brian92 Posted December 10, 2008 Author Share Posted December 10, 2008 Gotcha, thanks for the help, I'm sure I'll come up with more questions sooner or later (probably sooner). Edit: Wow that was fast.. When shipping frags, what is usually the policy on specimens that die during shipping? I'm sure it varies from seller to seller but what is the norm? I haven't ever bought anything living (save for chaeto) online. I've had frags shipped to me a couple of times, I always pay the extra 20 or 30 bucks for overnight and make sure they have some kind of live arrival policy, the guy I just bought from said if the Mohawks perish he has more to send to, some people will replace them, others refund the purchase without shipping included, as you said it varies a bit. But don't worry about shipping as long as you're dealing with a reputable seller. Link to comment
CoRPS Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 I'm actually more worried about when the time comes to ship mine out! Link to comment
brian92 Posted December 10, 2008 Author Share Posted December 10, 2008 I'm actually more worried about when the time comes to ship mine out! Oh well if I were you I'd check out the how to ship threads, get the heat packs, bags, and styrofoam together. It isn't hard to do if you pack the corals right and send it express or overnight. For a guarantee I would say try shipping once see how it goes before sending a bunch out and risking it, but I would do a money back live arrive guarantee with pics of the dead coral and only valid on the 1 day shipping. Link to comment
CoRPS Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Gotcha man, thanks for bien a champ and answering muh questions Link to comment
brian92 Posted December 10, 2008 Author Share Posted December 10, 2008 Gotcha man, thanks for bien a champ and answering muh questions no problem anytime Link to comment
brian92 Posted December 10, 2008 Author Share Posted December 10, 2008 Nuke Greens and purple deaths opened up! Damn they are small, they are about the size of your average zoa polyp, but I'll grow them big and strong by feeding them mysis . The Stardust People Eaters are my new favorites I got about 11 polyps and they are nice!!! The "rainbow" (palys or zoas) are just a little dissapointing and I don't think they are palys they are a little smaller than expected and don't look much like rainbow palys in pics. Mohawks haven't opened yet and are looking a little flat and sick, not gonna be too worried if they die as there was a guarantee but I'd still be a little dissapointed. I've decided I'm going to be mostly collecting nice People Eaters or similar size palys, not because of the fact that they are rare. I like bigger palys because they always have great colors and size, they grow fast for me and they are easy to frag. Anyone have a favorite People Eater Paly? I'm looking to find some more nice ones As for future plans for the tank, I'm a little mixed on whether to go into a display tank or frag tank, I'll figure out what I want to do with it right now I'm 50/50 split on frag v. Display. I think once I get a nice collection going I'll end up going into a display tank. Link to comment
CoRPS Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 FRAG TANK! No but really I guess it depends on what size you're talkin about. If it were me, I'd use it as a frag tank for 6mos to a year and then you've got a badass collection going, turn it into a DT! Link to comment
brian92 Posted December 10, 2008 Author Share Posted December 10, 2008 FRAG TANK!No but really I guess it depends on what size you're talkin about. If it were me, I'd use it as a frag tank for 6mos to a year and then you've got a badass collection going, turn it into a DT! Yeah that's basically my plan. I think I like having a frag tank better than a normal tank any way . I'll probably keep the frag tank going for a while and like you said build up a nice collection of my favorite palys. As for a display tank in the coming months I'm thinking a 3g picotope, to kind of serve as an "ark" for my collection in case of a tank crash and for college so I can cram it as full as I can with my collection and bring it with me. No fish just some one polyps frags of all my nice stuff set on the rocks and left to grow. Only worry would be lighting, I don't know if 36 watts of CF would give nice coloration compared to the 20k on my frag tank. My list of palys to get -Er1c’s Palys -Darth Mauls -Magicians -KO’s Nightmares -Pyro’s Envy -Orange People Eaters -Any PE's except RPE, PEoA's, GPE, or Stardust PE (already have or am getting them) I'm planning on aquiring most of these over few months but it could take longer, depending on how hard to find them, cash availabilty, and getting distracted by palys I like more. Link to comment
CoRPS Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 You should add Rabbit Holes to your list! I don't know of any small wattage, high kelvin lights. I mean you could always go with a 20w 50/50, or even two of the 20w 50/50's. Just one would be more then enough lighting in a 3g for polyps though. Link to comment
evilc66 Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 The Current dual 18W Satellite is about your best bet for PCs. The dual actinics make all the difference in the world compared to the Coralife dual 18W. Or, you could always go LED (nudge, nudge, wink, wink ) Link to comment
CoRPS Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Btw, evilc... Do you have a page somewhere with a list of all the materials needed to do a LED setup? I mean I wanna do one for my 20L but it's a bit daunting. Link to comment
brian92 Posted December 10, 2008 Author Share Posted December 10, 2008 You should add Rabbit Holes to your list! You already know I want those! Now frag them! The Current dual 18W Satellite is about your best bet for PCs. The dual actinics make all the difference in the world compared to the Coralife dual 18W. Or, you could always go LED (nudge, nudge, wink, wink ) Thanks, I'll have to remember to get the Current Dual 18w. I would so do LED, you know the stock picotope light? Could you put like three or four 3 watt LEDs on a custom heat sink and make something like that? My engineering class has a CNC machine and a Laser Cutter. Would 3 or 4 3 watt leds work for something like I'd like to do? I wanna be in the LED club Link to comment
CoRPS Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Wait a second. You've got a CNC machine and a laser cutter (for acrylic?) at your disposal and you haven't built anything? Dude, what? Link to comment
