Aquarium Advice - Aquarium Forum Community - New Acquisitions http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/ Get something new for your tank? Wana show it off? Post here and it might just wind up on our Newsletter. Posts can be about anything including non tank related items. en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:27:17 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/images/misc/rss.jpg Aquarium Advice - Aquarium Forum Community - New Acquisitions http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/ Fire sale aquisitions!! http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f44/fire-sale-aquisitions-123272-new-post.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:33:42 GMT One of our LFSs went out of business, and I was lucky enough to have a good rapport with the saltwater guy, I called him today around 1030am and he said that all the FW fish had to be out of the store by noon, and I could come get whatever I wanted at 50-75% off. I ended up with 4 Bolivian Rams, 2... One of our LFSs went out of business, and I was lucky enough to have a good rapport with the saltwater guy, I called him today around 1030am and he said that all the FW fish had to be out of the store by noon, and I could come get whatever I wanted at 50-75% off. I ended up with 4 Bolivian Rams, 2 platies, a swordtail, a dalmatian and a black molly, an albino cory cat, 2 dalmatian molly fry, 1 guppy fry, and 3 other as of yet unidentified fry for $20. I could have taken a dozen tiger barbs and half a dozen red tail sharks and a bunch of male guppies, but my 55 was already pretty heavily stocked. Thankfully I have 500ml of Purigen in my filter!!! ]]> New Acquisitions Floyd R Turbo http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f44/fire-sale-aquisitions-123272.html I got a 10ft tank! http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f44/i-got-a-10ft-tank-122790-new-post.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:45:12 GMT I've been casually looking to upgrade my 29g to something in the 125g -180g range with the intent of setting it up when my wife and I move out of out apartment, which hopefully is going to happen in the next 6-8 months. My brother decided to speed things up by finding a tank for me. My brother is into big snakes and was offered this tank for his snakes since it was cracked. He doesn't have anywhere to put the tank in his apartment, so he offered it to me, and I'm a sucker for free stuff that I can fix, and it was free, as long as we got it out of the guy's garage by last Saturday.

I kept bugging my brother for details about the tank, specifically the dimensions, so I could decide whether I needed to rent a bigger truck than my Ranger. He originally told me that the tank was 96"x36"x27", which would have been great, since I have about 8ft of bed length in my truck with the tailgate down. I get a call Friday afternoon: "The tank is ten feet long and it's made of 1" glass." I'm thinking "Oh great! Now I have to find a truck at the last minute, and just how the heck am I going to find enough people to help me carry this thing?", and my brother is telling me that the owner moved it with a truck with a 6ft bed, so I figured I'd give it a shot with my truck.

Saturday rolls around and I've got my dad and the brother that started all of this recruited to help me move the beast. I'm flying by the seat of my pants at this point. I don't know where the tank is located. I don't know the extent of the damage to the tank. I'm not even sure of the tank dimensions, or that it will fit in the truck! (We ended up using my dad's Ranger so that I didn't have to take the tonneau cover off my truck.)

After a lot of phone tag, we finally made it to the guy's house to get the aquarium. It's in his garage and it's filled full of junk. Once we emptied it, I started thinking that maybe I bit off more than I can chew. I was almost certain that the 1" glass was an exaggeration. I had never heard of a tank that was only about 2 feet deep having 1" glass. The tank was every bit of ten feet and the glass was 1" thick. On top of that, the tank was heavily eurobraced and reef-ready with a huge overflow built out of 3/4" smoked glass.

One end of the tank was already up on a furniture dolly. We lifted up the other end, placed another dolly underneath it, and rolled it to the truck. The four of us were able to lift one end up to the tailgate, then slide the tank into the truck bed. A good two and a half feet of tank stuck out past the end of the tailgate. We decided that there was no way three of us were going to get that tank anywhere but off the truck, and especially not up to my brother's second-floor apartment or my third-floor apartment. It would have to go to my parents' first.

We took the side streets through Joliet back to my parents' house in Orland. The looks we got while driving were priceless. No one would pull within 10 feet of the tank.

For storage reasons, I figured I'd dismantle the tank sooner rather than later. I thought a few razorblades and an hour should be enough to cut through the silicone. Boy was I wrong! I've found a whole lot more appreciation for silicone and it's adhesive properties.

First, I had to get all this decorative black plastic off the edges so that I could get to the seams. That killed an hour by itself. Several of the seams were too tight to get a razor blade into to cut the silicone. First the end braces came off. They weren't too difficult. Then an end came off with a little more effort. The center brace proved to be the most difficult to remove. After wasting an hour trying to move it, I finally gave up and started cutting the back panel loose. Gravity was the hero of the day. The back panel came loose and dropped a couple inches, which spread the seams on the top brace enough to get a blade in.

