DMBillies
Active member
Hi everyone,
For anyone who doesn't know me, it's been quite a while since I posted here, but I was a regular at club meetings, posted here often, and even organized a swap (I believe in 2009). I've been in school at VU for a long time and my dissertation ate up all the time I've had for a while. I also had to move a while back, which forced a downsize from a 270 gallon tank to the 30 gallon tank I now I have. Needless to say it really eroded quite a lot of my excitement having a 270 gallon in storage and using my old frag tank as my "œmain tank."
I admit I let the tank go quite a bit and started losing some pretty nice pieces, but over the past month or so I've gotten things back to squared away and happy again (with my dissertation submitted, I had a little time to do it). I am on the job hunt right now and will likely be facing a long-distance move in 2-3 months. Now that I've been back monitoring water carefully and things are growing nicely and coloring up, I'm pretty confident that things are ready to find new homes.
Below are the corals I'm selling. I have a bunch of little pieces of some of the colonies that did not fare as well, which I was planning on giving as freebies to buyers who don't mind fragging off the little parts and having the patience to let them grow back into something.
I also want to add that I have not added anything to this system in more than 2 years, so I am reasonably sure that everything is pest-free and all of the tank troubles I had were related to water quality issues. As you'll see from the pictures I have no algae problems (which can be worse to kick than many coral pests) and the cyano problem I did have from high nutrients is almost non-existent at this point. I'm being honest about my tank/situation because I want everyone to understand why some of my colonies (which I'm not selling) have lots of die back and that I wouldn't be trying to sell the other ones if I thought there was any chance I'd be handing off problems to someone else.
It's actually a shame because now that I do have a bit more free time, I'm remembering a lot of why I love having a tank in the first place. Reality is reality though.
Since one of my missions here is to get this tank down for a move that could happen as soon as June 1, and because I am having family over for graduation next weekend, my policy on selling is that I will not hold any of this stuff for anyone. I am home for the day today (Friday, May 6th) and should be around most of the day/evening on Saturday for sure. Give me a call at (six-1-five) 5 8 four "“ one 2 one 8 if you want to swing by. We can set up an approximate time and I'll give you my address. I live near the Nashville Zoo and only maybe 5-10 minutes from the Critter, just for reference and in case you want to combine trips.
I am not planning on fragging any of the colonies below, so please don't ask. If you guys want to coordinate buying any of them and fragging them out amongst yourselves, feel free to coordinate in this thread. Most of these are plenty big enough to do a 3-4 way split and get a way better deal on a bigger a frag than I would be willing to give if I were doing the extra work of piecing them out.
So, without further ado, here's what I've got with the best pictures of the corals I can get from a crappy point and shoot. Any questions... ask away.
Cheers,
Brian
Assorted livestock :
Clarkii Clown (I'd say medium sized -3.5" maybe- and living alone for a while"¦ so definitely going to need to be paired carefully to a smaller fish or not at all) "“ this will probably be the last thing out of the tank so you might have to be patient unless we can fool her with food
Brittle Star (black)
Serpent Star (tan and brown striped)
2 urchins -both maybe 2" in diameter to the tips of the spines (whitish pincushion one and a longer-spined one with a black body and whitish spines) "“ I have never had a problem with these guys munching on corals of any variety, specifically encrusting montis which some urchins (especially the black ones that come in on live rock from the Caribbean) will often just mow down, but I would advise watching any urchin carefully for a while.
Corals:
Pink/Green Milli "“ This looks much better from the top where the light is hitting it, but it's a short tank and I can't get a good shot. This is a fast grower that's pretty easy to keep happy and I know a few people in the club have/had it from me. Depending on your parameters and how much light you give it, it will also show off more of a blue color... it really has shown me just about every color of the rainbow and I have seen it look very different in different tanks - $30
Pagoda Cup - $25
Green Encrusting Monti - $30
Purple/Green-Eyed Acan - $30
Echino - Green with Neon Green Mouths - This one is a bit of an enigma but I've never seen one quite like this before, which is why I bought it. I think it is an Echinopora Gemmecea. I am pretty sure about the Echino part in any event, but it is also branchy and the shape around the mouths is a little unusual and not typical of most echinos you do see. -$30
Mint Green Polyps - $5
Neon Green Monti with Orange-ish Polyps "“ this is way brighter than the picture makes it look - $30
Big Rock Covered in Xenia (with a very small devil's hand on it) - $30
Purple Branching Acro - $10
For anyone who doesn't know me, it's been quite a while since I posted here, but I was a regular at club meetings, posted here often, and even organized a swap (I believe in 2009). I've been in school at VU for a long time and my dissertation ate up all the time I've had for a while. I also had to move a while back, which forced a downsize from a 270 gallon tank to the 30 gallon tank I now I have. Needless to say it really eroded quite a lot of my excitement having a 270 gallon in storage and using my old frag tank as my "œmain tank."
