Saltwater Solutions

[TeresaQ]

does the store still have a web site. I am looking for a certian fish, and dont want to drive an hour if they dont have one.
I am looking for one of the lesser expensive fairy wrasses.

[keinreis]

Just call ryan. he does not have a web site yet.

[coralfarmer84]

what fairy wrasse are you looking for I've got a couple in the store 596 8019

[TeresaQ]

i'm looking at longfin, carpenters, whip fin (may ne the same as longfin) one of the less expensive ones that are reef safe. dont want to spend 50 bucks on one. :D
maybe i'll come down to the store tomorrow. I still have some corals i need to trade in if its ok.
Teresa

[coralfarmer84]

i don't have any of the ones your mentioned however i have a few cheaper fairy wrasses that are small and reef safe.

[Dawn II]

coralfarmer- what is yout store?

[TeresaQ]

Hi Dawn, how are you. someone was asking about you the otherday on swf.com I think it was benter. He moved upnorth somewhere. How is your tank. The leather you gave me is doing great and really big.
Coralfarmer owns Salt water solutions now.

[Dawn II]

Hey, I'm great- hello to Benter! So, Coralfarmer is Ryan. . I'm glad the leather is doing great- The babies are growing back from where we removed it I hadn't been out much looking at corals for some time. Yesterday I went down to SW Solutions, and today to the Glass Ocean- they have some nice stuff! I gave both stores some business!

Regards, Dawn

[TeresaQ]

Ive never been to glass ocean-I guess i'll have to go look. I still need lots to fill us theis 150 gal. I did pick up a couple new fish to day at sws.

[Dawn II]

Glass Ocean is just past Lowe's on 41. How long is your tank up and running?

[TeresaQ]

we moved in to our new home in nov. everything from my 2 yr old 55 gal went in there.

[coralfarmer84]

dawn where did you get your chevron, they are gorgeous fish

[Dawn II]

Funny you should ask. A year ago, I was searching for a Chevron- it was one of those times when no one had one. Fernando got one in, and he looked pretty nice, and he said he'd eaten. I took him home and put him in QT. This was Fri. He nibbled a little on the rock, but took no food offerings. By Sun. he has just swimming back and forth nervously. I called Fernando who suggested I acclimate him to the reef- "perhaps there was something in my QT, as it's in the laundry room." After a long acclimation- I put him in the reef. When I fed the other fish, he swam around excitedly, but on close observation- ate nothing. The next morning he came out, ate nothing, and died a few hours later. He was really stuck in the rocks, and had to take the tank partially apart. Fernando felt it was myQT tank- as it's in the laundry room (I'm extremely careful). I took the chevron to my vet- who's very knowledgeable about fish ( he once anesthetized my regal, and fixed him). He did a necropsy and could find nothing- could be cyanide- but for that testing, it would have involved sending him out, and considerable more expense. This left me with no resolution. I went to George's at Reef Aquar.- bought a clown- who was next on my list, put him in the QT (along with all the laundry detergent) and he was, of course a- ok. Long story short, Fernando had a Kole that he'd had for a couple of weeks and was fine, so I decided to have him hold him (originally, I was between a Kole and a Chevron) When I came to get him a few days later, something had happened to him the day before, and he had died. I was livid, had I come 2 days earlier, I would have taken home a perfectly fine fish, who would have once again died on my watch! These are the kind of things that make people leave this hobby. It's tough enough- not knowing how things are collected, or at what depth, etc. It took me a while to step foot in the store again. A couple of weeks later, I bought Daphne, my current Chevron, from Rich at Boardroom. That was about a year ago.
Probably more info than you wanted to know!
The orange sponge looks nice in the tank- but I can' find him in the books. What is his scietific name? Regards, Dawn

[coralfarmer84]

Yea I hear a lot of stories about Fernando and how he ran his store, I hope with a lot of hard work I can bring back all the people who stopped coming to the store.

[Dawn II]

Don't get me wrong,Fernando is a nice guy- this is the type of thing that happens at lots of lfs

[coralfarmer84]

Yea i understand, its all part of the hobby. Fish are the only pets in the world that can refuse to eat and starve to death. Its just one of those things....