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Copperband KZN Needed

Posted: June 30th, 2010, 1:59am CDT by scubaninja

Hey guys, looking for a Copperband in the KZN area to eat my aiptasia that has regrown with a vengeance after the other butterfly was returned. Would be nice if its eating prepared foods but there is plenty of 'natural' foods for it to eat if not.

Copperband Destruction

Posted: June 30th, 2010, 11:26pm CDT by PeterL

I have a CopperBand which is causing much destruction to my reef, it is picking the life out of my open brain (which is is bad shape as a result) and is picking my tube worm to bits - seems to have a fit with each of the feathers it eats but just keeps on going back at it.

Is there any way of stopping this behavior other than removing it completely from the system - I have it up for sale but if it is preventative, I would like to keep it. Otherwise it must sadly go

Copper Band Butterfly Fish for sale: East Rand - Gauteng

Posted: June 30th, 2010, 11:17pm CDT by PeterL

Fish for saleCommon Name:

Copper Band Butterfly Fish

Scientific Name:

Chelmon rostratus

Size of fish

Approx. 10cm nose to tail

How long have you had the fish?

1 Month

Is the fish eating?

Yes, Eats any food supplied - Loves Nori

Shipping or Collection only:

Collect

Your location.

East Rand - Gauteng

Price:

R375 or swap

Photo's:

Notes:

This little guy was on my dream list of fish to add to my reef from the onset of reefing. I finally got it and was warned about it chomping my soft corals, it however isn't interested in them. As you can see in this pic, it is making a meal of my feather worm which has been in hiding for nearly a week until I coaxed it out tonight just to be picked almost imidiately by this fish and has been picking my open brain to the point where the brain is in a bad shape. It is eating well and in awesome condition.

Are there any offers to maybe swap for an alternate species or corals? Or simply to buy. Very heart sore to have to remove this fish as it is one of my favorites

Microscope Pics: Greenwater (Nannochloropsis Oculata), Kent Zoe, Kent ZooPlex

Posted: June 30th, 2010, 10:45pm CDT by abgg118

Hi All,

I compared some greenwater (at last I've got some growing!!), Kent Zoe and Kent ZooPlex.

Kent Zoe: There seems to be very little (visible) going on here. The bottle says "bio-available vitamins, amino acids and minerals ... spirulina". I guess the small specs are spirulina.

Kent ZooPlex shows a lot more, bigger parts. The bottle says "whole, bio-engineered marine zooplankton ... approximately 800 microns"

Greenwater (Nannochloropsis Oculata) shows a lot more single-cells, some of them congregated around some "other stuff" (a confirmed scientific term).

cyclopeeze and absorbtion sponges

Posted: June 30th, 2010, 10:40pm CDT by The Waterboy - Marco

we have cyclopeeze in stock...........20% discount for the next week
also large selection of absorbtion sponges including po4 removal, algae removal, ca / mg buffer, no2/no3 remover, ammonia remover amongst others.

wide range of sicce return pumps available too;)

specials on the multi4000 and multi5800

aswell as the multi 14000 and 16000:yeahdude:

Heniochus ID

Posted: June 30th, 2010, 8:59pm CDT by christiaan

Hi guys

My lfs has same nice small Heniochus in stock. Please help me id H. diphreutes(which I hear is the one to choose for a reef) from H. acuminatus while they are still juv.

Thanks

Semi Angel and coral

Posted: June 30th, 2010, 8:28pm CDT by Undergravel

Does anyone out there have any experience with Semicircle Angle in a coral tank.I would like to know how far I can go with my semi.I sold my corals but am regretting it.I tried a threadfin and a semi to start with but I miss my coral.I had bits of zoos and other polyps left that were starting to spread but the threadfin dallad the zoos yesterday so he is doing aptasia duty in the sump until he gets a home.I really would like to keep my semi though as he is a Durban caught specimen.

Small tank fluid dynamics

Posted: June 30th, 2010, 3:58pm CDT by FransSny

Wonder if anyone can help. I am sitting with a tank 250 mm x 500 mm x 300 h. Corner overflow box ( almost 20 mm space from rim of tank to water level). Here is my problem, as soon as I add flow to the tank (using small via aqua powerhead just over 100 l / hr...cant really as the sticker is worn off :P) it creates a "whirlpool" type effect thus having drips over the sides.

The only time it doesnt do this is when I put the pump on one of the "long" sides (which is cool now while testing but not practical for where it needs to fit), could this be because of the long narrow design ?

Really stumped as I cant keep on lowering the overflow

Mee, in the Red See

Posted: June 30th, 2010, 3:44pm CDT by deadmeat2016

Hello to everyone from a 43 degree day in egypt, Don't fret, i will be posting many many pics once i get home but a question. How rare are emperor angels? I have seen 2 today and nearly drowned cus it was sooo beautiful :P one was nearly as big as me! Was i very lucky to see these guys??
I cannot believe how many of my reef's fish are here, six line wrasse, cheeky blennies, cleaner wrasses and thats just for a start, brain corals as big ass busses, well....nearly:P giant xenias and i have so far seen over 200 HUGE clams and have had my camera and swimming trunks cleaned by klunzinger wrasses, they also love to pose for the camera.:lol: still looking for giant magnifica's though:(
Oh and royal angelfish, does anyone have one? they are just sooo stunning im afraid my eyes will fall out. Oh and Sohal tang/surgeonfish, does anyone have one?? 2 of them attacked me yesterday after i accidentally hovered over their babies:P
Thanks in advance and will be posting all my millions of pics ASAP

N-P nitrate and phosphate reducing bio pellets

Posted: June 30th, 2010, 2:56pm CDT by The Waterboy - Marco

hello all, great news:thumbup:
We will be brining in the N-P nitrate and phosphate reducing Bio pellets , they are a carbon source in pellet form , the bacteria grow directly on the pellet and receive their carbon requirements directly from the pellet. , they should be here next week:yeahdude:
if anyone is interested.....please send us a pm or feel free to contact us on 082 879 39 43

also the frozen ocean nutrition foods are selling like sweets and all clients who have bought all came back with amazing feedback.....make sure you feed you fish and coral....the best:1:

Is This Cauliflower Disease?

Posted: June 30th, 2010, 2:06pm CDT by CliveS

I have a brand new Buyo 550 (138l) which has finished its' maturation. I initially put LR in it and arag-alive substrate and let the tank mature for just over a month.

A week ago, I put in the first three inmates: 2 Clowns and a Starfish.

All water parameters are fine (I have been monitoring them regularly).

Two days ago, I noticed that the larger Clown had a growth on one ventral.. a whitish blob that protrudes out of the fin by about 2 or 3 millimeters.

It doesn't seem to worry her - she is feeding ravenously and swims about happily. Her eyes are clear.

Having done some research, I am presuming that this is cauliflower disease and am hoping that someone can confirm this, or tell me what it is.

Thanks very much. Please excuse the lousy pics... I am still getting used to shooting fish!!

Chaeto

Posted: June 30th, 2010, 1:20pm CDT by nathen

hi guys looking for some Chaeto in jozi lambton gardens , some would be greatly
Appreciated

Reef Fanatic PH Probe

Posted: June 30th, 2010, 1:04pm CDT by zayd

Hi

I seem to be no longer able to calibrate my pH probe. It is about 3yrs old.

Anyone know where I can get e replacement probe? Can any other make be used?

Thanks
Zayd

wrasses;blue puls coral frags;snowflake eel. for sale: alberton

Posted: June 30th, 2010, 11:39am CDT by RUAN

All other livestockCommon Name:

wrasses;blue puls coral frags;snowflake eel.

Scientific Name:

wrasses;blue puls coral frags;snowflake eel.

Size

+- 15 cm

How long have you had it?

2 months

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection

Your location.

alberton

Price:

R250

Photo's:

pics are in the Attachment:lol:

Notes:

hi guys selling a few things:thumbup:

4x wrasses (1x small;2x medium; 1x large(dont know what species they are but they are very colorful)) R 165 each
the small one is R100
1x snowflake eel (about 15 cm long and in good condition) R 250 dallasg

5x small colony's of blue pulse corals R70 each
1 medium size colony for R100Sold to nathen

1x small orange sponge coral R 50Sold to nathen
sorry for bad quality pics
Attached Files

Doc1.pdf (497.7 KB)

some pics of the hectic waves East London has been having

Posted: June 30th, 2010, 10:09am CDT by leslie hempel

greg emslie at queensbury point during an epic swell that recently hit east london.

another friend of mine Devyn was dropped at the back to wait his turn and before he even got a wave a freak set broke on him pulling his leash plug out of his board and washing it away.

Dev nearly lost consiousness and drowned..

Cephalopod Lovers

Posted: June 30th, 2010, 9:59am CDT by dallasg

YouTube- Anthology of Deep Sea Squids

hth drums

Posted: June 30th, 2010, 9:39am CDT by paul bloem

Hey

I just want to know if you can use the 50L hth drums after cleaning it to store salt and ro water in it and if yes with what must I clean it?

Paul

how does a QT work ?

Posted: June 30th, 2010, 9:38am CDT by neo

Stupid question I know but...
How does one run a QT tank ?
I know it's a seperate tank with its own water that's not shared with your main tank.

Does it have substrate, lights, sump etc. ?
Are you suppose to run it all the time or do you drain it and only fill it when you have new/problem ls to care for ?

pls educate me on this one.

Tanks delivered :-(

Posted: June 30th, 2010, 8:54am CDT by JuanS

So I thought today I'd start a new thread regarding my new setup!!! Boy was I wrong............

