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Forum: Florida Panhandle Reefkeepers 01/11/2008, 08:44 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,631
Posted By AnOldSalt
I'll most likely be there, one way or another.

I'll most likely be there, one way or another.
Forum: Florida Panhandle Reefkeepers 01/07/2008, 09:06 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,270
Posted By AnOldSalt
*whew* I'm sure glad I didn't already...

*whew*

I'm sure glad I didn't already undertake the byzantine process of getting that day off from work, which I now realize I wouldn't have gotten anyway since they would have assumed I only...
Forum: Florida Panhandle Reefkeepers 01/06/2008, 11:28 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 991
Posted By AnOldSalt
Aragonite is a TYPE of limestone, just like...

Aragonite is a TYPE of limestone, just like calcite and dolomite are different types.

Aragonite is so useful to us, and much more so than those others, because the molecular structure of this type...
Forum: Florida Panhandle Reefkeepers 01/04/2008, 09:06 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 991
Posted By AnOldSalt
Unless they brought it back, Southdown is...

Unless they brought it back, Southdown is history. As I recall, they found out about us reefers, who represented a large percentage of their customer base while they didn't even know it, and were...
Forum: Florida Panhandle Reefkeepers 01/04/2008, 08:49 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,467
Posted By AnOldSalt
Well, dang. I just don't see how I can make it....

Well, dang. I just don't see how I can make it. I'll be down next month, but not this time.

The Louisville Marine Aquarium Society ( LMAS ) and Brooklyn Aquarium Society both have good examples of...
Forum: Florida Panhandle Reefkeepers 12/31/2007, 01:14 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 1,387
Posted By AnOldSalt
Glass drilling saws and bits are hard to find...

Glass drilling saws and bits are hard to find anywhere else but ebay, it seems, but there you'll find plenty of them and cheap. Do yourself a big favor and get a right & proper hole saw. Trying to...
Forum: Florida Panhandle Reefkeepers 12/31/2007, 11:56 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,467
Posted By AnOldSalt
I haven't gotten the day off, but I'm going to...

I haven't gotten the day off, but I'm going to try to be there anyway, even though it'll be a logistical nightmare.
Forum: Florida Panhandle Reefkeepers 12/30/2007, 01:29 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 954
Posted By AnOldSalt
Almost. The tanks are long gone, but the racks...

Almost.
The tanks are long gone, but the racks and shelves and vats and a bunch of old junk and drygoods are still there, waiting for me to do SOMETHING with them.
The building is in a fantastic...
Forum: Florida Panhandle Reefkeepers 12/30/2007, 09:04 AM
Replies: 13
Poll: aqua farming
Views: 548
Posted By AnOldSalt
You might have noticed the ads in the Thrifty...

You might have noticed the ads in the Thrifty Nickel several months ago offering a few dozen 220-240 gallon tanks for $100 each? That was the guy. The name of the place will come to me eventually,...
Forum: Florida Panhandle Reefkeepers 12/30/2007, 08:53 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 954
Posted By AnOldSalt
You guys might have liked my old store. 6500+...

You guys might have liked my old store. 6500+ gallons, 2200 of them saltwater, and everything quarantined for 6 weeks before moving out to the for-sale tanks. 120 tanks, most of them 30 gallons or...
Forum: Florida Panhandle Reefkeepers 12/29/2007, 08:50 AM
Replies: 13
Poll: aqua farming
Views: 548
Posted By AnOldSalt
I would think that the real question is: Are...

I would think that the real question is:

Are you even ABLE to produce wholesale quantities?

If 3 or 4 stores use up your whole inventory for 3 months at a time, then you're not making a dime....
Forum: Florida Panhandle Reefkeepers 12/28/2007, 09:02 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 652
Posted By AnOldSalt
Sorry to wander even further off topic, but is...

Sorry to wander even further off topic, but is Dr. "Sneaky" Pete Rizzo still at A&M the last you checked? What a character! He's got a band on the side, and I've got a couple of his hilarious albums....
Forum: Florida Panhandle Reefkeepers 12/27/2007, 01:40 PM
Replies: 16
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Views: 725
Posted By AnOldSalt
You realize that the shrimp can't possibly keep...

