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[FS] Large Bubble Coral for sale or swop

Posted: November 3rd, 2009, 11:18pm CST by amalick

This guy just outgrew my tank, enfringing on other corals, so I had to remove him and placed him in my Frag Setup where he remains happy. Be carefull since this is a very aggresive coral. Allow at least 15cm around it to be safe.

I will post the sale/swap for 1 week to give masa members a chance then I will take to LFS. I would be prepared to swop for a coral of similar value.

Dont really want to let it go, but it just doesnt work in my reef anymore
Suplhur and Hydrocarbonate Reactor

Posted: November 3rd, 2009, 10:10pm CST by amalick

I have an Aquamedic Sulphur Reactor (SR 400) connected to a Hydrocarbonate reactor via its output to neutralize the the sulphuric acid risk.

Its been running for almost a year now. In theory within the Sulphur reactor special bacteria reduce nitrate by oxidizing Sulphur in an oxygen free environment. Since its installation I have managed to contain nitrate to very low levels.

Over the last few weeks I've noticed a pungent "rotten eggs" smell coming from the affluent of this setup.

Is this the dreaded sulphuric acid which for some reason the Hydrocarbonate reactor is no longer neutralizing or is the normal for a "mature reactor" for example ?

I've switched off the flow of water through the reactors pending a reasonable answer which I cant seem to find via the normal google search methods.

Lastly if this is going "pear shaped" should I replace both the Sulphur beads and the hydrocarbonate ?
Various frags for sale: Norwood, JHB

Posted: November 3rd, 2009, 8:41pm CST by poiromaniax

Various frags for saleCommon Names:
Zoa's
Scientific Names:
Zoanthid sp
Size of frags
Size varies
How long have you had the frags?
Frags were made about 3 weeks ago
Are the frags mounted?
Yes
Shipping or Collection only:
Collection , Shipping at buyers expense
Your location.
Norwood, JHB
Price:
Ranging between R50 - R80 depending on colour and amount of polyps, I will also consider swop, so tell me what you got!
Photo's:
I cant be bothered taking recent pics so heres some old ones of the mothers +/- 7-8 months ago

Old pic of the yellow dot's

Old pic of the orange dot's (really hard to get the metallic sheen on camera)

Here you can see the pink's, purple/brown, green and the green centred (the bottom left hand side ones will be fragged soon, they have pale blue/silver centres)

Notes:
Hi guys,

I have 9 asstd Zoa frags available.

Unfortunately no shipping.

First come first serve,

First person to buy will also receive a button polyp for FREE.

Colours are:

Green X 1
Green centred with brown surround X 1
Pink with stripes X 3
Purple brown X 1
Orange dot centre with metallic green/brown surround X 2
Yellow dot centre with purple surround, and white speckles X 1
Need some input building another tank

Posted: November 3rd, 2009, 6:40pm CST by ziyaadb

Ok so i have decided that the current tank is just not doing it for me and I have enlisted the help of a friend to build another tank. I need some input on the height of the tank.

The current dimensions for this tank is:
130*70W*55H water level at 50

I was thinking after seeing SunnyX's reef that i should rather go 50H with water level at 45 esp since this tank will be lit with T5 only.

I am thinking that with 45H it will be easier for the light penetration as well as the flow?

Your thoughts?

This will more geared towards sps with a few Lps and softies.
Power Head or Wavemaker?

Posted: November 3rd, 2009, 5:53pm CST by nadan

Hi

I was just wondering if u starting out in this :thumbup: hobby, is it cool to get power heads (1 or 2) instead of a wavemaker initially for a 50 gallon tank for circulation? Reason being power heads cost a lot less than wavemakers unless I'm mistaken.

Also what role does a power head/wavemaker play in the aquarium besides circulation?

Ta for the replies
Is this a Nudibranch

Posted: November 3rd, 2009, 11:47am CST by Giepie

Is this a Nidibranch?