Quick background: My dad-in law had a border living with him, guy didn't pay rent, they kicked him out and he left his tanks! 6 Months down the line he said the in laws can have it, he's not interested anymore. I had one quick glance at them and thought, hey, I can use these for my marine setup...........:nono:, dad said I can have them, good price......... FREE!!!!! One condition, I take it, lock, stock and barrel. WTF, who would say no? (both tanks about 10 months old)

1st tank (supposed to be my DT), 1.5m x 45 x 45. Not very high or wide enough, but I thought, it's at least a start, and at that price......... will do. It also has a over flow on the one side which I would have drilled and fitted a Durso.
2nd tank (for the sump) 1.2m x 45 x 45. Just add a few pieces of glasss and there we go......

The Toppie was even kind enough to deliver the tanks to me. So last night he arrives. First thing I notice (could kick myself for not noticing it before) is the glass thickness........wait for it............4mm!!!!!!!!!! Yes that's right folks 4mm!

Is this even safe for FW????

So now I'm sitting with 2 tanks I can't use, filled with bath water, and 4 big, but butt ugly fish I don't want. I can't even begin to describe my dissapointment :(

Copenhagen Aquarium

Posted: June 29th, 2010, 10:31pm CDT by RiaanP

I visited the public aquarium in Copenhagen Denmark

Some of the pics
Best of the Angels. And some are big...

This is not how a tank should look

Posted: June 29th, 2010, 10:13pm CDT by RiaanP

This tank is in a public display aquarium.

The cayno is overtaking the caulerpa and covering the green carpets...

My Marine Tank

Posted: June 29th, 2010, 9:50pm CDT by Tinus1

I have a 4 feet tank that is about a year old first started as a marine fish tank and is now bussy converting into a reef tank ive recently bought a 1.8m tank and start from scratch in building up a new reef tank is still in process of curing live rock and water

Brother like Brother

Posted: June 29th, 2010, 9:26pm CDT by Michael B

For those who don't know, Dean76 & I are brothers & we share a love for Marine & photography - so thought I would post some pics too (just got to learn to take some "good pics of my tank")

licence for locally caught fish to be sold.

Posted: June 29th, 2010, 7:46pm CDT by magman

Hey Guys,

I was in a LFS here in the bay, and they said to me they were looking into getting stock from the locally caught market, so I said to them you know thats illegal, so they said to me that appreantly a licence with quotas has been issued to catch fish for the trade, anyone heard this? I don't believe it or the LFS? I Think it's bull

breeding and frag tanks: gordons bay

Posted: June 29th, 2010, 7:12pm CDT by burt

Full system sales or multiple items for sale.Thread title:

breeding and frag tanks

Location:

gordons bay

Shipping or Collection only:

collection only

Photo's and description/list of items for sale:

Photos

Notes:

neon green centred zoa's frag for sale: Johannesburg

Posted: June 29th, 2010, 5:07pm CDT by AntS

Single frag for saleCommon Name:

neon green centred zoa's

Scientific Name:

zooanthus sp.

Size of coral

3 pollyps

How long have you had the coral?

3 months

Shipping or Collection only:

collection

Your location.

Johannesburg

Price:

swap

Photo's:

http://www.reefplayground.net/images...ock/frag06.jpg

Note that this is not the actual frag, i still need to take a pic, but it is the identical type of specimen

Notes:

I'd like to swap for another frag of zoa's - the more interesting the better

What does the different TDS readings mean?

Posted: June 29th, 2010, 4:24pm CDT by Dikdaan

What does the the different TDS readings mean and what to do with the "bad" water?

Can any one shed light on the subject please

Skimmer

Posted: June 29th, 2010, 2:59pm CDT by SaltyReef

Hi all,

does anyone have a second hand skimmer for sale. something rated for 500L?

I only really have budget for a 2nd hand one.

skimmer wanted

Posted: June 29th, 2010, 2:56pm CDT by SaltyReef

I have a 4ft tank in a cabinet.
need a etter skimmer than the one I currently have which is a boyu 1516

possibly a ts1 or something similar rated for about 500l

Info please guys ...

Posted: June 29th, 2010, 2:47pm CDT by ZeroCool

Hi everyone,

I got a very nice bubble tip over the weekend ... stunning stuff i must say.

Question, will my Toby eat the bubble tip ...

This is quite urgent ...

Your views please

Up Pump

Posted: June 29th, 2010, 1:23pm CDT by Redhawk10

Hi There, with the price of electricity going up all the time im look at saving power.Im looking for ideas for an up pump @ +-5000L with the least power use. Ive seen a Reef Octopus Water blaster that uses 60W @ 5000L 3.5 Head. Is there any other pumps out there?

My pride

Posted: June 29th, 2010, 10:56am CDT by Jinx

Hey guys I just want to share my pride with you all. I bought a purple tang over the weekend and he is doing very well!:)

why aeration did this ?

Posted: June 29th, 2010, 9:46am CDT by neo

Hi,
In my battle against cyno I dumped an airstone in my sump last night.
Within 30min the water was as clear as, well, glass.
The water has never been this clear/bright.
Anyone know why ?
O, I am the one who had an accident with (over)dosing carb(baked bicarb) on sunday, maybe this + the extra air did something ?

New person

Posted: June 29th, 2010, 9:27am CDT by Danieldk

Hi everyone, I am new, :P

I accidentally jacked a thread on the Dymax IQ3 tanks that also lives in the new member area Soz...

My IQ3 fractured, and i was in need of some forum assistance.

Great to read all the stuff on here, gonna start a 300L reef in November (its still a tropical coz I'm not home most of the time :P, gonna be home in november)

24 Gal Nano Cube

Posted: June 28th, 2010, 11:11pm CDT by PoPe_G

Hey Guys

Been doing some serious reading over the last couple days as I am starting my new Nano.

Just need to ask if there are any ideas for mods to add a skimmer (if in your opinion) it is completely necessary. And possibly upgrade the lighting.

I have removed all the bio balls & carbon from the filter at the back. There is about 5-6cm of playsand for the substrate. Filled with R/O water & used Tetra marinesalt.

Salinity is at 1.026
Ph-8.2
No2-0
No3-0
Nh3/4-0

Tank has been running for about a week. Will add live rock tomorrow in place of the bio balls and carbon aswell as in the display tank.

I also have a sun sun 'powerhead/wavemaker' rated @ 6000lph.

Pic I got off the net untill I can upload images of the nano.

Missing threads

Posted: June 28th, 2010, 10:21pm CDT by PeterL

Why are some threads visable in the "home screen" in the recent threads and some only visable in other places. I have come across a number of threads which have either had a recent reply on and other I have replied on myself, however they are seemingly "hidden" from the masa main home screen??

There is a thread which wasn't getting any response however it is not visable - I stumbled across it by accident in viewing the "live feed" which I am almost never viewing - most of the time I am at the home screen

Using a new tank cycle to cook rocks

Posted: June 28th, 2010, 8:33pm CDT by Dane

Hey all,

I have recently been the extremely fortunate beneficiary of Johan v.A's generosity - in the form of receiving his old nano - a resun DMS400!! THANK YOU JOHAN!!! So chuffed! A lovely little unit! My mantis will be moving from his little 20L cottage to this pimped out crib! ;-)

So a while ago I got some nice live rock for very cheap, but its seething with bryopsis... :-( So i was wondering if this was not the perfect opportunity to cook the bryopsis-infested rock.

If I set up the new tank all nicely, but completely blacked out and run the cycle with the bryopsis rocks in the blacked out tank this should take care of things no? I know the coraline will die too.. But quite frankly a small price to pay IMO... It can always get seeded with new coraline when its done cycling.

Any comments?

DIY frozen food - Glazing?

Posted: June 28th, 2010, 4:39pm CDT by Louis Scheepers

Hi
.
I want to make diy frozen fish food, and need some of the experienced chef's advice!
.
I wanted to buy frozen food like hake, mussel, calamari and prawn tails today, but saw that it contains "20% glazing". Don't know what the glazing is, but according to the label, it keeps moisture in... Is this safe to use? Should I just wash it properly with RO water?
.
There are also shrimp tails, but it is cooked, I guess I should leave that out, right?

snail id and info needed

Posted: June 28th, 2010, 4:38pm CDT by Adee

Hi, I collected these this morning...some I already have in my tank others are new to me. What's their compatibility like in a fully stocked reef system

these I have:

these are new to me:

the last two (type) seems to go on a walk about out of the bucket a lot...

here is my questions with regards to bringing them back:
Can i bag them...how many per bag? easier to transport in bags.

I'm keeping them in air-rated buckets....for another 6 days, before I retrun to Jozi....they mixed with some hermits, will they be OK to keep together?

Will they turn cannibal and eat each other? Do i need to feed them?

appreciate your input.

gorgonian

Posted: June 28th, 2010, 1:51pm CDT by brendanpre

What would be the easiest species to keep? What are the general requirements for gorgonians?

Liverock for sale: pretoria

Posted: June 28th, 2010, 12:01pm CDT by Furbz

All other livestockCommon Name:

Liverock

Scientific Name:

-

Size

around 65kg

How long have you had it?

1 month. but was in a system 8 months prior

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection only

Your location.

pretoria

Price:

R80

Photo's:

liverock for sale.

all the rock is fully cured and been running in a system for 8months.
there is no pest algae or anemones on the rock.
it is clean and full of life.

R80 per kg

or if you take 20kg and above R70 per kg.

Notes:

-

Urgent help needed Accidental overdose of BiCarb

Posted: June 28th, 2010, 10:58am CDT by neo

Howdy,
had an accident last night and the container my Bicarb is stored in dropped in the sump why I was adding some.
Did not think it was to bad but the DT became extremely cloudy in the hours thereafter, I did not sleep well....
This morning the water looked much better but everything is covered as the bicarb settled down overnight.
What to do ?
Leave it, water changes? please help

Live rock for sale: cape town table view

Posted: June 28th, 2010, 10:26am CDT by Johan van Aardt

All other livestockCommon Name:

Live rock

Scientific Name:

Live rock

Size

small and medium

How long have you had it?

