TCMAS http://www.tcmas.org/forums/ Twin Cities Marine Aquarium Society en Fri, 18 May 2012 11:17:45 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.tcmas.org/forums/images/misc/rss.jpg TCMAS http://www.tcmas.org/forums/ Segrest Raffle Prizes http://www.tcmas.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44798&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 06:22:41 GMT Earlier this week I sent in a wish list for the club raffle off of Segrest's availability. I have to be the first to thank this company for their generous donation. The list compiled of 10 things. I received a call to let me know we would be receiving most of the list with one replacement due to it being out of stock. Here is the wish list of things that may be showing up tomorrow at the store. This is not set in stone we may not receive all of this but they did say most if not all.

1. Sml Goldflake Angel... out of stock... replaced with Asfur Angel
2. Med Copperband Butterfly
3. Med Blue Ribbon Eel
4. Med Railway Glider Goby
5. Sml Chevron Tang
6. Med. Blueside Fairy Wrasse
7. Blue Spot Jawfish
8. Red Scolymia
9. Multicolor Scolymia
10. Live Brine Shrimp (This will be handed out at the Petco table while supplies last.

See you at the Expo

- Jason

PS I will update this as soon as it comes in the door tomorrow. ]]> Petco Minnetonka (Aquatics Magnet Store) jjwhiteboy http://www.tcmas.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44798 tide tank opinions http://www.tcmas.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44797&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 03:39:02 GMT I am going to be building a 40 breeder tide tank, much like the one i read about in tropical fish magazine prolly about 5 years ago, i was wondering... I am going to be building a 40 breeder tide tank, much like the one i read about in tropical fish magazine prolly about 5 years ago, i was wondering if anybody has any ideas on what to use to stop the water from draining out of the bottom hole and filling to the top for about 3 hours then open again, then stop for 3 hours before sunset?
I have though of maybe just using a larger pump for three hour intervals 2 times a day just making it strong enough to fill past the first drain hole, but iam not really looking to use more electricity then i have too.

Thanks for the Ideas:idea: in advance, Brock:dance: ]]> General Reef Discussion bzishka http://www.tcmas.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44797 My fish keep dying =( http://www.tcmas.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44793&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 02:10:25 GMT for some reason I am having a real hard time keeping my fish alive =( my current list is 1 snowflake clown 3 yellow assessors 1 male maldives... for some reason I am having a real hard time keeping my fish alive =(

my current list is
1 snowflake clown
3 yellow assessors
1 male maldives lyretail anthias
1 mystery wrasse
1 pink margin wrasse
2 leopard wrasses
1 red scooter blennie
1 red velvet wrasse.

deaths in the last two months

4 female lyretail anthias
1 red velvet wrasse.
1 copper band butterfly
1 stigmata blennie
1 leopard wrasse.
1 laboutis wrasse

deaths to jumping
2 flame wrasses
1 laboutis

I fixed the jumping issue but I lost 3 anthias, the blennie and the copperband this week.

they are all eating really well. they get PE mysis at LEAST once a day, sometimes twice and then a few feedings a day of specrum pellets.

there is no noticable problems i with the fish. the only bullying that i see is the mystery is beating the crap out of the red velvet wrasse.

any ideas? its a 150 DD, nutrients are in line po4 is .02 no2 and 3 at 0 ]]> Marine Fish Forum rihanssu http://www.tcmas.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44793 <![CDATA[Sort-of "newbie"]]> http://www.tcmas.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44790&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 01:10:58 GMT Hey all, I'm a newbie, sort of. I'll be marrying zocr-AZ in June and I'll be attending my first meeting with him on Saturday at the spring frag swap!

I've been around the hobby for awhile but I've just never been on a forum before.

