North Central PA Aquarium Reef Society Feb. Meeting Date and Frag List

[71goalie]

good luck - maybe i'll see you there if i make it.

[JonK]

Any of you guys make it to Something Fishy? What did you get?

Jon

[71goalie]

TOOO MMUUUCCCCHHHH!!!!!!

Bangi Cardinal, Green Chromis(to school with one we already had), Hammer coral, some polyps, some other corals i don't remember the name of that my wife picked out, frozen food.

to top it off, i upgraded my lighting from 2 36" flourescent strips to 192W PC fixture. just floating things now. can't wait to see the tank with the fixture on it!!!

[71goalie]

I need some guidance on how long i should run the fixture -

I was planning on just running one bulb for awhile, then slowly increase the amount of time for the second bulb. any suggestions? it is the double bulb coralife fixture.

[JonK]

WOW!!! Don't forget to save some room for the corals you get at the swap! I'm going to head over tomorrow and hopefully he will still have a Coral Beauty left. Keep us posted on the Banggai, you might need to feed some live brine to get it to eat. Alot of people have been having problems keeping Banggai Cardinals alive. How much were the Banggai's if you don't mind me asking.
Did he have any of them left?

Jon

[JonK]

When I went from my 4 40 watt NO lighting to 440 watts of VHO I kept the lighting schedule the same, I didn't notice anything react badly to it but I didn't have that many corals at the time.

Jon

[Tagamet]

Originally posted by JonK
When I went from my 4 40 watt NO lighting to 440 watts of VHO I kept the lighting schedule the same, I didn't notice anything react badly to it but I didn't have that many corals at the time.
Jon

When ByTor "hooked me up" with all those SPS, he had me cut back DRASTICALLY on the photoperiod. I am/was very new to SPS and my LPS/softies were used to 12 hours of light. Since there was a major difference in lighting across our tanks, he had me start the SPS off at 6 hours, with the 2 X VHO's on for the 12 hours. The photoperiod was to increase by 30 minutes every two weeks, so I'm at 8.5 hours of MH now. Even cutting back, I blame the lights for some of the early bleaching, because some of the ones that I moved under overhangs have since started to color up.
I think the LPS might not like a major shift in Wattage, but I doubt the 'shrooms and softies would actually be harmed.
Oh, BTW, I'm home. I-80 is a sheet of ice and snow, over the mountains near Lock Haven. Fortunately, most people did slow down.
I'm acclimating the new guys now.

Goalie, nice seeing you and your better half. (She's a lot prettier than you are (g)).
Tagamet

[bmkindig]

hey jon where were you when i was selling my coral beauty?hope you guys didn't clean todd out b-4 i get there sun am.
later
brad

[Tagamet]

Originally posted by bmkindig
hey jon where were you when i was selling my coral beauty?hope you guys didn't clean todd out b-4 i get there sun am.
later
brad

When I got there, they said that someone had bought a lot of the acros this morning (groan). Fortunately, there was still a good selection to buy before you get there tomorrow (evil grin). As mentioned, they were "buy 2 and get the 3rd free". Since I can't even GET SPS out here in the boonies (except by the kindness of strangers), I bought 4 "pair" and got 4 for free. I tried to talk Todd into letting me have a dozen, but he wouldn't go for that. Instead I just got 12. The individuals are green, purple, or powder blue. Beautiful critters. Todd calls them "nano colonies" which is a nice way to say "fully formed, and WAY past frag size, but not adult colony size". The billing as "nano colonies" is accurate, though, because in a nano they'd be just about as big as you'd want in there.
I just got done acclimating them and placing them in "shady" spots. Now we keep our fingers crossed....Miserable drive home with snow and ice. Well worth it, though.

Tagamet

[Mal3]

Can anyone of you tell me if too fishy had a copperband butterfly?

What was his stock like? I would have time to go up there before the Eagles Game.

[nixnutz]

Tag,

Were the nano acros nano priced? :) Seriously...how much were they and are there any left? I may have to make a run down there tomorrow if he's got more. LMK.

Rahn

[Tagamet]

Originally posted by Mal3
Can anyone of you tell me if too fishy had a copperband butterfly?

What was his stock like? I would have time to go up there before the Eagles Game.

Are the Eagles playing? (jk). I didn't notice a CBB, but I was concentrating on the corals. All of the fish I looked at looked healthy, but many would have just arrived last week. The vast majority of the corals looked great. The exception was the tank to the right, behind the entrance door, in the corner. They all looked rough. Might have been discards from the recent shipment though. They had some great looking hammers, frogspawns, and LPS. HTH,
Tagamet

[Tagamet]

Originally posted by nixnutz
Tag,
Were the nano acros nano priced? :) Seriously...how much were they and are there any left? I may have to make a run down there tomorrow if he's got more. LMK.
Rahn

They were $25 each, so $50/3 = $16.67 each (plus the governors pound of flesh). There might have been 18 to 20 SPS there when I left, which was pretty much closing time.
Well worth the drive for me, but that's just me. You're about an hour closer.
Tagamet

[nixnutz]

Originally posted by Tagamet
They were $25 each, so $50/3 = $16.67 each (plus the governors pound of flesh). There might have been 18 to 20 SPS there when I left, which was pretty much closing time.
Well worth the drive for me, but that's just me. You're about an hour closer.
Tagamet

Break out the digital camera and let's see them! :eek2: :lol:

Rahn

[Tagamet]

Originally posted by nixnutz
Break out the digital camera and let's see them! :eek2: :lol:

Rahn

Sorry, I turned the halides off to let them adjust. Maybe tomorrow. All of them are very similar in shape, and pretty much "plain vanilla" acro shaped. Some are a bit spikier, but most have club shaped branches. I'd say most of them have 15 - 20 short branches.
Tagamet

[JonK]

Tag,

Did you notice if they had any Coral Beauty Angelfish left? Good to hear you made it home okay. I didn't feel like dragging all the kids w/ me so I didn't get over there. I haven't been over there in a while but it sounds like he got a good shipment in.

Jon

[nixnutz]

Originally posted by Tagamet
Sorry, I turned the halides off to let them adjust. Maybe tomorrow. All of them are very similar in shape, and pretty much "plain vanilla" acro shaped. Some are a bit spikier, but most have club shaped branches. I'd say most of them have 15 - 20 short branches.
Tagamet

Yeah...you're pretty sorry :D (jk). Sounds like they were a nice grab and good colors. I think I'll have to make the trip tomorrow. You got the kids tomorrow JonK? I'll let ya know if I'm heading down there.

Thanks for the info Tag! :thumbsup:

Rahn

[Tagamet]

Originally posted by nixnutz
Yeah...you're pretty sorry :D (jk). Sounds like they were a nice grab and good colors. I think I'll have to make the trip tomorrow. You got the kids tomorrow JonK? I'll let ya know if I'm heading down there.
Thanks for the info Tag! :thumbsup:
Rahn

Nix,
Stay tuned, I couldn't stand it, so I turned on the lights and snapped a few pictures. I'll post here, when I have them uploaded into my gallery. Most of them aren't as nicely colored, given this rude treatment today, but it'll give you an idea.
HTH,
Tagamet

[nixnutz]

Originally posted by Tagamet
Nix,
Stay tuned, I couldn't stand it, so I turned on the lights and snapped a few pictures. I'll post here, when I have them uploaded into my gallery. Most of them aren't as nicely colored, given this rude treatment today, but it'll give you an idea.
HTH,
Tagamet

COOLNESS!!! Proud papa gotta show off the new babies...LOL :lol: You're all right Tag. I don't care what Brad says about ya!

Rahn

[Tagamet]

Originally posted by nixnutz
COOLNESS!!! ...

.... I don't care what Brad says about ya!
Rahn

Consider the source....

Tagamet

[JonK]

Rahn,

Just post or PM me if you end up going down and let me know when you think you might be there. I'll have the boys but my daughter has a cheering meet tomorrow so the wife will be with her. Maybe Mal will meet us over there too.

Jon

[71goalie]

i don't remember seeing a coral beauty - i saw a flame angel and a black angel (looks alot like a coral beaty [to me atleast]). just got everything situated and the two fish are in the hospital tank. todd told me the bangaii was already readily eating flake and frozen food, which gave me some confidence. hopefully SHE'LL eat for me tomorrow. The light fixture is awesome. it really works well. the tank looks even better now. now i just need to figure out where the next tank is going to go! :)

[Tagamet]

Originally posted by 71goalie


hopefully SHE'LL eat for me tomorrow. ...... now i just need to figure out where the next tank is going to go! :)

Heehee, inside joke.
Tagamet

PS pics will be posted in gallery momentarily

[71goalie]

JonK - the cardinal was $20.

they had something i never saw before (and of course my wife fell in love with it) - a koko worm. it is in a hard white tube and looks like an orange christmas tree when it come out. they usually are $40. they were selling them for $30. i got a really nice hammer frag with 2 heads for $15. i got a korky finger gorgonian, a black quill gorgonian, and a nice piece of pagoda (like polyps). everything has already come out except for the korky finger.