1 and half year

Shipping or Collection only:

collection

Your location.

cape town table view

Price:

R50/kg

Photo's:

guys selling my live rock approximately 15 kg, for R50/g

all is Indonesian live rock according to were i bought it and all is very porous.

:thumbup:

Notes:

-

100 liter custom nano with built in overflow for sale: cape town, table view

Posted: June 28th, 2010, 9:57am CDT by Johan van Aardt

Hardware for saleThread title:

100 liter custom nano with built in overflow

Location:

cape town, table view

Shipping or Collection only:

collection

Photo's and description/list of items for sale:

100 liter tank with overflow that still needs to be drilled.

Will give that sump away with it if you want it,

first need to get rid of the liverock in the tank tho.

willing to let go for 250.

its got black perspex backing so it can be removed.

link to my thread Johan's new nano - Marine Aquariums of South Africa

Notes:

-

Hello from Louciro in minnesota. Thanks to all for allowing me to visit your site.

Posted: June 27th, 2010, 5:01am CDT by LouCiro

I am researching phosphate control for a large system and am looking at dosing and control methods.apparently some zoos and large systems were or are using lanthanum chloride dosing. I have also found some references to ferric chloride,strontium chloride
And calcium hydroxide. The lanthanum
Looks promising. Any thoughts or experience?
Thanks
Lou

need help

Posted: June 27th, 2010, 3:46am CDT by de lily

:1: hi hello every body! does any know after the cleaner shrimp release egg. what is the egg or baby shrimp look like after the second day.
this is my second cleaner shrimps have release egg, the first one, i only see the baby shrimp( i think) first day, the second day, i dont see any thing at all. can any one tell me. or any one have been sucess

Tap and RO pH Problem

Posted: June 27th, 2010, 10:21pm CDT by lIghty

Hi all

I tested my RO water the other day to find it has a pH of 9.4, this along with a TDS of 25 thought I need to replace my filters.

I changed my pre-filter about 2 months back so I just got a new membrane from Water Boy. after flushing it I've tested my new RO water to find it now only has a TDS of 2, but it still has a pH of 9.4:whistling: thought this was funny so tested the tap water and it has a TDS of 84 and pH of 9.

I'm now confused, isn't RO meant to be about 7 or just below? Isn't 9 extremely high for tap water?

Where to from here as I'm worried that the high pH may damage the new membrane? how do I get it down?

PS, as I'm using RO though a Kalk stirrer, with a pH of 9 I don't think the kalk is dissolving into the water?

Potjie's 4ft

Posted: June 27th, 2010, 9:25pm CDT by Potjie

Hi all!

Just an update on the progress on my marine setup...

Bought a Real MH + T5 combo light from Lanzo on Saturday and installed it today, what a mission! Anyways, it is intalled and is looking good...

I have filled up the tank with RO water and it has been running for 4 days now. I have got the temprature up to 24.7 degrees and I am ready to add the salt (I know I am nots supposed to in the tank, but I am just to lazy to carry around all that water!)

My next project is the electrics. I want to make a DB board with built in timers. I have tried Builders Warehouse, but they do not have the plastic DB boards that use those small circuit breakers. Does anybody have an idea where I can get those DB boards and some suggestions on design?

Also I want to buy some LR this coming weekend to start cycling the tank.

P.S. How do I post a picture!?

starfish transport time

Posted: June 27th, 2010, 8:32pm CDT by PeterL

How long can a starfish be kept in a bag for transport and safely make it to it's destination? Is it the same as with fish or are tehy a little more fragile?

DBN rock pools

Posted: June 27th, 2010, 7:13pm CDT by brendanpre

Hi, I was poking around in the pools yesterday and I saw a white fan worm about 10cm across the head. It was under a deep ledge and just the head and tip of the tube was sticking out, but it got me thinking. Can you collect these, if you can get to them and how? Also how do you collect zoas off the rocks? I saw some insane lumo green ones! A bit off topic here, but could you keep those tiny baby crabs that you sometimes see on the rocks? Would they do any harm in your tank?

Disinfecting Equipment

Posted: June 27th, 2010, 6:37pm CDT by FransSny

Would just like to have some opinions, with a lot of different tanks (like I have) obviously nets , scrapers etc gets swapped around. I use a light bleach solution to disinfect equipment after working in a tank with desease. How does other guys do it ?

magnesium influences skimming!?

Posted: June 27th, 2010, 5:05pm CDT by mandarinman

i have a ts 3 skimmer that is modded with bubble plate and circulation nozzle(monster skimmer now). i noticed my calcium was low even though dosing. found out magnesium low so decided to use epsom salts as magnesium supplement. i mixed five mls of epsom salts in 1.5 litres of ro and drip fed it into tank over a couple of hours. it seems the surface tension on bubbles is increased and skimmate is increased. the deduction is that if magnesium is low, one of the consequences other than inability to keep calcium levels up and excessive precipitation on heaters, is low skimmer performance? opinions and experiences ?

Durban

Posted: June 27th, 2010, 3:39pm CDT by brendanpre

Hi, I was just wondering if anybody has plans for a shop in DBN? I have yet to find a trustworthy LFS with decent stock and advice. It is so annoying seeing the livestock that comes into Gauteng and the Cape and not having it in DBN. And no, I am not a fan of paying courier charges and taking ur chances with delivery, I have a friend that works for one of the bigger courier companies and I am amazed that anything survives shipping with them!

Have I set this up right?

Posted: June 27th, 2010, 2:53pm CDT by Ross

Hi Guys, 20 hour power outage again yesterday. So frustrating.
I have a Gennie that is wired into the house so during the day I have no problems (assuming somebody is home).

The problem is I can not run the genny at night. 98 DB will drive the neighbors insane. I shut it down at 8:30pm last night.

Obv I can't leave the tank off at night. So today I went out and decided to build a inverter setup to run the tank at night. Just not sure if I did it right.

I have 4 gel batteries like the ones they use on alarms. These are connected in parallel to a 550watt inverter. I then output this to the return pump that is 65watts. I do plan to put a small emergency heater on but was testing now to see how it works. The return works but every now and again it jinks like it is turning off and on quickly. I am charging the batts now just in case but each of them is at 13.83 volts so that sounds about right to me.

Any ideas?

Live rock needed please

Posted: June 27th, 2010, 1:58pm CDT by Trev

Guys I am looking for aprox 60kg of rock that must come from a mature system if you have some available please reply, I need it to start a new system asap. Even the smallest amount of rock

Thanks

Brine growing - what am I doing wrong?

Posted: June 27th, 2010, 11:46am CDT by Jaco Schoeman

Hi

Hatching brine is easier than changing a babies nappy, and I have basically mastered the process.

But, gettingn those little buggers to grow to adult size is where I keep on running into brick walls. What am I doing wrong?

After hatching (about 18-26hrs) I place the nauplii in a growout container. Then I feed them with Brightwell AminOmega, which I dissolve. I make the water in this container with regular marine salt. I airate one large bubble of air every 2nd second or so.

The brine are doing well, great in fact. They grow to about 2 days old, and then I normally do a 20% water change or so. Then after I have done this, I have a sudden massive crash, and all brine shrimp die.

What am I doing wrong? I cant get them to grow past two days.

Advice needed please.

Activated Carbon

Posted: June 26th, 2010, 9:46pm CDT by Pete

Hi all would like to know if anybody uses the Aqua Medic super carbolit, and if they are happy with it. One more question would be what flow rate should one be putting through your reactor to get the best out of your activated carbon

coral ID

Posted: June 26th, 2010, 7:09pm CDT by brendanpre

Hi can anyone Id this coral? To the right of the red one(Gorgonian?) there is what looked like a black mark on the rock. When it went into the tank tiny pinky orange polyps started emerging.

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Stocks Available

Posted: June 26th, 2010, 11:27am CDT by Naiema

Avail@Sams Aquarium:Sailfin, Brown&Clown Surgeons,Cleaner Dancing&Fire Shrimps, Lrg Angels,Foxface Magnificas and more. Bali Live rock at low low prices. Lrge range of Ruto&Ocean Nutrition Frozen foods. Ph 0217122534/0826368990

Greenland allowed 9 humpback whale killings per year?

Posted: June 26th, 2010, 8:12am CDT by chikaboo

9 this year and then in the future? They say it helps with the economy of the country .... WTF????? I would somewhat understand if the population was getting out of hand and this was culling but to help with he country's economy?:nono:

Local KZN Anemones.

Posted: June 25th, 2010, 11:44pm CDT by Louis Scheepers

Hi everyone!

I'm in Margate KZN at the moment. I got my permit for inverts just before the holidays, so for the last couple of days, I have been going around searching for some awesome animals that I can take home. I have the book "Two Oceans" to help with identification, but it doesn't give all the important info! I'm a bit lost when it comes to info on the local anemones...

Can I keep them in my reef tank? This is some of the spesies that I could identify:

Plum anemone (Actinia mandelae).

Natal anemone (Anemonia natalensis).

Sandy anemone (Aulactinia reynaudi).

Crevice anemone (Anthopleura michaelseni).

There might be other spesies aswell... Can anyone help? I would appreciate info from someone who has experience keeping them (I think RiaanP has some in his tank).

Thanks in advance!

Podville (Pic only Thread please don't post)

Posted: June 25th, 2010, 7:04pm CDT by superscenic

Once upon a time there was a 1.2 meter tank which belonged to Danie and another 1.2 meter tank which belonged to Gawie. Together they became Podville.

These are the adventures of the citizens of Podville as they embark upon the journey of a lifetime. Join them as they settle uncharted lands, build communities and fight off marauders. Opportunity awaits those who are brave enough to journey across dry land to arrive upon this virgin territory.

