Just wanted to let you know, I have posted a bunch of new corals on my WYSIWYG page. Over 30 new Corals Posted!!!!!Tyree watermellon echino, Aussie scolies, Aussie Elegance corals, new lord frags, micro balanophyllia, Rhizo and many, many more!!!thanks,mikePS: MORE AUSSIE CORALS COMING NEXT WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!www.thecaptivereef.com

sale

2007-09-20 21:58:06

white pulse coral- $5 a fragsorry i dont have pics of it yet. i will soon i swear!colt coral is still for sale. pics can be viewed, somewhere.....try clicking around. $5 for one colt frag. $3 for every additional colt frag.email at bkonkle234@hotmail.comfrags are only pick-up only (for the time being). location is ewing, nj.(old picture, i'll have better ones soon)

Great new fish introduced today

2007-09-15 18:04:48

A GREAT NEW TOMATO CLOWN FROM Fish doctors It looks great except for 2 white spots

Cyber-Reef.com Come to our website and see more

2007-09-13 03:11:14

Shops in Orange County, CA.

2007-09-11 16:50:57

Milwaukee Madison Wisconsin I am looking to buy coral locally

2007-09-11 12:24:09

HiI am new to reefing and just set up my 20 gallon xtra hi tank,I have sand, one piece of fiji rock but need coral, and some blue hermit crabs, I prefer to pick up coral and save on shipping expense.Email me at the7jewels77@hotmail.comThanksMike...I

Episode 7

2007-09-09 18:55:41

Sunday, September 09, 2007 Podcast Episode 7 Now Available Listen or Download Episode 7Episode 7 – September 9, 2007 Listener feedbackReef News Thefts in the UK http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/item.php?news=1264Tank of the Podcast Phil Jones 180 Gallon Fish of the Podcast Thanks to www.reef-life.com for allowing us to use the picture. Bi-color parrotfish http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=16&cat=1852&articleid=1750 Coral of the Podcast Thanks to www.reef-life.com for allowing us to use the picture. Bubble Coral http://www.reefcorner.com/SpecimenSheets/bubble_coral.htm http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=16&cat=1928&articleid=2314 Beginner’s Corner Maintaining the Temperature in your tank. Advanced Reefkeeping ATO Update Email this • Submit To Netscape • Save to del.icio.us • Digg This! • Share on Facebook • Stumble It! • Submit to Reddit • Bookmark With Yahoo! Bookmarks • Twit This! _uacct = "UA-2179186-1"; urchinTracker(); Posted by 120 Gallons at 9:12 AM 0 comments Links to this post Labels: podcast

AUSSIE CORALS ARE IN!!!!

2007-09-08 02:44:53

Hey Everyone,Just wanted to let you know AUSSIE CORALS ARE HERE!!!!!!Here is a sneak peak. Keep checking my site, as I will be adding new corals all weekend!!!! thanks for looking,mikewww.thecaptivereef.com

AUSSIE CORALS!!!!!!!

2007-08-28 00:52:45

Hey Everyone,I will be receiving a huge order next week of Aussie corals.There will be CRAZY GRADE (A) Acans, Neon Green Ducans,Other Never Before Seen LPS and Sooooo Many Others!!!!.MAKE SURE TO KEEP CHECKING BACK FOR NEW UPDATES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!thanks,mikewww.thecaptivereef.comPS: Macna is is less that 2 weeks awayand for my out of town customers coming to macna and would like to stop by my house to do some cherry picking, email me for details!!! I only have a few appointments left..

Frag Swap

2007-08-25 17:53:49

LMAS is proud to Announce our 1st Annual Frag Swap WHEN: November 3, 2007 Where: Falls of The Ohio State Park 201 West Riverside Dr Clarksville, IN 47129 Time: Saturday 1pm to 4pm Set up for reserved tables 12 noon Raffle will be held at 3 pm. You do not need to be present to win. This is a hobbyist only swap, so no commercial vendors will be present. Lots of raffle items. Admission is $5 per person and includes admission into the Museum, which has a 1200 gallon reef tank! One raffle ticket will be included with your paid admission. Table Space is limited, and should be reserved for the best spots. For reservations please contact: Jeremy Beavin Bobby Moser or Webmaster