Looking forward to meeting people this weekend! ]]> New to the hobby? Mrs. Zocr-AZ http://www.tcmas.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44790 Tomini Tang with Purple Tang? http://www.tcmas.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44782&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 18:36:21 GMT Hi everyone! I have a 72 bow front with 11 fish. My largest fish are a 3'' Tomini tang and a 4'' mandarin. I found a great deal on a Purple Tang that I just don't think I can pass up. I am getting a 125 soon (already paid for so I am for sure getting it), and would like to know if I could buy this Purple tang (looked about 4'') and hold it in the 72 without much agression? I do 10 gallon water changes weekly and have a skimmer rated for a 120 gallon tank, so I am not too worried about increased bio-load. If there may be agression, which tang would show it? The place selling the tang had it established for 2 weeks, and then added a Tenetti and Convict tang to the same tank. they said the Purple showed no agression. Thanks! ]]> Marine Fish Forum SmnParish http://www.tcmas.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44782 SALE: FISH!! http://www.tcmas.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44781&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 18:17:19 GMT Yellow Tang sm-34.99 Yellow Tang lg-49.99 Lg Powder Blue Tang-99.99 XXL Blue Face Angel-229.99 Six Bar Angel-99.99 Blue Hippo Tang-69.99... Yellow Tang sm-34.99
Yellow Tang lg-49.99
Lg Powder Blue Tang-99.99
XXL Blue Face Angel-229.99
Six Bar Angel-99.99
Blue Hippo Tang-69.99
Miniatus Grouper-119.99
Harlequin Tuskfish-89.99
Goosehead Scorpionfish-49.99
Unicorn Tang-99.99
Snowflake eel lg-69.99
Snowflake eel med-39.99
Snowflake eel sm-29.99
Hawaiian Black Trigger-99.99
Black Volitan Lionfish sm/md-
Bluejaw Triggerfish-79.99
Dogface Pufferfish-79.99
Naso Tang md-89.99
XXL Naso Tang w/streamers-219.99
and much more...... ]]> Something Fishy TriggerFreak http://www.tcmas.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44781 5.5 frag tank http://www.tcmas.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44775&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 15:19:53 GMT Well 4 months ago I didn't even have one tank setup and now I have 2 and a third being built:rotflmao:

My 40br project isn't quite ready for water and with the spring swap approaching I knew I wouldn't have enough room in my 14g biocube for all my goodies. So I decided to set up a little 5.5 as a temp frag tank.

Pretty simple setup. Put a simple hob filter with a little floss and carbon, heater, power head for a little extra flow and of course a Neptune lite to keep an eye on everything for me. I picked this up last week for my 40 and thought why not try it out on here.

For lighting a wired up one of my 24w biocube pc bulbs for now, but have an orpherk par38 on it way with 3 royal blue, 3 white, and a uv led.

I will get pics up shortly. ]]> Tank Builds scffvariable http://www.tcmas.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44775 Newbee intro! http://www.tcmas.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44773&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 14:51:55 GMT Hi guys, my name is Mike. I just started to setup my first saltwater tank last night and was sent here by a member on minnfish. I just wanted to say... Hi guys, my name is Mike. I just started to setup my first saltwater tank last night and was sent here by a member on minnfish. I just wanted to say hi and i really like the fact that this isnt just a forum, its a club.
looking forward to learning from some of you and meeting you guys! ]]> New to the hobby? mikehaase1norse http://www.tcmas.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44773 My 50 gallon frag tank build! http://www.tcmas.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44771&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 04:47:56 GMT I don't know how this happened but all I was looking for was a 40 breeder to make a sump for my 150 build and I ended up coming home with this frag tank setup too!!

The dimensions are 31x31x12 and the sump is 31x31.5x18!! I built the stand today and because I want to be able to remove the sump if I ever choose I built it a bit over sized: 39x39x36! I have cut and test fit the pieces but will be finishing the build in the house due to the size.



You can see the base in the background that I have to finish adding the cross braces to it (ran out of wood) and I will be adding a 1 inch trim on the top front 3 sides of the stand and the tank will sit flush in this. I'll be using this tank as a frag/display tank and will add a nice rockscape in the rear middle with frag racks around this in the front three sides of it. More to come tomorrow until then here are a few useless pictures of the stand build and tank!









]]> Tank Builds General0 http://www.tcmas.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44771 HELP!!! ?? http://www.tcmas.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44769&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 04:27:56 GMT HEy all, I have the RSM 250.. Love the tank... absolutley amazing.... However the skimmer sucks... I have a tunze 9002 I just put in five... HEy all,

I have the RSM 250.. Love the tank... absolutley amazing.... However the skimmer sucks... I have a tunze 9002 I just put in five minutes ago. Has any one had experience with replacement skimmers for the rsm? Its the 65 gallon. I cant remember but I think the tunze is ranked for fifty something gallons.. Think I will be ok?