I bought my first leather about 2 months ago and after introducing it to my DT I saw a little piece "fall off" and move. The "wound" on the leather where the pice "fell off" healed within seconds, but before I could even realised what happened, my Clarkii grabed the small piece and ducked into the rocks. At first I thought my leatrher was fragging itself, but as a beginner I thought my luck couldn't be that strong... After a major cleaning of equipment on Saturday, I found the "baby" sitting behind a powerhead, but as soon as I touched it, it sucked onto the powerhead like a mussle suck onto the rock.

I got it off the rock it was sitting on and in a plastic container (I was told to blast this mother f***r with an RPG rocket launcher, but thought I might cause damage to plastic container).

Is it true, if this is a Nudibranch, that it can destroy a whole tank?

I got all these questions regarding this, but I can't type fast enough.

ps In my eagerness to get in off the rock I might have "stabed" it with the knife, but my concern was the LR it was sitting on
sub- forum

Posted: November 3rd, 2009, 10:15am CST by ed

can the sentral Reefclub have n sub-forum pls, this club is for all living in the central part of our country, with most members in Bloem and Kimberley

tnx Ed
[FS] TANK FOR SALE 1.2mx600mmx600mm 430L

Posted: November 3rd, 2009, 10:02am CST by Goby

Hi,

I'm selling a new 1.2mx600mmx600mm tank. Total Volume 430L

All 10mm glass including 10mm euro bracing top and bottom. Tank only, no stand
Drilled back glass with "IDOL MARINE" style overflow. Overflow not finished yet. Have the glass panel for that. Just have to silicone it over the holes on the back glass.

Thanks
Goby
Ric / Shroom ID

Posted: November 3rd, 2009, 9:55am CST by dallasg

is this a flower / ricordea mushroom?
Non Photosynthetic System Advice

Posted: November 3rd, 2009, 9:33am CST by Jaco Schoeman

Hey guys...

Okey, my system is primed and ready to go (well, cycling any way...;))

After a lot of thought, and after buying that magazine from Lanzo I decided on going for a NPS (non photosynthetic) dominated setup.

I have done plenty of research and I am getting the Grotech Phyto reactor soon. I also know about the obvious increase in nutrients and I have a VERY active DSB that I bought over from another reefer.

Anyway, my question to you guys are two fold:

1) Although the tank will be NPS "dominated" I would still like to keep some other softies with it. Would this be possible? The inmates I was thinking of for the NPS corals are green & blue mushrooms, Metallic Green Star Polyps and torch / hammer coral and Zoanthids.
The reason for these coral is that they do grow in deeper water right? Thus they would not require the massive lighting of MH's, and they also filter feed, thus they would do fine. But do you get these corals living with suncorals, cauliflower and gorgonians in the wild?

2) Then, I am struggling with deciding on what light to use. MH is absolutly unnessisary for these coral, so I am abviously considering T5's (and even LED) I know that Shrooms, Torches, Zoa's and MGSP do have some level of photosynthesis as they have zooxanthellae inside them, so would 2x 24W T5's in be sufficient for them, then I have the Actinics for the Non Photo corals.

What are your thoughts guys please? Would you recon I go FULL NPS or partly, with the corals I described above.

PS: One major reason I have for keeping shrooms is their water cleaning ability.
Substrate Going Black

Posted: November 3rd, 2009, 9:22am CST by Pads

Hi guys, I've had my system running now for about 6 weeks, I added reggies into the DT and virtually since I've had it one section has been progressively turning black. I can see that there's life in the sand but I'm thinking that the blackness can't be good. I haven't tested the water as I don't know what to test.
Any suggestions. Here are some pics
New Beginnings

Posted: November 3rd, 2009, 8:27am CST by Froggie

:thumbup:Hello everybody, Just starting out. Bought a 450l tank from a friend, tanks` in a bit of a mess - cracked bottom but getting it fixed (apparently I have to silicone a piece of glass over it. Bought Max's TS2 and built a cabinet for the tank over the weekend. Will start posting pics next week. Any advice very welcome as I know just about nothing about marines.

Is there a comprehensive book available on marine aquariums anybody?