Reef-A-Palooza 07 Update

2007-08-19 18:46:32

Took a road trip back to So Cal this weekend to attend Reef-A-Palooza 07 at the Orange county Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa, CA. The web page said 12,000 Square Feet of climate-controlled space, and over 60 vendor booths. As it turned out, I think 15,000 sq ft wouldn't have been large enough for the turn-out of reefers. It was very cramped. This sucked even more because in addition to being rammed and blocked by the 20+ strollers that were in the "way too small" aisles, the single length smaller vendor booths were almost constantly blocked with other hobbyists talking shop. I have no problem withsomeone wanting to talk reef but whenyou're in thatenvironment and you KNOW there arepeople waiting behind or to the side of you, take care of your business, give the tanks a look, buy something (or don't) andMOVE ON!! Ispent exactlyhalf of what Ibrought and planned to spend becauseyou just couldn't get in to see the coralsthat were forsale. On top of that, when you did buy something, you either got aplastic bag W/ rubber band, or a styrofoam container W/ a lid. Hmmmm...nowwhat to do after I've bought two things.....anyone got a bag or a styrofoam box? Nope.....wait, there's a whole stack of styrofoam boxes over at that booth...."Excuse, me, can I please get one of those containers"......"Sure, that'll be $10"! I'd rather have paid a few extra bucks on top of the $5 entry fee and gotten something to carry my stuff around in. The alternatve would be everyone pulling coolers around the cramped aisles which would cause even MORE gridlock then there was. It wasn't all that bad, just frustrating. I know it was put together by volunteers and they did a great job at what was within their control....no doubt. But after being evacuated for a fire (turned out to be a wall that was smoldering" then they just open the doors and a madhouse ensues, and not getting access to some nice booths, I ended up getting a few nice pieces at great prices so it wasn't a complete waste. After we were evacuated, there was ZERO communication to the hundreds of us standing out in the heat. I was literally 5 minutes from leaving.I will post some pictures of my new additions soon.Here's what I ended up buying;Rainbow Ricordea Mushroom ($20)Armor of God Paly frag (4 polyps) ($25)Armagedon II Paly frag (5 polyps) ($20)Crocea Clam (Blue & Teal) (3") ($20)Neon Green Candycane frag (6 heads) ($20)Pulsing Xenia frag (4 stalks ($20)Tubbs Blue Zoanthid frag (6 polyps - $30)Hammer Coral (4" frag W/ 2 large heads) ($25)

Reefkeeping Blog & Podcast

2007-08-18 21:10:59

I run a reefkeeping blog and podcast at http://www.120gallons.com.Here's some recent postings for you to see what we are aboutSaturday, August 18, 2007 Trying to Save the Coral Reefs - TIME Editors Note: The dying coral reef is becoming more and more mainstream news. Today it is inTime. Near the close of the 1960s, a squadron of young scuba divers headed out into the warm waters of the South Pacific, tanks of air strapped to their backs and syringes at the ready. Their mission, one lethal injection at a time, was to put a stop to an outbreak of crown-of-thorns starfish, a voracious predator of fragile tropical coral reefs. Those early efforts — along with a big printing of "Save the Barrier Reef" bumper stickers — helped establish what has since been considered one of the world's best-protected coral reefs. Read Full Article: Trying to Save the Coral Reefs - TIME Email this • Submit To Netscape • Save to del.icio.us • Digg This! • Share on Facebook • Stumble It! _uacct = "UA-2179186-1"; urchinTracker(); Posted by 120 Gallons at 4:51 PM 0 comments Links to this post Labels: reef news Friday, August 17, 2007 Animal of the Day - Crater Coral Photograph Thanks to That Fish Place for allowing us to use the photo - Click here to see on their site Common Name Crater Coral, Brain Coral Scientific Name Leptastrea Sp. Range Indo-Pacific Difficulty of care Moderate Aggressive No Flow & Lighting Medium to High General Info Less than most other Favidae found in the industry. Similar care to other Favidae. References aims Personal Experience? Do you have personal experience with this fish? If so leave a voicemail (+1-908-998-2549) or email (feedback@120gallons.com)with what you have learned and share your knowledge with others. Email this • Submit To Netscape • Save to del.icio.us • Digg This! • Share on Facebook • Stumble It! _uacct = "UA-2179186-1"; urchinTracker(); Posted by 120 Gallons at 5:42 PM 0 comments Links to this post Labels: animal of the day Science Friday: News Brief - Shrinking Coral Seventy-five percent of all reef-building corals live in the Indo-Pacific Ocean, which spans roughly from west Indonesia to the Hawaiian Islands, and includes the Great Barrier Reef off of Australia. A recent study in PLoS ONE found that the coral cover in the Indo-Pacific, which includes some of the most-intensely managed and protected coral reefs, has dropped by more than twenty percent in the last few decades. John Bruno and Elizabeth Selig, of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, analyzed thousands of surveys tracking the changes in living coral on the sea floor. “It’s a really key indicator of reef health because the corals are essential for all the other inhabitants of reefs—the fish and invertebrates. They rely on corals just the way birds and insects rely on trees in a forest,” says Bruno, a marine ecologist in the department of marine sciences. The data indicates that fifty years ago living coral covered, on average, fifty to sixty percent of the sea floor in the Indo-Pacific. “But frankly it’s impossible to know precisely what it was. So the fifty to sixty percent is our best estimate based on talking with lots of local Indo-Pacific reef experts and based on our earliest studies from the early- to mid-1960s.” The researchers found that across the Indo-Pacific coral cover dropped from around fifty percent to 23 percent in the last thirty years. “What that means is that we’ve lost more than half the world’s reef-building corals just in the last couple of decades,” Bruno explains. Read Full Article: Science Friday: News Brief - Shrinking Coral Email this • Submit To Netscape • Save to del.icio.us • Digg This! • Share on Facebook • Stumble It! _uacct = "UA-2179186-1"; urchinTracker(); Posted by 120 Gallons at 5:24 PM 0 comments Links to this post Labels: reef news Reef education on Little Cayman Thanks to ongoing support from individual donors and corporate sponsors, Central Caribbean Marine Institute (CCMI) continues to promote long-term coral reef conservation by teaching young people about Cayman’s marine environment and involving them in important research. For college students, CCMI has been a leader in undergraduate and graduate level courses and offers accredited classes throughout the year at the Little Cayman Research Centre (LCRC), which is a project of this non-profit organization. Most recently, students from a number of universities in the US completed a month-long college-accredited course on 9 August. The course was offered by CCMI through Rutgers University’s Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences and Study Abroad Office. It was conducted by Assistant Professor of Marine Biology, Dr Vania Coelho, and Associate Professor of Oceanography, Dr Carrie Manfrino, who is also President of CCMI. Eleven college students from all over the US (Virginia Tech, UC Santa Barbara, University of Notre Dame, Lafayette College, and Rutgers University) enrolled in the coral reef research course. The 2007 program included work on two primary ongoing research projects at the LCRC, namely, Long-Term Assessment and Monitoring Program (LAMP) and Coral Disease Management Program. During the course, students learned field and laboratory methods of conducting scientific research, and from this, they will publish several abstracts that will be presented as posters at the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium in Florida on 7 through 11 July 2008. This is an event that takes place ... Read Full Article: Reef education on Little Cayman Email this • Submit To Netscape • Save to del.icio.us • Digg This! • Share on Facebook • Stumble It! _uacct = "UA-2179186-1"; urchinTracker(); Posted by 120 Gallons at 5:23 PM 0 comments Links to this post Labels: reef news Aquarium Specialty - New Product - Ecotech Vortech Wireless Wave Driver The VorTech Wireless Wave Driver will upgrade any MP40 model pump feature wireless wave simulations. It only requires that four screws be removed from the lid of the MP40 driver box, and the motor’s plug gently removed and plugged into the new Wireless Wave Driver board. Lastly, the lid is gently snapped in place and your pump is now wave controllable. Multiple pumps on Wireless Wave Drivers can interact with one another to provide random and pulsing wave modes. Wave ModesReef Crest Random Mode- Set the pump to the maximum desired speed and the VorTech Wireless Wave Driver automatically randomizes the flow throughout your tank. The pump will rapidly vary from one speed to another to simulate the high-energy conditions of a natural reef crest environment. Lagoonal Random Mode Set the pump to the maximum desired speed and the VorTech Wireless Wave Driver automatically randomizes the flow throughout your tank. The pump will vary slowly from one speed to another to simulate a calmer, lagoonal reef environment. Pulse Mode When entered into pulse mode, you will be able to pulse your VorTech pump at various frequencies to create standing surface and sub-surface waves within your aquarium. You can adjust both the maximum pulse speed and frequency. Sync Mode When entered into Sync Mode, your VorTech will automatically sync with the other pumps in your aquarium. Sync Mode can be used to sync in either random modes or in pulse mode. When syncing two pumps in Pulse Mode, the pumps can be placed on the same side of the aquarium to create large standing waves in your tank. Anti-Sync Mode When entered into Anti-Sync Mode, pumps will pulse in an inverse timing cycle to a master pump. Every time the master pump is at the maximum speed of cycle, the pumps entered into Anti-Sync Mode will be at the minimum speed of the cycle, and vice-versa. Place these pumps on the opposite side of the tank as a master pump to create tidal currents within your aquarium. Feed ModeWith the touch of a button, the VorTech enters into feed mode and all pumps shut down for 10 minutes to allow you to feed your aquarium. Read Full Article: Aquarium Specialty