You realize that the shrimp can't possibly keep up with the ickies forever, don't you? One of these days something is bound to go wrong, and WHAMMO!

KEEP treating them, you say? Does that mean...
Forum: Florida Panhandle Reefkeepers 12/27/2007, 01:12 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 950
Posted By AnOldSalt
I shouldn't have too much trouble with the Feb 3...

I shouldn't have too much trouble with the Feb 3 meeting, but Jan 6 is looking mighty tricky. 2pm on Sunday is a tough time for me since I work at night and 2pm is the "middle of the night" for me....
Forum: Florida Panhandle Reefkeepers 12/27/2007, 03:54 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 595
Posted By AnOldSalt
This is a 40 breeder, then? Are you offering it...

This is a 40 breeder, then? Are you offering it for sale here, or just telling us about it?
How much do you want for it? I've been looking for a 40 breeder for months. Is it an actual aquarium, or a...
Forum: Florida Panhandle Reefkeepers 12/25/2007, 01:26 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 325
Posted By AnOldSalt
A growing sponge is generally a safe sponge. Even...

A growing sponge is generally a safe sponge. Even the bad ones are mostly harmless unless they get chewed on or otherwise don't make it.

Do any of you have any motile sponges in your tanks? ...
Forum: Florida Panhandle Reefkeepers 12/25/2007, 02:10 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,524
Posted By AnOldSalt
Wow. Things really do change. Reef...

Wow.

Things really do change.

Reef tanks, EXOTIC species instead of strictly local Gulf stuff...
Forum: Florida Panhandle Reefkeepers 12/25/2007, 01:53 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 342
Posted By AnOldSalt
Do you know how to raise them? As shrimp go...

Do you know how to raise them? As shrimp go they're fairly easy, not that any shrimp are easy.

There s a book available on the subject called "How to raise and train your peppermint shrimp." It's...
Forum: Marine Plants & Macroalgae 12/23/2007, 09:50 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 680
Posted By AnOldSalt
Hey, that's a beauty. Gracilaria is a highly...

Hey, that's a beauty.

Gracilaria is a highly variable species which drives people nuts when trying to identify it.

I think you have some in this specimen, and the specimen in the pic seems to...
Forum: Marine Plants & Macroalgae 12/23/2007, 09:26 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,591
Posted By AnOldSalt
I might be a bit of a weirdo in this regard, but...

I might be a bit of a weirdo in this regard, but I love Caulerpas, all of them, and actually grow them on purpose. I'm not exactly the Takashi Amano of saltwater, but I do like to build heavily...
Forum: Florida Panhandle Reefkeepers 12/23/2007, 08:53 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 275
Posted By AnOldSalt
I subscribe to this, and I'm happy to say that...

I subscribe to this, and I'm happy to say that after quite a bit of effort, I own a copy of every issue. Thanks ebay!

Coral is set apart from all the other mags in that each issue has a theme....
Forum: Florida Panhandle Reefkeepers 12/23/2007, 08:43 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,524
Posted By AnOldSalt
Did you get it for yourself or for the Gulfarium?...

Did you get it for yourself or for the Gulfarium?
I can't believe Greg would actually spring for something like that! Will wonders never cease?
Come to think of it, is that old one I made still in...
Forum: The Fish Breeding Forum 12/18/2007, 10:18 AM
Replies: 93
Views: 18,233
Posted By AnOldSalt
I used to use blackthunda's method all the time,...

I used to use blackthunda's method all the time, and it worked well. The fry are easy to feed when corralled in the breeder net like that. The only catch is you have to keep the sides of the net...
Forum: Marine Plants & Macroalgae 12/18/2007, 10:06 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 614
Posted By AnOldSalt
The taller one looks to me like Caulaerpa...

The taller one looks to me like Caulaerpa racemosa peltata.
You might have some Enteromorpha in there, too.
I can't quite make out the short one. Avrainvillia? Halimeda? I can't tell.
Forum: Florida Panhandle Reefkeepers 12/18/2007, 09:52 AM
Replies: 65
Views: 1,441
Posted By AnOldSalt
Well, I guess that's that. Here's a goofy...

Well, I guess that's that.

Here's a goofy question, though:

Isn't there a fullblown red tide currently in effect?
Aren't many of you pretty close to the beach?

I used to have all sorts of...
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