[Tagamet]

Here you go. be warned, the colors are not exactly like they are in my tank, but then again, they looked better before driving them all pver the countryside. I'm really looking forward to seeing them after they get settled in.
Tagamet

[bmkindig]

hey tag
glad to hear you came down my way agian!!!!you where like 2-3 miles from my house next time warn me i'll meet you.at least to say hi.iguess since everyone is coming down this way and todd is 1 of our sponsers maybe i'll have to have the next meeting!!!

jon you know todds fish selection is usully weak hears mostly corals!!!!
later
brad

[bob124578]

Hey you guys are on right now so sorry for jumping in here but if you could help me ID this -- I think its a brain coral but not sure -- I have a pic too large to post. Send me your email address -- i'm at rs19148@comcast.net healps!

[nixnutz]

Originally posted by Tagamet
Here you go. be warned, the colors are not exactly like they are in my tank, but then again, they looked better before driving them all pver the countryside. I'm really looking forward to seeing them after they get settled in.
Tagamet

:thumbsup: They look great! Thanx for the pics. Now I'm definately heading down there tomorrow!

JonK--I'll PM you when I get outa bed in the morning.

Thanks Tag!

Rahn

[nixnutz]

Bob,

email me the pic. nixnutz at adelphia.net...

Rahn

[carribeanlovers]

tag - nice pics

[bmkindig]

hey ranh i'll be at something fishy like 10-11 if you wan't to meet me there.and bring my frags i live less then 5 mins away and you can see my reef but i have to go to work around 3:00
brad

[Tagamet]

Thanks all. Wait until I get that CA reactor crankin!

Tagamet

PS Carefull, the roads are really slick! Philly is calling for sleet toward daybreak, but that's to turn to rain after that. (clear for game time though)

[carribeanlovers]

Originally posted by JonK
I'm going to head over tomorrow and hopefully he will still have a Coral Beauty left.
Jon

I found one on the NJ Reefer's forum:

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=300997

[bmkindig]

sorry bob fuzzy pic
brad

rahn
i checked i'm getting 2 frags from you if you come down todd's moon polyps ,green purple yuma theres $10 toward a pumpi know the mag 12 is $89 cheaper then that fish place.
brad

[nixnutz]

Bob--Pic is too fuzzy to make out...second pic cannot open??

Brad--check here in the morning. I'll post as to whether I'll make it down or not. If I'm coming down I'll bring your frags. $89 is a good price, but I'd prefer the 18--know the price on that one??

Rahn

[bob124578]

sorry guys but thanks for trying...

[bmkindig]

hey ranh i just check my info,
mag 18 is 109.95 at s.f. and 115.99 at tfp
mag 24 is 124.95 at s.f. and 132.99 at tfp
good deal not i got mine on sale thou (lol)
i think i shouldget a peice of the pie for this these plug i've been putting in!!!!!
brad

[Mal3]

That Fish Place has a postcard in the store that gives you 10% off of any one item. I think that they are still doing that in January. You should call to be sure. They are redoing their fish room. They do not have much, so Todd's livestock is better than TFP for sure.

[JonK]

Originally posted by carribeanlovers
I found one on the NJ Reefer's forum:

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=300997

Thanks!! I'll have to find out how far away that guy is if Todd doesn't have any left at his store.

Jon

[JonK]

Tag,

Those nano colonies look real nice.

[Tagamet]

Originally posted by JonK
Tag,

Those nano colonies look real nice.
Thanks, JonK. Todd insists that every colony will color up differently in different tanks, which I partially agree with, but I think they'd hold the basic color in most instances. (Shrug)
Tagamet

[nixnutz]

Originally posted by Tagamet
Thanks, JonK. Todd insists that every colony will color up differently in different tanks, which I partially agree with, but I think they'd hold the basic color in most instances. (Shrug)
Tagamet

Tag,

Nice stuff! I stayed up till the pics were up. They look really good and seem to be pretty nice sized. I beleive I'm going to lock in the 4-wheel drive and head east. Gotta clear it with the boss first... :lol:

Rahn

[Tagamet]

Originally posted by nixnutz
Tag,
Nice stuff! I stayed up till the pics were up. They look really good and seem to be pretty nice sized. I beleive I'm going to lock in the 4-wheel drive and head east. Gotta clear it with the boss first... :lol:
Rahn

Nix, DON'T DO IT! I JUST got back from early church and the roads are horrible. Accidents EVERYWHERE! Don't risk it!
(I'll write back after I get back from Phishy with the last acros)
Tagamet

[bmkindig]

hey rahn
i' ready to go!!!!!!!!! but i got a 5 min drive
aren't you the man of the house!!1,
then make up your mind boss. lol
brad

[nixnutz]

Hey Brad...

Do you know how to contact JonK? I can bring his frags too if he wants. LMK.

Rahn

[yellowtruck75]

Tag
How long did it take you to get to Phishy Business?

ps: Its 10 now I hope the roads are ok at 1:00 to go from Lock Haven to Altoona.

[bmkindig]

rahn you got pm

[yellowtruck75]

make that Somthing Fishy

[bmkindig]

rahn more pm

[yellowtruck75]

Is Something Fishy worth the trip from Selinsgrove?

[bmkindig]

yellow
depends on what your into mostly hard corals and softies some clams some sps
check out the website toofishy.com
brad

[bmkindig]

cool rahn thanks
brad

[nixnutz]

Originally posted by bmkindig
cool rahn thanks
brad

I'm on my way out the door now...damn the elements! (Tag) See ya soon!

Rahn

[JonK]

It's snowing pretty good over here(Lehigh Valley, Allentown). You guys making the long trip be careful.

[Tagamet]

Originally posted by yellowtruck75
Is Something Fishy worth the trip from Selinsgrove?

That's a judgement call, but *I'll* be going back. Repeatedly.
It was close to 3 hours for me, but you're about 45 mins closer (but I drive like a madman).
I'd definitely call ahead, because things were FLYING out of the store. People elbowing each other to point at what they wanted (like Goalie and his wife, lol. I still have the marks to show for it. Her elbows are REALLY pointy!).
Tagamet

[bmkindig]

hey guys
$188 later nice shipment this week!!!
brad

[Mal3]

Due to the weather, I won't be getting there today.

[JonK]

Brad,

So what did you get?? I'm only twenty minutes away and I won't be going over either. Just don't want to deal with driving in this crap.

Jon

GO EAGLES!!!!!!!

[71goalie]

Tag - that is so funny. i was showing her your pictures last night and she was cursing you out!! all i kept hearing was "THAT WAS THE PIECE I WANTED!!!!" :D

[71goalie]

Gents -

Does anyone have a purple pulsing xenia to frag at the meeting? All I see is white. I just want to try a small piece in the tank.

[JonK]

Originally posted by 71goalie
Gents -

Does anyone have a purple pulsing xenia to frag at the meeting? All I see is white. I just want to try a small piece in the tank.


I have pink pulsing xenia. I might have a frag ready for the swap. Never saw purple though.

Jon

[carribeanlovers]

I wasn't able to go to the phishy place and some of you are talking about what you bought so I thought (if no one minds) that I would share the corals I just got from ebay. All three for $20.00.

These are the actual full corals not frags. I bought from the seller before and his corals are really nice.

Green Sea Whip

http://www.hpphoto.com/servlet/LinkPhoto?GUID=6e6a7b6e-5ebe-1978-75d1-2bc031f875d6&size=

Purple Gorgonian

http://www.hpphoto.com/servlet/LinkPhoto?GUID=7d00470e-51eb-8d6b-793f-1f01c5352657&size=

Yellow Fire Sponge

http://www.hpphoto.com/servlet/LinkPhoto?GUID=28343777-5149-6673-5bd4-daa72e571335&size=

[beerman0831]

Just added something to the swap site.

[Mal3]

carribeanlovers That was a great buy: How did you get them?Was it local buy or shipped? How much was shipping?

[carribeanlovers]

I got them from ebay. They are going to be shipped overnight UPS. I don't know of the shipping costs because I have an UPS account which is going to be billed when the seller sends the corals. The guy that I got these from is in florida.

[bmkindig]

goalie come over sometime and you can see mine fri maybe good
brad

[Mal3]

I posted some equipment on the site if anyone is interested.