Hello from Chief Reef

2007-08-03 10:28:19

Hello,My name is Heather, president of www.chiefreef.com. Chief Reef is an online store dedicated to coral propagation supplies. Our best selling items include Frag Plugs, Small Frag Disks, Large Frag Disks, and Reef Glue. Recently we added a textured version of our plugs and disks to our line of products. A few of our newest items include Frag Rocks and Magnetic Frag Disks. Our items are competitively priced and we also offer discounted rates for large orders and group buys. Please feel free to comment on our products or offer suggestions.Sincerely,Heatherwww.chiefreef.comYour source for coral propagation plugs, disks, and more

Step One - Uh, start!

2007-08-01 11:28:18

OK, I have no idea what I'm doing, but I'm going to try....you can meander through this journey with me, or you can push the "Back" button now...we'll see if I am a Murder or Mother....Last week, I cut some frags from my Trumpet Coral (Named Bach - yes, I name most of my corals; yes, I know it's dumb, but they are animals, and don't your pets have names?) Bach is named as such because my daughter, being a trumpet player informed me that Bach Trumpets are the best on the market....I purchased Bach about 3 years ago. He (for lack of a better pronoun) had 3 heads on him. He was one of my very first corals in my very first marine tank - a 12G nanocube. He is now so big that several of the polyps on the bottom are not looking too happy. That is what started my fragging carreer. So far, so good. I took5 frags off of him. 4 have a total of 13 polyps (varying from 2 polyps to 4 polyps per frag) and one large frag with almost a dozen polyps. Bach still needs some trimming! When I cultivated those frags, I took a big "Snip" out of Vanson (He's my leather coral....I had to screw up my courage to do that!) He's named from Vanson Leathers. My husband & I are also motorcycle enthusiasts - we have 5 in our garage now, but that's for another blog group, LOL. Anyway, Vanson Leathers are the best on the market. They protect the cyclist when theygo down. Any motorcycle wreck you can walk away from is a good one! Please keep an eye out for them while driving. Oh, I digress, sorry. Anyway, I let Vanson heal for a week from that "snip". I didn't have the courage to do anything more at the time. Yesterday, I took another "snip" out of Vanson and then created a small little piece of him. I put the baby gently on top of a piece of shell that I had ready for him to latch on to. Then I covered him loosely with some thule (the bridal netting stuff) tying it on the bottom and I put him in a well circulated area in the tank at about the same depth he had been at. From everything I read, I thought he'd pout for at least a week. By the end of the day, the baby had his little tenticles out flowing through the tule and seemed happy. We'll see how it goes. I may do another couple of snips & let heal before I try anymore frags from Vanson. I want to be sure that Vanson will survive. I don't have the courage to take a whole donut or whack him in half or anything else quite as drastic.If you have any ideas about what I have done, did wrong, could do better, or maybe even a little encouragement, I'm willing to listen & learn!Thanks & God Bless!Butterieflie

New Aussie Colonies!

