The rise continues...

[cobra1713]

sounds awesome! way better transfer than mine lol, mine was a full salty before i had live rock and i still dont have a skimmer so your guy is gonna have a great home!

[Jay.B.]

I'm really looking forward to getting the skimmer and LR installed, as I worked out that my 25% weekly water changes require 1.5Kg of salt

[cobra1713]

lol yea salt is outrageously expensive here in the states i presume it is there in the UK too, with the 6 lbs of live rock and no skimmer (am planning on about 15lbs more LR then skimmer) i can do a 35-40% WC every 10 days and still keep nitrates in good shape for my corals, i just need money to allow me to buy the rest of my LR and my skimmer, im gonna go with a CPR bakpak tho i really like the aquac remora but i can get the bak pak for around 90$ were as the remora is more like 140

[Jay.B.]

the last 10Kg bucket I bought cost me £40, approx $79, but it is tropic marin pro reef salt... how much does it cost over there?

got a couple of 200 litre barrels of DI water on order through work, I'm still running it on dechlorinated tap water as if it was still high brackish, but will start to swap over a WC at a time, installing the skimmer and canister are first priority though

[SeeingGreen]

Instant Ocean 21kgbucket cost me $44 in Wis.

[cobra1713]

same here

im gonna look into RO water but its hard to get were i live and i dont have money for a unit myself

[Jay.B.]

so you guys get your salt for a quarter of the price that we do over here then LOL

think I'm going to go puke now hahaha

[Jay.B.]

picked up 16lbs of Bali LR at the weekend

[cobra1713]

tuesday im heading to buy 20lbs LR 25 lbs LS and a true percula, its being split between my 30g GSP tank and a new 10g nano reef im starting, the percula is going in the nano, im so excited about getting my clown he is gorgeous!

http://i354.photobucket.com/albums/r421 ... rc0494.jpg

[Jay.B.]

very nice indeed

I can't decide on the position of the rock at the moment, although I don't think it really matter yet as there's more to go in over the next few months

[cobra1713]

i am messaging a guy right now and might get a deal on about 40 lbs at 1$ per lb!!!! i wish i had a need for more cus the stuff is amazing quality! but 40lbs is about all i need or can affor cus im also buy the stuff from the other guy for 2$/lb but the sand and percula but that means tuesday i should be gettings 60lbs of live rock for 80$!!!!

[Jay.B.]

that is a bloody amazing deal!!!

I though I was getting a good deal when I got 7Kg for £30 as it usually sells for about £13/Kg over here.

[cobra1713]

well the guys selling it buy im not gonna be able to get it, he hasnt gotten back to me in time and im leaving for my trip down there and its about 95 miles away so i dont wanna make another trip, but i already found another guy thats gonna sell me 25lbs at 2$per lb plus alot of corals so im happy!

yea you just have to find a reef club and buy it from people that are taking a tank down or something then they will sell it for really cheap, in a shop up here its about the same price as yours (i think not sure on the lbs to kg and lbs to $ conversions lol) but look for a UK type of reefcentral they might actually have some on there idk

[Drix]

Congrats! this gives me some inspiration when Shemp gets a little bigger Keep us updated.

[inkyjenn]

its been really interesting reading all of this. makes me ponder what to do with my gsp in the future. so far little spot is up to 1.010 sg in his 30 gal home. the higher the sg goes, the more active he seems. his color also seems to have changed a little. his green is more green than neon and his belly is so so so white except when hes asleep.

i still havent made up my mind whether to go full marine when hes completely grown.