Reef_Geek's tanks

[Reef_Geek]

It's been a little while since I updated my journal. I went away for a fantastic vacation to Costa Rica. Thread here with photos: http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=90538
Nearing my departure date, I was still at the winning end of a battle with Cryptocaryon. When vacation day came... well, flights are booked so here we go... Came back with many fish not making it, but most corals ok. Pretty dejected for a while. Oh well. If I fear for my tank, I'd never go on vacation... life's too short to miss out on seeing the world.

Anyway, things have come back to normal now since that late October trip. On Nov 19, I added a second light to my 65 gal reef. Now it has two Innovative Marine 92 watt LED tablet Skkye lights (dual spectrum model). Got the new unit from Wai's for $500 + GST and was pretty pleased, as this unit sells for $581 USD mail order out of US and Pisces in Calgary sells for $675.

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I've recently added an Elegance coral. Picked this up on Black Friday at Pisces for $80, though it wasn't on sale. The size of its skeleton is the size of a regular hard shell taco... actually I told my wife it was a taco coral... silly non-aquarium folk. This piece was a good deal, as Ocean's wanted in excess of $110 for his piece that was not neon green with pink tips... he has a few like that too but said those were more expensive and I didn't bother asking further.



Full tank shot 65 gallon Nov 24:


25 gal cube frag tank currently housing 5 new acquisition fish under observation, using herbtana. There's a Powder Brown Tang, a Naso Tang, a Yellow Tang, a Flame Angel, an Arc Eye Hawkfish.

[kien]

Nice! Love that elegance! Might have to visit the OC and tell him the big P is selling theirs for $80 :-D

[Reef_Geek]

Originally Posted by kien

Nice! Love that elegance! Might have to visit the OC and tell him the big P is selling theirs for $80 :-D

IMO 'Big P' could do better with their corals. Such a big store and so many display tanks... but so few corals tanks where corals are for sale. I mean... they have a room for monkeys, but only a few tanks of corals for sale. Anyway, they only offer two or three tiers of corals and each tier is flat rate pricing for better or worse. There was another elegance half the size for the same $80 price... so if you look carefully through the tanks of corals (same price for better or worse) you can sometimes find the ones that are under priced out of the batch.

IMO OC's pricing is pretty fair. He doesn't under price nor over price and he's often consistent from one shipment to the next. Sometimes I feel bad telling him someone else is cheaper as I'm not trying to nickel and dime him... I'd just as well say nothing and buy at the cheaper place if the price difference is worthwhile and all else is equal. But I often also don't mind paying a few bucks extra (<$10) at OC, he's a friendly guy and gives honest opinions. I also think he tries to get his prices to end in the number 8 for Chinese superstition, and that makes me chuckle.

[Reef_Geek]

So I got sick of ineffectively quarantining new fish in my frag tank using Herbtana. It's just not working. Lost my Flame Angel this week to Cryptocaryon. So I stripped down my frag tank, took out the sand, frags, frag rack, power head, and now it's a quarantine tank with Cupramine. Screw you protozoans! It's on!

One day I'll set up another frag tank with the metal halide lamp.

[lastlight]

You've got some super nice acans and i love that Caulastrea too! Hope your battle with the sick fish turns around for you.

[Reef_Geek]

thanks. me too!

Originally Posted by Reef_Geek

IMO OC's pricing is pretty fair. He doesn't under price nor over price and he's often consistent from one shipment to the next. Sometimes I feel bad telling him someone else is cheaper as I'm not trying to nickel and dime him... I'd just as well say nothing and buy at the cheaper place if the price difference is worthwhile and all else is equal. But I often also don't mind paying a few bucks extra (<$10) at OC, he's a friendly guy and gives honest opinions. I also think he tries to get his prices to end in the number 8 for Chinese superstition, and that makes me chuckle.

That is hilarious. Now it makes sense why he always adds $0.98 to the end of everything.

Originally Posted by kien

Nice! Love that elegance! Might have to visit the OC and tell him the big P is selling theirs for $80 :-D

That is a beautiful elegance. I went to that store across the street in my business clothes and the owner wanted $130 for their elegance that wasn't even close to your taco coral. Good score.

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by ChizerBunoi

That is a beautiful elegance. I went to that store across the street in my business clothes and the owner wanted $130 for their elegance that wasn't even close to your taco coral. Good score.

Business clothes served you well Hihi

Just to add something....I don't know why people always point fingers at this hobby saying this hobby is threatening lives under ocean while industries are carrying out sequestration to the ocean and billions of people love seafood. Pity!

[FishyFishy!]

Originally Posted by mrhasan

Business clothes served you well Hihi

Just to add something....I don't know why people always point fingers at this hobby saying this hobby is threatening lives under ocean while industries are carrying out sequestration to the ocean and billions of people love seafood. Pity!

Yes... there are HUGE other issues around the world... but thats really not relevant here at all.

How many tangs do you have in your 20 gallon Nano? NONE... because you have the common sense and decency not to do something silly.