2007-07-22 21:29:59

www.eyecatchingcoral.comNew Aussie Colonies and WYSIWYG Frags. Micros/Lords

Sea in the City

2007-07-17 22:49:21

Sea in the City is a saltwater reef store located in Orlando, FL. We have a website and posting board at seainthecity.com where we will eventuallystock our online store. In the meantime while we get started into the online trade we figured frags.org would suit our needs perfectly.We bring you over 30 years of experience in the reef keeping hobby and the utmost customer service. We support our local reef club as well as sponsored SRC 2007. How many sellers here can say they've been visited and complimented by Julian Sprung and Sanjay Joshi?We hope that as we list WYSIWYG frags here you will be as pleased as our local customers while we extend our great service from Central Florida to you.

Vol 2 - July 15 07......The saga continues

2007-07-15 23:43:35

Well, It's been a while since I've posted in here but no time like the present since I have some new additions since my last post. Gone - Kole Tang, Copper Banded ButterflyNew Additions -Achilles Tang(3weeks ago)Just got back from a trip to So Cal to see my family and had extra time sothe family and I decided to take a side-trip to Tongs in Fountain Valley, CA. If youhaven't been, I highly recommend it! Without a doubt, the best prices and selection I've ever seen in a LFS anywhere.Today, I bought a Scott's Fairy Wrasse(Fiji) for get this....$29.00!That was the only fish I bought. I also took advantage ofTong's$10 frag tank. They have a special running now where you buy 5 and get1 free.I bought 4 different zoanthid frags, a frogspawn, and a nice sixed Galaxy frag.My prizedcoral purchase had tobe the twoRicordia mushrooms though. One already appears to be splitting and since I still only paid $25per'shroom, I couldn't be happier!Ricordia's aremy new fav and are slowly catching zoanthids in my tank. I have a totalof 3 Ricordias now, the other being an $8 frag I bought at the Southwestern Coral Farmers Market in So Cal last Feb. I'll try to get some pics postedhere soon. I took lots this weekend and love the opportunity to take somedaily pics of the tank.Thats all for now....Cheers,Rob

I'm a propagation newb

2007-07-12 12:33:56

I've been into marine and reef tanks for a long time, probably since I was old enough to to see the marine tanks on the top shelf at the fish shop. I've only been able to actually start up and keep a tank for about a year or so (probably a little longer).My brother has recently bought a nice fifty five gallon tank and intends to start up a reef. the other day he was talking about some company based out of the Bahamas or someplace and how they grow corals on plots of ocean. this sounded interesting so I researched the topic and I found that coral aquaculture is a very large and dare I say mildly profitable trade.so yes, I am a propagation newb. currently I'm planing a layout for my progagation tank, I'm starting out small, probably a 20 or 30 gallon tank ( 1ftx3ftx2ft if at all possible) with a surge tank for water flow and I dont know how the sump setup will work.

20 gal nano

Moving into business.

2007-07-08 23:19:11

I never thought I would do it but I really enjoy it. I love helping other hobbiest with questions and also learning myself at the same time. Right now the basement of my home is all salt water ( well almost) I have several hundred gallons. My main goal is to propigate corals. This is what I have been doing for years. Now I am just doing more of it. I am so excited to be doing this. Next step maybe a greenhouse. Bottom line I do not want to loose my passion for the hobby which has really become a lifesty for me. I am setting up a private do not disturb tank. This will be a non frag unless the tank needs it. Also a center piece for my front room. I ask anyone reeding this if you are in the business of propiagting corals and would like to share any tips or advise with me to please do so. Thank You

colt

2007-06-23 15:26:52

$5 all sizes. does not include shipping. 2 frags for $8.

My first reef

2007-06-22 22:14:20

coral morph

2007-06-15 22:32:11

Has anyone heard of a coral morph? its supposed to be like an anemone but stronger....I cant seem to find any pictures online or and info

New Corals Coming Next Week!!!!

2007-06-12 00:23:28

Hello everyone,I wanted to let you know that I have a large order of aussie and non-indo corals that will be in next week. There will be hundreds of corals to choose from @ Great PricesFrom Aussie:Crazy LordsDucans @ $10 per polyp!Elegance corals that live!Acanthastrea BowerbankiAcanthastrea HillaeThe craziest anemones I have ever seen!!!ZoosInsane Scolys, Cynarias& many more!!Non-indo:More Insane LordsRhyzotrhocusDendrophyllia& Other Crazy Rare Corals!Make Sure you keep checking back for awesome corals @ great deals!!thanks,mike

New Micros!!!!

