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  1. redfishbluefish

    Petco or PetSmart

    I'm down to five fish, haven't purchased any in years and planning a fish run. I'm going to hit the typical LFS's but I want to include either Petco or Petsmart in Ocean or Monmouth or somewhere down south. Some of you have mentioned one of these that has a decent saltwater section and...
  2. redfishbluefish

    FREE - ⅝ Inch no-kink Hose

    I use a short section of hose on my water change pump. The issue I’ve had is that this hose kinks. To attempt to solve this issue, I pretty much tried all the ⅝ - ¾ inch hoses HD had to offer, and found none that wouldn’t eventually kink. My last ditch effort was to try automotive...
  3. redfishbluefish

    FREE - Aquarium tops and lights - Old School

    I’ve been doing fish for over 60 years and have had a fish shed for 42. Now the early years were fresh water. I decided to excavate the shed and found a whole bunch of tops and lights that will be going in the trash next week if nobody wants them. Most are for 10 gallon tanks, maybe one 5...
  4. redfishbluefish

    FREE Flexible PVC Tubing

    Cleaning out the shed and this has to go.....two boxes of Shields flexible tubing: Shields 1 1/8 in. ID, 16-148-1186W Shields 1 1/4 in. ID, 16-148-1146W Guestimate 20-25 feet of the 1 1/8 and 15 -20 feet of the 1 1/4. I'm located in Sayreville....come and get it!
  5. redfishbluefish

    Canadian Smoke

    I'm in Sayreville and the smoke from the fires in Canada are especially bad tonight. Have all the windows and doors closed. Neighbor didn't believe me when I told her it was coming from Canada.
  6. redfishbluefish

    This Should Settle This Once and For All....

    Please note the title of this linked article.... and they do bring up that other word in the article as well. Settled and done! :cool: 10 Best Places for Pork Roll, Egg, and Cheese in Ocean County, NJ, Chosen By You
  7. redfishbluefish

    Humming Birds Have Hit New Jersey

    I know it's early, but the little guys have hit southern New Jersey....get your feeders out there. My starting formula is to heat up 2 cups of water, add 1 cup of sugar and then top up to 3 cups. If you're interested in tracking, the above map came from Hummingbird Central
  8. redfishbluefish

    55 Gallon Drums

    Found a local place that has clean 55 gallon drums $10 a piece: Drums contained citric acid that's been rinsed out. Even if there was residual, it wouldn't hurt anything. Guy located on the Sayreville / South Amboy border close to Rt 35, Rt 9 and the Parkway. Here's the Craigslist...
  9. redfishbluefish

    FREE - Seven Inch Felt Socks

    I have seven, 7 Inch Felt socks waiting to be picked up in Sayreville. They've been cleaned, with the two on the right slightly distorted because of an agitating washing machine. Come and get them.
  10. redfishbluefish

    Nano Arctica Titanium Chiller 1/20 HP

    FREE - Nano Arctica Titanium Chiller, 1/20 horsepower (model DBI-038). This was originally included on the JBJ28 that came with HQI lights. I immediately changed the lighting to LEDs and never used this chiller. Here are the specs on the chiller. · Model: Nano Arctica DBI-038 · Horsepower...
  11. redfishbluefish

    55 Tank with Metal Stand and 20 Tall with 20 Long Stand

    Passing on the love after picking up the 12G from @amado . First up is a 55 gallon with painted sides, back and bottom. It can be easily scrapped off. Note the bottom brace is cracked, but doesn't effect tank integrity. If it were me, I'd slap some epoxy or silicone on it. See picture...
  12. redfishbluefish

    FREE - Perfecto Four Foot T12 lights

    Two four foot Perfecto lights up for grabs. I used these over a 75 gallon freshwater tank, but will also fit a 55. Good for a saltwater FO or FOWL. One has a brand new bulb. Pickup in Sayreville.
  13. redfishbluefish

    Curb Alert - Six Foot Tank

    There's a six foot non-reef ready tank on the curb on Rhodes Street in Sayreville....might be a 180. If wanted, need to get it NOW because it's out there for big pickup.
  14. redfishbluefish

    Photobucket is Scumbucket

    Photobucket is no longer free for third party hosting! On top of that, any past post, here's the picture you now see: For me, that's over 2000 pictures. No notice or heads up.
  15. redfishbluefish

    Decided To Go LED on the Big Tank

    The 500 watt bulb crapped out in the big tank and @Timkatz71 convinced me to switch to LED. The replacement bulb was only 35 watts.....7 percent of what the original bulb was burning....cha-ching! The bulb was installed today and I'm delighted. If you need pool maintenance of any kind...
  16. redfishbluefish

    DIY NOPOX Recipe Revealed

    I've been using the DIY NOPOX recipe that came from @art13. It simply is 500 mls Vinegar, 375 mls Vodka (40%) and 125 mls of RO/DI water. I've also seen other amounts used as well, such as 1 part vodka to 2 parts vinegar. However, I've wondered where the Art recipe came from.....and I...
  17. redfishbluefish

    Who's Consuming My Vodka?

    I had a long, tough day and final able to sit down at about 8 PM. I pour myself a little Tito's hand crafted to carbon dose myself and sit and enjoy my tank. While I'm sitting there sipping on the good stuff, I'm saying to myself, you poor sucker bacteria, you're getting the best vodka...
  18. redfishbluefish

    BRS 1.1 ml DIY Tubing Replacement

    Between my son and I, we own six BRS 1.1 ml dosing pumps....great pumps. I also love BRS....spend more money there than I want to. Now I recently needed to replace two dosing pump rubber hoses. BRS has them for $12.99 each. I come from the chemical industry where we used rubber hose...
  19. redfishbluefish

    Vinegar versus Peristaltic Pumps

    I've been manually dosing a DIY version of NOPOX and just picked up a BRS 1.1 pump to automate the additions. As I'm looking at this pump, I'm now wondering what the vinegar would do to the rubber tubing portion. Anyone using a peristaltic pump to dose vinegar or NOPOX? And what's your...
  20. redfishbluefish

    Venting over Ink Cartridges

    I have a Canon inkjet printer......a PIXMA MG2520. I need to purchase new ink cartridges. I can get the black and color cartridge for $34. That's thirtyfour dollars. Now the other option is that I can throw this printer away and buy a whole new printer (that comes with the ink...
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