Free stuff to first one that claims them!

cainchristy · 06/04/2006, 11:40 AM

Hey guys. I just pulled off several heads of Xenia that originally came from Mariner at the Nashville Frag swap. Yours for the taking. Also, I've got a nice plate coral that I don't want, so that's yours too. I was going to drive down to Newby's and give it to him, and I thought some of you might want it?

The Xenia is in a container in the tank at the moment. It's still pulsing, so I would say it's going to be ok, but I didn't try to attach it to anything. Pulled it off Friday evening. I live in Woodville. Anyone?

cainchristy · 06/04/2006, 01:50 PM

Gone. Local reefer took it off my hands!

buzzbait00 · 06/26/2006, 05:54 PM

Im starting a 75g on a tight buget!It looks bare.I need anything I can get!Especialy live rock!!!and I live close to Woodville!

cainchristy · 06/26/2006, 11:36 PM

Aww, that stinks! I seem to always come up short too!

I usually have way more Xenia than I want, so you are welcome to that after I give this one frag I promised away. It shouldn't be too long before it splits again.

Mr James · 06/27/2006, 05:57 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by buzzbait00
Im starting a 75g on a tight buget!It looks bare.I need anything I can get! Especialy live rock!!!and I live close to Woodville!

Even though this hobby is not for the tight budgetted, I will give you some Cheato (for your fuge) and a small frag of Kenya Tree if you pay for shipping on both?? Or you can pick them up. I am in northwest Florida in Crestview.

buzzbait00 · 06/27/2006, 10:13 AM

You guys are great!
ill send u my number
Mr james i dont have a fuge.It would have to be hidden and my stand only has two cabnets (10 by 16)on either side and has shelves the middle.How much do ya think shipping will be?I will be in Destin the first week in Aug.
Do you guys think 10 By 16 is big enough for a fuge?That would be right aginst the walls.
THANKS!THANKS!

Tomoko Schum · 06/27/2006, 10:38 AM

If you are willing to come to Madison, I can share some corals with you. I have some beautiful pink pompom xenia, some zoanthids, GSP, finger leather, etc.

Tomoko

buzzbait00 · 06/27/2006, 11:49 AM

Tomoko many thank!
My mother lives in Madison and I will be visiting her Thursday!If thats not good for you just name a time and Ill be there.Ill p.m. you my number.
Thanks so much!

buzzbait00 · 06/27/2006, 12:21 PM

you guys are wonderful!and so is this site!I was going to ask THE AQUARIUM SHOP if they would take the title to my truck..lol!
I was bumbed out because of a algea bloom(see my gallery)but now I am excited about getting new stuff.

p.s.thats my dog Jessie

Mr James · 06/27/2006, 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by buzzbait00
You guys are great!
Mr james How much do ya think shipping will be?I will be in Destin the first week in Aug.

Shipping would need to be no more then 2 day air or whatever. Since we live so close, I can't imagine it would take that long to shiop, but I don't know. Shipping is usually the killer. I live about 30 minutes from Destin. If you want to look me up on your way home, (you have to pass through Crestvieww to get to the highway because of the military base here), let me know and you can stop and get a frag of it and possibly some others if I have extra. I've got a 180g with 5 chromis and only a handful of frags, so I am bare too. When it gets closer, keep my name and remind me. We can hook up somewhere along the way. James

Nitroq2 · 06/28/2006, 01:59 PM

You are going to need some more rock if you are not going to run a fuge, also by looking at your tank where is the circulation? You will need some powerheads if you dont have some. Maybe I am overlooking them. But I too have a frag of or two I could give you but I dont think it will make it in those conditions. Also without water movement you will only have another bloom. Not getting down on you just would hate to give away stuff knowing it wont have a fighting chance. Also what kind of lighting do you have?
Allen

Tomoko Schum · 06/28/2006, 06:34 PM

Hmm, I don't see any pump or powerhead, either. Nitroq2 brought up very important points. You also need a protein skimmer if you don't have one yet.

What corals do you have in your tank? Is that an anemone I see on top of the rock? If so, you may need more light.

Live rocks are probably cheaper at Coral Reef Aquatics. You can also use base rocks (and lace rocks) in addition to live rocks to keep the cost down.