[bob124578]

carribeanlovers, is that wmsamples from eBay? His shipping is typically $60 for two or more gorgonians. I have contacted him to buy off auction or in bulk but he always "raises" his prices when I ask. He quoted me $82 total for an item which auctioned for less then $20 before shipping. If you got all three for $20 then you did great! Congrats!! They are usually that much each.

Anyway, I'm not trying to take away from your good buy, but you gotta watch those eBayer's and the shipping charge scam. I sell on eBay too and so I see these guys items there all the time. McFish does the same but he states shipping prices up front and sells off auction for the same or lower prices.

Let us know what the shipping charges were when you find out.

[carribeanlovers]

bob- yes it is wmsamples - whatever the shipping is it will be exactly what it should be because we are not paying him. The shipment will be charged with our UPS account. The amount of the shipping is calculated by UPS not the person shipping them. So our charge most likely won't be what it would have been if we paid the seller. But thanks for your concern.

[carribeanlovers]

Talking about watching ebayers check out this auction LOL

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2980478516&category=1469

[bob124578]

Hey I need to set up an account then. That sounds like a way to be sure you dont get stung.

Who is that other seller with the fish? LOL OMG

[carribeanlovers]

I have had the account for about a year now and it is very nice. I haven't had any problems and it makes things easier. Go to www.ups.com and pick United States (of course), click on the shipping tab and near the bottom of the page click on open account. When you go there it seems like you can only set it up for a business but it's really for personal or business. Let me know if you have questions.:)

I couldn't believe that ebay didn't pull that auction with how picky they are.

[beerman0831]

I must bid on the invisible fish after the next beer.LOL.Hey just added more equipment to the site.

[nixnutz]

Originally posted by Mal3
Due to the weather, I won't be getting there today.

Probably wise of you Mal...The roads were terrible going there. The trip back was fine though. Really nice stuff at something fishy! Whoever was asking about a coral beauty, Todd's got at least one that I saw for $20. I also saw 2 Copperband ($20 ea.) Butterflies..I vaguely remember someone asking about those too. Lotsa stuff and well worth the trip.

I picked up a "6 pack" of nano acro colonies ($100) and a blue linkia starfish ($20)...Wooooo Hooooo!!! Thanx again for the heads up Tag!

Stopped by Brad's house to see his reef--Lookin' good Brad! Also met Kerry (reedercontracting) and his wife.

All in all it was worth the stress of driving in that mess.

Rahn

[Tagamet]

Originally posted by nixnutz

I picked up a "6 pack" of nano acro colonies ($100) and a blue linkia starfish ($20)...Wooooo Hooooo!!! Thanx again for the heads up Tag!

...All in all it was worth the stress of driving in that mess.
Rahn

Now it YOUR turn to share pics! Glad you made it back safe.
I think our club members probably bought Todd and Verionica a cruise this weekend.

Tagamet

[bugman426]

i hope i can still make it to the swap..


i have to convice my parents that its worth a 4 hour drive to pick up 4 small zoo frags and then drive anoter 4 hours home lol


Mike

[nixnutz]

Originally posted by Tagamet
Now it YOUR turn to share pics! Glad you made it back safe.
I think our club members probably bought Todd and Verionica a cruise this weekend.

Tagamet

Hmmmm...Lights are off...Oh well, I guess I'll turn em on... :lol: He's still got some nice "nano colonies" available. I hope they become a permanent part of his stock. :eek2:

Rahn

[Tagamet]

Originally posted by nixnutz
Hmmmm...Lights are off...Oh well, I guess I'll turn em on... :lol: He's still got some nice "nano colonies" available. I hope they become a permanent part of his stock. :eek2:
Rahn

It'd save hime some time if he just had them shipped directly to us:eek:

Tagamet

[Mal3]

I aaaaammm haaaaving a stttroke. If the EAGLES --- call the paramedics

[Tagamet]

Originally posted by Mal3
I aaaaammm haaaaving a stttroke. If the EAGLES --- call the paramedics

They sure don't look like Super Bowl material today.

Tagamet

[nixnutz]

Originally posted by Tagamet
Now it YOUR turn to share pics!

Tagamet

OK Tag...You asked for it!

Here's all 6 of 'em in the "frag basket" :

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/36172sps3.JPG

three on the right:

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/36172sps2-1.jpg

Two and a half on the left:

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/36172100_1433.JPG

and my favorite:

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/36172sps1-1.jpg

oh yeah...the starfish!!

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/36172100_1435.JPG

Thanx again Todd!!!

Rahn

[JonK]

Originally posted by Mal3
I aaaaammm haaaaving a stttroke. If the EAGLES --- call the paramedics


I get first dibs on Mal's frags he has reserved!!:lol:


Looks like the only thing I'm looking forward to in Feb. is the swap and not the Super Bowl.

:(

Jon

[nixnutz]

Brad has your frags...hope ya like 'em!!

Rahn

[Tagamet]

Originally posted by JonK
I get first dibs on Mal's frags he has reserved!!:lol:

:(
Jon

Boy, THAT's cold (lol). He doesn't call 911, he calls dibs.
(Oh yeah, second dibs!)

Tagamet

[JonK]

Originally posted by nixnutz
Brad has your frags...hope ya like 'em!!

Rahn

Rahn,

Brad e-mailed me. Thanks for bringing them down. If I knew you were going to do that I probably would have went down to Something Fishy. Thanks again, I can't wait to get them.

Jon

[Tagamet]

Nice pics! How the heck did Goalie's wife and I BOTH miss those!

Tagamet

[nixnutz]

Originally posted by Tagamet
Nice pics! How the heck did Goalie's wife and I BOTH miss those!

Tagamet

NAH NAH NAH NAH... :lol: Glad you guys missed 'em. I really wanted more, but... :rolleye1: next time!

Rahn

[CherryCat]

can someone explain to me, please, using itty bitty words, how a team can go to the nfc championship three years in a row and not win it??

ah, crud ... i'm bummin' ...

jc

ps- nice nanos, guys ... :)

[yellowtruck75]

nixnuts
Did you say that those 6 cost you $100 for all of them? Thats a deal. I think I will take a trip to Somethingy Fishy come spring break (early March).

[Tagamet]

Originally posted by yellowtruck75
nixnuts
Did you say that those 6 cost you $100 for all of them? Thats a deal. I think I will take a trip to Somethingy Fishy come spring break (early March).

They were $25 each, but buy 2 and get one free. So $16.67 each. That's a "special" and I don't know when it's over.

Tagamet

[Tagamet]

Originally posted by CherryCat
can someone explain to me, please, using itty bitty words, how a team can go to the nfc championship three years in a row and not win it??
ah, crud ... i'm bummin' ...
jc


Itty bitty words?

Dey suk'd.

Tagamet

[nixnutz]

Originally posted by CherryCat
can someone explain to me, please, using itty bitty words, how a team can go to the nfc championship three years in a row and not win it??

ah, crud ... i'm bummin' ...

jc

ps- nice nanos, guys ... :)

I think I'd use the words... "LATE HIT!!!" :mad2: ...changed the whole game.

Rahn

[nixnutz]

Originally posted by Tagamet
They were $25 each, but buy 2 and get one free. So $16.67 each. That's a "special" and I don't know when it's over.

Tagamet

Hopefully we spent enough money to instigate him into doing that more often... ;) If you're reading this Todd, keep 'em coming!!!

Rahn

[Tagamet]

Originally posted by nixnutz
I think I'd use the words... "LATE HIT!!!" :mad2: ...changed the whole game.

Rahn

So true. Not that it'd help, but can the player who committed that be fined by the league? Even if the official threw the flag, I fear that the result would have been the same. The ribs would have still been racked, so to speak.
Philly's fans aren't known for their forgiving nature. It's going to be one tough off season. (SIGH).

Tagamet

[bmkindig]

hey guys get off the bandwagon you sould i'll know by now the eagles are choke artists lol

rahn and tim
thanks for stopping bye my reef it made my miserable night at work enjoyalbe.i hate snow days to much extra work!!!
i was kind of worried thou i should have told you let know when you got home safely but bye the time i went to work the road were clearing.
jon
i got some 3 zoo rocks a neon green frogspawn, a red torch, and a green elegance
i finally found a mate for my black percula clown and i got a ornge bta for my wife's tank

sps lovers when i talked to todd today and said half of r/c was here this weekend he was happy but he said the sps people usually call him during the week and order or see whats beening ordered and there there at 10:00 sat am to pick things out.just some info.