Chapter one:
On the first day there was a stand, there were pipes, and there were the tanks. But there was no water. Then the Gods in their benevolence fetched 312.5 liters of Natural Sea Water and saw that it was good. Then they added life. (Microbe-Lift Special Blend an Microbe-lift Nite-Out II from Henk) This also was good. Then the overflow had a leak. They saw that this was not good.

The water went back into the cans, rock and sand went back into buckets and there was much gnashing of teeth. Dry once more, there was called upon tar to seal that which would leak and cast away doubt. A week went by and back went the sand, the rock and the Natural sea water.

Once again was added the Special Blend and The Nite-Out II: For LO! That which may smelleth most foul may giveth forth the most pleasant of results.

Then the Gods in their wisdom raised four 35 Watt T5's and there was light. Gently the rays caressed the 100% artificial yet deftly crafted rock landscape. Surely no greater artist can exist than HIM who created these rocks?!

The Gods appraised their handiwork and was pleased. Then there was rest, for while their eagerness was great, the little things would not be hastened in their labours.

Shocking water

Posted: June 25th, 2010, 4:09pm CDT by Tim S

Hi all, I was doing some tank maintenance last weekend and placed a towl on the floor to work on. The towl eventually got wet (on tiles) and when standing on it bare foot touching the water, I got a light shock. When I put the return pump off, this did not happen. When standing on dry tiles no shocking.
Is this an indication that the pump is on it's way out or what?

Confused...

CT Galvanising

Posted: June 25th, 2010, 3:30pm CDT by FransSny

For all the CT guys out there, who is the best (and most reliable in CT terms) to get galvanising done at. The reason for my asking is I used oakes (dont want to mention names in case of a lawsuit), and from start to fisnish galvanising a stand became a f-up.

Firstly getting the order wrong from shotblast & Galv to shotblast only resulting in leadtime going from 5 - 7 days to 10 days. Then when finally collecting the stand, it was done like : shit : (example...the hang wires for dipping was galvanised onto the stand, not removed & touched up etc). Happily they were willing to re do the Galv, but upon phoning earlier I found out it will only go on the last run (as it is a re-work) and that happens just before closing time !!!! So now I can only collect tomorrow

So for future reference I would like to know who uses who so to speak

Aquarium Controller

Posted: June 24th, 2010, 10:19pm CDT by christiaan

Hi Guys

Are there really no other options for aquarium controllers than going out and buying a profilux for R20 000???

Anyone tried importing one?

Anyone here use another brand?

What would a good starter package include?

Thanks.

Power failure

Posted: June 24th, 2010, 10:17pm CDT by greenie

Evening, hope some one can assist me. I got a canister filter (placed inside a plastic container) with my 95 liter tank. Today we had a 45 minutes power cut and when I got home I found that about 6 liter water has been sucked out of the tank out by its seal on top of the filter and into the plastic container. Is there anything I can do to prevent this happening again?

Coral frags wanted

Posted: June 24th, 2010, 9:47pm CDT by Max

Does anyone in the joburg area have frags of sps, montis etc. for sale. pls im looking for a couple pieces. SCOOBY where the heck are you dude.

Via Aqua SK 388

Posted: June 24th, 2010, 9:14pm CDT by vicky88_nofear

Hi guys,

I Just registered here :thumbup:

Im planning to buy a new skimmer and ive chosen Via Aqua SK 388 considering my budget. Is it a good skimmer ? I saw Falcon's reply here under one topic and his pix were promising. Now is there any other better skimmer compared to Via Aqua SK 388 in the same price?

@Falcon - Do u still recommend this skimmer ?

Thanks guys
-vick

Lighting unit for sale for sale: Gauteng - Springs

Posted: June 24th, 2010, 7:38pm CDT by Max

Hardware for saleThread title:

Lighting unit for sale

Location:

Gauteng - Springs

Shipping or Collection only:

Preferably collect

Photo's and description/list of items for sale:

1,8m Metal halide lighting unit
Has 3 x 150w Metal halide lamps
2 x 54w fluorescents
and 4 Moonlights
Price: R3500

Notes:

The unit is currently in use, i want to upgrade to bigger metal halides. The only thing needs replacing is the two pieces of perspex sliding over the fluorescent tubes.

Interesting Manifold Idea from the FW world

Posted: June 24th, 2010, 6:36pm CDT by sihaya

I would love to see someone try this in a reef tank...

River-Tank Manifold Design — Loaches Online

Seems like there are some corals that truly prefer unilateral flow (like Gorgonians).

Pretty Decent Article on DSB

Posted: June 24th, 2010, 6:32pm CDT by sihaya

It's too bad CA doesn't get as much traffic as it deserves. It has some good articles (even if the authors aren't "well known").

Deep Sand Beds

Have glass will build !

Posted: June 24th, 2010, 6:03pm CDT by FransSny

Just random pic for fun of a litt;e frag setup i did

Cool video

Posted: June 24th, 2010, 5:15pm CDT by llewellyn

Hows this for a predator.
Click here

New member

Posted: June 24th, 2010, 5:04pm CDT by Old P.E Boy

Hi all.

New to this forum,( in fact ,any forum ) kept marine for 4 years and had a years break but getting back into fast.

Will load some pics soon.
:thumbup:

Light unit for sale for sale: Roodepoort

Posted: June 24th, 2010, 4:34pm CDT by Collie

Hardware for saleThread title:

Light unit for sale

Location:

Roodepoort

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection only

Photo's and description/list of items for sale:

Hi Guys

Have these for sale R2500.00

Went for something smaller

Notes:

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Weights Calculator

Posted: June 24th, 2010, 1:59pm CDT by FransSny

cool little gadget I found...thought I'd share:

Materials Weight Calculator

USA + Indo + Sri Lanka on 2010-06-24

Posted: June 24th, 2010, 1:55pm CDT by Moolis

Hi Reefers

Today we are landing the following 3 shipments! YES THREE!!!!

USA and Indonesia are already in the shop!

USA have some nice specimens in it and some of the trusted oldies;)
Look below for the list.

The Indonesia shipment is the one with the SHOCKINGLY GREAT specimens:thumbup::yeahdude::slayer:
The supplier were not able to get all the corals we needed :( - so he added some SHOW SPECIMENS to our boxes and I have not seen this quality before, neither did I ever saw some of the species - like
Australomussa Rowlwyensis
and some variety's that we did not get in the past like
Red Doughnut Coral - Acanthophyllia spp.

So I am in the candy store AGAIN & I LOVE IT!!:thumbup::thumbup:

Then Sri Lanka are landing later today with some nice species as well!

NOW WE ARE STOCKED AGAIN, 2010 soccer or not:P

New Member

Posted: June 24th, 2010, 1:55pm CDT by brendar7639

Hi, I am a new member of forum. Would a newcomer be warmly welcome here? Good day you guys!!!

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Picasso Triggerfish for sale: Randburg

Posted: June 24th, 2010, 1:55pm CDT by Pads

Fish for saleCommon Name:

Picasso Triggerfish

Scientific Name:

Rhinecanthus aculeatus

Size of fish

5 - 6cm

How long have you had the fish?

Since Dec 08

Is the fish eating?

Yes, anything sometimes even Nori

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection Only

Your location.

Randburg

Price:

R200 or Exchange for Cleaner Shrimp

Photo's:

Notes:

Picasso has coloured up more than the picture, was having trouble snapping a focused picture this morning. Will try again later

Cheato Uses

Posted: June 24th, 2010, 1:34pm CDT by vatso

How many of you have had your fish eat cheato?

I put some in my QT tank & the fish in there started eating it so now I leave some in so they can eat it when they want. I take some and place it one a rock with a rubber band like norri.

I am sure it can't be bad for them?

Meaty Foods?

Posted: June 24th, 2010, 1:26pm CDT by maj

Im not sure if this was discussed before,if so plz guide me to the thread.

What Iwant to know is what is the difference between feeding:
Krill Vs Plankton Vs Brine Vs Mysis.

Is it all just various types of food or are ther specific for certain fish?
Is ther any nutritional value?
Do they all add PO4 to the tank regardless of the excess juices drained?
Who uses what meaty foods and how often?

chiller questions

Posted: June 24th, 2010, 12:45pm CDT by sweetnsour

Hey everyone

Perhaps the guys whom run chillers can help me out here , what size chiller would be need for a 1000 litre system? I'm looking into the haliea range.

Secondly how noisy are these units and perhaps someone can point out the pro.s and con.s running these units indoors?

and lastly are the units weather Resistant like normal split unit aircons ?

Price and availability query

Posted: June 24th, 2010, 12:37pm CDT by dizzyg

Hi

what is the price on a Deltec MC500 skimmer.
are they available in S.A?

Thanks

Sodwana's Green tree

Posted: June 24th, 2010, 11:13am CDT by christiaan

Hi there guys

Does anyone what species the green tree coral at Sodwana's 9mile reef is?

New Arrivals

Posted: June 24th, 2010, 10:50am CDT by Naiema

To let you know about new shipments at Sams Aquarium. Large range of Ocean Nutrition Frozen food now in stock.Please call us on 0217122534/0826368990 for very good prices.

Skimmer Suggestions for my Boyu TL450

Posted: June 24th, 2010, 10:33am CDT by fly*

So now that the hood has come off my Boyu TL450, I can now look at a better skimmer for my systems. I know a lot of peeps are using the Boyu WG308 which i'm guessing is because it fits into the compartment. But without the lid I can look at maybe a hangover unit as well ???

Any suggestions?

My standard skimmer is actually working suprising well and does pull a fair amount of crap out of the water but I rate I can find a better unit.

commercial filtration systems pics wanted

Posted: June 24th, 2010, 10:17am CDT by leslie hempel

guys i am looking for engine room pics of commercial fish /coral holding facilities, so far i like the system that TMC has to offer and i have actually seen one in action but i was wondering what else could be dug up as reference..

interested to see whats out there..

any help will be appreciated...

Foxface with or without spot??