If you are not going to use a fuge, you can still tuck some cheatomorpha behind rocks to help keep the water clean.

How's the cloudy water situation? It seems to me that you have a phytoplankton bloom since your tank picture seem to have greenish haze. Your ammonia, nitrate counts may be low because phyto is using them up. Of course it could be just a bacteria bloom like Mariner pointed out in another thread.

Tomoko

buzzbait00 · 06/28/2006, 08:10 PM

I've got a 550 powerhead and fixing to add another.My very next purchase will be a skimmer(on a budget)hopefully next week!
30lbs base rock
10lbs of live fegi
anemone
1 frag green star polup
1 '' yellow polup
all doing well!

If anything goes wrong I have a 20g with a few damsels thats been up for a year and doing great.

Nitroq2 · 06/28/2006, 09:03 PM

Good deal that will definately help out. I have some xenia I can pass along and probably a frag of Green Star Polyps. I am just south of Jasper. What kind of lighting you got on there?

buzzbait00 · 06/28/2006, 09:11 PM

Lights are on my list too!for the 75 I have a 48in NO atintic and a full spectrum but on the 20 a24in coralife pc

buzzbait00 · 06/28/2006, 09:15 PM

Tomoko in the 75 i've got pea soup for water wish I had a uv sterilizer!but everybody in the tank seems fine

Tomoko Schum · 06/29/2006, 12:03 PM

An UV sterilizer or a diatom filter is the fastest way to get rid of the pea soup. The third one is copper, but you don't want to go that route.

You can also reduce the nitrate and phosphate to starve the phyto, too. The best thing for a nutrient export is chaetomorpha and a lot of it. Let macroalgae outcompete the phytoplankton. A good skimmer, activated carbon, and some phosphate remover helps a lot, too. I will give you some live rotifers when you come over. Rotifers feed on a variety of phytoplankton.

Are you feeding your livestock in 75G? Adding too much food is usually the main cause of too much nutrients in the water.

Tomoko

Tomoko Schum · 06/29/2006, 07:22 PM

I almost forgot another effective way to get rid of phytoplankton. If you can move all your corals and anemone to your 20 gallon tank (you can leave other livestock in your 75G tank), I suggest that you turn off the light and cover up your 75 gallon with a quilt or a heavy blanket for 5 to 6 days. You need to shut out light completely to kill the phyto growing in your tank. Even a small amount of light will keep phytoplankton going, so don't lift the blanket to feed your livestock during the light-out period. Keep your filter with activated carbon and phosphate remover going. After 5 to 6 days of no light, your water should be clear.

Tomoko

baddraw · 07/09/2006, 05:32 PM

Do any of you locals have any low light zoo's? i am also on a budget and just had to pick a very expensive hobby, i must say though coral reef aquatics has been great to deal with. I'm hoping to fill up the bareness of the rocks in my tank with some kind of life.

stolaas · 07/19/2006, 01:28 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tomoko Schum
If you are willing to come to Madison, I can share some corals with you. I have some beautiful pink pompom xenia, some zoanthids, GSP, finger leather, etc.

Tomoko

I live in Madison. I have been looking around for some reefers here but having a hard time trying to find some. I only have two corals right now, a brown button and green starburst. I would love to meet you and look at your tank. And if you want to "borrow" me a frag or two that would be great too lol

Tomoko Schum · 07/19/2006, 08:49 AM

Hi stolaas,

We have a number of people in Madison-Huntsville area. You can come over to take a look at my tank, too, if you'd like. A number of us often cross our paths at Coral Reef Aquatics (John Newby's shop) on weekends.

Tomoko

baddraw · 07/19/2006, 08:58 AM

Hmm maybe we should wear a reefcentral name tag when we all go to Johns???

buzzbait00 · 07/19/2006, 10:25 AM

baddraw and stolaas!
It seems we are all in the same boat!I lost alot of my Tank money in Vegas last month and Im leaving for Destin in a few weeks.I was thinking maybe we could go in on a catalog/net order maby in mid to late August.Split shipping!Tomoko refered me to two catalogs, Doctors foster&smith and That Fish Place or Live Fish Delivery.com and LiveAquaria.com

Buzz!