[bmkindig]

hey rahn
you brought the wrong frags???

i thought the heat has cooled down from those corals that were reported missing from lock haven!!!!!!!!

brad

[Tagamet]

Originally posted by bmkindig
hey rahn
you brought the wrong frags???
i thought the heat has cooled down from those corals that were reported missing from lock haven!!!!!!!!
brad

All suspicious RC activity continues to be monitored and forwared to Tom Ridge

[bmkindig]

oopps i forgot thanks for reminding me tag.
lol lol lol
later
brad

[yellowtruck75]

Has the trading slowed down on the frag site? Well maybe its just for my frags (who wants to help out a cash hungry college student?)

[Tagamet]

Originally posted by yellowtruck75
Has the trading slowed down on the frag site? Well maybe its just for my frags (who wants to help out a cash hungry college student?)

"cash hungry college student" is redundant.

Tagamet

[yellowtruck75]

ok how about poor college student and freezing becasue my cheap apartment is the worst insulated place on earth.

[yellowtruck75]

ok how about poor college student and freezing becasue my cheap apartment is the worst insulated place on earth.

[Tagamet]

Originally posted by yellowtruck75
ok how about poor college student and freezing becasue my cheap apartment is the worst insulated place on earth.

ok how about poor college student and freezing becasue my cheap apartment is the worst insulated place on earth.

ok how about poor college student and freezing becasue my cheap apartment is the worst insulated place on earth.

Now, THAT'S redundant.
Tagamet

[yellowtruck75]

not to mention the mice in the walls that woke me up this morning :)

Back to to swap

Whats the address agian so i can look up directions

[JonK]

Yellowtruck: Address should be on the site with a link to mapquest.

I might have actually talked my wife into attending. She has to suffer through the swap since I suffered through a night of clubbing with her.:D

Jon

[yellowtruck75]

Thanks I found it now

[Tagamet]

Originally posted by JonK

I might have actually talked my wife into attending. She has to suffer through the swap since I suffered through a night of clubbing with her.:D
Jon

Clubbing? Like what they do to baby seals? Cool!

Tagamet

[bmkindig]

hey jon
way to take 1 for the team!!!!!!!!!!
brad

[carribeanlovers]

I guess my husband and I are lucky? We don't have any disagreement with reef stuff because we both are into it. Whatever we want we get it....no questions or problems :)

[carribeanlovers]

Is anyone having problems with RC? Everytime we go to do something it says their server is down.

[bmkindig]

same here and when she's along we spend 3 times as much!!!!!
brad

[Fizz71]

I don't have any problems with my wife either...oh wait...I'm not married. That would explain it, I guess.

And yellowtruck, I know I'm traded out. I'm in for like 20 things. It'd have to be something REALLY special for me to jump in on anything else this time around.

--Fizz

[Tagamet]

Originally posted by Fizz71
And yellowtruck, I know I'm traded out. I'm in for like 20 things. It'd have to be something REALLY special for me to jump in on anything else this time around.
--Fizz

Ditto!

Tagamet

[bmkindig]

hey
come on guys always $ for frags
i guess thats y i have so many i'm getting them delivered early to help keep me from going crazy looking for people!!!!
accaully correct me if i'm wrong guys
but i think rahn said sunday that fizz was working on name tags and some form of a layout where each reefer can be found or banners to put on the wall with that reefers name on it which i think is a good idea.
brad
rahn thanks agian for coming over sun i'm meeting jon tues to give him his frags you dropped off.

[zooqi]

wooowww, page 35,, I guess I have lots of reading to do tonight to get updated.

[Tagamet]

Originally posted by zooqi
wooowww, page 35,, I guess I have lots of reading to do tonight to get updated.

Welcome back, stranger!
Tagamet

[zooqi]

I've been hearing that allot lately. :D

[Fizz71]

I do have the badges typed up, and I'll do a page of a person's name that is trading to hang up on the wall.

I also wanted to say that I only have badges for those that are registered on the site and gave me a real name. If you have a spouse or a child in the head count for your login and you want me to print a badge for them ahead of time, you have to let me know their names (PM me). Otherwise I'll have some stick on badges there to write it on yourself.

I don't know what the place looks like, but when you come in I'll have your badge, a sign for you to hang and some tape lying around...find a spot, hang your sign, and chill. I am NOT going to print out a list of everybody's trades for each person, so please go to the web site and do that from the button on your "my trades" page the night before. I will however have print out a few copies of the trades page to keep around incase anybody forgets, but the button on the "my trades" pages is geared specifically for the user logged in.

See y'all in 20 days. :)

--Fizz

[CherryCat]

just to be difficult here ... if we all put up little signs on the walls (which are a great idea) and hang out by them, how are we gonna get to the guys/gals that have the stuff we want??

jc

ps- sorry, just stressing over a pathology exam i'm taking in a little bit ... ;)

[Fizz71]

I figure folks will leave there "stash" in their area, then folks can either come to them, or they can got to other folks when they have a minute. If you fear leaving your stuff unattended then do what you're comfortable with. The signs will make it easier to find each other since I know people are going to being moving around alot.

With the signs..if I show up to your sign and you're not there, I'll try back later or hunt you down. :) But I atleast know where you'll be once in a while.

--Fizz

[CherryCat]

alright, no more smarta** remarks from me today ... i got a 90 on my pathology exam!! woohoo!! :eek1:

jc

[bmkindig]

thanks fizz
i was hoping that was the right info.
there were 7 poeple with me at mo's last swap and none of them could find me i was on the mad search frag my frags and hardly knew who these people are.i think it will make things alot easier to if people know were to find the person there looking for maybe someone should bring an instant camera and we will post pics of ourselfs with our sign to put a name to a face!!!
brad

[71goalie]

i would hope that people would feel safe leaving their stuff. everyone on here seems like they are honorable people, trying to help each other out. i'd be really upset if we had problems.

finding and meeting different people is going to be most of the fun at the meeting. the rest of the fun will come when you place the frags in your tank. if you just were interested in the frag and not the company, than you could have just gone to a LFS!! you'll just have to walk up to someone and introduce yourself just like i did with tagamet at something fishy (my wife still couldn't believe i actually did that...)

[bmkindig]

true doug,
that how we meet the 1st time.
besides frags are a lot cheaper,and more fun to watch grow.
brad

[Fizz71]

For now...I have your account avatar on your badges...so please stop changing them (carribeanlovers ;)). I also have your online alias and real (first only) name if you provided it. There are only a few I don't know and didn't fill it out (mad_drama :)).

I'll probably put the same info on the printout to hang up. I think things will be a little different this time because we'll all be in the same room and be able to spread out. At mo's we had people in the living room, dining room, kichen, on the steps, in the hallway, on the porch and some stragglers out back and in the basement. I pity Mo's carpet...not that I can even be sure he had one since it was pretty coverd with boxes and feet! :) Props to Mo and his wife for putting up with us!

Anwyay. I'm assuming this fire hall is pretty big and will keep us all in the same locale. It should be a little easier for us.

--Fizz

[carribeanlovers]

:D

[bmkindig]

hey rahn, and others
jon just picked up his frags, and it was very saddening i almost cried.
my female black percula died while jon was here and she looked good yesterday.
and it doesn't look good for the res tipped touch either,it's got a res jelly like stuff on it. i'm doing a water change tomorrow for sure now i'm p.o.
brad

[Fizz71]

Originally posted by 71goalie
i would hope that people would feel safe leaving their stuff. everyone on here seems like they are honorable people, trying to help each other out. i'd be really upset if we had problems.


Well..when you open something up to EVERYBODY you run the risk of SOMEBODY screwing it up for the rest, but that being said I left my stuff anattended last time with no worries.

--Fizz

[71goalie]

this brings up a good point that since i'm new to this frag thing, i must ask. don't want to make brad an example, but based on his last message, here it goes. brad may have a coral with some type of disease or sickness. if i get a frag off of him that was in the some tank as his sick one and place it into my tank, will it affect the rest of my corals? I don't have a hospital tank for corals, only fish. the lighting in my hospital tank is unacceptable for corals.

[JonK]

Brad,

Thanks for holding the frags, it was nice to see your tank. Sorry about your black perc. That's why I have a hard time adding fish to my tank for fear of it giving something to my current inhabitants.

Rahn, I got the frags acclimating right now. They look great. Thanks for the early swap.:thumbsup:

It looks like Brad's torch got a brown jelly infection.


71goalie: I wouldn't worry about that....I've never quarintined corals from swaps or from LFS's. I'm sure others will chime in.


Jon

[carribeanlovers]

I was always wondering the same thing as 71goalie.

[yellowtruck75]

just to throw this out there but can our next meeting be a Saturday becuase of making the trip home, acclimating new frags then having to rush out to go back to school (if anyone else has this problem) and not being able to appreciate them. Just a thought if not then thats ok :)

[71goalie]

come on yellowtruck, we all know you sleep until noon and then go to your first class!!!!!