2007-06-09 23:13:57

I have a few beauties that I want to show off. If you are interested in any, just contact me at jen_dub@hotmail dot com or visit my website.SAINTS & SINNERS EASTER EGG APOLLO BLUEBERRY SWIRL FLASHBACK LORD PINK AND BLUE LORD To check out the rest of my blog, click here: http://blogs.frags.org/member.php?uid=4043 To view more pictures, click here: Ciao,Jen

I thought these were nice pics. Using my cheesy camera they are at least.

2007-06-04 00:42:52

goblin blogging...

2007-05-29 20:45:24

one banggai croakeddecided to make some changes to the tankreturned the maroonbtw does anyone know if maroons develop their spines or if theyre born with them?i got my clown as a baby and it didnt have spines, but i figured theyd grow in or something, and they never did

Just a little about me and my saltwater addiction.

2007-05-29 19:32:45

I knew I'd finally succomb to writing a little something in here. My name is Bill. I'm currently going to Minnesota State University, Mankato for Ecology. I plan to eventually get a job in the field of either Wildlife Biology or Marine Biology. The latter being more of the preferred choice obviously. I got a late start on school since I first joined the military a year out of high school. I first got into saltwater aquaria after the military in early 2004. I sarted out with a 30g mixed reef with mainly softies. I soon added a 55g and started to gethooked on SPS. I then transitioned to a 75g and quickly to my current 125g SPS dominated reef. I already have my next tank ordered. Its being made by Aquarium Obsessed. It's 60" x 36" x 24" roughly 210g Starfire glass on front and sides and the eurobrace with an external overflow.My current 125g holds roughly 175lbs of live rock many of which are show size. The majority of my reef structure is made up of only 3 rocks. I have a few soft corals but mainly LPS and SPS. As you can see from the full tank shot mainly Acropora. Don't worry about the Sohal tang, I bought him at a local pet store about a month ago knowing I was getting my bigger tank. He was/is just too amazing to pass up and I knew I would give him as good of a life as possible in a fish tank. He about 9 or 10 inches. My lighting and filtration will stay the same for my new tank with the addition of one more 250W halide. My skimmer is a DIY version of a Deltec. It has an 11" wide body and a total height of 37". My sump which I just finished is roughly the size of a standard 75g tank made out of 3/8" acrylic. It has a 20g refugium which I plan to house a Fiji Mud bed with macro algae and a nice large Mantis Shrimp. My lighting is handled my a DIY Oak hanging canopy that has 1-250W 10K and 2-250W 20K Radiums along with 2-165W super actinic VHO's. My actinics are on 10 hours a day and my halides about 8 hours a day. I occasionally run a bag of carbon and also run a small UV sterilizer.Feeding is done my an automatic feeder with formula 2 flake food. I also spot feed many of my LPS corals with mysis and brine shrimp. I culture my own phytoplankton and plan to soon start culturing rotifers. I have a pair of breeding Tomato clownfish and want to try and raise some of their eggs to maturity. I think it would be an interesting experience.I have a DIY calcium reactor that supplies my alkalinity and calcium needs.I'll leave you with some pictures. If you have any questions or comments please feel free.

New Echino

2007-05-26 22:07:07

What a score this was. This interesting Echino was in a shipment from Indonesia 5 weeks ago. It's about time that a new coral hit the scene. I call it the Miami Hurricane for the similar colors to the University of Miami.i I thought I would share with everyone. I wonder what else is out there in the vat ocean?

INSANE AUSSIE ACAN

2007-05-26 17:08:33

Frags of my New Aussie Acans are for Sale & Trade. I really would like to do some trades for Non indo micros, Tyree red watermelon, and sps.www.eyecatchingcoral.comThanks,JimSportsguy247@aol.com

Cyber-Reef.com Come to our website and see more

2007-05-24 04:43:36

goblin blog!

2007-05-23 20:32:42

my tank:40g oceanic stretch hexlit by current usa t5sfiltered by an emperor 400aquaclear powerhead runninglive rock/sandcolt coralxeniamushrooms, mostly bluelong tentacled anemonetrumpet coralthree tridacna clams1 maroon clownfish1 neon goby2 banggai cardinals1 brittlestar2 sandsifter stars4 electric blue crabsa dozen snails

Australian Acanthastrea

2007-05-15 15:28:41

I've had the privlege of obtaining some wild Australian Acanthastrea. I've been waiting a long time for something like this to happen. Some of you may know me and my love for Acanthastrea. I've been collecting them for about 5 years. But I've never purchased a wild colony. Up until now all my colonies were grown from frags from fellow reefers. This is my first step into wild collecting.And with out further ado, some pictures.Orange FlamesLemon LimeAlien Eye AcanCherry BombEvil EyeMicroLord AcanMicroLord ColonyMicroLord with the FlashPastel Aussie AcanPink and Purple Aussie AcanPink and Purple Acan fragSnowflake Aussie AcanOrange Flame FragOrange Flame, Micro Lord, Evil Eye and Cherry Bomb Group photo with ActinicsAnother Group shotI'd also like to thank Reefphotos.org for the web space to host these photos. My webspace was deleted and all my old photos not active anymore.