Tomoko Schum · 07/19/2006, 11:12 AM

Before placing orders from these catalogs, check with John Newby and see if he can match the prices. He often can match online prices. Even if his prices are slightly higher, you can always expect good services from him. You can pick and choose from what he gets in. If something does not work, you can get a replacement pretty easily. I even ask him to hold livestock for me for a week or two to see if the livestock will recover well from the stress of shipping. I am using his tanks kind of like a substitute QT tank

For something he cannot get, I have organized a few group buys and split shipping. The most recent one was a group purchase of clean up crew and some zoa from Aquatic Island: http://www.aquaticisland.com/
It was a great success. Their service was great and the livestock was superb.

Tomoko

stolaas · 07/19/2006, 11:58 AM

This sounds great. I have been going to Lucy' Lagoon, nice guy there. I don't know where Coral Reef Aquatics is, can someone tell me? Yea splitting an order would be good. I get all my equipment from Foster&Smith but there shipping on Livestock is crazy. Splitting it would be nice. But if John Newby will match online prices we mights as well go there to save the shipping. Tomoko, I would love to come by sometime. By the way, is Tomoko Japanese? I see you are a translator, I am teaching myself Japanese.

06/04/2006, 11:40 AM	#1
cainchristy Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: North Alabama Posts: 194	Free stuff to first one that claims them! Hey guys. I just pulled off several heads of Xenia that originally came from Mariner at the Nashville Frag swap. Yours for the taking. Also, I've got a nice plate coral that I don't want, so that's yours too. I was going to drive down to Newby's and give it to him, and I thought some of you might want it? The Xenia is in a container in the tank at the moment. It's still pulsing, so I would say it's going to be ok, but I didn't try to attach it to anything. Pulled it off Friday evening. I live in Woodville. Anyone?

06/26/2006, 05:54 PM	#3
buzzbait00 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Hope,Al Posts: 426	I wished i had saw your post earlier! Im starting a 75g on a tight buget!It looks bare.I need anything I can get!Especialy live rock!!!and I live close to Woodville!

06/27/2006, 10:13 AM	#6
buzzbait00 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Hope,Al Posts: 426	You guys are great! ill send u my number Mr james i dont have a fuge.It would have to be hidden and my stand only has two cabnets (10 by 16)on either side and has shelves the middle.How much do ya think shipping will be?I will be in Destin the first week in Aug. Do you guys think 10 By 16 is big enough for a fuge?That would be right aginst the walls. THANKS!THANKS! __________________ Buzz! Current Tank Info: 75 with 20L DIY sump/fuge,mag 12 return,seio 820,AquaC Romara,6x54w T5's and a 20 set up for whatever

06/27/2006, 10:38 AM	#7
Tomoko Schum Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Madison, AL Posts: 4,159	If you are willing to come to Madison, I can share some corals with you. I have some beautiful pink pompom xenia, some zoanthids, GSP, finger leather, etc. Tomoko __________________ Avoiding work as usual... Current Tank Info: 15 gallon long nano reef tank with 110W PC and 180G with three 250W 14K SE MH & LumenBright reflectors

06/27/2006, 11:49 AM	#8
buzzbait00 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Hope,Al Posts: 426	Tomoko many thank! My mother lives in Madison and I will be visiting her Thursday!If thats not good for you just name a time and Ill be there.Ill p.m. you my number. Thanks so much! __________________ Buzz! Current Tank Info: 75 with 20L DIY sump/fuge,mag 12 return,seio 820,AquaC Romara,6x54w T5's and a 20 set up for whatever

06/04/2006, 01:50 PM	#2
cainchristy Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: North Alabama Posts: 194	Gone. Local reefer took it off my hands!

06/26/2006, 11:36 PM	#4
cainchristy Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: North Alabama Posts: 194	Aww, that stinks! I seem to always come up short too! I usually have way more Xenia than I want, so you are welcome to that after I give this one frag I promised away. It shouldn't be too long before it splits again.