The front came off rather easily after the center brace was removed. The end with the overflow proved to be a real bugger. The seams were too tight to cut and the overflow prevented the side from being twisted off. My dad finally used a 2x4 to lever the seams wide enough to cut.

Five hours, fifteen utility knife blades, three wooden shims, and a putty knife later, the tank was reduced to panes of glass. Currently, they are resting on the side of my parents' house because that's as far as my dad and I could carry the big panes. They will be hibernating in my grandmother's garage until I find somewhere to set up the tank.

My wife (Sara) is actually excited about the tank. I think she's getting addicted. Here is her idea:

Sara: "I want neons."
LFS: "Which ones?"
Sara: "We'll take the whole tank. Maybe that tank too."

Sorry for the ridiculously long post. I'll try to get some pictures here and I'll definitely post when I'm repairing and setting up the tank. ]]> New Acquisitions BigJim http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f44/i-got-a-10ft-tank-122790.html Coralife Actinic http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f44/coralife-actinic-122777-new-post.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:24:22 GMT just bought a coralife actinic 15 watt, from petsmart, and the color is not blue, infact its the same color (spectrum) as my 2 year old bulb. the hood is a normal eclipse hood from petsmart. WHY ISNT THE COLOR BLUEISH THEN?8O8O8O8O8O8O just bought a coralife actinic 15 watt, from petsmart, and the color is not blue, infact its the same color (spectrum) as my 2 year old bulb. the hood is a normal eclipse hood from petsmart. WHY ISNT THE COLOR BLUEISH THEN?8O8O8O8O8O8O ]]> New Acquisitions mcgrady7761 http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f44/coralife-actinic-122777.html Buzzzzzzzzz bumblebeezzzzzzzz http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f44/buzzzzzzzzz-bumblebeezzzzzzzz-122746-new-post.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:37:50 GMT Here's a few pictures of the brackish tank. A couple of the bumblebee gobys.
The last picture is a close up of a 'bee, a few ghost shrimp and a few mollies.
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]]> New Acquisitions DragonFish71 http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f44/buzzzzzzzzz-bumblebeezzzzzzzz-122746.html New Additions http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f44/new-additions-122678-new-post.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:16:26 GMT Well went to WWC to get fish food and some RO refills. Ended up with these instead! Guys I have a problem! I am a SPS ADDICT! Aquacultured pink and yellow not named millipora Image: http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/oo113/jjsdancer/180g%20reef%20tank/DSCN4522.jpg Image:... Well went to WWC to get fish food and some RO refills.
Ended up with these instead!

Guys I have a problem! I am a SPS ADDICT!

Aquacultured pink and yellow not named millipora





Blue tenuous acropora





This one replaces my disappeared one.
ORA Pearl Berry acropora
]]> New Acquisitions jsdancer http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f44/new-additions-122678.html <![CDATA[Dwarf Orange Crayfish (Cambarellus patzcuarensis sp. "Orange" )]]> http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f44/dwarf-orange-crayfish-cambarellus-patzcuarensis-sp-orange-122669-new-post.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:47:23 GMT Image: http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k225/mgamer20o0/shrimp/DwarfOrangeCrayfish.jpg Image: http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k225/mgamer20o0/shrimp/DwarfOrangeCrayfish01.jpg Image: http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k225/mgamer20o0/shrimp/DwarfOrangeCrayfish02.jpg Image:...



]]> New Acquisitions mgamer20o0 http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f44/dwarf-orange-crayfish-cambarellus-patzcuarensis-sp-orange-122669.html <![CDATA[Ebay and sps's]]> http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f44/ebay-and-spss-122568-new-post.html Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:15:43 GMT Well guys I won some auctions on Ebay. Shipping items arrived well. Some nice surprises in size. I know that with time they will color up. Who knows maybe they will color up differently in under my conditions. Here they are: TRICOLOR Acropora Secale Image:... Well guys I won some auctions on Ebay. Shipping items arrived well. Some nice surprises in size. I know that with time they will color up. Who knows maybe they will color up differently in under my conditions.
Here they are:
TRICOLOR Acropora Secale