Vol 1 - May 12 07...........The Beginning

2007-05-12 22:30:44

Hello and thanks for taking time to read volume 1 of my first blog. I have no preconceived format so this will to say the least, be a work in progress. I thought I'd start out by telling you all a little about myself, my reef experience, and my current set-ups.I turned 40 in March of this year and am well on my way to executing the mid-life crisis I've been planning since I was in my 20's. Nothing completely"life changing", but if it didn't change my life in some way, there wouldn't be much needfor a crisis half-way throughlife now would there. I've been in the Air Force for almost 19 years and I'm currently stationed inLas Vegas. TanksMy primary tank is a 72 Gal Bowfront with a 30 Gal sump/refugium. I have a 48" 560W Outer Orbit lightover it with 2- 150W MH's, and 2-130W PC's withwhiteLED lunar lights. Currently using a Coralife 125 Needle Wheel Skimmerwith modded impellar for increased bubble chopping. I did the fishing line weave throughout the needle wheel splines mod foundon Reef Central's DIY forum. Mysump/refugium is home made to maximize spacein a bowfront stand. I split myoverflow returns and runabout 60% of it to the sump side for the skimmer, and about 40% through a refugium filled with a 3" sand bed, 15 lbs of LR, and chaeto. Both sides overflow (skimmer side through baffles to reduce micro bubbles) into a center sectionwhere my return pump sits. I am using aQuiet One 5000 right now and am pretty happy with it. Inside thedisplay tank, I have 2 Hydor (model 3) Koralia's, anda Tunze. Ialso take care of my sons 12 Gal Nanocube. It's a stock setup with the exceptionof the return pump. I removed thefactory installed returnpump and lines and replaced them with a Maxi-Jet 1200 and a Hydor water deflector to increase circulation and surface agitation for increased oxygen.I had my first saltwater tank in 1997 when I was stationed in Omaha, NE. I converted a 55 Galinto a FOWLR and just learned the basics of the hobby.I took the tank down when IPCS'd in 2000 and putmy next one up in 2003. I bought a 54 corner tank previously established so I avoided having to cycle it. I had that tank for just short of2 months when I felt the need to upgrade.I got lucky and bought a previously established 72 Bowfront tank, which is the one I currently run. Not to say I haven't felt that need to upgrade once again, but since I am retiring in a little over a year, I thought it would be best for all to wait until I retire and decide whether or not I'm going to stay working here in Vegas, or move elsewhere. We all know what an undertaking moving a reef tank is like so the urge to upgrade is kept in check quite easily....all I have to do is stand in front of my tank, look at all of that "stuff", then imagine taking it down, packing it, selling what can't be moved more than across town, etc and I quickly find myself content with what I have right here...right now.Well, I think that about covers it. I've also purchased a new Canon digital camera and a 100mm Macro lens so I hope to get some pictures up soon.Thanks for taking time to read my Blog. If you have any similarities, let me know so I can read youBlog's as well ok?Cheers, Rob

Grand Opening of Mrcoral.com

2007-05-12 17:27:01

Hello, Everyone. I just want to introduce myself. My name is Sonny Impellizzzeri and I'm the owner of www.Mrcoral.com . We just launchour site today and we are excited to bring everyone what they want great coral at great prices. Please check us out and join the mailing list and be the 1st to get updates on new corals posted daily. Also, just for joining you will get $10.00 off if you would like to place a order. I'm looking for feedback on the site!! Any suggestion please send me a email.Thanks againSonny Impellizzeriwww.Mrcoral.com

New site - reefphotos.org!

2007-05-08 01:54:55

Thought we'd announce our new site that launched today - www.reefphotos.org.The site is designed as a "flickr.com" for reefers. Basically, its a service where you can organize and share your photos. People can comment on them, and we also provides free hosting of unlimited reef-related photos. That means you can be embed links to your images on frags.org, reefblogs.org (if you haven't noticed, we renamed blogs.frags.org to reefblogs.org), and even discussion forums.The way you organize photos is by using "tags". This is a commonly used way on other sites to create a structure without having to predefine a rigid hierarchy before a site like thisis launched. This also means that the collection of tags will grow over time, and more popular tags will appear larger in font size as they are used more and more.Please let us know what you think!

Cold Water Anyone?????????

2007-05-01 23:10:35

Hey Everyone,Just thought I would share some photos of my new obsession.These are all coldwater animalsMore Pics To come!!!!!! Enjoy,Mikewww.thecaptivereef.com

cyber-reef.com WYSIWYG

2007-05-01 02:52:37

update to (new to frags.org,)

2007-04-30 02:11:34

hi, i just wanted to take a minute to say hello to everyone. i am looking to start a aquacultured coral facility in my town. any suggestions, contacts, or pure advice would be greatly appreciated. a long timefriend of mine ( terry b.) is also interested, im looking to partner up with him. he recently started to frag and split several different corals in his collection, once we know they recover and will continue to thrive i'll be listing them with frags. i hope to have several frags offered real soon. anyone with a line on acrylic( sheet and or tubes ) would be a big help. i am also looking for waste, or rather cut off pieces that may be unwanted. ( i guess none of its really a waste! lol ) i'minto building my own sumps, tanks, and wanting to try my first protein skimmer ! i am currently networking to try and gather a nice list oflike minded people with whom we can possibly benifit from each other. anyway, i want to thank youfor taking the time out to read and i hope to be meeting people (espescialy local )real soon.thanks, joeyat joepitts71@yahoo.comxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxwell i first want to thank you who took the time to read , next id like to ask if anyone has suggestions for me to better get a hand on starting my own aquacultured coral facility. i just heard my partner ( terry b. ) has just hada 4'× 4' × 2' acrilic tank built to use as a starter frag tank compleate with racks. next step is to get the sump and refuge built, it has to be large enough to eventualy add severalof the above units to. i question if we should cut down on the depth of the tanks. i just think it would beeasier if it wasnt 4'. any and all comments will be appreciated. i will keep you updated as i move closerto achiving my goal. thank you, joey at joepitts71@yahoo.com

PPE's

2007-04-27 23:49:43

I have some PPE Purple People Eater Frags ready to go. NO WAITING LISTwww.eyecatchingcoral.com

EyeCatchingCoral.com --- Updates

2007-04-26 14:07:28

Website updated. Check www.eyecatchingcoral.com for updates.

