November Swap Meet - Kelowna and Area

Oscar · #1 11-12-2008, 05:52 PM

Now that Hwy 97 is open again I should be able to make this swap. Does anyone have a sea hare they want to part with? AJs in Vernon has one but it is ~3" long. Not sure that I have enough algae to keep a hare that large.

Alternately if I pick up the sea hare this week and he has done his thing by the time the swap comes along is there anyone that I can pass him along to?

I should also have a frag of pulsing xenia and a couple of zoa frags to bring along.

phillybean · #2 11-13-2008, 05:23 AM

Just as an update, I'll have the following to sell/trade.

5 - Purple Acro Frags (Most very tiny, 2 fair sized frags)
2 - Birdsnest Frags (Tiny, however 4 frags per plug)
1 - Green Encrusting Monti (on a rock about 4")
1 - Brown, branching encrusting Monti (on a rock about 6")
1 - Light Green Button Polyp (3 heads)
1 - Dark Green Button Polyp (10 heads)
1 - Unknown SPS Frag (4-5")
1 - Watermelon Mushroom Rock - (6+ mushrooms of various size)
1 - Moon Coral

Hagen hunting · #3 11-16-2008, 04:12 PM

Hey im interested in coming to the meet to purchase a few things.
Dave.

phillybean · #4 11-18-2008, 06:28 AM

Well looks like the frag swap will be a week to late.

I had some issues with my lighting and hydrometer...lost just about all of my SPS, basically over night.

Still have a few things but no Acro Frags from me

brizzo · #5 11-18-2008, 10:20 PM

Doh!

I'm going to be bringing:

Red Montipora Capricornis (1/2" to 1" frags, mounted)

Brown Bird's Nest (May color up, each mounting has 2 pieces about 3/4")

and 2 more frags of this, which I don't know what it is, but all those fuzzy polyps are bright green under actinics

Starry · #6 11-19-2008, 01:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nazerine

Doh!

I'm going to be bringing:

Red Montipora Capricornis (1/2" to 1" frags, mounted)

Brown Bird's Nest (May color up, each mounting has 2 pieces about 3/4")

and 2 more frags of this, which I don't know what it is, but all those fuzzy polyps are bright green under actinics

Looks like some type of Porites. Nice looking piece.

mseepman · #7 11-19-2008, 12:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phillybean

Well looks like the frag swap will be a week to late.

I had some issues with my lighting and hydrometer...lost just about all of my SPS, basically over night.

Still have a few things but no Acro Frags from me

Really sorry to hear this. Enlighten us as to what happened. I can't seem to put together a scenario where lighting and hydrometer work together to cause a crash.

phillybean · #8 11-19-2008, 12:51 AM

Well...

I needed new bulbs as mine were quite old and weren't strong enough to support my SPS corals. It took me longer than I thought it would to replace the bulbs, so they weren't getting the light that they needed.

On top of that, I was using a Coralife Hyrdometer, which was giving me faulty readings. My SG was reading 1.026 but turned out to be 1.031.

I blame a combo of the two for my RTN issues. All my other levels are decent (Nitrate under 5ppm, Phos 0.25, Calcium 420, dKH 12)

mseepman · #9 11-19-2008, 01:15 AM

Sad to hear it. Have you checked you mag levels. When I first started with SPS I got return on my first bunch of pieces and couldn't identify the culprit until I finally checked that and it was way too low. I've been using Tailored Aquatics Mag since then and don't have any complaints. Of course I have completely different problems now...lol.