Please bare with me identifying all types of coral, etc. My husband upkept this tank and is deployed in Iraq. Yesterday a large piece of coral fell and cracked the tank. So it has now been placed into a bin with little filtration & lighting. Everything needs to go ASAP! Pics available by request! Just make an offer..

75 pounds of live rock (some carribean)


Some are covered in purple and some in red and containing baby snails & star fish
One approx. 8" rock coverd in what looks to be yellow people eater polyps
Rocks coved in 3 different types of polyps, button and two other types in black and brown.7" Brittle star
1 1/2" damsel
Several clutters of red tree gorgorian
2 types of xenia species
Other unidentified soft coral


Also available is the base which was for a 42"W x 11"D x 20"H sized tank in black, two doors.
Filtration & lighting by eclipse and all supplies that go along with tank.
Live sand if wanted, with several shells..

ALSO- a 7" snail in a conch shell, quarter inch snails, and baby snails

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Probably doesn't matter, but that *brittle star* looks exactly like my serpent star

I googled it and yes the brittle star and serpent star look almost identical. In fact can be confused with one or the other. I do remember when we bought this from the pet place they called it a brittle star. Though they could have been wrong...that is what I was told it was.. Thanks!

Here is a link below, they are similar because they are in the same class of star fish..
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/brittlestars.htm

If you have any stars or snails left, please let me know.. We are in Macon too, and could come over tomorrow. Thanks!

So far everything is still available!!

I can supply a 55g tank if someone can help me get it down there. Not sure if that'll help.

I can go pick up some live rock tomorrow, maybe the softies aswell, sending you a pm

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THESE ARE PICS! =) I will try to get better pics to help identify everything Monday. Thanks!

Is that non-photosynthetic gorgonian?

Is that non-photosynthetic gorgonian?

Yes it is thanks!

Monday I am going to try and get better pics of each rock so that I can identify the coral further. So far this is what I have identified

The polyps that cover most of the rocks I have identified as Zoanthid colony polyps and button polyps.
Also red and black mushroom coral.
Stick tree polyps
A 2 inch rock encrusted with red coral, I have not yet I identified.

The yellow polyps that I thought were people eaters, I believe it is Colony Polyp, Super Colored.
My husband kept them under a black light and were very colorful.
Live rock (not sure about these but pretty sure going by pics I found on foster & smith web site)
Red covered rocks- Fiji Premium Live Rock and carribean rocks, both similar in color think there is a mix.
Purple covered rocks- Tonga Deepwater Live Rock
Pink covered rocks-Tonga Ridge/Shelf Live Rock
I had a Green Ricordea Florida Mushroom and other unusual things, which I can not seem to locate but perhaps Monday I will.

I can run down there for the Gorgs. Please PM a phone and address.

This is Pat from Haynes. Glad to see that you got it posted ok. Do you have any details on the lights and filtration? Might be interested....

Also, the 8" piece with the polyps and xenia for my tank. PM me if it is still available.

Hi, someone is dropping by tonight to look at all the coral. If those are left I will message you. I can't thank you enough for helping me out and directing me to this web site. Everyone is so friendly and bending over backwards to help me!!. THANK YOU!!!!!

This is Pat from Haynes. Glad to see that you got it posted ok. Do you have any details on the lights and filtration? Might be interested....

Also, the 8" piece with the polyps and xenia for my tank. PM me if it is still available.
Hows that pistol shrimp doing?

Glad I could help. This site has been a great help to me and like you say....everyone is very willing to help.

Best of luck to you and your family!

Pistol shrimp is doing great.

Thats great. Ill be in contact with you probably today about a tang.

live rock still available????

do u have a protein skimmer.

I got a question, does water become merky by too much salt? A family member came over while I was not home to take out my broken tank and added more salt to the water. Everything was doing so great, now the water is merky...I have taken out every rock and can't find any of my polyps or anything....I am clueless..

i dont think it will i think that u had a fish die and that made the water merky also did u have an alage out breack.

Actually I had sold the fish and starfish already. So it was not dead..there is no algae growth..but yesterday there was good growth..polyps everywhere and mushroom coral, etc. and I don't see any of it. Almost looks as if someone has just taken it all out! The water is not clear either. I am putting the light on it and seeing if maybe they moved into the rocks..some of my rocks are very pourous and have holes for things to hide.

Rtn?

