Corals and fish for sale

[rick051074]

I am having some algea problems so I want to sell what I have to restart the tank.

Open Brain - $40

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/rick051074/P7210030.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/rick051074/P7300066.jpg

Hammer Coral - $20

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/rick051074/P7210032.jpg

Bubble Coral - $10
no good pic

GSP rock - $15
no good pic a little bigger than a baseball

Zoa Rock - $15

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/rick051074/P6220025.jpg

Ricordia - $10
no good pic, 2-3 heads

Xenia - $5
no good pic

Devils hand leather - $5
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/rick051074/P6050002.jpg

Hippo tang (only to good home of 125gal or more) - $50
about 5in



http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/rick051074/P6010038.jpg

Yellow Tang (only to good home of 75gal or more) - $20

see above pic

2 Green Chromis - $4 ea or $7 for both


Rick

[CH]

Dibs on the hammer!

[rick051074]

CH let me know when you want it. Sooner better than later. I will prob. start taking the tank down tonight. THIS STUFF NEEDS TO GO!!

[Willie41]

I'll take leather.

[rick051074]

Also I will add the xenia, leather, and ric may not look that good. Mainly because my lights have not been all all day. Thats why they are cheap.

[CH]

I could probably run by this afternoon or evening. On my way home from work would be great, depending on where you live.

[rick051074]

Ok I am not sure about this evening. I work until 7pm and then may have somewhere to be. I will let you know more when I know more. thanks

[CH]

No problem let me know what works. I my be interested in a Ricordia too, but for sure the hammer.

[Willie41]

What about leather?

[rick051074]

You can have the leather I just wanted people to know they dont look the best at the moment.


On a side note I hope I dont have to cancel this but my wife is less than pleased about getting rid of the tangs. But I dont see an alternative.

[Willie41]

Whats your address?

[rick051074]

I will let everyone know what time I plan on being home tonight as soon as I know.

[Willie41]

OK

[kau_cinta_ku]

sorry to hear you have to take the tank down. i would take the zoo's but won't be in omaha till the 20th:( there isn't anyone that will keep your tangs till you get up and going again? so your wife can still keep them

[CH]

Yeah, I would hang on to one of them for you, but I just don't know how hard it would be to get back out. I wouldn't want to tear apart my tank to try and remove them!

[Willie41]

When can corals be picked up?

[rick051074]

Sorry I got home really late last night. Here is the deal. I am really torn on what to do. I guess at the moment I am still willing to sell the stuff but I must have everything spoken for before I let it go. It would make no sense for me to sell only a few things as I would still be in the same boat. I hope you understand. Also anyone have any idea what percentage of water can be replaced without causing a cycle? I really wish I could get this water cleared up and avoid all this.

Rick

[Willie41]

Check on Vivid Aquariums website. Its tells you everything about cycling a tank.

[kj]

Rick give your tank a chance before you take it down .Try 25 gal water changes every other week .do you have some form of calalpa in your sump?

[CH]

Yeah, I would jsut start doing water changes. When I upgraded to my 75 from a 29, I mixed about 50-60 gallons of new water, then just started doing daily changes, so that eventually the water was the same in both tanks. Then I moved everything over, and never had any type of cycle at all. The 29 is still being used as the sump, so in reality, i added 75 gallons of new water to my tank with no visible cycle.

What type of algae problem are you having? The pictures seem to look fine to me, although I think you could use a lot more rock.

[rick051074]

Ok everything is on hold. Sorry
I dont and never planned to stop all together. I just thought the easiest way to get things under control would be to start over. My new skimmer should be ready today and I will see how that goes. The main problem is the aglea in the water column so the water is a green cloud. This has happened twice since going BB and I dont know why. Maybe I am not cleaning enough, not enough flow, need more rocks. I dunno. I also have a seio 1500 coming tomorrow so maybe that will help. Thanks for the support and I promise frags when avail. to those that where interested.

Rick

[CH]

Hey, no problem. Although I'm bummed on not getting a hammer!:(
But that's ok, there will be other opportunities!

If there is anything I can do to help you out, let me know.

Good luck!

Chris

[kj]

Rick you can try carbon pads or phosphate pads they sell them at aqua pets they will clean your water of alge in the water column.I would also add more rock to your tank .Good luck

[WedThursFri]

Yes, good luck. I was going to suggest reading up on phosphate before I got to kj's post. John

[kau_cinta_ku]

i don't know to much about a bb tank but have you thought about trying a uv light for a couple of days? i had thr green water thing before and i used a uv light and it cleared things up in a couple of days

[rick051074]

Originally posted by kau_cinta_ku
i don't know to much about a bb tank but have you thought about trying a uv light for a couple of days? i had thr green water thing before and i used a uv light and it cleared things up in a couple of days

I would but I dont have a UV :(
I just hooked up my new skimmer and the test run looked good. I will keep everyone posted. Thanks again for the help.

Rick

[kau_cinta_ku]

well you can use mine only for the distance thing but if it is still green by the 20th i will bring it with me when i drop off the wife at the airport and then be able to pick it back up when i go back to get her

just tring to help.

[rick051074]

Originally posted by kau_cinta_ku
well you can use mine only for the distance thing but if it is still green by the 20th i will bring it with me when i drop off the wife at the airport and then be able to pick it back up when i go back to get her

just tring to help.

Wow thanks for the offer. I will let you know how it goes the next few weeks.
Thanks

Rick

[anydarnthing]

Rick if your willing to pick one up you can use my UV sterilizer until it clears up since I don't have any fish in quarentine just in jail until I find better homes. Its a 15w with a rio 600 pump on it and its set up to hang on the back. You'll have to clean it up first since I have a little copper in the QT its on now.

[rick051074]

Originally posted by anydamnthing
Rick if your willing to pick one up you can use my UV sterilizer until it clears up since I don't have any fish in quarentine just in jail until I find better homes. Its a 15w with a rio 600 pump on it and its set up to hang on the back. You'll have to clean it up first since I have a little copper in the QT its on now.

Awesome, you guys are great. I may take you up on that. My skimmer took out a bunch overnight and I hope the same today. I will let you know if I want to take you up on that offer. Thanks again.

Rick

[rick051074]

Hey anydamnthing, I would like to take you up on that offer if it is still avail. I did a ~90% water change Sat. and it is beginning to cloud again. It seems better in the morning and then then it seems to feed on the lights. Please let me know thanks.

Rick

[rick051074]

Well I have had the UV I bought up and running for about 24hrs. and boy am I impressed. The water has more than doubled in clarity. I guess it should be cleared up in another day or two. Once again thanks for the support and assistance.

Rick