Fishboy9227
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Petco!!! haha
Edmond / OKC LFS?
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Young Reefer 03
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is mondo anything worth going to? i forgot to go there, but if you think its good i wouldnt mind going.
IME there are only 2 good petcos. the one in norman, and the one off the expressway. the one in edmond sucks, they had a mat of DEAD Star Polyps for sale for $40... it has algae growing on it lol
IME there are only 2 good petcos. the one in norman, and the one off the expressway. the one in edmond sucks, they had a mat of DEAD Star Polyps for sale for $40... it has algae growing on it lol
Fishboy9227
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Yeah, it really depends on which one you go too.
well yes and no lol if you want a lot to look at then no.. but if your looking to buying something i would call and see if he has it or could get it for you. i bought all the cleaner shrimp he had for $15 each.. and I bought a coal frag from there too..also a rock that I had to have but didn't like the 5.99 a LB price tag I will stop buy from time to time to see what he has IMO Norman is the best petco
Young Reefer 03
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norman no doubt is the best petco. my dad got a carpet nem thats like atleast 12" for $40 from them. they also had some mandarins in for $15 last weekend, but the poor things were starving.
any pics of the Coal Frag?
i might call him and see if he has any Zoas.
Fishboy9227
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14415119#post14415119 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Young Reefer 03
norman no doubt is the best petco. my dad got a carpet nem thats like atleast 12" for $40 from them. they also had some mandarins in for $15 last weekend, but the poor things were starving.
any pics of the Coal Frag?
Hmmm....thats interesting since the Expressway store sells twice as much Saltwater fish than norman and is number 16 out of 900 some saltwater departments in the company. :rollface:
Fishboy9227
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Norman is a couple of years newer than then Expressway one. The tanks do look a lot more presentable in Norman. Algae is more of a problem at the expressway.
Cichlid-Dave
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Be carefull on the salinity at those stores. We purchased some salt fish there twice. The first time we did not check the salinity and the fish died within 24 hours of getting them home. The second time the amount of salt in their water would not even read on our salinity gage. We think this was the problem on the first group of fish.
Young Reefer 03
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did you use a refracto, or hydro? if you aclimated correctly the difference would not have been an issue...
While it is true that correct acclimation will resolve that issue, correct acclimation for a fish moving from a very low saltwater mix to a high (normal) mix would take days.
It is not easy to move a fish upwards through salinity. Some places may have their salinity artificially low, as in 1.015-range. Moving a fish from this low to a 1.025 sg tank will really stress it out.
Moving down is easy. You can take a fish in 1.025 sg and pretty much add it to 1.020.
Its all to do with how fish secrete the salt from their system.
So- yes dave, you are correct, you need to know what the SG of the water is which makes a refractometer pretty useful.
Paul.
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wow, thanks paul. i never knew that. if anyone is trying to get rid of a refracto let me know. i have one in my cart at Dr. F&S, but havent ordered it yet. i feel stupid. i dont even test my SG since i only have a hydro and those can be up to .005 off. 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14415119#post14415119 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Young Reefer 03
norman no doubt is the best petco. my dad got a carpet nem thats like atleast 12" for $40 from them. they also had some mandarins in for $15 last weekend, but the poor things were starving.
any pics of the Coal Frag?
the one on the left is it.. I need lessons on how to take pic's!!! I can take better ones when I'm diveing
Young Reefer 03
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woah, thats a frag? more like a colony!
Young Reefer 03
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good question... i consider a frag less than 2" and more is like a colony
Fishboy9227
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That is a colony. A frag is usually four or five heads.
Young Reefer 03
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nothing coral wise, and the place smells like cat pee. lol
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