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Yes, to answer your question, adding unmixed salt to saltwater could cause the water to look cloudy... How much salt was added?!? You might get a reef club member in Macon area to be able to test the salt level in your holding buckets. If it was alot of salt, this could kill your corals you are looking for. (Or make them close up and be harder to see)

My God my husband asked me to check it with the hydrometer this morning and it was so far off..so I put in 3 buckets and it evened out. So he thinks it may have killed the stuff..but we will see I am giving it a few days to see. My husband is pretty upset, because we didn't want to be at a loss with all this stuff he spent so much money & time on. I will let y'all know how everything goes!

Well, when he gets back, we will make sure that he has everything he needs to set it back up! and like I said, if you want to save what you can, I am sure we can find you a spare tank!

What size was the original tank?

The original tank was a 40 gallon tank, I have the measurements at the house. It was tall and long tank. My husband loved his tank so much, bought it when in the Navy. Now deployed in the army he asked me almost every week how it was doing! After it had broke I sent him a pic and he felt his heart drop! The base was ruined due to all the water leakage, so I could not sell that and my family member who had came over stuck my eclispe light/filtrations systems to throw away. Which I am glad I caught them before that were gone! I He only has 18 days till he is coming home!! So as much as we needed the money from all this I am thinking about keeping everything "if" it will last that long. Besides I think all the coral may have died of all the chemicals and salt he put in there! Before the salt thing happened everything looked soo good! I can't thank you all for offereing to help out so much! You all are a great group of people and this web site is awesome! My husband definately wants to get a tank when he gets home, so if anyone wants to trade some of my rock for one I would very happy! =) Thanks again!

Like I said, I will make sure you guys are stocked back up on any coral that I can spare a frag of and I am sure others will do the same. As for a tank, check around here or look on craigslist.com for one.

The original tank was a 40 gallon tank, I have the measurements at the house. It was tall and long tank. My husband loved his tank so much, bought it when in the Navy. Now deployed in the army he asked me almost every week how it was doing! After it had broke I sent him a pic and he felt his heart drop! The base was ruined due to all the water leakage, so I could not sell that and my family member who had came over stuck my eclispe light/filtrations systems to throw away. Which I am glad I caught them before that were gone! I He only has 18 days till he is coming home!! So as much as we needed the money from all this I am thinking about keeping everything "if" it will last that long. Besides I think all the coral may have died of all the chemicals and salt he put in there! Before the salt thing happened everything looked soo good! I can't thank you all for offereing to help out so much! You all are a great group of people and this web site is awesome! My husband definately wants to get a tank when he gets home, so if anyone wants to trade some of my rock for one I would very happy! =) Thanks again!


i could sell u a 5g hex or a 20g tank. both are fresh at the moment and u would need to get rid of the fish.

i have a 46 gallon bowfront i need to sell CHEAP!!!! i have a good light fixture for it and everything.

what light do u have on it.

36" Orbit compact fluorescent lunar lights, its the 192 watt, 3 lunar lights. Brand new daylight bulb and switch. The blue bulb is about 3 months old

will u sell just the light ifso how much.

will u sell just the light ifso how much.

Not trying to be rude, but just wanted to let ya'll know that this is commonly known as *hijacking* a thread. (i.e., a question or comment that does not pertain in any way to the original subject of the thread.)

Members would be grateful if these kinds of questions could be asked via PM.

Hope you don't mind me being a *Mom*.

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oh srry i know we took it to pm i just get sidetracked alot.

Well, good news the water has cleared up and I saw the mushroom coral come back, the yellow super color polyps are very small and shrivled up, but atleast they are there. So far I haven't seen any of the other colony polyps. I think it's a good thing I added the fresh water so soon. I decided to keep everything, my husband finally admitted he could not bear to part with it all. Thanks everyone!!

Hey....this is Pat from Haynes again. If you decide to setup again for your husband....have him come by the store and I will give him the Instant Ocean and 8.2 if he needs it at no cost. Also, I will let him purchase anything else he needs to get it set back up at cost including the livestock.

oh srry i know we took it to pm i just get sidetracked alot.

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THat is a great gesture... Where is store... I drive to Savannah a lot and would like to stop and check it out since I pass through MAcon/Warner Robins a lot

Hey....this is Pat from Haynes again. If you decide to setup again for your husband....have him come by the store and I will give him the Instant Ocean and 8.2 if he needs it at no cost. Also, I will let him purchase anything else he needs to get it set back up at cost including the livestock.

It is located in Bonaire....small store....with supplies and not alot of fish. Had to take down central system because of insurance issues.

great customer service though