Posted: June 23rd, 2010, 9:21pm CDT by PeterL

I have been looking for info about the Foxface, but have come up short - just for those who with just say ":googlenub:"

What is the difference etween the One Spot Foxface and the plain yellow? Or is it simply the same? The information I have found is always speciffic to the one or the other and I can't find factual info distinguishing one from the other other than the spot - so what is the value, or non-value of the spot??

I have one without the spot, he/she is very happy. Eating well, interacts in my tank well, doesn't eat my soft corals at all - just generally a shy fish, other than that, I got no problems with it at all. I was just wondering what the differences were between them

ReefOctopus 5000INT Skimmer for sale: Pretoria

Posted: June 23rd, 2010, 8:57pm CDT by brandonb

Hardware for saleThread title:

ReefOctopus 5000INT Skimmer

Location:

Pretoria

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection only

Photo's and description/list of items for sale:

I am very sad to announce that i have to sell my ReefOctopus 5000 internal skimmer as I am not able to upgrade my tank ... I don't have the money or the time anymore so I will have to take down my Boyu as well :(:(:(:(:(

Anyway I bought this skimmer from Punk approx. 4 months ago to use in a 1.8 meter system I was planning... It has never been used ( even Punk never used it)...and it doesnt fit in my fathers 3.2 meter systems sump ...

I bought it from Punk for R 4500, so that is my price not neg.

Notes:

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i need help

Posted: June 23rd, 2010, 8:29pm CDT by edyta2382

hello my fish got whit spots the spots come and go fish are eating well
i don't know what to do anymore i been dosing hebtana -microbe lift and no effect
i don;t wont to move the fish and stress them my salnity is 1.24 can i lower the salnity will that afect my inverts and corals how much can i lower.
please somone let me know i been posting for help and no replys

New AM Cal reactor

Posted: June 23rd, 2010, 4:40pm CDT by leslie hempel

Aqua Medic : Seawater Catalogue : Filter components : Calciumreactor KR Blue

Lyretail Anthias for sale: sandton

Posted: June 23rd, 2010, 2:54pm CDT by mike Bushie

Fish for saleCommon Name:

Lyretail Anthias

Scientific Name:

(Pseudanthias squamipinnis)

Size of fish

+- 3cm

How long have you had the fish?

2years

Is the fish eating?

yes

Shipping or Collection only:

collection

Your location.

sandton

Price:

R100 each

Photo's:

hey selling three Lyretail Anthias anybody keen?

Notes:

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starting off

Posted: June 23rd, 2010, 1:04pm CDT by michael10

what coral exactly is this?

Green Candy Cane - Frags for swap

Posted: June 23rd, 2010, 12:12pm CDT by AntS

Hi Guys,

I've decided I'm going to be fragging my green candy cane since the skeleton has gotten pretty big, I was thinking of just repositioning all the frags in my tank, but I may be tempted to trade ;)

I'd be willing to consider any softies or lps that is non-aggressive and healthy.

Where can i find/buy doughnut coral?

Posted: June 23rd, 2010, 11:35am CDT by AntS

Any know?

T5 options

Posted: June 23rd, 2010, 11:32am CDT by Dane

Hey all,

So I've been running my lil low tech nano on CFLs and two T8 actinics for a while now, and while all my softies have been growing wonderfully, and my LPS has been good, I am seriously thinking of biting the bullet and going T5. I wanted to know what globes I should get.

Plan would be to keep the T8 actinics until the globes expire and then switch those over to T5 as well.

So, what lighting should I get on the tank?

Its a standard two footer, 70L tank, with a fairly deep sand bed (about 7cm)
dimensions: +- 62x32x30

I would like to keep easier SPS in the very upper reaches, but mostly softies and LPS.

prices? kalvin?

THANKS! :-)

leather question

Posted: June 23rd, 2010, 10:28am CDT by dropzone newbee

this was my leather about 4 weeks back ! now it doesnt wanna open ! shall i try move it into an area with more water flow ? all other corals perfect

tommys hosting in clam

Posted: June 23rd, 2010, 10:27am CDT by dropzone newbee

Aquamedic lights for sale: Johannesburg

Posted: June 23rd, 2010, 9:18am CDT by Midasblenny

Hardware for saleThread title:

Aquamedic lights

Location:

Johannesburg

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection

Photo's and description/list of items for sale:

Items removed due to no pics.

Notes:

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Mushroom frag Tank

Posted: June 22nd, 2010, 10:53pm CDT by Lockes

What you reckon would be good lighting for a shroom / softie dominated frag tank?

Angel in need of a holiday inn

Posted: June 22nd, 2010, 10:17pm CDT by Trev

Guys my new angel has pigged out on some of my corals specialy my zoas he nearly eata dem all today and when I got home I saw the aftermath so I have just caught him and sumpped him, was so fat and easy to catch LOL, So I am looking for someone who has a fish only tank or some zoas you dont like LOL to mind him for a few weeks till my new tank is running and I can start moving things around. The hotel tank needs to be mature and stable and should idealy have good sponge growth. Guys if you have such a tank and dont mind looking after this baaas.......tard for me then please give me a shout.

Thanks
Trev

not happy

Posted: June 22nd, 2010, 7:28pm CDT by burt

my carpet nennie is not happy, took me a week to find out what is wrong, my big clown(clark) desided he is tired of the tank, and jumped out, so i only have a smaller clown hosting the nennie, but my sailfin tang has been pecking the nennie. what do you sugest i do, iv covered the nenie slightly so that the tang cant get close to him any more ith a piece of live rock

not happy

Posted: June 22nd, 2010, 7:28pm CDT by burt

not happy

Posted: June 22nd, 2010, 7:28pm CDT by burt

Zayd's New 1300l system

Posted: June 22nd, 2010, 5:03pm CDT by zayd

Hi Guys

I am busy setting up new system: 1.8m x 1m x 0.8m high. I will be moving my existing livestock into this tank over time.

Low iron front and side panels.
Lighting - ATI Powermodule 8 x 54w T5's
Flow - 2 x AM 15000l pumps, plus my existing tunzi nano's (will see how this goes)
Skimmer by Zayn (Phuturelab) - will see how this works out.
Carbon reactor
Phosphate Reactor
Nitrate reducer/reactor
DSB in sump
11000l return pump - return chamber on left will be increased as just a bit too small for pump to fit into it. Also thinking of increasing height of baffles fro 17.5cm to 25cm.

Any advice and thoughts will be appreciated.

Green algae threatens China

Posted: June 22nd, 2010, 3:15pm CDT by JD167

http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/G...China-20100622

Time to clean up those waters China! Algae on a BIG scale.

Suitable Skimmer for a 1,500L

Posted: June 22nd, 2010, 2:59pm CDT by Galibore

Hello Reef Freaks,

What skimmer would you guys suggest for a 1,500 liter system (total volume)?

A Reef Octopus Internal Cone 5000 has been suggested, but damn, they're pricey.

yellow tang wanted CAPE TOWN

Posted: June 22nd, 2010, 1:09pm CDT by yusufgamiet

HI ALL . CAN ANYONE HELP ME OUT ? thanks

Reptile terrainuim

Posted: June 22nd, 2010, 11:26am CDT by sweetnsour

Hi Guys posting this on behalf of a friend whom is emmigrating

R3500 neg complete

Reptile Terrainuim ( 45cm x 45cm x 45cm )

Black wooded stand with 2x shelves
Glass all round with black aluminum bracing with glass slider windows
removable top with aluminum grid + reptile dome light fitting and switch incl light bulb
Rock gravel
plastic plants
plastic rocks
thermometer temp
big snake rock pool bowl

maifan stones

Posted: June 22nd, 2010, 10:37am CDT by edyta2382

Hello everyone i need to ask about maifan stone i heard they are good
they aim to be realising minerals and keeping water clean and has any one used this before can someone let me know .Edyta

two little fishies phosban questions

Posted: June 22nd, 2010, 10:00am CDT by butcherman

is this brand any good?

PhosBan®
Julian Sprung's Marine Aquarium Formula Synthetic ferric oxide hydroxide granules with an extremely high capacity for adsorbing phosphate from saltwater and freshwater. Also adsorbs silicate, and does not release adsorbed substances. Recommended by Julian Sprung for long-lasting and easy control of phosphate levels on a permanent basis. Available in 150g, 454g, 1200g and 6000g. Contact us for bulk inquiries.

Should I buy a white frogspawn?

Posted: June 22nd, 2010, 9:58am CDT by danimal

Hi guys

There is a white forgspawn at my LFS that I have been watching for a few weeks, it looks healthy enough and expands hugely during the day. My wife is convinced its the most beautiful coral she has ever seen :P however I'm not sure if this is normal? Do euphyllia bleach in the same manner as anemones? In fact, it's not really pure white, more a very light cream colour.

The coral has been in the shop a while and as I visit fairly often I can see it has not deteriorated at all. Again, to me the coral seems healthy and happy however I want to make sure I am not buying something that is bleached.

Thanks

ID this Fish Caught at Umhlanga

Posted: June 22nd, 2010, 8:31am CDT by shauno

Hey guys

Caught this guy at Umhlanga last weekend.....

Beautiful fish , can anyone give me an Id on this guy?

Has a couple mean teeth on the front , never expected to catch something like this..

Put the dude back to enjoy life on our coastal reefs.

Just amazing you can get something like that from the beach.:thumbup:

Urgent help needed ich in my tank

Posted: June 21st, 2010, 11:31pm CDT by edyta2382

:(Hi every one i got a goldrim tang last week the tang spread whit spot in my tank
now my yellow tang is infected and my baby regal i'm using herbtana -microbe lift
for 7 days it dont seem any beter i don't wont to remove the tangs from the ds
tank last time i did it i lost my powder blue from stress my fish swim actvely and
have big apetite and don't scratch they got spots can anyone help? .Edyta

More of my Wildlife Photographs.

