SPS tank

[golfish]

here another pic of my 150 gal sps tank

[RazerCorals]

I love the acro, I'm working on a mini SPS.

[Zack]

Very nice, you have clams in there?

[Samurai]

Oh that is so nice, Cousteau would be proud :D.

[Pineapple House]

Nice one Mark :)

PH =)

[golfish]

Very nice, you have clams in there?

Yup, burried way donw in the rocks I have a large Crocea. No way to see it in that picutere

[Zack]

is it stuck in there? also why you have it kinda hiding?

[Irisservice]

Nice gemini Power head I had one way to powerful for my tank,but Its looks it below the water line sticker.Maybe it just the photo.

[Pineapple House]

is it stuck in there? also why you have it kinda hiding?
The T. Crocea is a rock boring clam, it's quite normal for it to be like that. The Crocea Clam penetrates through limestone substrates by releasing an acid to break down the carbonate in the stone. It uses the ridges of its thick shell to dig into the rock by opening and closing quickly through the use of its bysal muscles. It's normally found in rocks in the shallow waters. It's a great spot for the clam, they usually don't do well in the substrate.

Graham =)

[Fugly]

Its a great looking clam I must say.

[golfish]

Its aways been my favorite clam. I had about 8 clams at one time, when the sps stated growing I sold em all off but this one. Its in a perfict spot for my tank, even if I wanted to move it I couldn't.

[golfish]

Its aways been my favorite clam. I had about 8 clams at one time, when the sps stated growing I sold em all off but this one. Its in a perfict spot for my tank, even if I wanted to move it I couldn't.

[golfish]

Its aways been my favorite clam. I had about 8 clams at one time, when the sps stated growing I sold em all off but this one. Its in a perfict spot for my tank, even if I wanted to move it I couldn't.

[lroo67]

great tank dam nice.hey golfish i work in azuza any lfs i should check on my lunch break? i have not seen one .

[golfish]

Naw, there's nothing around here that's nice..as bad as Monrovia TF is they sometimes have some nice stuff.

You know about Jeff's for critters and reefFanatic for equipment, right?

If your into sps your welcome to stop by for a frag or two

[Zack]

If your into sps your welcome to stop by for a frag or two

LUCKY DUCK! :lol:

[lroo67]

thanks for the offer. but my tank is statring over, besides i dont have the right lighting.hey is jeffs FS the one on hunington drive? have you been to jans FS in san gabriel? they have some cool stuff and there tanks are very clean.[/img]

[golfish]

hey is jeffs FS the one on hunington drive? have you been to jans FS in san gabriel? they have some cool stuff and there tanks are very clean.[/img]

I'm talking about a whole new ball game here. Jan's, Pasadena tropical fish and all the other FS you have been to in this area are small potatoes compared to Jeff's and ReefFanatic.

Jeff's is in Gardena and ReefFanatic is in Whittier (corner of 60 and 605) These are Mail order places. I would suggest you visit Jeff's to start..

ReeFanatic only sell equipment and it will call only. You can't go in there and shop around.

Here's Jeff's link www.exoticfish.com

[Pineapple House]

1-888-442-3474 - 310-817-1176
115 W Victoria St., Gardena, CA 90248
Order Desk: M-F 9 am 6pm, Sat 12-5pm
Outlet Store: Tu-F 12-6pm, Sat 12-5pm

http://www.exoticfish.com/map.jpg



Directions
405 South
Take VERMONT exit and Turn LEFT (the VERMONT exit lets you out on 190th ) Continue 1 Mile and we are on the left. (190th becomes Victoria St.)
405 North
Take the MAIN Street Exit and Turn RIGHT. Travel 1 mile and turn LEFT on VICTORIA. We are the first building on the right.
110 South
Take 190TH ST exit. End of the ramp turn LEFT onto 190TH ST which becomes VICTORIA ST. We are 0.5 Miles on the left.
91 West
Take the MAIN ST exit.
Turn LEFT onto MAIN ST.
Turn RIGHT onto VICTORIA ST
We are the first building on the right

Graham

[lroo67]

thanks for directions pineapple. i have not been able to stop at this FS yet but am going to make the trip.hay pine is this the store where you got the lr with the hitchhiker?

[Pineapple House]

.hay pine is this the store where you got the lr with the hitchhiker?
Nope, that was Aquatic Outlet (www.aquaticoutlet.com).