[bmkindig]

hey guys
thanks for putting me on the spot doug!!!!
i won't worry about reefers tank water there usually ok and won't sell sick stuff but pet store are in the business to make$ and sell everything and the have stuff coming and going from there tanks we have frag swaps mabe every 2-3 months
jon

good lucky with your frags
brad

[JonK]

Originally posted by yellowtruck75
just to throw this out there but can our next meeting be a Saturday becuase of making the trip home, acclimating new frags then having to rush out to go back to school (if anyone else has this problem) and not being able to appreciate them. Just a thought if not then thats ok :)

I was thinking the same thing. So I decided to take a vacation day on Monday.:cool:

[71goalie]

not putting you on the spot brad, just used you for my exampl. hope everything works out with the torch. I have a torch coral that had two heads at one time. one "melted" away. the other one is doing great. i'm not sure if my spotted hawkfish sat on it or it just got sick. i never saw any jelly stuff. it was just like it melted.

[JonK]

Tag,

I have a mini carpet for you. I'm going to list it so I have a record of it. Just click on the request button so your name is up there. We can just trade the mushroom for the anemone. Hopefully they will reproduce faster in your tank.

Thanks,
Jon

[Fizz71]

How many people out there actually quarantine ANY coral? I know some people who dip them, but quarantine? I don't have a QT tank with sufficient lighting to keep any coral alive for any decent length of time. My QT right now is an eclipse..no lighting upgrades. I acclimate, and that's it.

From what I've read, and PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong, it's far more common to get diseases from a fish than a coral. Now I've always wondered about how some of these softies are basically composed of tank water which means it's nearly impossible to not get the other person's tank water into your tank...but it's not that much...and I would think the water in the coral is somewhat "filtered"...but who know....not me, that's for sure. Bottom line...I don't QT because I don't have the ability to.

I think the real reason that I'm not concerned is that I'm trading corals that reproduced in other folks tanks which means to me that the disease risk is pretty low. Unlike dealer tanks that have things straight from the ocean.

Anyone else?

--Fizz

[nixnutz]

Originally posted by bmkindig
hey rahn, and others
jon just picked up his frags, and it was very saddening i almost cried.
my female black percula died while jon was here and she looked good yesterday.
and it doesn't look good for the res tipped touch either,it's got a res jelly like stuff on it. i'm doing a water change tomorrow for sure now i'm p.o.
brad

Correct me if I'm wrong here Brad (or if some one else here got the wrong impression from your post)...Are you implying that my stuff gave your stuff something that killed your fish and torch? I don't think (I certainly hope not) that's what he's saying folks. Especially when you consider that the frags I gave you went in the wife's tank (as I recall) and the perc and torch were in your tank.

I believe Brad was trying to let me know that Jon picked up his stuff. The part about the dead fish and torch was him venting/sharing. I believe they both (perc and torch) came from Todd's this past weekend, right?

I'm really sorry about the fish man. That perc was beautiful and seemed to be getting along well with the male. Hope the torch pulls through for you.

Originally posted by JonK
Rahn, I got the frags acclimating right now. They look great. Thanks for the early swap.

You're welcome dude. Glad you like them. Put that finger leather middle to high in the tank. It'll puff up and get nice and fuzzy for ya. I fragged those finger leathers over a month ago and they've been growin' real nicely. How 'bout some pics when ya can??

Rahn

[yellowtruck75]

I agree with you Fizz71 I never QT frags, I have enough confidence that the ones I am getting are healthy. If they are coming from an unhealthy tank I am hoping that the person trading them would hold off until everything was healthy. Basiclly if someone trades all sick corals and people complain on RC then no one will want their frags agian

[nixnutz]

Originally posted by 71goalie
this brings up a good point that since i'm new to this frag thing, i must ask. don't want to make brad an example, but based on his last message, here it goes. brad may have a coral with some type of disease or sickness. if i get a frag off of him that was in the some tank as his sick one and place it into my tank, will it affect the rest of my corals? I don't have a hospital tank for corals, only fish. the lighting in my hospital tank is unacceptable for corals.

I agree with Fizz also. I don't QT my corals. I take out a container full of tank water and thoroughly rinse them in that container with a turkey baster before putting them in my tank. Then I discard the "rinse" water in the sink. I never put the bag water in my tank, especially LFS bag water.

HTH

Rahn

[Fizz71]

I just wanted to let you folks out there that are still shopping know that I think Mad-drama made a mistake when he entered his frags...I sent him a PM so we'll see for sure soon...but he put up "20 available" but only "1 remaining" which means as soon as one person gets accepted, the frag is removed from the "trades" page. I think he has alot more to offer, but until he fixes his stuff (or asks me to do so) you need to go tot he "view all trades" sub-page to see his stuff.

--Fizz

[71goalie]

thanks for all your input.

nix - i wasn't stating that your frags got brad's sick. i was just using him as an example - a hypothetical. i was just wondering if i had anything to worry about. i saw on the swap site that someone removed his available frags because they got fungus. this just sat in the back of my head and i thought it was better to ask and find out other's opinions on the subject.

[Malcolm_C]

for those who care, i update my avaiblity on the website.

[Malcolm_C]

thanks fizz

[nixnutz]

Originally posted by 71goalie
thanks for all your input.

nix - i wasn't stating that your frags got brad's sick. i was just using him as an example - a hypothetical. i was just wondering if i had anything to worry about. i saw on the swap site that someone removed his available frags because they got fungus. this just sat in the back of my head and i thought it was better to ask and find out other's opinions on the subject.

No problem. I'm just making sure no one thinks that I gave Brad's tank some sort of fatal fish and coral disease. The way the thread was headed (and this could just be my hypersensitivity) it seemed like people may have gotten that impression.

Rahn

[71goalie]

i honestly apologize for that....

has anyone heard of dipping corals in fresh water before putting them into their display? does anyone do this? or do they do the rinse with tank water thing? just wondering.

[yellowtruck75]

I don't wanna sound stupid but I say that Mad_drama has a copod start kit listed with 10 bristles, 10 mysis, 5 mini sand snails, 10 spagetti worms.

I am just starting a refugium (just a PC light on my sump with some macro) and I don't know if I have any of these things in there. All I know is that in my main tank I have a ton of mini stars all over the glass day and night, some britsle worms and in my sump a bunch of white worms with red fans. Also at night I have a crap load of little guys running around my tank(can't really describe them but they are tiny and like fleas).

Are the things I listed some of the things Mad_drama has listed or am I on a whole different plane here? If so will these "critters" find their way from my main tank down to my refugium?

[JonK]

Originally posted by nixnutz
No problem. I'm just making sure no one thinks that I gave Brad's tank some sort of fatal fish and coral disease. The way the thread was headed (and this could just be my hypersensitivity) it seemed like people may have gotten that impression.

Rahn

Rahn,

I think it would help if Brad used some punctuation in his posts.
;) No one is trying to say your stuff gave his tank problems. He added a new perc to his tank and it probably introduced something to his other perc. The best thing to do is not put water from anyone else's tank in your tank. I was the one that posted about my Toadstools developing a fungus. When you frag corals you are exposing them. These "diseases" are always present and when you frag you make them even more exposed. If I would have been a little more proactive I probably could have saved most of those leather frags but I didn't think it would spread to all of them. I have fragged them again and these new frags are healthy and attaching. I might have a few to bring yet.

Jon

[JonK]

Originally posted by nixnutz
You're welcome dude. Glad you like them. Put that finger leather middle to high in the tank. It'll puff up and get nice and fuzzy for ya. I fragged those finger leathers over a month ago and they've been growin' real nicely. How 'bout some pics when ya can??

Rahn

For those of you that are getting a Finger Leather from Rahn your getting a very sweet coral.

How about flow Rahn? It's getting hit pretty hard right now so I'm thinking I might have to move it. It opened up a few minutes after being in the tank. The Ricordea looks great and I sewed the colt onto a rock so it probably won't be happy for a couple days.

Jon

[carribeanlovers]

I just wanted to let you guys know that I didn't think anyone gave anyone else's tank dieases. I understood that he was using it as an example. My suggestion for anyone here is in the future if your giving an example just use a fake name. This will avoid confusion and problems IMO. :)

[Malcolm_C]

"Are the things I listed some of the things Mad_drama has listed or am I on a whole different plane here? If so will these "critters" find their way from my main tank down to my refugium?"

i'm sure you have all the things i'm offering. these critters will make there way to your fuge. to speed it up, just get a turkey baster and transfer them your self.

[yellowtruck75]

Thanks Mad_drama

[nixnutz]

Originally posted by JonK
For those of you that are getting a Finger Leather from Rahn your getting a very sweet coral.