Posted: June 21st, 2010, 10:20pm CDT by Dean76

ID please :)

Posted: June 21st, 2010, 9:51pm CDT by crispin

can anyone give me a common or latin name for this??

Please ID. Nudi? Flatworm? ?????

Posted: June 21st, 2010, 8:36pm CDT by lIghty

Hi All

My mother has hundreds of this things, they on the glass, sand and on the rocks, litterally covering it. What they are, nudi, flat worm?

The colour is not normal for a flatworm?

Egypt Oil Spill threatens the Red Sea

Posted: June 21st, 2010, 8:19pm CDT by Anemone

Egypt Oil Spill threatens Red Sea Marine Life : Discovery News

Between the Chinese ship slaming into the Great Barrier Reef and leaking oil, the US oil spil in the Gulf of Mexico, and now the oil spil in the Red Sea, human error has certainly caused a lot of damage to the ocean this year.

ID Please

Posted: June 21st, 2010, 6:42pm CDT by gMAN

Hey Guys n gals, a friend of mine in Malaysia emailed these pic's to me, anyone seen this before?

They claim it's never been seen before? Just thought I'd share with the forum :wave2:

nennie dead or alive

Posted: June 21st, 2010, 5:50pm CDT by ashley100

i just got home from work and found my white nenie sucked up on my power head
i removed him and put him in my sump i dont know how long he was stuck for and now he is all shriveled up at the bottom and has not opened or any thing do you think he will die :(

Camel Shrimp Nuisance

Posted: June 21st, 2010, 5:21pm CDT by AntS

Hi guys,

Bought a dancing camel shrimp back in April, lately i notice that its picking at all of my corals, more specifically on the meaty parts of the LPS - open brain, blastomusa and candy cane, as well my zoas.

I'd like to catch in and remove it from the tank - however I have a small TL-450, which is already pretty crowed with LR and coral.

Any ideas on how to catch it, or stop it from picking on my corals?

R80 shrimp eating R500 corals, the shrimp can go

Trochus snails - awesome

Posted: June 21st, 2010, 4:46pm CDT by Dane

Hey guys,

anyone else have trochus snails as part of their CUC? Mine mow their way through hair algae and leave the rocks literally scrubbed clean. Just wish they'd cover the more rough terrain more often. Whats your experience with these guys? They seldom knock things over too which is nice. They've also been browsing a little cyano that popped up. Loving them!

on a side note, while i was watching my tank last night shortly after lights out and just with actinics the one snail ejected a sort of white mist - pooping or sexyness?

:-) Just in case heres a pic

Hallo Everyone

Posted: June 21st, 2010, 4:31pm CDT by Franna

Hallo. My name is Francois Im 21 and live in Pretoria. I've had Tropical aquariums for a few years now. Now I want to Start small with a nano reef tank. But I know nothing about salt water aquariums so im going to read and ask allot of questions here first. Also going through all the DIY stuff to see where I can save money.

My current tanks are all Tropical but I will mention them.

a 470l Malawi tank

a 500l Community tank

and

4 x 60L tanks

Im also an old TASA member so Hi to the other Tasa members that are here

Regards
Francois:slayer:

finally- purple tangs x 4

Posted: June 21st, 2010, 3:49pm CDT by dropzone newbee

My Nano Tank 102L

Posted: June 21st, 2010, 3:12pm CDT by Dean76

My Nano Tank:
It is a Magic Wave 102 nano tank with a 102L of water. The display tank has a power head which turns 1200LPH. The filtration first chamber has a small Dymax skimmer with one mode to it, I drilled out the top for the air hose ( works well and have to clean out every 2 to 3 weeks). Then the second chamber has Chem-Pure and foam sponge, the third chamber has a light with my chito and live rock in it. A fourth chamber has ceramic rings and the last chamber has return pump (1300LPH) and the heater. The tank has T5 lighting 24w 2 x white lights and 2 x blue lights. I have a fax on top of the tank for the summer months which cools the tank water up to 2 degrees. The tank runs at 26 to 27 degrees.
I do a 10L water change every week, the water for the water change is heated and air rated 24h beforehand. The chem.-pure and sponges are rinsed out.
The tank is 8 months old and running well.
Attached are some Photos:
The Start

3 to 4 Month old

Now the tank looks like this

auto topup device but ??

Posted: June 21st, 2010, 12:36pm CDT by neo

Hi,
i found a device which could be used for auto topup purposes BUT
it uses probes made of stainless to be inserted into liquid.
You think these stainless probes will last some time or not?

Where to get...

Posted: June 21st, 2010, 12:34pm CDT by Galibore

Hello Guys,

It's nice to be back. :)

Does anyone know where I can buy UniSeals? I am also looking for a small 1,000 L/H pump that can run both internally and externally.

Filters and Filter Media for Saltwater Aquariums

Posted: June 21st, 2010, 12:03pm CDT by Mekaeel

I came across this article and found it to pretty useful. Hopefully our newbies will benefit from it.

Filtration systems are the backbone of our saltwater aquariums. Without some method of breaking down waste produced by the organisms in our aquariums, our fish and invertebrates would end up, for lack of a better term, living in a cesspool of their own waste.

Our #1 priority as aquarists is to provide the highest quality water we can for our wet friends to live in.

In this article, I will talk about the different methods of filtration available and what type of tanks they are suitable for, along with some of the most popular types of filter media to help maintain the best water quality in your own aquarium.

In an article I had written last year called Things to know before buying an aquarium filter, I discussed some of the things a filter system can do for you, four of the most popular filter systems and some items to consider before purchasing a filter. This article is a good starting point if you are not too familiar with the different types of filters out there and the advantages of each.

The article doesnt, however, break down which filter systems are best for certain aquarium types and that is something we will address in this article as well as touch on the most popular types of filter media.

FILTERS

Lets start with talking about filtering a reef tank. The big question many people have: Is there one best way to setup a filter system for a reef tank? The simple answer is No, there are many different ways to filter a reef tank and they can all work very well. But one thing 99% of all reef tanks have in common is the use of live rock (covers the biological needs in a reef tank) and a protein skimmer (covers the mechanical needs in a reef tank).

Live rock is rock that has been harvested from the ocean in tropical locations such as Fiji, Tonga and the Marshall Islands. The rock is very porous and will act as a biological filter for your tank as it will contain beneficial bacteria to help breakdown fish waste. People will disagree on how much rock to use in a reef tank, but generally it is recommended to use anywhere between ½ to 2 pounds per gallon of water. Live rock must also be properly cured before any livestock is added to the tank.

A protein skimmer (sometimes referred to as a foam fractionator) will remove organic pollutants from your tank. Protein skimmers create tons of tiny micro bubbles inside of their reaction chambers that dissolved organics are attracted to. Due to their hydrophobic properties (the need to get away from the water), the combined bubble and dissolved organics will rise up a tube and foam over into a collection cup. The end result is a very smelly, tea to coffee colored liquid called skimmate.

Many people have successfully run their reef tanks with only live rock and a protein skimmer, but other types of filters can be incorporated to perform an even better job. For example, a canister filter or fluidized bed filter can be used to help with chemical filtration (i.e. the use of carbon or phosphate media for example). Ive tallied up some of the advantages/disadvantages of the most popular types of filtration for reef aquariums and recorded my findings below:

Canister Filters & Hang on Back (HOB) Filters
PRO: They are excellent for adding carbon or other filter media to the tank and can even be good mechanical filters to help trap larger particles.
CON: If they are not cleaned often (every 2-4 weeks) they can lead to the build up (or source) of nitrates and phosphates in the tank due to food or other organics being trapped inside. Water will sometimes flow around the filter media instead of through it (in other words, water will take the path of least resistance).
Fluidized Bed Filters
PRO: One of the best choices for using filter media, such as carbon or phosphate, in an aquarium. Due to their upflow principle, they will give the best contact between the tanks water and the filter media of choice.
CON: It is generally not recommended to use more than one type of media inside of a fluidized bed filter, so multiple units may be required for using different filter media at the same time in a tank.
UV Sterilizers
PRO: They can be very useful for controlling free-floating algae and algae blooms. Properly setup, they can help reduce free-floating parasites.
CON: UV sterilizers do not discriminate against good or bad organisms that flow through them, so they can kill off some of the good microorganisms in your tank.
Ozone
PRO: When used properly, many aquarium hobbyists find their aquarium water is so clear, it almost looks as if there is no water in the tank.
CON: Ozone can be harmful if not setup properly. They are generally used with a protein skimmer and the air leaving the skimmer MUST be filtered by carbon to prevent any ozone from entering the air.
Refugiums
PRO: Generally very good at nutrient export (mainly phosphate and nitrates, which are utilized by the algae growing in the refugium), refugiums provide a safe haven for microorganisms such as amphipods and copepods that can help feed fish and corals. They can also help stabilize the pH in an aquarium by utilizing the CO2 produced in the main tank when the lights are off. Read more about refugiums here.
CON: While small ones are available, in general they can take up quite a bit of space. Similar to the display tank, they will require regular maintenance to keep them running properly (such as pruning algae on at least a monthly basis).
Wet/Dry Filters
PRO: Very good at breaking down toxic ammonia into the less toxic nitrate. They provide an aerobic environment for bacteria to work in (to break down waste), so they dont deplete oxygen from the main tank.
CON: They are almost too efficient for a reef tank and may cause nitrate levels to build up too fast. The live rock in the tank should be plenty of biological filtration.
Deep Sand Bed (DSB) or Plenum
PRO: When setup properly and given time, they will help create a denitrifying area in the sand bed (or void area) that reduces nitrate levels within the aquarium.
CON: For some people, a 4-6 deep sand bed or remote area can take up too much space in the tank. There are mixed opinions on the long-term efficiency of these methods; some feel they trap nitrates and eventually release them into the tank.
Nitrate Filter (Denitrator)
PRO: Very efficient at reducing nitrates within the aquarium.
CON: Can be difficult to set up; fairly expensive and generally only suitable for larger tanks.