I don't recommend the place though. They do have good liverock I must say, that you can easily choose the peices you want, for a fairly good price. But, don't let the looks of the store fool you.

Beware of Dave... :shock:
Beware of Shannon... :shock:
Beware of the Owner... :shock:
Beware of any of the Employees... :shock:

Whatever you do, do not ask for advise, do not buy any dry goods (the prices are outragious!), and do not buy any coral (most are half dead or dyed anyway. The ones in their show tank are good, but extremely high priced).

Many people have gotten ripped off by this store. If you want to go there to get some rocks, you can. Just watch out for those people and what I said above. Enter at your own risk.

Graham

[Zack]

hey PH
Does aquatic outlet's competition pay you :lol:

[Pineapple House]

No...not yet at least :twisted:

Graham

[golfish]

:lol: I think the graveyard behind PH's house is full of stuff from Aquatic Outlet. To be fair to Aquatic Outlet, most of PH's bad experience was his own fault, he had people (myself included) telling him not to buy but he didn't listen. This was a case where the LFS didn't care about who, what or where and the buyer had no patience and also didn't care who, what or where.

PH, Sure AO gave you bad advice but these were choices made by you even after people on BB's like this advised you different. Its not like it happened once, twice or even ten times, it was a LOT.

[Zack]

thanks golfish for pointing that out. Yes there are stores that do that and give bad advice to make some $, but it helps to listen to people who have been through it :wink:

[golfish]

Zack,
I know PH is going to think that I'm attacking him but that's not the case. He's come a long way in the past 6-8 months and has learned a lot but his post can sometimes be misleading. As you know I've been in this hobby for 20 years, I like to tell people about all my screwups and there is a lot of them. You guys now days have it easy. When I started all wehad was our own experience and advice from the LFS.

[Zack]

same I am not being mean... LOL waht I was saying is I like to take advice from peopel like you :D ...

[lroo67]

thanks for the warning PH .and one can ever know to mutch .

[Fugly]

All praise lord Golfish :mrgreen:

[Chryocon]

....*chryocon kneels down*....."all praise the all might golfish!!!!" ......"our hero" ...."the almighty wise one" ....."praise him" ..... :mrgreen:

[golfish]

....*chryocon kneels down*....."all praise the all might golfish!!!!" ......"our hero" ...."the almighty wise one" ....."praise him" ..... :mrgreen:

No praise needed....just send money

[Chryocon]

LMAO

[Pineapple House]

....*chryocon kneels down*....."all praise the all might golfish!!!!" ......"our hero" ...."the almighty wise one" ....."praise him" ..... :mrgreen:

No praise needed....just send money
lol, Mark! :-D

On the Aquatic Outlet issue, I have to partially agree with you. Much of it was because of my lack of knowledge then. Try asking everyone who has bought from Aquatic Outlet, i'm sure they'll tell you thier stories :)

Graham

PS. Hey Mark, you never got back to me about the email I sent you regarding when I could check out your tank. Leathercoral85ga@aol.com :)

[golfish]

Graham,
Yes, I did get your e-mail but I know the next two weekend wont be good. You can stop bye and your welcome to any frags I have but I wont be able to spend much time with you. We're just to buzy trying to get the house ready to sell.

Just to let you know. I'm going to be breaking down the tank asap and selling all the live rock, live sand, tank, canopy and stand..

100 pounds of 4 year old Fiji
100 pounds of 2 year old Vanisi
350-400 pounds of very live sand loaded with worms
Oak canopy and stand
150 gal glass tank, two 6x6 corner overflows with 1.5" bulkheads. The tank is 48x24x30

The rock is full of all kinds of Zoo's, shrooms sps and lps

[Chryocon]

almighty lord ngolfish, are you going to ship anything when you brake your tank down or are you going to sell it all localy?

[golfish]

sorry, shippings just too much of a pita

[Pineapple House]

How much would you be selling the livesand for? I might be interested in some of it. Same with the liverock, it sounds awesome (Fiji). I might stop by at a time that would be good for you after Murray makes the stand. I want to add this when i'm switching the stands out so the rocks/sand doesn't have to sit out for over 48hrs :)

Graham

[lroo67]

how long till you start taking the tank apart? i would like to buy a few pices of LR (how mutch$).

[golfish]

how long till you start taking the tank apart? i would like to buy a few pices of LR (how mutch$).

Thats not going to be an option. I'll be selling all the rock at one time or I'll take it to a friends house. I don't have the means to weigh out piece.

[lroo67]

thats cool.