06/27/2006, 12:21 PM	#9
buzzbait00 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Hope,Al Posts: 426	you guys are wonderful!and so is this site!I was going to ask THE AQUARIUM SHOP if they would take the title to my truck..lol! I was bumbed out because of a algea bloom(see my gallery)but now I am excited about getting new stuff. p.s.thats my dog Jessie __________________ Buzz! Current Tank Info: 75 with 20L DIY sump/fuge,mag 12 return,seio 820,AquaC Romara,6x54w T5's and a 20 set up for whatever Last edited by buzzbait00; 06/27/2006 at 12:35 PM.

06/28/2006, 01:59 PM	#11
Nitroq2 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Jasper, Alabama Posts: 830	You are going to need some more rock if you are not going to run a fuge, also by looking at your tank where is the circulation? You will need some powerheads if you dont have some. Maybe I am overlooking them. But I too have a frag of or two I could give you but I dont think it will make it in those conditions. Also without water movement you will only have another bloom. Not getting down on you just would hate to give away stuff knowing it wont have a fighting chance. Also what kind of lighting do you have? Allen __________________ - Allen Current Tank Info: 90g Reef

06/28/2006, 06:34 PM	#12
Tomoko Schum Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Madison, AL Posts: 4,159	Hmm, I don't see any pump or powerhead, either. Nitroq2 brought up very important points. You also need a protein skimmer if you don't have one yet. What corals do you have in your tank? Is that an anemone I see on top of the rock? If so, you may need more light. Live rocks are probably cheaper at Coral Reef Aquatics. You can also use base rocks (and lace rocks) in addition to live rocks to keep the cost down. If you are not going to use a fuge, you can still tuck some cheatomorpha behind rocks to help keep the water clean. How's the cloudy water situation? It seems to me that you have a phytoplankton bloom since your tank picture seem to have greenish haze. Your ammonia, nitrate counts may be low because phyto is using them up. Of course it could be just a bacteria bloom like Mariner pointed out in another thread. Tomoko __________________ Avoiding work as usual... Current Tank Info: 15 gallon long nano reef tank with 110W PC and 180G with three 250W 14K SE MH & LumenBright reflectors

06/28/2006, 08:10 PM	#13
buzzbait00 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Hope,Al Posts: 426	I've got a 550 powerhead and fixing to add another.My very next purchase will be a skimmer(on a budget)hopefully next week! 30lbs base rock 10lbs of live fegi anemone 1 frag green star polup 1 '' yellow polup all doing well! If anything goes wrong I have a 20g with a few damsels thats been up for a year and doing great. __________________ Buzz! Current Tank Info: 75 with 20L DIY sump/fuge,mag 12 return,seio 820,AquaC Romara,6x54w T5's and a 20 set up for whatever

06/28/2006, 09:03 PM	#14
Nitroq2 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Jasper, Alabama Posts: 830	Good deal that will definately help out. I have some xenia I can pass along and probably a frag of Green Star Polyps. I am just south of Jasper. What kind of lighting you got on there? __________________ - Allen Current Tank Info: 90g Reef

06/28/2006, 09:11 PM	#15
buzzbait00 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Hope,Al Posts: 426	Lights are on my list too!for the 75 I have a 48in NO atintic and a full spectrum but on the 20 a24in coralife pc __________________ Buzz! Current Tank Info: 75 with 20L DIY sump/fuge,mag 12 return,seio 820,AquaC Romara,6x54w T5's and a 20 set up for whatever

06/28/2006, 09:15 PM	#16
buzzbait00 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Hope,Al Posts: 426	Tomoko in the 75 i've got pea soup for water wish I had a uv sterilizer!but everybody in the tank seems fine __________________ Buzz! Current Tank Info: 75 with 20L DIY sump/fuge,mag 12 return,seio 820,AquaC Romara,6x54w T5's and a 20 set up for whatever

06/29/2006, 12:03 PM	#17
Tomoko Schum Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Madison, AL Posts: 4,159	An UV sterilizer or a diatom filter is the fastest way to get rid of the pea soup. The third one is copper, but you don't want to go that route. You can also reduce the nitrate and phosphate to starve the phyto, too. The best thing for a nutrient export is chaetomorpha and a lot of it. Let macroalgae outcompete the phytoplankton. A good skimmer, activated carbon, and some phosphate remover helps a lot, too. I will give you some live rotifers when you come over. Rotifers feed on a variety of phytoplankton. Are you feeding your livestock in 75G? Adding too much food is usually the main cause of too much nutrients in the water. Tomoko __________________ Avoiding work as usual... Current Tank Info: 15 gallon long nano reef tank with 110W PC and 180G with three 250W 14K SE MH & LumenBright reflectors