brian92 Posted December 10, 2008 Author Share Posted December 10, 2008 Wait a second. You've got a CNC machine and a laser cutter (for acrylic?) at your disposal and you haven't built anything? Dude, what? Well for the first two terms we had to design and build dumb project stuff on the laser cutter, but now we're finishing up with that stuff in a few weeks and I want to make a couple of my own remora skimmers and whatever else I want. Any ideas? The laser cutter can cut lots of stuff, it cuts acrylic better than anything I've seen! Just make something on Autocad and put the file along with the material in the machine and presto. Link to comment
brian92 Posted December 10, 2008 Author Share Posted December 10, 2008 MORE PICTURES B! Sure I'll go take some, not of the new pack though. I need to grow it out and its not open fully Link to comment
CoRPS Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Well for the first two terms we had to design and build dumb project stuff on the laser cutter, but now we're finishing up with that stuff in a few weeks and I want to make a couple of my own remora skimmers and whatever else I want. Any ideas? The laser cutter can cut lots of stuff, it cuts acrylic better than anything I've seen! Just make something on Autocad and put the file along with the material in the machine and presto. Yeah I have a great idea: MAKE ONE FOR ME TOO!!! Link to comment
evilc66 Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Btw, evilc... Do you have a page somewhere with a list of all the materials needed to do a LED setup? I mean I wanna do one for my 20L but it's a bit daunting. I don't have a page, but I am trying to finish up an article to post on NR as a kind of "Idiots Guid to LEDs", if you'll pardon the phrase. Keep an eye out in the lighting forum. You already know I want those! Now frag them! Thanks, I'll have to remember to get the Current Dual 18w. I would so do LED, you know the stock picotope light? Could you put like three or four 3 watt LEDs on a custom heat sink and make something like that? My engineering class has a CNC machine and a Laser Cutter. Would 3 or 4 3 watt leds work for something like I'd like to do? I wanna be in the LED club You might be able to make something that is about the same size as the stock light, but not something that will fit in it and work. You won't have any way to get airflow to it. With only 3 or 4 LEDs, you may not need a fan if the heatsink is desinged right. You could probably canabalize the stock light for the arm and the clamp. 3 or 4 LEDs will be a little on the light side for power for a pico. I'd say it would be equivalent to somewhere between the single and the dual 18W Satellite. The fixtures I build have 10 LEDs and 3 times the PAR of the dual Satellite. Link to comment
brian92 Posted December 10, 2008 Author Share Posted December 10, 2008 I don't have a page, but I am trying to finish up an article to post on NR as a kind of "Idiots Guid to LEDs", if you'll pardon the phrase. Keep an eye out in the lighting forum. You might be able to make something that is about the same size as the stock light, but not something that will fit in it and work. You won't have any way to get airflow to it. With only 3 or 4 LEDs, you may not need a fan if the heatsink is desinged right. You could probably canabalize the stock light for the arm and the clamp. 3 or 4 LEDs will be a little on the light side for power for a pico. I'd say it would be equivalent to somewhere between the single and the dual 18W Satellite. The fixtures I build have 10 LEDs and 3 times the PAR of the dual Satellite. I'll have to look into doing something like in a month or two, I'll probably start designing it in cad and solidworks, than buy the stuff later. I'll aim for something equivalent to or a little better than the current dual, I can't figure out all the bells and whistles like putting in a dimmer . By the way if a pico was my main tank I would so have already bought your fixture it is awesome!!! Looks very proffesional like you'd buy it at the store Pics in 30 minutes Link to comment
CoRPS Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Been way more than 30 minutes dude Link to comment
brian92 Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 Been way more than 30 minutes dude yeah I took the pics and added them to my photobucket but when I copy the the image link and try to paste it the computer freezes I tried to do it on all three of my computers I'll try again. Link to comment
brian92 Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 My first corals mushrooms and anthelia Fire in The Skys, I'd like to know what everyone thinks of these. I like them but don't know if frags would sell if I made them. I bought it for $60 Eagle Eyes are growing well Frag of Fire in the Skys and Radioactive Dragon Eyes and some orangier zoas? maybe just more fire in the skys can't wait for it to grow out and cover the SPS skeleton Top Down As you can see I like top down because my hanging MH pendant lets me snap some decent pics and zoas and palys really should be fewed from the topdown for the full effect. Do I hear a top down tank build? The new stuff is still adjusting to the light, except they PD's and NG they are open but the guy sent me dissapointing little baby polyps Wow I totally missed taking any pictures of my Palys, the lights are off so I'll try to get some pics of those tomorrow. They are kinda hard to get a good shot of but I'll try. Link to comment
CoRPS Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 IMO The Fire in the Sky's are AWESOME. TBH Probably my favorite in that pack. There's like 5 or 6 different morphs on that rock. Dude, very cool. The green ones make it just that much more badass IMO. Link to comment
brian92 Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 IMO The Fire in the Sky's are AWESOME. TBH Probably my favorite in that pack. There's like 5 or 6 different morphs on that rock. Dude, very cool. The green ones make it just that much more badass IMO. Thanks!, I saw them at the lfs and they looked a little drab and brown but the it showed potential with the red skirts. After a few weeks under my lights it started looking way better. I have to say the closest lfs to me sucks it has brown zoas for high prices but I managed to find a good one in Boston wher i got these, It's worth the trip to find a good lfs. Are there any decent lfs in Florida. Link to comment
CoRPS Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 There's one down here I love. it's where I got the yellow zoos, hammer, xenia and those paly's. Awesome prices. In fact I think I'ma go pick something new up tomorrow. Link to comment
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