I admit I let the tank go quite a bit and started losing some pretty nice pieces, but over the past month or so I've gotten things back to squared away and happy again (with my dissertation submitted, I had a little time to do it). I am on the job hunt right now and will likely be facing a long-distance move in 2-3 months. Now that I've been back monitoring water carefully and things are growing nicely and coloring up, I'm pretty confident that things are ready to find new homes.
Below are the corals I'm selling. I have a bunch of little pieces of some of the colonies that did not fare as well, which I was planning on giving as freebies to buyers who don't mind fragging off the little parts and having the patience to let them grow back into something.
I also want to add that I have not added anything to this system in more than 2 years, so I am reasonably sure that everything is pest-free and all of the tank troubles I had were related to water quality issues. As you'll see from the pictures I have no algae problems (which can be worse to kick than many coral pests) and the cyano problem I did have from high nutrients is almost non-existent at this point. I'm being honest about my tank/situation because I want everyone to understand why some of my colonies (which I'm not selling) have lots of die back and that I wouldn't be trying to sell the other ones if I thought there was any chance I'd be handing off problems to someone else.
It's actually a shame because now that I do have a bit more free time, I'm remembering a lot of why I love having a tank in the first place. Reality is reality though.
Since one of my missions here is to get this tank down for a move that could happen as soon as June 1, and because I am having family over for graduation next weekend, my policy on selling is that I will not hold any of this stuff for anyone. I am home for the day today (Friday, May 6th) and should be around most of the day/evening on Saturday for sure. Give me a call at (six-1-five) 5 8 four "“ one 2 one 8 if you want to swing by. We can set up an approximate time and I'll give you my address. I live near the Nashville Zoo and only maybe 5-10 minutes from the Critter, just for reference and in case you want to combine trips.
I am not planning on fragging any of the colonies below, so please don't ask. If you guys want to coordinate buying any of them and fragging them out amongst yourselves, feel free to coordinate in this thread. Most of these are plenty big enough to do a 3-4 way split and get a way better deal on a bigger a frag than I would be willing to give if I were doing the extra work of piecing them out.
So, without further ado, here's what I've got with the best pictures of the corals I can get from a crappy point and shoot. Any questions... ask away.
Cheers,
Brian
Assorted livestock :
Clarkii Clown (I'd say medium sized -3.5" maybe- and living alone for a while"¦ so definitely going to need to be paired carefully to a smaller fish or not at all) "“ this will probably be the last thing out of the tank so you might have to be patient unless we can fool her with food
Brittle Star (black)
Serpent Star (tan and brown striped)
2 urchins -both maybe 2" in diameter to the tips of the spines (whitish pincushion one and a longer-spined one with a black body and whitish spines) "“ I have never had a problem with these guys munching on corals of any variety, specifically encrusting montis which some urchins (especially the black ones that come in on live rock from the Caribbean) will often just mow down, but I would advise watching any urchin carefully for a while.
Corals:
Pink/Green Milli "“ This looks much better from the top where the light is hitting it, but it's a short tank and I can't get a good shot. This is a fast grower that's pretty easy to keep happy and I know a few people in the club have/had it from me. Depending on your parameters and how much light you give it, it will also show off more of a blue color... it really has shown me just about every color of the rainbow and I have seen it look very different in different tanks - $30
Pagoda Cup - $25
Green Encrusting Monti - $30
Purple/Green-Eyed Acan - $30
Echino - Green with Neon Green Mouths - This one is a bit of an enigma but I've never seen one quite like this before, which is why I bought it. I think it is an Echinopora Gemmecea. I am pretty sure about the Echino part in any event, but it is also branchy and the shape around the mouths is a little unusual and not typical of most echinos you do see. -$30
Mint Green Polyps - $5
Neon Green Monti with Orange-ish Polyps "“ this is way brighter than the picture makes it look - $30
Big Rock Covered in Xenia (with a very small devil's hand on it) - $30
Purple Branching Acro - $10
Brian and Moriah are great! And I have no doubt the corals (and cats) are, too. Any news from Temple, Brian?