SKY BLUE Acropora Nobilis Slimer


REEF GODDESS Acropora


TRICOLOR ACROPORA


GARF BONZAI ACROPORA


PURPLE/GREEN/PINK ACROPORA MILLE


If anyone wants to know which seller I got these from just PM me. ]]> New Acquisitions jsdancer http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f44/ebay-and-spss-122568.html Bee Shrimp http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f44/bee-shrimp-122562-new-post.html Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:05:27 GMT Image: http://www.bobstropicalplants.com/store/catalog/images/Bee%20Shrimp.JPG ]]> New Acquisitions mgamer20o0 http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f44/bee-shrimp-122562.html caridina Sp redtailed green http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f44/caridina-sp-redtailed-green-122530-new-post.html Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:37:37 GMT these are a undescribed species. the colors do range from more blue to more green. Image: http://www.bobstropicalplants.com/store/catalog/images/caridina%20Sp%20redtailed%20green.jpg these are a undescribed species. the colors do range from more blue to more green.

]]> New Acquisitions mgamer20o0 http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f44/caridina-sp-redtailed-green-122530.html chocolate pleco??? http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f44/chocolate-pleco-122496-new-post.html Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:58:59 GMT Hi here's a picture of the 8" chocolate pleco well at least that's what they called him don't look at the color of the tank it's still settling after getting it all set up

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2669/...130aa021_m.jpg ]]> New Acquisitions mamie http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f44/chocolate-pleco-122496.html Lots of new corals:D http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f44/lots-of-new-corals-d-122492-new-post.html Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:28:04 GMT I went to BRASS, Boston Reefers Annual Saltwater Symposium. The highlights? Ora Red Planet Image: http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c132/pk01507/DSCN2087.jpg Yellow Xenia Image: http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c132/pk01507/DSCN2111.jpg I also got 4 other SPS, a christmas favia, a... I went to BRASS, Boston Reefers Annual Saltwater Symposium.
The highlights?

Ora Red Planet

Yellow Xenia


I also got 4 other SPS, a christmas favia, a acan, and 3 zoa types.



]]> New Acquisitions AMDPhenomX4 http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f44/lots-of-new-corals-d-122492.html some disappointment http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f44/some-disappointment-122487-new-post.html Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:20:43 GMT well I went to get the tank I was so excited to get this "new to me" 55 gallon I get there...there is no canopy on the tank (this is the second one I found)...I took it anyhow it came with the top fin 60 filter, an Elite 100w heater and fish so anyhow I took it brought it home I've decided to keep it but will also purchase the other 55gallon tank at 100 without the filter and so have two. I will have one canopy and down the road build a canopy with the light for the one I just purchased

as fish,...don't ask I know, once the water clears, I'll take pictures and try to post them on here, there are some soard tails and 1 chocolate pleco that's what they called him but he's not very chocolaty let me tell you my small one from my 30 gallon is more brown then him??? but he's huge this chocolate one he's about 8-9" long ]]> New Acquisitions mamie http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f44/some-disappointment-122487.html Betta in spotlight pics. http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f44/betta-in-spotlight-pics-122462-new-post.html Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:18:43 GMT I got this guy today. The effect was created by placing the flash on the glass top-and waited for the fish to get in the right spot. Image: http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j129/bill500_2006/Aquarium/bettainspotlight.jpg Image:... I got this guy today. The effect was created by placing the flash on the glass top-and waited for the fish to get in the right spot.










]]> New Acquisitions MrNitrite http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f44/betta-in-spotlight-pics-122462.html new aquarium http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f44/new-aquarium-122384-new-post.html Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:26:26 GMT i have a new aquarium (new to me) im not sure how many gallons it is but im thinking its like a 60 gal. but not sure... anyways i want to make it saltwater but i dont know what exactly i need... i have been looking at some canister filters so i might get one what else would i need to get my... i have a new aquarium (new to me) im not sure how many gallons it is but im thinking its like a 60 gal. but not sure...
anyways i want to make it saltwater but i dont know what exactly i need... i have been looking at some canister filters so i might get one
what else would i need to get my aquarium started?

do i need a skimmer? or does the canister take care of that?

thanks in advance... ]]> New Acquisitions ge0rgei http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f44/new-aquarium-122384.html Thai Micro Crabs http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f44/thai-micro-crabs-122367-new-post.html Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:56:59 GMT Image: http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k225/mgamer20o0/shrimp/thaimicrocrab01.jpg Image: http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k225/mgamer20o0/shrimp/thaimicrocrab02.jpg Image: http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k225/mgamer20o0/shrimp/thaimicrocrab03.jpg



]]> New Acquisitions mgamer20o0 http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f44/thai-micro-crabs-122367.html