Are we raising coral to be temperature intolerant?

2007-04-25 16:37:10

As an experienced diver in the Caribbean - I have over 400 dives - and a novice reef keeper, I have been doing significant reading on keeping coral (healthy). One reoccuring theme has been the need for a constant temperature in your tank. I have read several blog/forum entries about people losing some, most or all of there coral from just a single sustained degree increase in temperature. My observations during my dives though contradict the temperature sensitivity of corals in the wide. (I am assuming captive and wild corals behave similarly.) During most dives, you encounter several thermaclines. Sometimes temperatures change 12 degrees in a matter of 5 feet or the temperature changes while maintaining a constant depth. Reefs must deal with this on a daily basis. The underwater currents are always changing and creating "hot" and "cold" spots. The water temperature also changes from winter, average of 72 - 74,to summer, average of 82 - 88. Water temperatures also vary from night to day due to solar heating. I just returned from a trip to St. Thomas on April 21, and the water temperature was 84 in the passage between St. Thomas and St John on April 16. The next day it was 78. I snorkeled a shall protected reef that was 3 - 6 feet deep and the water was 88 degrees. The corals were thriving in this area too.By having such consistant temperatures in our tanks, are we breeding temperature intolerance into our corals? Would a temperature variance create more resistant corals or more closelysimulate natural conditions? Your comments are welcome and appreciated.I have a 24 gallon nano tank with 2 anemones, 2 clown fish, a tiger-stripe gobi, and 2 damsels. I also have 6 hermit crabs, 4 snails, and a coral banded shrimp. The tank sustained a die-off during my trip due to a 44 hour power outage. The house got into the mid-60's and I had no water circulation, but miraculously I only had 4 fish and an anemone die. The numbers above represent the replenished tank.

Darn DHL

2007-04-20 21:44:09

Priority shipment went out yesterday with a bunch of corals, supposed to be delivered this morning pre 10:30am. It's still stuck in Riverside, CA! They say it will be here tomorrow morning - 48 hours later... we'll see what's left.

xenia elongae wanted, not mounted or close enough to drive and pick up

2007-04-20 05:49:57

I am also interested in mushrooms and zoos.

please visit our site to see more beautiful corals

2007-04-19 23:00:04

Update...

2007-04-19 10:34:23

We just updated our frag availibility. www.aquariumspecialty.com more new frags on the way once we can find time to take pictures...

Getting into Lobophyllia and Symphyllia

2007-04-18 11:30:08

So I've been reefkeeping for about 7 years. When you start out, the corals you get are pretty much all over the map - sun corals, daisy polyps, zoanthids, non-photosynthetics, its usually just a big free for all at your LFS and whatever looks pretty gets put into the tank. Yes I myself fell victim to this too - see my old website tank log from 2000 -- I see a sebae anemone and anudibranch!Then... after some good time reading the web and books, reefers upgrade usually to an SPS tank. These can be very fun, challenging, lots of trading with other reefers (using frags.org hopefully), and a good deal of focus on keeping those little sticks alive. Purple Monster, The Matrix, etc. I personally think its really fun to collect all the cool strains, exchange them with others, and demonstrate commitment to the hobby by growing them out. I've seen some reefers like Rich in Sacramento grow a huge Purple Monster colony which is a real sight to see (he was member #49 on frags.org).After keeping SPS, you might decide it really is a lot of work after a while, and those buggers are just too sensitive. Rich shut his tank down, Hugo in LA lost everything in a electrical outage, or if you've moved around over the years like me, just the sheer effort of starting/shuttin down/moving/starting up again, you'll find that there are other corals that are more conducive to a reef-life balance, particularly if you have kids!Idecided recently to get back into a new reef tank style based on larger pieces of LPS. I've had smaller LPS like acans and micros, I've done several SPS tanks, I've done the beginner pot pourri tank, and now going onto my 8th year of reefkeeping, I'm going to try larger LPS like Lobophyllia, Symphyllia, and see what kind of aquascape I can create.Wish me luck!Here are some pics from over the years:

All of our Coral are What you see is What you get

2007-04-18 02:19:13

Blue and Green Monti

2007-04-16 20:31:29

chalice watermelon

2007-04-13 11:39:07

$10 FRAGS

2007-04-11 10:16:38

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New Updates @ www.EyeCatchingCoral.com

2007-04-10 13:15:53

I added some new corals to the website. I also changed the look a bit. I am working to upload about 20-30 more frags within the next few days. I am also looking to trade with other small high end stores if anyone is interested. Take care.Thanks for your time,Jim