If not what should I buy?

thanks
Joe ]]> General Reef Discussion kaiy0005 http://www.tcmas.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44769 Switching salts http://www.tcmas.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44766&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 23:51:18 GMT I was reading on another forum today that switching salts from synthetic to natural/natural to synthetic is really bad and can kill everything. Is... I was reading on another forum today that switching salts from synthetic to natural/natural to synthetic is really bad and can kill everything. Is this true? I've been buying premixed salt from wet world and I think he uses a synthetic down there and now that I've got a bigger tank I'm gonna start mixing my own. I'm not set on what kind yet but I've got a bucket of reef crystals that I got with the tank I was gonna use up. Anybody know anything about this. ]]> General Reef Discussion briguy350 http://www.tcmas.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44766 Questions on making a screen top http://www.tcmas.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44762&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 18:24:16 GMT I'm trying to build a screen top for my tank and I'm running into an issue that I can't figure out how to solve. I built the screen top for the left side of my tank since that's a simple square/rectangle so that works perfectly. On the right side is where I'm having the issue.

I have to make a small "notch" in the screen to compensate for the place where my return comes back into the tank. It's currently hanging over the edge. I thought I could just build the frame to make some 90-degree turns and it would fit over it just fine. The issue is that the corner pieces that I have to join the two frame pieces only work for "inside" corners and not outside ones, if that makes sense.

Any solutions from people who have done this before? ]]> General Reef Discussion ozman05 http://www.tcmas.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44762 Newbie 55G Project http://www.tcmas.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44761&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 15:45:29 GMT Hi TCMAS! After years of freshwater tanks (cichlids, Koi, planted tanks, etc.) - well.... I got bored. So here is my first attempt at joining the... Hi TCMAS!
After years of freshwater tanks (cichlids, Koi, planted tanks, etc.) - well.... I got bored. So here is my first attempt at joining the other side of the aquarium hobby.

So far, things seem to be moving along. Seeing coral development, live rock color change, happy fish, etc. I feel the need to chill out on any more purchases at this time as I feel I my additions are at capacity for a while. I ordered a bubble tip anem and got a sebae instead. I'm still trying to cope with the added maintenance of the new addition (feeding, stinging, fear, etc.) I really like the hobby and will continue to venture on.

HELP SECTION:
After many failed attempts of asking this question, I'll post it here and hope for a response from you seasoned veterans.

If ever I was to leave my JBJ ATO plugged in, with fully functional float switches in both the sump and reservior, all of the water added to the sump makes it's way into the DT rather than filling up the sump. The output pump has a ball valve on it which is staying put in the right position, and I have tried using the impellor control on the pump with very little success at dialing down it's flow. Other than using smaller diameter tubing for my return, is there anyway to make this ATO functional without the concern of overflowing my DT? It will add water to the sump, which is immediately pushed into the DT. The overflow rate stays the same, so the DT will overflow after it hits capacity. Has anyone encountered this issue?:brick::brick::brick:
For now I'm choosing to manually plug in the ATO when I'm home, watching it, then unplugging. Seems to work ok, but I'm worried I'll forget to unplug it someday and BAM - water in the basement. Please help.

Also, Mr.Saltwatertank claims that after some time, a new reefer will realize that the skimmer he/she purchased is bunk and will upgrade to a better one. So I bought the Coralife SuperSkimmer prior to doing much research:(http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...m?pcatid=13924) and now am slightly worried I'll be dissapointed with it. Is this a real concern? For a total of less than 65 gallons in my system, I feel like I should be ok. Please educate me on if this hype is genuine or not.

ANyway, thanks for allowing newbies in here. I know I have a tremendous amount to learn.
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]]> Tank Builds jlpaske http://www.tcmas.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44761 Reef Deep Aquatics- FISH pre-sales http://www.tcmas.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44758&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 15:02:31 GMT REEF DEEP AQUATICS FISH AVAILABLE We have some great fish available for the swap at crazy good prices! Let us know if interested- reserve yours... REEF DEEP AQUATICS FISH AVAILABLE


We have some great fish available for the swap at crazy good prices! Let us know if interested- reserve yours today.:cool:

Midas Blenny- Indo= $30 or 2 for $55

Copperband Butterfly- $45-these are looking fantastic!

Yellow Anthias- $25- great size

Lyretail Anthias- $20

Koran Angel- Juv= $40

Brown Sailfin Tang- $40

Spottail Gudgeon- $15 2 for $25

Green Mandarin Goby- $20

Blue/green Chromis and assorted damsels- $5 each

Pajama Cardinals- $7

Hector Gobies $15

adding more soon-------- ]]> Reef Deep Aquatics Reef Deep http://www.tcmas.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44758 Y shape hanging kit http://www.tcmas.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44754&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 03:56:29 GMT Can someone show me how to mount these? I don't know how to mount these. ]]> Equipment Setup and Discussion Enavas http://www.tcmas.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44754