How about flow Rahn? It's getting hit pretty hard right now so I'm thinking I might have to move it. It opened up a few minutes after being in the tank. The Ricordea looks great and I sewed the colt onto a rock so it probably won't be happy for a couple days.

Jon

Hey Jon!

Glad you like the leather. I have the mother colony in medium flow and it opens nicely everyday. I have one of the frags in low flow and it's doing just as well. So I would say low-medium flow. I've never had it in high flow, so let me know how it does if ya keep it there.

I can tell you that the leather does not like the colt :D . I had both mother colonies near each other and the leather was not happy. It didn't seem to phase the colt, but I had to seperate them...they refused to play nicely :rolleye1: Beerman has a frag of each also and he experienced the same thing.

Rahn

[Tagamet]

Originally posted by JonK
Tag,

I have a mini carpet for you. I'm going to list it so I have a record of it. Just click on the request button so your name is up there. We can just trade the mushroom for the anemone. Hopefully they will reproduce faster in your tank.
Thanks,
Jon

Thanks, Jon. It's just by chance that i was scrollong back through the pages to catch where the "contamination" part of the thread started. I would have missed this post altogether! I'll head over there and request it pronto.

Tagamet

[nixnutz]

Originally posted by Tagamet
Thanks, Jon. It's just by chance that i was scrollong back through the pages to catch where the "contamination" part of the thread started. I would have missed this post altogether! I'll head over there and request it pronto.

Tagamet

Hey Tag...

Just disregard my rantings... :rolleyes: I was being overly sensitive. People have re-assured me that they did not get the impression that I contaminated anything, so I'm better now.

Rahn

[Tagamet]

Originally posted by nixnutz
Hey Tag...

Just disregard my rantings... , so I'm better now.
Rahn

"Better" is such a relative term.... (lol)
Tagamet

[nixnutz]

I thought we established that we're not related??? BTW, isn't your name george or something. ;)

Fred

[Mal3]

I was wondering if anyone has a hood fan that they would like to sell or trade. If you do, send me an email or pm.

[carribeanlovers]

We have a floor fan, can you use that? jk :)

[Tagamet]

IMO, swap items should all be treated the same as safe sex. Given the opportunity, know your partner, and try, to the extent possible, exchanging fluids.

HTH,
Tagamet

[71goalie]

i really didn't mean to offend anyone!!! i lean A LOT on this forum for information and recommendations. Tagamet [hopefully] will back me up that i REALLY AM A NICE GUY!!!! I would include Brad in this, but I think he is now P.O. @ me!! :(

i hope everyone knows I MEANT nothing by what i wrote. it was a bad example by using Brad's torch coral, but it was on my mind. this will be my first frag party and first experience trading (aka buying) things from fellow reefers.

JUST LOVE ME FOR WHO I AM!!!! :D

[bmkindig]

wow you guys were busy here

rahn
i in no way meant to say that your frags caused my problems.i hope noone thought that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
because accully i put them in the 10 gallon frag tank till i got time to play with it since i wanted to find homes for the big corals first.
sorry if there's any confustion here while i was at work.
maybe i did rush that post a little but i wanted to send the info out

hey guys sorry if i stirred the pot a little to much there and couldn't respond while i was at work and i feel bad now and i'm still upset about my fishy nemo was cool!!!!!pure solid black with solid white stripes.....

brad

[bmkindig]

doug's dead meat
DON'T EVER TALK TO ME AGIAN!!!!

no really doug that's a good thought just one that should have been thought out better i think a few of us did that here over the last 10-12hours. i'll be the 1st to say i was rushing around today getting stuff doug after jon left and may have been under to much stress from this mortgage/ refincancing situation i'm in(buying my parents house) which should be done before the swap to i hope to have extra $$$$$ then a can buy 10 black percula's
but if something ever happens to my tank i take all the blame for it myself but i will ask for help i.e. posting on r/c
thanks agian for understanding and i hope this matter is behind us all now agreed :brad,doug,jon,tag,rahn,yellowtruck,carribeanlovers,and anyone else that posted right guys!!!!!!! we're all adults right,well i'm stuck in a teenagers body.but let's move on.
this is worse then me saying go eagle's for the past 2 days choke choke choke lol
sorry mal i know your a big birds fan but i don't follow football much anymore and i've always routed agianist the eagle's
brad

[Tagamet]

Originally posted by 71goalie
... Tagamet [hopefully] will back me up that i REALLY AM A NICE GUY!!!! ...
...JUST LOVE ME FOR WHO I AM!!!! :D

Yeah, goalie is ok, but his wife still has pointy elbows (lol)

Tagamet

[71goalie]

she was trying to get me to take her back on sunday!!!

[sixpackrt]

Important Safety Bulletin



The American Medical Association has announced a new national symbol for choking. Please inform all of the people in your safety department.





OLD SYMBOL
http://members.aol.com/smoke47756/choke.jpg


NEW SYMBOL
http://members.aol.com/smoke47756/choke1.gif

[beerman0831]

Yes that a good one sixpackrt.
LOL

[JonK]

Originally posted by sixpackrt
Important Safety Bulletin



The American Medical Association has announced a new national symbol for choking. Please inform all of the people in your safety department.





OLD SYMBOL
http://members.aol.com/smoke47756/choke.jpg


NEW SYMBOL
http://members.aol.com/smoke47756/choke1.gif

That's not very funny!! No frags for you!!!;)

Jon

[sixpackrt]

:( :D

[carribeanlovers]

Sorry I had to do it. I changed my avatar. Please don't kill me
:uzi::dance:

I promise I won't change it anymore:thumbsup:

[carribeanlovers]

We just added frags to the swap site.

Tag-
Check our listings :)

[carribeanlovers]

en mi vijo sanjua cuantos anos lla l;a la la la la la laaaaaa laala hum humhumhuuuuuuum, mi terible nostargia una tarde me fui asia estranna nasion pues lo quiso er destino i no quiero morir alejado de puerto rico del alma tadadaaa

[nixnutz]

En ingles, por favor. Yo no comprende sus palabras...o es musica? :D



Rahn

[carribeanlovers]

sorry my husband was bored waiting for people to come back here and was typing a song he was singing

[carribeanlovers]

nixnuts - you know spanish? or did you use a translator like I have to most of the time :)

[nixnutz]

Yo hablo en poquito...no bien... :rolleye1:

Rahn

[carribeanlovers]

yo también

[nixnutz]

Es bien! Tu aprendes en tiempo. Practica es perfeccion.

Funny story... Wife, kids and I were on a cruise which stopped in Cozumel, Mexico. We had to take a cab to our excursion and the driver asked me if I spoke spanish. I said I did :) to which my wife said "You do not!" Well the cab driver and I had a lovely conversation about my wife and the kids. Simple stuff...names, ages, how the trip was going...small talk. I was the man for the rest of the trip...at least with the kids. :rolleye1: It was pretty cool 'cause the wife had no idea... :lol: she'll never live that one down!

Rahn

[carribeanlovers]

LOL - when I went to Puerto Rico with my husband everyone was speaking Spanish except for me. I know how your wife felt :) I still don't know what they were really talking about.

[Mal3]

I just want to get something straight. The Eagles did not choke!!!

THEY GOT BEAT! Carolina's defense did a Jim Johnson on the Eagles, and did to them what they have been doing to others all year.

However, if McNab had not been hit while on the ground, I think the game would have ended differently. Also, Carolina's defensive players were doing all kinds of cheep shots, including holding the Eagles wide receivers. I do not understand why they got away with that the whole game. The Eagles defense played very well, but you have to score points to win.

Well, such is the way it goes. So close, but yet so far.

By the way, I think the choke think was pretty funny.

[bmkindig]

give it a rest i haven't followed football seriously in like ten years or so and even i know the eagles are choke artists they beat the easy teams and blow the big games and they have been doing this all my live thats y i'm an anti eagles fan who ever there playing i 'm routeing for!!!!!!!!!!!!
brad
ps good joke

[71goalie]

the gosh darn bangii cardinal i bought from todd died this morning. they are hard fish to get to eat. it just wouldn't start eating for me. i tried the enhanced garlic food that todd sells. thought SHE was going to make it as it looked interested in the food last night, but i found HER this morning. they are tough. :(

[Fizz71]

:uzi:<img src='http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/avatar.php?userid=29437&dateline=1074724581'>


:)

It's not a big deal..as long as I saw it. It's not hard to change, I just don't want to have to go through them all again to see who changed.