Japanes Micromussa

2007-04-10 13:00:31

FragCity Exclusive! ~neon green daisy polyps~

2007-04-07 01:49:41

Monti Setosa

2007-04-05 01:12:41

LE Blue Chalice

2007-04-05 01:12:11

Turquoise Polyp Hot Pink Stylo

2007-04-05 01:11:33

Reefready.net Ice Pick Stag

2007-04-05 01:10:50

Reefready.net Grape Juice Acro

2007-04-05 01:10:16

Reefready.net Cloud 9 Acro

2007-04-05 01:09:40

Frag packs 6 for $100.00 or 12 for $180.00

2007-04-04 15:35:50

I am now shipping frags from my 120 again. If you would like 6 or 12 of the following , just email me at kmagyar@adelphia.net with your zip code and the frags your interetsed in and I will get back with you with shipping costs and availability of each frag.More Pics herehttp://users.adelphia.net/~kmagyar/http://users.adelphia.net/~kmagyar/03.22.07/index.htmlAll 6 for 100 or 12 for 180. I can fit up to 15 or more frags in a box.Millepora- -red, hairy-red very furry, not the same as above, a tad deeper red- super hairy ultra green- short polyp green- blue ORA, hairy polyp- peach base (takes allot of light to keep the peach base ) Protrata- blue with green polyp (personal fav) Stag- blue tip- teal- tan stagOther Acropora- a. toruosa ORA- tenuis- pink/red table- a. horrida teal green hairy -A. Validia tri color Stylophora- yellow furry- pinkPoccillipora- green ora- bright pink- green with pink baseOther Green or pink Zoosgreen starsPurple M. Cap Premium FragsYou can combine these with the 6 for 100 fresh cut frags, just add the difference.-ORA Tortuosa, 2”+ mounted 35.00 (1)-A.Horrida, teal green, busy mounted frags, very good size around, many branches. 25.00 (2)-Red Mille frags, large multi branch pieces 25.00. (3)-ORA blue mille frag 2” plus (1)35.00. Same as above but about twice the size. Thikand ready to go. -Rainbow Mille, mounted multi branch frags. (2) 25.00-A.tenuis, teal and blue , mounted double branch (1) 25.00-poccilipora damnicornis bright green mounted , extra large frag 15+ branches. 25.00-poccilipora damnicornis pink and green mounted, extra large frag 15+ branches 20.00-poccilipora damnicornis bright pink mounted 20.00-A. Yongie Blue slimmer, mounted frags (2) 1” mounted 20.00-ORA pillow. Mounted frags 25.00

Acan maxima

2007-04-04 14:06:17

Lime in the Sky

2007-04-04 14:05:30

Blue Tip Monti

2007-04-04 14:05:01

Looking for PPE's

2007-03-31 14:15:55

I am interested in purchasing some PPE polyps. This would need to be from someone who is willing to ship, since I live in Mississippi. I lost everything in my tank twice over the last year and a half (once to Hurricane Katrina, and again last year to a new defective central air cooling unit.) I'm just now getting brave enough to try again, but am starting out slow. Really want to get some true PPE's to replace the ones I lost, but am having trouble finding any except at inflated prices.

want xenia, zoos, and clove or star polyps!!

2007-03-30 09:18:39

I am looking for xenia in a location close enough that I can drive to pick it up, since it does not ship well. I have pom pom--the white--and am mostly looking for the brownish that forms stalks. Cannot seem to find any and the local aquarium place does not ever get it in. Please get in touch with me if you have some. sewingfrenzie@insightbb.com

First bad experience with a seller

2007-03-27 09:40:07

It is unfortunate that after purchasing many frags from here and having such good luck I finally had a bad experience with a seller. The seller was weimers75, she had some nice looking frags and although expensive, looked to be worth it. The communication was good and all looked to be in good order, but she was obviously inexperienced in shipping corals and out of the 8 polyps I ordered 5 died. At least the $40 purple death made it, although it has sand glued to the back of it. Since it is encased in superglue it may have a hard time reproducing anytime soon. The Starfire zoos I ordered arrived smashed, and although I told weimers75 this right after receipt, I was offered a 50% refund for them. The 5 polyp Cheeries I ordered looked better, only one was obviously smashed, 2 opened the first day, but the other 3 ended up dying. So you pay $65 for 8 polyps, the most I had ever paid by far, and 5 die because of poor shipping. Then a seller blames you, even though you told them they arrived damaged right after you received them.Very disappointing to say the least and one of the worst things is that I left appropriate feedback for the seller and then they just closed their account. So they will open it again under a different name and end up screwing someone else.

Just wanted to show some of the frags that are becoming available each day. check out this Green with Purple rim and white Polyp.

2007-03-26 18:39:41

One of my favorites for sure!

2007-03-26 18:37:26

three Adult Polyps with babies starting

2007-03-26 18:36:00

Blue deepwater Acro

2007-03-26 18:34:50

New generation captive breed baby elegance coral. Hardy and disease free. Don't miss!

2007-03-26 01:01:24

We are back up and running. Thanks for your patience. Here are just a few shots of some new pieces. more uploads coming all week. Give us a shout at ncreefworks.com Thanks

2007-03-25 23:47:24

Nice Blue highlights. more to come this week.

2007-03-25 23:44:13

Makes me want to dive right in!

2007-03-25 23:42:30