06/29/2006, 07:22 PM	#18
Tomoko Schum Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Madison, AL Posts: 4,159	I almost forgot another effective way to get rid of phytoplankton. If you can move all your corals and anemone to your 20 gallon tank (you can leave other livestock in your 75G tank), I suggest that you turn off the light and cover up your 75 gallon with a quilt or a heavy blanket for 5 to 6 days. You need to shut out light completely to kill the phyto growing in your tank. Even a small amount of light will keep phytoplankton going, so don't lift the blanket to feed your livestock during the light-out period. Keep your filter with activated carbon and phosphate remover going. After 5 to 6 days of no light, your water should be clear. Tomoko __________________ Avoiding work as usual... Current Tank Info: 15 gallon long nano reef tank with 110W PC and 180G with three 250W 14K SE MH & LumenBright reflectors

07/09/2006, 05:32 PM	#19
baddraw Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 93	Do any of you locals have any low light zoo's? i am also on a budget and just had to pick a very expensive hobby, i must say though coral reef aquatics has been great to deal with. I'm hoping to fill up the bareness of the rocks in my tank with some kind of life.

07/19/2006, 08:49 AM	#21
Tomoko Schum Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Madison, AL Posts: 4,159	Hi stolaas, We have a number of people in Madison-Huntsville area. You can come over to take a look at my tank, too, if you'd like. A number of us often cross our paths at Coral Reef Aquatics (John Newby's shop) on weekends. Tomoko __________________ Avoiding work as usual... Current Tank Info: 15 gallon long nano reef tank with 110W PC and 180G with three 250W 14K SE MH & LumenBright reflectors

07/19/2006, 08:58 AM	#22
baddraw Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 93	Hmm maybe we should wear a reefcentral name tag when we all go to Johns???

07/19/2006, 10:25 AM	#23
buzzbait00 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Hope,Al Posts: 426	baddraw and stolaas! It seems we are all in the same boat!I lost alot of my Tank money in Vegas last month and Im leaving for Destin in a few weeks.I was thinking maybe we could go in on a catalog/net order maby in mid to late August.Split shipping!Tomoko refered me to two catalogs, Doctors foster&smith and That Fish Place or Live Fish Delivery.com and LiveAquaria.com Buzz! __________________ Buzz! Current Tank Info: 75 with 20L DIY sump/fuge,mag 12 return,seio 820,AquaC Romara,6x54w T5's and a 20 set up for whatever

07/19/2006, 11:12 AM	#24
Tomoko Schum Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Madison, AL Posts: 4,159	Before placing orders from these catalogs, check with John Newby and see if he can match the prices. He often can match online prices. Even if his prices are slightly higher, you can always expect good services from him. You can pick and choose from what he gets in. If something does not work, you can get a replacement pretty easily. I even ask him to hold livestock for me for a week or two to see if the livestock will recover well from the stress of shipping. I am using his tanks kind of like a substitute QT tank For something he cannot get, I have organized a few group buys and split shipping. The most recent one was a group purchase of clean up crew and some zoa from Aquatic Island: http://www.aquaticisland.com/ It was a great success. Their service was great and the livestock was superb. Tomoko __________________ Avoiding work as usual... Current Tank Info: 15 gallon long nano reef tank with 110W PC and 180G with three 250W 14K SE MH & LumenBright reflectors

07/19/2006, 11:58 AM	#25
stolaas Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Big Cove, AL Posts: 286	This sounds great. I have been going to Lucy' Lagoon, nice guy there. I don't know where Coral Reef Aquatics is, can someone tell me? Yea splitting an order would be good. I get all my equipment from Foster&Smith but there shipping on Livestock is crazy. Splitting it would be nice. But if John Newby will match online prices we mights as well go there to save the shipping. Tomoko, I would love to come by sometime. By the way, is Tomoko Japanese? I see you are a translator, I am teaching myself Japanese. __________________ Curtis Current Tank Info: 150g Through Wall Reef - Separate Sump Room