Power out for next few days. Soft corals and fish to a good home.

[Kathy55g]

OK, been thinking about taking down the display since I spend all my time with the baby fishes now. 100 degree temps ARE my threshold. Moved my 55 gallon display contents to basement so they would not boil. Don't think I lost anything big.

Free to a good home:
Beautiful fish:
orange firefish
purple firefish
coral beauty--really a nice one
large serpent star

Soft corals:
Hairy mushrooms and a couple of leathers and a toadstool or three

ONe small frag orange montipora from Dr BDC.

$4 a pound live rock, I have about 50 pounds I'm willing to give up. It has some hair algae and a few mushrooms attached.

55 gallon glass aquarium, no holes
Cherry veneer Petsmart stand
both for $100

JBJ PC light fixture, 48", 4x 55 watt bulbs included, $100


I would like to sell the corals first, to ease the removal of rocks, and lastly, fish.

PM,
I have no power, and won't for several days, so I am at the library to use the computer. Please be patient.

Thanks,
Kathy

 

[Dert42]

pm sent.
also i can bring you r/o water if you need?
but can't til tommarow.

 

[Shooter7]

Hope everything goes ok kathy

 

[Kathy55g]

Water and phone work fine, thanks, AC is out, thus the boiling fish scare.

Tree hit house last night, hole in roof, and side of house, patio furniture dead, but life is sweet, my breeding pair is OK and the kids are in Chesterfield at my Mom's AC house.

Cheers,
Kathy
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[Shooter7]

Well, I guess look at it this way.....Congrats on a new roof and other various parts of the house!

 

[ddgluck]

PM sent - on tank and lights

 

[Eron]

I'll take them, i live in springfield but my buddy is coming thru there on Sunday, he could pick them up for me.

 

[saltyunderground]

Kathy bring them over here to my 75g tank. It's empty but for water.

 

[kpc01]

Kathy, pm box is full but I have a 200 with nothing but two of your clowns and a chromis so I could give all the fish a great home. Let me know if you would like me to pick up...I can any time tonight if that helps any....also could house your corals for you if you would like me to. Cell if needed 940-368-7076

Kelly

 

[dynamitedj]

I'm interested in the coral beauty and the firefish. Aaron 314-651-6554. Also, If you need any help with anything let me know.

 

[Kathy55g]

Thanks everyone, I think most things are spoken for, and all are still alive. I won't be able to do anything until Saturday as far as pick up is concerned.

Babies in the basement went without much attention yesterday as I dismantled the display and brought it downstairs to my 75 dgree basement. All is well. Although the firefish and CB are hiding and the clownfish did not want to eat much this morning.

For the clownfish growout system:
I am using the 50 pound box of battery recharger unit that we keep in our cars (we have 2) with an inverter to power the minijet pump that keeps my bioballs wet. I am alternating using and recharging them.

I am manually removing water from the sump and pouring it into the individual fish tanks. Water flows from the overflows to the filter and bioballs. I can only do this a couple of times a day, as I am at work most of the day. But I think it effectively exchanges ammonia free water with dirty fish water.

The inverter/battery/minijet keep it wet when I am not there, and when I am sleeping. I put a chunk of live rock in each of the baby fish tanks, and have battery powered air pumps to keep the water oxygenated and moving.

All the cultures are OK. All the algae, all the rotifers, all are bubbling on battery power. It is good this happened in summer, because a power outage in winter would require heat. The basement is 62 in winter. Fortunately, our power has not gone out in winter.

None of the fish were fed yesterday. I fed a little this morning using a battery powered light to illuminate.

It was day 2 for the larvae yesterday. I ignored them, because I had broodstock about to boil. They were in the dark all day. I did
not feed them. Their temp fell to 78 degrees. They had air and that's it.

This morning in the glow of the battery light, I had no deaths, and lots of fat bellied larvae. They had only been feed once in their lives, 48 hours ago. I guess those rotifers multiplied in the tank, and larvae can see in the dark. It is miraculous!

All the cultures are OK. All the algae, all the rotifers, all are bubbling on battery power. It is good this happened in summer, because a power outage in winter would require heat. The basement is 62 in winter. Fortunately, our power has not gone out in winter.

We did lose my daughter's sickly goldfish, but I think that was inevitable. Sad for her though.

Cheers,
Kathy

 

[dynamitedj]

Just a note. If your car batteries die you can charge them at autozone for free. I am still interested in the fish. Either way let me know. Glad to hear that everything is ok, exept the goldfish.