--Fizsz

[Tagamet]

Originally posted by 71goalie
the gosh darn bangii cardinal i bought from todd died this morning. they are hard fish to get to eat. it just wouldn't start eating for me. i tried the enhanced garlic food that todd sells. thought SHE was going to make it as it looked interested in the food last night, but i found HER this morning. they are tough. :(

I'm really sorry to hear about that. The big downside of fish stores where things just fly out of the tanks, is not getting to see that they get adjusted from one shipping before being moved again almost immediately. Although it may not be possible at Something Phishy, I try to get our local store to "put my name" on a fish I like and hold it for a couple of weeks. When I can see that it's survived and is eating well, then I buy it. If it dies in the meantime, it shouldn't have been sold anyway. You are right that Bangii's do have a rep for not eating well. Add to that the idea that SHE was one of those fragile female types, I guess HER odds for survival were even worse.

Tagamet

[71goalie]

it always seems helpful to sometimes add a little humor to a bad subject, doesn't it?

i'll have to try another one. they are really nice looking fish. i'll try your suggestion Tag.

[Tagamet]

Originally posted by 71goalie
it always seems helpful to sometimes add a little humor to a bad subject, doesn't it?
i'll have to try another one. they are really nice looking fish. i'll try your suggestion Tag.

Given the option of laughing or crying, I know which I generally chose....

Tagamet

[JonK]

Banggai's are tough fish. I purchased 3 and they would not feed for the first couple days. Then I got live brine shrimp and they went crazy for it. After a while I would add live brine with frozen. Now they take frozen brine, mysis, squid ...anything meaty. They still won't eat flake food or pellet food. Which is okay. After a pair formed they chased the stragler and he eventually died. My pair are still going strong, I just wish the male would hold full term so I could have baby banggai's.

Jon

[Tagamet]

Originally posted by JonK

..... My pair are still going strong, I just wish the male would hold full term so I could have baby banggai's.
Jon

Jon,
You're not missing much, It takes forever to get enough for a sandwich....
Tagamet
(I know, sick, sick, sick....)

[71goalie]

hahahahahahah!!!

anyway, JonK, i was thinking about running out and getting some live brine tonight, but obviously it is too late. next time i get a bangii, i will probably get some live brine at the same time. how long have you had them? I have a PJ cardinal that i've had for a few months now and HE is doing awesome [Tag - HE's my fish!! :) ]

[Tagamet]

Originally posted by 71goalie


I have a PJ cardinal that i've had for a few months now and HE is doing awesome [Tag - HE's my fish!! :) ]

That's just what SHE wants you to believe.
Tagamet

[JonK]

Originally posted by 71goalie
how long have you had them? I have a PJ cardinal that i've had for a few months now and HE is doing awesome [Tag - HE's my fish!! :) ]

I've had my pair now for close to 2 years.


Jon

[BobCReef]

i just tried to scan the 38pages of posts, could someone tell me what time it starts

bob

[JonK]

Bob,

It starts at twelve.

[JonK]

Originally posted by Tagamet
Jon,
You're not missing much, It takes forever to get enough for a sandwich....
Tagamet
(I know, sick, sick, sick....)


Even worse than that is all the little bones that get stuck in your teeth.:eek2:

[Mal3]

Fizz,

I have a request for the web site. On the "MY TRADES" page you list the "common trades", which is very nice. What I would find even more helpful is if you could put all of the "items promised to you" and requested by you in a format like the common trades, even if there are no common trades.

You could call it the "trade list". This would allow you to see what is promised to or expected from each person. It would allow us to pack the corals by person instead of by the coral.

It is just a thought, but it would be a great help.

[bugman426]

i doubt if im going at this point

4 hours for 4 frags and a 4 hour drive back doesnt translate well with my parents =(

ill see what happens

[Mal3]

Hay, we are up to 69 for the frag swap! It looks like we may have a chance to break the record of 75 set at the last swap!

And we are up to page 38 -- here comes 50+.

I wonder what the longest thread is at RC?

[Mal3]

Can you believe that we have 52 members not attending the swap!!! You guys and gals are going to miss out big time! You may want to reconsider.

With the 31 traders and the 14 buyers (and 52 not attending) we are up to 97 members.

Woooo.... Who would have ever thought this would get this big.

The sky is the limit. The LFS's better not get us PO'ed or they could be in real trouble. I see some strong buying power being accumulated here. At this rate of growth, we should be able to get some great deals.

[Mal3]

bugman426 -- You should hook up with some of your buddies in NY and make the road trip. There are quite a few on RC. Where are you going to get 69 reefers together with deals like these? At the rate we are going, this could get quite large.

I hope you can make it.

[carribeanlovers]

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone. All of you have been so nice and helpful. I am very glad that Tag invited us here now we can relate to other people who are as obsessed with this stuff as we are :) Can't wait to meet all you in person at the swap!

[Fizz71]

Not to step on carribeanlovers nice post but...

Whoever is trying to access the Frag site PLEASE STOP!!!!! I'm trying to put an update to the database up there, but if somebody tries to access the page it locks up the files!!!

Thanks.

--Fizz

[zooqi]

Tag sent you here. And you believed him when he told you stuff about the club ? That worries me now :D kidding.. Tag is the first reefer I knew in this area that did not work at LFS years ago. We have talked about a club in the area but we did not know how to start. We went to other club's meetings and it was nice to meet reefers there who are members of our club now. You are welcome and will be looking forward to meet you too.

Originally posted by carribeanlovers
I just wanted to say thank you to everyone. All of you have been so nice and helpful. I am very glad that Tag invited us here now we can relate to other people who are as obsessed with this stuff as we are :) Can't wait to meet all you in person at the swap!

[Fizz71]

For some reason..I could NOT upload that file back up to the site without doing something to the file that made no sense at all.

Anyway...it's back up, and everything should be fine. Sorry about the downtime..it was the oddest thing I've ever seen. And I tried uploading from multiple machines and to multiple places and it always failed on this file at 70%...quite disturbing.

Mal...I'm not ignoring you...I think it's a good idea, but I'm busy until this weekend. I might get a minute to add what you're asking for..it's not a hard thing to do.

I accidentally left my RO topoff pump on last night and flooded my tank with RO water ALL NIGHT. Nice little flood and a sg of 1.016 this morning. I got it up to 1.019 before I ran out of salt..I'll be working on that tonight.

--Fizz

[BeltwayBandit]

My apologies, but I will not be able to make it to the swap. I have deleted my listings and my requests.

BB

[Fizz71]

Sorry to hear that BB. I hope everything is OK.


Mal....Your request is up..check it out. I updated the "Common Trades" to be "Trade Report". It's basically the same thing that was there before accept now the list includes people whether you have something to offer them or not!!! ..as long as the requested from you..it's there.

If anybody else has any suggestions to make their experience easier (aside from bagging and driving you there) let me know. I would have never thought of Mals request because I'm really not trading enough to need it!! So that was a good one.

Stay warm this weekend folks!!

--Fizz

[millisec]

Hey folks... I've been out of town a while and catching up. Anyways... I had to pull a couple trades. My reds for some reason have lost most of color and I'm probably not going to have any ready for the swap. Basically same holds true for the couple tiny blue frags I had up.

The rest of the stuff is still there and while I'm probably not going to post anything else I will see what I can do to bring other stuff like rics and zoo's to the swap.

I will more than likely have some of these with me. I know Beerman was interested and I've gotten a much larger rock since Beerman and Nixnutz were by.


http://mysite.verizon.net/millisec99/zo195.jpg

[carribeanlovers]

millisec - I would be interested in some of those zoos pictured if you have any available

[millisec]

Originally posted by carribeanlovers
millisec - I would be interested in some of those zoos pictured if you have any available

Ok... I went ahead and listed it on the trade site so I don't fall into a state of utter chaos :lol:

[Mal3]

Fizz,

Thanks for the update on my suggestion. You are so great to do this for us. Thanks again

BB sorry you can't make it.

[Mal3]

Hay Fizz-- I just checked out the new feature. It is great, but only half of my requests are showing up on the "trade report". It does seem to be picking up all of the items requested from me.

[bmkindig]

hey guys guess what,
i had a really awesome fragging class tonight i had 71goalie(doug and his wife that we will call mrs.k lol) and reedercontracting (kerry and wendy)it was i good day kerry helped me cut some trees down outside and i thought him and doug some of the basics of fragging.we fragging mostly polyps and leathers and a few mushrooms to.kerry and wendy bought us pizza for dinner and i made frags more kerry to list on fizz's site so please help the new guy out and buy his fresh cut zoos we made a group buy on sunday and i'm choosing to keep my zoo's on the rock for now a want to see how they perk up 1st.and when we where fragging kerry's stuff we found that the bucket his corals were brought in had lot's of bugs running around in his rock work,and he would throw them in my tank!!
doug didn't bring his mushrooms he wanted to frag, but he did buy some of my new frags before i listed them so i only charged his 1/2 price for everything. my donatation to his tankand i even gave him some free macro algae.
all in all i think we had a grand old time.and i can say that i'm active in what the club is all about learning and teaching, not just the good deals on frags!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
later
brad

[71goalie]

yeah, thanks brad. Keirsten (aka --> "Pointy Elbows") and I had a great time. It will hopefully help me frag some of my corals that are just getting out of hand, especially after my lighting upgrade. all the frags brad showed me look REALLY GOOD!!! To the people getting some of his frags, you are getting some nice pieces. I took plenty of pics for brad with my digital and just finished emailing them to him. Hopefully he can get some pics up for the frag site. (let me know if you need help brad.) I may even be able to have some frags to offer at the meeting myself.

