Anyone in Albany area?

Spdjnky · May 13, 2019

Tanks andupdates said:
I’m in Gowanda area so pretty close o guess

I see u are in Buffalo Bills country........go Bills

Spdjnky · Jun 14, 2019

Still a work in progress with my set-up. I have some of the corals I could keep from my old reef. I have just put a bunch of Zoa frags in the 30 gal. I put my algae blenny in there but as you can see by the pics I am having a problem with the Algae building up on the frag plugs. What can I use for it? I plan on getting a 6 line wrasse. But I need something to get the algae and with the tank that small what? I tried a few Mollies but they didn't make it. I was going to try again and just acclimate them slower but now I wonder if they would be right because of the flow being what it is. I did notice that when they were in the tank the flow seemed to be a problem for them. The return is at about 150 gph and the power head is a sicce rated at 530 gph

bigcheese · Jun 14, 2019

Spdjnky said:
...as you can see by the pics I am having a problem with the Algae building up on the frag plugs. What can I use for it? I plan on getting a 6 line wrasse.

Those are some really nice looking zoas. I'm not afraid to admit I'm a tad jealous!

Cleaning plugs with a little peroxide on a Q-Tip will work wonders on that algae. It's part of my arsenal and my regular frag dipping protocol... sw rinse, Coral Rx dip, sw rinse, Iodine (Seachem Reef) dip, peroxide the frag plug, into the tank.

Can't give you much advice on the sixline, except making sure he's going to be part of your long-term stocking plan. They can be real jerks, and should be added last. I prefer my Tomini tang and cerith / turbo snails for light algae cleanup duties.

Afrashz · Jul 21, 2019

Schenectady area here

Spdjnky · Jul 22, 2019

Afrashz said:
Schenectady area here

Hi I'm from Rotterdam off of Hamburg street
My new Frag Tank

Afrashz · Jul 22, 2019

Spdjnky said:
Hi I'm from Rotterdam off of Hamburg street
My new Frag Tank

Awsome, selling anything?

Fiesty · Jul 22, 2019

thom_smith said:
Hello all!
New to the site, wanted to see if any local reefing enthusiast on this forum are local to Albany area?

Looking for new friends to buy/sell and trade with.... Maybe some beginner SPS?

Thom

Im close to Albany............ Oregon. Haha. A wild guess u probably talking about the other side of our island?

MikeO5422 · Jul 22, 2019

Clifton Park here, but all I have available for sale are spongodes...super big/vibrant tho. Happy to see so many ppl around here.

P.S. - somebody sell me some Millis please!!!

Afrashz · Jul 22, 2019

Let’s do a 518 meetup

MikeO5422 · Jul 23, 2019

I'm down!

FishMom88 · Sep 24, 2019

Saltwater newb from the Hudson/Albany area here

tautog83 · Sep 25, 2019

East greenbush

Spdjnky · Sep 26, 2019

Schenectady,.........Rotterdam

Joe's 220 Reef · Sep 29, 2019

Clifton park NY which is the bottom of Saratoga County.

Spdjnky · Sep 30, 2019

Cool I work part time in Clifton Park at Manheim on RT.146

link81 · Sep 30, 2019

I work right off exit 12.
f.y.i, theres a new LFS opening up in Ballston spa. Its fresh only for now, the salt section should be up and running by the end of the week.

Joe's 220 Reef · Oct 7, 2019

Too bad there are no reef clubs in this area. I would love to join one

reef lover · Oct 7, 2019

link81 said:
I work right off exit 12.
f.y.i, theres a new LFS opening up in Ballston spa. Its fresh only for now, the salt section should be up and running by the end of the week.

Where in balston spa!?!?! ;Woot ;Woot

homer1475 · Oct 7, 2019

Curious as well as I used to go to albany quite a bit(my mom moved to clifton park) before my mom died. I did find most salt stores in the capitol district be somewhat lacking(yes even eddies). Great fish selection, but lacking in the coral dept.

I remember about 20 years ago there used to be a huge aquarium store in latham(down the road from latham ford), forget the name now, but stopping into that store for FW stuff got me into the salty side.