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Hi all, Fruits of my first fragging labors: Two in the middle free to good home, but frag plug donations accepted! One has 2 large polyps and baby and the other one large/one medium/one small polyp. Been on the rack for a couple weeks now, so healthy. No bubble algae that I can tell on the...

Hi all, Today, I took out my zoa paly island rock and decided it was time to start fragging. I also wanted to clear off the rock to start over with smaller zoas instead, since it is a small tank. Before shot: I wanted to remove the green palys. I like them, but they grow very fast. And...

Hi all, Lens sells for <$5 on AI website, but shipping costs 3x as much as the product. Anyone have extra lenses for sale? Thanks!

Hi all, I am planning an attempt to remove a Saron shrimp from my 13.5gallon tank. Would like to rehome it. So far, I have no evidence of misbehavior, but my scape has a cave that is impossible to reach and I don't feel like I am able to successfully target feed the shrimp. It seems to be...

Hi everyone! That time again! The GHA and the bubble algae are flourishing! If you would like to participate in the Irvine Reefcleaners group buy, I have initiated an order with overnight UPS delivery. At $45, if we get 4 groups buyers, that's only $11.25 apiece for shipping, which is...

This big chunk is holding on by a thread. Free to good tank. Will come unattached, but likely with a bit of rubble and macro stuck to the stalks. Hopefully no GHA--I will try to get off any that I find. Thanks! Pickup in Irvine.

Was just there looking for a turbo and saw a derasa for $50. Wasn't the most colorful specimen. I don't know if they have good enough light to support a clam at Petco (maybe they do? I didn't see any non-soft corals, though...). Anyway, this is a PSA in case anyone wants to rescue a $50 clam...

Hi all, I have a sea hare working in my Fluval Evo. Algae isn't quite under control yet, but on it's way. Once I've cleared all GHA, I would like to lend out my sea hare to a good tank somewhere near Irvine (no charge). It can be returned or lent to another tank once your algae problems are...

Broty is casting shade on my clam again. Anyone able to pick up in Irvine today or latest tomorrow by mid-day? I have 2 stalks. If two reefers want it, I'll split, otherwise can take two. Grows well under an AI Prime 16HD with AB+ spectrum. My tank has no aiptasia that I can see. Some...

Blue spot disco came off and looks a bit beat up. Not sure if the shrimp had a bite of it or not. I might need some TLC to get back to looking good. In any case, if anyone wants it, you can pick it up in Irvine near Spectrum. Oh, please bring a small container, as I'm running out of...

Bought a hard working emerald. It did clean a lot of bubble algae. But, it also munches on corals indescriminantly. Saw it munch on some palys, RFA tentacles, round my crocea with AM with a bit of mantle damage, and just observed it grab and start to munch on a torch polyp. No thank you. If...

Hi all, I'm needing to make a quick trip to an LFS from Irvine. Any feedback you can give on nearby LFS to pick up a tux urchin OR sea hare OR possibly turbo snails (latter probably not preferable, as I want a real GHA lawnmower). Also wouldn't mind finding a lettuce nudibranch. I am a bit...

I'm going to start cutting this GSP mound tonight that has overgrown the rock and is spreading across the sand. Should be an easy cut and expecting two chunks. They will be free and unattached to anything. GSP was originally purchased from Reef Raft USA. Pickup Irvine near Spectrum...

Pulsing Xenia covering a large shell. Single blue spot discosoma IF I can get it--it keeps floating under the cave where my tongs can't reach, but I'll try to blow it out. See attached. Pickup must be in Irvine Spectrum area on Friday. Thanks!

Does anyone in the Irvine-ish area have turbos that have already done their job and need a new tank as a home? I had 2 smooth turbos in my EVO 13.5g that died simultaneously--may have been bothered too much by a hermit that's been recently removed--and now I only have a pencil urchin for the...

Some good labor day deals on AquaSD. If anyone wants to split shipping with me, I have a box coming to my Irvine office, and you can pickup there. One or two participants max so I can easily take care of your corals until you arrive for pickup. That'd be be $10 or $6.50 shipping, respectively...

My pencil urchin broke off a piece of my fuzzy mushroom. This thing is a relatively prolific grower, so I think it will regrow pretty well. Free for anyone that wants to pick it up in Irvine. Sorry for the blues!

Hi, me again. So, after 9 months of trying to fish a gorilla crab out of the return pump chamber of my IM Nuvo 10g, I finally grabbed him today. I have no idea what he's been doing there or how he's survived this long, but he's for sure bigger than when he somehow got into the AIO chamber...

Elevating my previous post to "Urgent": https://www.socalireefs.com/index.php?threads/free-to-good-sump-decorator-crab-w-sponges.109327/ I have the crab in a tupperware and nowhere else to put it right now. Doing periodic water changes to keep the crab alive and well, but I won't be able to...

It is with a heavy heart that I am posting to rehome my brand new decorator crab w/sponges from ReefCleaners that arrived today. It is an amazing and bizarre creature. It is not reef safe. After introducing it to my nano tank, it went to town on every coral it came across until I shoo'd it...