[bmkindig]

hey doug
thanks i'm renameing stuff right away to so i can find it in my pc's down load file next step is to start my r/c gallery anyone can chime to help me there.
friends helping friends!!!!!!!1
thanks
brad

[bmkindig]

can someone give me info on resizing pics for my gallery and stuff
hey doug the pics look great thanks
brad

[Tagamet]

Originally posted by bmkindig
can someone give me info on resizing pics for my gallery and stuff
hey doug the pics look great thanks
brad

Go to "image" > "size" and change the resolution to 640 X 480 or less and save as a jpg where they will let you save as low res (lower the res = smaller the file size)
HTH,
Tagamet

[71goalie]

brad, those pics are 640X480. if you want me to downsize them and resend them, i'll be happy to. just let me know what size you want. all the pics sized @ 640X480 = 1.2 MB (20 pics total)

[Tagamet]

Originally posted by 71goalie
brad, those pics are 640X480. if you want me to downsize them and resend them, i'll be happy to. just let me know what size you want. all the pics sized @ 640X480 = 1.2 MB (20 pics total)

You need to get them under 50k each to post on RC.
Tagamet

[bmkindig]

hey tag that's the problem there just over 50 each like 52 or something

[bmkindig]

hey guy's check out my future avator that sixpack posted for me

[Fizz71]

Originally posted by Mal3
Hay Fizz-- I just checked out the new feature. It is great, but only half of my requests are showing up on the "trade report". It does seem to be picking up all of the items requested from me.

The first section is a list of everybody who is giving you stuff..grouped by name so it's in order. That other section is the list of everybody getting stuff off of you..and if you happened to ask them for something it's listed in the column next to it.

I guess I don't know what you're asking for..you have everything there..I think...let me know what you mean.

--Fizz

[bob124578]

I think Fizz'zz website is perfect. The new features are very very helpful. Thanks man!

[Tagamet]

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=295789

The Philly club thinks so too.
Tagamet

[holeinone1972]

OK, I have been getting a few emails inquiring if I am coming or not.

So here is what I am gonna do. I am planning on attending weather permitting.

If you wish to order something from the website, I can deliver it for free to the swap.

However if I can not come, I will simply refund ALL BUT $1 of your money (which is to cover transaction fees incurred by me) and make the item available again on the website.

So feel free to check the site and if you order use ( frag swap ) in the special promotions box, and it will bill you only for your order, and sales tax if applicable, no box or delivery fees.

If you have questions feel free to email me. I am still hoping that some of my burgh buddies are coming with me.

ps, If there is something you wish for and do not see it listed on the site currently, please email me as soon as possible, as I hope to get another order or two in before the swap. This goes especially for any items that www.orafarm.com sells, such as black and white false percs.

Rob
ECC

[Mal3]

Fizz71, What I am looking for is the Trade report to contain all your buys and sells, if you will. One ledger page with everything on it.

As I read it, The Trade report has all of the items requested from Mal3, but only some of the items requested by Mal3 from others. The items requested by Mal3 are contained in "Items Promised To You" at the top of the page. For Example, I have requested items from Millisec, but he has not request anything from me, so he is not appearing on my Trades report.

In other words, I requested something from another person and they have not requested anything from me, then my request of them is omitted from the "Trade Report"

I hope I am explaining this correctly.

[CherryCat]

just added three things to the frag site ...

jc

[carribeanlovers]

My husband said that this is what I look like in the morning:)

http://www.hpphoto.com/servlet/LinkPhoto?GUID=57ad4d84-2344-29d7-431b-6dfda33d3b74&size=lg

How would you like this guy in your tank?

http://www.hpphoto.com/servlet/LinkPhoto?GUID=7fea4567-5ebe-4d85-6a04-57b04acb1d07&size=lg

[beerman0831]

Page 40 and 2 weeks to go.I just added some more to the frag site.

[carribeanlovers]

I added more Nassarius snails and 3 more mushrooms if anyone is interested.

[godlyme]

does any body have any hermits they would like to get rid off cash or free works for me...any of the blue or red legged types or even any of those cool rarer one plz let me know? thanx

[71goalie]

how much for the 46 bow front?

[71goalie]

forget it godlyme, i see it on the site.

[carribeanlovers]

godlyme-I sent you a PM
Kelly

[Tagamet]

Originally posted by 71goalie
how much for the 46 bow front?

I hope it's spoken for.
Tagamet

[71goalie]

tag - you really stink!!! wait until i tell my wife!!! (i put my name as a backup anyway.)

actually, i didn't see your name on it until i submitted mine.

[Tagamet]

Originally posted by 71goalie
tag - you really stink!!! wait until i tell my wife!!! (i put my name as a backup anyway.)
actually, i didn't see your name on it until i submitted mine.

LOL, I only did it to annoy your wife (heehee)
Tagamet

[Mal3]

Wooow We are up to 71 Attendees for the swap! That is pretty good. It could be the biggest ever.

There is still lots of stuff left on the site. Get them while you can!!

Page 40 too.

[godlyme]

is there anyway some fellow reefers can scrape me some of their colorfull coraline (sp) algae.. i many have dark /light purple in my tank. i would love to add some more colors.... ive read if u place some scraping through a powerhead it could spread spores and seed the tank plz let me know?
green yellow pink?

[godlyme]

just as a late night thought...have any of you gotten hitchhiker hermits or crabs? that you might wanna sell... im always looking for different types of reef safe hermits. I will pay 5$or more depending if i have or not. let me know? i know you want to get rid of them! :D

[mind3d]

wow i missed 40 pages of posts... is there a page or a thread that has frags available for purchase?? i hope there is still some stuff left. unfortunately i don't have much to trade at this time, so i'm a buyer only.

[Python73]

Can someone PM or email me the particulars for this event? I know it is Sunday the 8th and I have the address. I need to know start and finish times and such. I'd dig for the info myself but I just don't have the time to sift through 40+ pages.

Info to be used to lure Pittsburghers out to the swap.

Thanks.

S !

[holeinone1972]

Here is the page for the swap. You must register, then you can see what everyone has left to trade, and list your wares also.

I get first dibs LOL

http://www.fizzhome.com/ncpars

Rob

[holeinone1972]

Python,

Location:
Hegins Fire Co.
720 E. Chestnut St.
Hegins, PA 17938

I believe it starts at noon. Ends whenever???????

So does this mean, I do not have to make this forever drive alone????

Rob

[mind3d]

thanx clam man :)

[godlyme]

clam man i wanted a clam but wasnt sure if u were attending is that a yes i take it? also anyway u take cash at the meet or site buy now only? thanx

[holeinone1972]

I am going to attend, as long as the weather permits.

For the things I listed in the frag swap page, cash is ok.

I would rather have stuff pre-purchased from the site.

There were instructions on how to do a page or two ago.

Rob

Here they are:

OK, I have been getting a few emails inquiring if I am coming or not.

So here is what I am gonna do. I am planning on attending weather permitting.

If you wish to order something from the website, I can deliver it for free to the swap.

However if I can not come, I will simply refund ALL BUT $1 of your money (which is to cover transaction fees incurred by me) and make the item available again on the website.

So feel free to check the site and if you order use ( frag swap ) in the special promotions box, and it will bill you only for your order, and sales tax if applicable, no box or delivery fees.

If you have questions feel free to email me. I am still hoping that some of my burgh buddies are coming with me.

ps, If there is something you wish for and do not see it listed on the site currently, please email me as soon as possible, as I hope to get another order or two in before the swap. This goes especially for any items that www.orafarm.com sells, such as black and white false percs.

[beerman0831]

New frags on the trade site.:)

[J19M]

I went here and tried to sign up http://www.fizzhome.com/ncpars but I couldnt get it to work. I was thinking of coming but dont even have a tank up yet. Just looking for ideas.

[holeinone1972]

Is the frag site very slow all of the sudden, or is it just me?


Rob
I am on cable.

[J19M]

Looks that way. Internet has been wierd because of new virus I think. Maybe that is why i couldnt get in.

I am on cable too at work.

Jack