So what about hobbyists that dont want to keep a reef tank with live corals and other invertebrates, but do want a saltwater tank with beautiful and colorful saltwater fish?

The truth is filtration for a fish-only (FO) tank doesnt have to differ all that much from filtration on a reef tank in regards to setup. Eric Borneman wrote an article, Fish Only vs. Reef Only Whats the Difference? that breaks down some of the major differences. To quote Eric, I would recommend that using natural reef methods for all marine aquaria be the preferred method for both the success of the marine life, as well as the success of the aquarist. I couldnt agree more with his statement.

Of course, if you cant or dont want to use live rock in your tank, what choices do you have? Going back to the main topic of this article (filters), you will need a filter system that provides your tank with the best possible biological, mechanical and chemical filtration possible. Many feel a wet/dry filter system is your best choice, as they are very efficient at breaking down the waste fish produce. All of the filtration choices mentioned earlier for reef tanks can be used on a FO system and the same pros and cons will apply.

FILTER MEDIA

Filter media includes products like carbon, phosphate removers and ion exchange resins. These products help reduce and remove organics that cause problems like smelly water, yellow tinting to the water and problematic algae caused by phosphate and/or nitrate problems. They work by absorbing or adsorbing different organics/chemical from the water, helping to maintain high water quality within the tank.

Carbon: Carbon is probably the most widely used filter media sold today. There are two main reasons carbon is used; to help keep water clear from yellowing and to help with odors from the tank. As water passes by the carbon, it will remove pollutants that cause these two issues within an aquarium. This can be accomplished by placing carbon in a filter media bag and setting it inside a canister filter or by using it loosely inside of a fluidized bed filter.
Phosphate Removers: The second most popular type of filter media helps rid aquariums of phosphates. High phosphate levels can actually inhibit corals and other calcium based organisms from being able to properly utilize calcium and magnesium. High phosphate levels can also lead to excessive algae growth. The two most popular types of phosphate remover media are the iron (ferric oxide) based media (Phosban, RowaPhos or Pura Phoslock for example) and the alumina based media (Phosphate Sponge or Phosguard).

Both have their advantages and disadvantages but, generally speaking, work fairly effectively. For reef tanks, most prefer iron-based media over alumina-based media since iron-based media can filter the tank for a longer period of time. Most alumina-based media needs to be removed within 24-48 hours after use. Another advantage that many overlook or simply dont realize is that most phosphate removers will also remove silica from the tanks water (once the phosphates have been removed). Silicates can sometimes cause outbreaks of brown algae on the aquarium glass, sand bed and/or on the rocks in the tank.
Nitrate Media: Like phosphate, high nitrate levels can lead to problematic algae growth within the aquarium. Unlike fish, most invertebrates cannot tolerate high levels of nitrate. Many of the nitrate media products on the market are extremely porous and allow for anaerobic bacterial denitrification deep within the pores of the media (Nitrate Sponge and De*Nitrate are examples). Others, like Purigen or HyperSorb, are synthetic adsorbents that help remove nitrate (along with other organics).
Mixed Resin Media: There are a few companies out there who make filter media that combines carbon with ion exchange resins, such as Boyds Chemi Pure and APIs Bio-Chem Zorb. These types of mixed resins come already in a bag and give the user a product that not only has the benefits of carbon, but also can help ionic balances (more stable pH).

With the proper filtration system, you will find your aquarium inhabitants will not only survive, but thrive within their glass (or acrylic) walls. But please dont make the mistake of thinking that just because you have an oversized filter system or you use extra filter media on your tank that you can overstock, overfeed or neglect your normal maintenance. Every tank still needs some hands-on time to keep it running properly.
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AquaMedic Aquasunlight 250w MH + T5 Pendant for sale: JHB, Benoni

Posted: June 21st, 2010, 11:26am CDT by Ridwaan

Hardware for saleThread title:

AquaMedic Aquasunlight 250w MH + T5 Pendant

Location:

JHB, Benoni

Shipping or Collection only:

Will ship at buyers expense

Photo's and description/list of items for sale:

Howzit..

I have a AquaMedic AquaSunlight Light pendant for sale
The pendant consist of:

2 X 250w DE MH and 4 X 54w T5s

Light in excellent condition

Notes:

Price: R6000 not neg
I will include 2 X new REEFTEK 250w 10k MH bulbs for free

Reef Octopus Bubble Blaster 5000 EXTERNAL for sale: JHB, Benoni

Posted: June 21st, 2010, 11:16am CDT by Ridwaan

Hardware for saleThread title:

Reef Octopus Bubble Blaster 5000 EXTERNAL

Location:

JHB, Benoni

Shipping or Collection only:

Shipping at buyers expense

Photo's and description/list of items for sale:

Howzit Guys.

I am selling my Reef Octopus Bubble Blaster 5000 EXTERNAL Skimmer.
The skimmer is in like new condition

Notes:

Price: R7000
:thumbup:

Tank and equipment: Cape Town

Posted: June 21st, 2010, 11:01am CDT by maj

Full system sales or multiple items for sale.Thread title:

Tank and equipment

Location:

Cape Town

Shipping or Collection only:

speak to seller

Photo's and description/list of items for sale:

Posting on behalf of a fellow reefer

Notes:

-

Sorry maj, but a member must comply with the selling rules before they can list items for sale, i.e. member for a month and have 20 posts. Selling on behalf of a member that doesn't fulfil these requirements is not allowed unfortunately.

Riddi Powerlab (almost) cube

Posted: June 20th, 2010, 7:28am CDT by Riddi

Hi All

So Yesterday my tank got delivered.

Display Tank - Power Lab L850 X W850 X H600 incorporating "invisible bracing" , acrylic back panel, micro overflow stand H1000
(gonna DIY the "stand cabinet" so watch this space)

Sump - Power Lab (Glass) with custom Auto top up chamber and refugium (to be completed this week)

Display Tank Lighting Unit - currently 4x 39w t5 unit to be replaced
Custom built unit which I want to try and DIY planning 6 / 8 x 24 w T5 (individual reflectors) with cooling fans and moonlights

Skimmer - Power Lab H1

Reactors
Power Lab Mini Kalk Stirrer
Power Lab Mini Nitrate Reactor
Power Lab Mini Carbon Reactor
Power Lab Mini Phosphate Reactor

Uplift Pump - Dolphin 2500

Circulation - 2 x sun sun 5000 lph

Heater - 300 watt not sure of brand right now (eheim jager ordered )

Substrate - Aragonite in DT and refugium

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Ich?

Posted: June 20th, 2010, 12:43am CDT by michael10

iv got a tank thats been running for about 2 months, livestock is one baby zebra lionfish, live rock and a few leather corals.
My lionfish which will be moved to a much larger tank in a few months has 1 or 2 tiny white dots on its tail and i dont knw whether its ich or not, there are no signs ( from what ive read include, rapid breathing, loss of appetite, akward swimming or brushing the tank or substrate).
my question is if i removed the leather corals (to my other tank) could i use copper based treatment in the tank with the fish and live rock ( iv also read that lionfish can be quite sensitive to copper) or not?

i would think i probly couldnt because once i return the corals the copper mite still be present in small traces, but what would you suggest i do because i dont have access to a quarantine tank.
thanks

400W Metal Halide

Posted: June 20th, 2010, 12:25am CDT by badbiker

Hey all,

just now installed two 400w metal halide. One is blue and other is daylight and also have 4 of t5 lights each 56w.

my Q: when Daylight metal halide is on the water looks yellowish why? is it ok or need change ?

2.Is it ok if I keep all the above lights on for 8H on 600L tank ?

3.In sump have ATS with total 110w light and refugium with 70w light So I am wondering is there will be any problem with algae growth in me Display tank.

looool to many QS :biggrin:

Urgent advice please

Posted: June 20th, 2010, 11:22pm CDT by gaboon

Not sure how serious this is... I turned off my skimmer about 5 hours ago and dosed mb7, when I turned skimmer back on, the skimmer cup filled within 30 minutes. What could be happening here? Tank looks fine, all polyps fully extended

T5 Globe choice

Posted: June 20th, 2010, 8:16pm CDT by PeterL

Considering the recent discussions on lighting, can the differences be noted so that we can all be properly informed as to the differences in the different T5 lighting globes. The combination of globe choises and what makes the different manufacturers so much better than the cheaper or more expensive globes.

Why should one spend big $$$ on pricey "brand name" opposed to the Reeftek globes which seem to be the more commonly found globe. The globes wouldn't be available at such vast cost differences if they didn't have significant differences - what are these differences.

Then, What are the optimum combinations of globes to be using in a 4, 6 & 8 globe setup on both SPS and LPS dominated tanks - for now we will assume that tank depths are no more then 600mm for maximum light penetration for the corals and no MH included in the comparison info.

Is it possible they are breeding?

Posted: June 20th, 2010, 8:13pm CDT by Rossco

I have a pair of fire gobies and the one has gone into hiding for the last couple of days.
I actually thought it had died.
I still haven't found the exact hiding spot.
Should I get my hopes up?
I can't find much on breeding them.

Hello MASA

Posted: June 20th, 2010, 6:39pm CDT by Michael B

Hi All,

The name is Michael & am not only new to MASA but also to Marine Tanks. I started about 4 months ago, with a 80L cube, sump etc.

Am now totally addicted & today took the plunge & bought a 5 foot - it arrives in 3 weeks YIPEE

Look forward to "meeting the community" & congrats on a great site.

Here is a pic of my current setup

Cheers
Michael B

hello

Posted: June 20th, 2010, 4:38pm CDT by ravi

hi everyone. Whatta great forum. Glad to have joined.

Cryptic zone

Posted: June 20th, 2010, 4:14pm CDT by herkie

I would like to build a cryptic zone and space is a major problem. I am thinking of mounting it on the stand behind a filter that is attached to the rear panel of my tank. This filter was intended to be a DSB but the water flow is much to high over it and nothing that I can see lives in the sand. The idea is to move the DSB sand into the cryptic zone and then to have some rock instead of sand in it.

I am planning to increase the shelf size by mounting a shelf on the area where the piece dead coral is lying up to where the pump box is. The overhanging part will be supported with two legs going down to a brace in the stand frame.

The CZ size will be 280 x 200 and 600 deep with overflow running into the DT. I am thinking put about 180mm deep sand in the bottom and probably three - four shelves higher up.

Your advice will be much appreciated.

please help with sun suns

Posted: June 20th, 2010, 3:11pm CDT by Trev

Guys I have two sun suns that are on a boyu wave controller and when ever they start up 4 out of 10 times its in reverse, has anyone ever had this issue before and how do you sort it out?

Thanks
Trev

Pump reversing direction on skimmer

Posted: June 20th, 2010, 2:55pm CDT by magman

Hey guys. I got a via aqua skimmer and the pump is blowing out in stead of sucking in. It started the other day after doing the lights (switching plugs on and off). I then took the skimmer out, stripped and cleaned the pump, nothing was wrong, it worked again for two days and has changed direction again by itself. I have changed over the wires on the plug and it does not help. PLEASE HELP!

Good By MASA

Posted: June 20th, 2010, 2:14pm CDT by Nemos Janitor

Yes NJ and advDiver will be leaving MASA on 26 June 2010. We will be climbing aboard an air Egypt bird destination Cairo. We will be picked up in Cairo and whisked away to Sharm El Sheikh where we will board the Snefro Love ( SNEFRO LOVE live-aboard | Egypt Red Sea | Aquatours Scuba Diving Holidays) for six days (24 dives) of awe inspiring diving in the Red Sea. Yes we will be diving the Thistlegorm wreck and ras Mohammad sanctuary amongst others. After the liveaboard experience we are off to Dehab for a dive or two and then tour the pyramids and Nile river.

WOW we are soooooo excited and i must have packed and unpacked my gear at least three times every day. Decisions whether to include the 7cm rad sail for surfing the huge sand dunes are an issue at the moment, cant quite make up my mind. We will just have to quad bike the dunes as well.

Naturally i will be on the lookout for Red sea coral and fish collectors. Hopefully a legal source can be obtained.

On sooner are we back on the 10 July then we head off to Mauritius in November. I will be sourcing gem tang and other fish availability. But the exciting thing is that i have just booked an India trip in April 2011. Yes we are going to see the Elephants swim the ocean. Eat you hearts out guys.

Diving in India
Goa on the Mainland,
Goa is a little bit of Rio de Janeiro meets Ibiza. But then Goa is a lot of things. This little seaside state, with an identity that's a seamless blend of Portuguese-Latin influence and Indian tradition, was crackling enough to have been one of the Millennium destinations of the world.
The waters are safe and temperate, the absence of riptide currents making them ideal for learners and novice divers. And when you aren't wiggling in and out of your wetsuit, you could be sunbathing or bungee jumping, visiting temples or haunting the flea market. Like we said, Goa is a lot of things.
The three hundred years of Portuguese rule has left an indelible imprint on the collective psyche of Goans. It shows in their music, their architecture and their culture. It's also why Goans make the most wonderful vindaloo this side of the Indian Ocean.
Dive Sites
The marine life of Goa is similar to that found in Maldives. The presence of wrecks in Spanish and Portuguese galleons and World War II ships make the fish life prolific.
Grand Island
Much of the local diving is conducted around this island. Some of the sites near the island include Suzy's Wreck, Davy Jones Lockers, Sail Rock, Turbo Tunnel, Surge City, Uma Guma Reef, and Bounty Bay.
Angria Bank
A four-hour high-speed boat ride takes you to this world-class dive site 120 miles from Goa. A vast underwater landmass about half the size of the state of Goa, it offers an amazing wealth of coral and fish. A 'live-aboard' is available with the local dive center to make diving at this site an unforgettable experience.
Pigeon Island
This rocky outcrop has interesting marine life as well as good visibility.
Malvan Shoal
2 hours away from the capital city of Panaji exist some interesting shallow sites in the water between Vengurla and Malvan.

Andaman and Nicobar group of islands in the Bay of Bengal
This is the closest you get to feeling like Robinson Crusoe. 362 volcanic islands scattered in the Bay of Bengal, with only 37 of these being inhabited. These lush green islands have colourful historical past, with strings of invasions by the French, Dutch, Japanese and British & raging wars between settlers and the native tribes. The Cellular Jail, where hundreds of Indian revolutionaries were imprisoned during the Indian freedom struggle, still stands tall. Descendents of these political prisoners and the local tribes of the area are the inhabitants of modern day Andaman and Nicobar.
The tropical rain forests that loom close to the seashore are home to unique species of birds, and to tribes that still haven't learned to use fire. Andaman is an experience quite unlike another. And if you find yourself using more mosquito repellent here than even before, you'll be using a lot more camera rolls as well.
Dive Sites:
Around Port Blair
The waters around Andaman have spectacular bio-diversity, and dive conditions that are ideal for an experienced diver.
Cinque Island
One of the best dive destinations in the island, it has clear emerald waters with a visibility of up to 80 feet. The deep dive offers a terrific variety of marine life including back coral and sightings of sharks, and is ideal for the experienced diver.
Rutland Island
The shallow waters here have a good representation of most small fish and coral, and is a good place for training open water divers.
Snake Island
Awesome rock faces and a spectacular dive landscape. Marine life includes Trigger fish, Grunts, Goatfish and Rays.
Havelock Island
This island is located approximately 4 hours from the Port Blair airport by inter-island ferry. The dive centre located on the island offers a wide range of largely unexplored dive sites rich in underwater marine life.

Lakshawdeep group of islands in the Arabian Sea
Be warned. There are some things that are really hard to find in Lakshadweep. Like fast cars, shrinks, or tranquillisers. They do have all that water though. Bright and clear as liquid glass, fringed by white stretches of sand where the only throngs you'll ever see are of the sandpipers on the shore. And you could sleep by the seaside with the night sky as your ceiling. Therapy has never felt better.
Geographically similar to that other divers' haunt, Lakshadweep is like Maldives without the crowds. 400 kilometers off the coast of Kerala, this group of 36 coral islands and atolls can be reached by a twenty-hour sea journey from Cochin. Of the ten inhabited islands, only two Bangaram and Kadmat, are open to foreigners and there are dive centers on both these islands. The lagoons are home to a spectacular world of marine life, so unexplored, you may well have a site named after you.
Dive Sites
Around Kadmat Island
Surrounded on the eastern and western side by the lagoon, Kadmat is the ideal haven of solitude. This little island has an astonishing variety of marine flora and fauna. Some of the dive sites explored till date are beyond any sort of written description, they are ethereal moments of pure wonder.
The Wall
A wall of soft coral starting at 12 meters and cascading down to the deep blue. Dive amongst turtles as resplendent as their surroundings.
Sting Ray City
A 21 meter dive along the sand dunes, abundant with Sting Rays.
Cross Currents
Located between the islands of Amini and Kadmat, drift dive along with schools of Snapper, Fusilier and Sharks at 15-21 meters.
Jack Point
A drift dive between 21-30 meters with different types of fish like Jack Fish and King Fish.
Garden of Eden
An abundance of table coral at 12-25 meters along with varieties of small fish and Groupers.
East Channel
Located between 9-20 meters an abundance of soft coral and tuna.
Around Bangaram Island
A teardrop shaped island surrounded by a continuous strip of creamy sand. The temperate blue-green waters of the Indian Ocean are an irresistible invitation to the scuba diving fraternity of the world. The exquisite black coral formations along with Angel Fish, Clown fish, Butterfly, Surgeons, Groupers, Mantas, Sting Rays and wondrous marine life are found in the Lakshadweep.
You can also visit the wreck of the Princess Royal at 32 meters, sunk in a battle over two hundred years ago, or if luck is on your side, have the pleasure of being escorted by a pod of 10-20 Dolphins.
Visit the dive sites Manta Point, Shark Point and The Wall. Dive amidst a submerged reef with shoals of Giant Parrotfish.
Bangaram - a place on the edge of the world. A bit of paradise.
Every destination is completely unique in its own way, and they all have widely different dive conditions and marine life.
Beaches of India
Beaches in Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andaman & Nicobar the most unique Island state of India with beaches and coastal areas still untouched and unspoilt makes it an ideal beach holiday destination. Even if there aren't many beach resorts present on these tropical islands, still the climate and isolation has given these islands a prominence among the best tropical beach islands and a paradise of exquisite marine life.
Corbyn's Cove And Chirya Tapu - picturesque beach, ideal for sea bathing and sun-basking.
Radhnagar & Vijaynagar Beach - real exposures of unpolluted nature of Andman & Nicobar Islands for an environment lover.
Harminder Bay Beach - beautiful beaches 100-km from Port Blair connected by Inter Island shipping services.
Karmatang Beach - turtle nesting ground being developed as tourist complex in northern part of Middle Andaman
Ramnagar Beach - sandy beach situated at Diglipur Islands connected by two daily boat services from Mayabunder and from Port Blair twice a week.

While Lakshadweep has the clear blue lagoons of coral atolls, Andaman and Nicobar are volcanic islands surrounded by deep, undisturbed waters that have an astounding bio-diversity. The third destination Goa has many exciting things to do, on land as well as in water.

Your adventure will begin long before your diving ever does. World class diving often lies in out of the world places. Getting there may not always be easy. Travel routes that run across valleys and plains, through breathtaking landscapes, and at the end of it all, the experience of diving in sites so pristine and untouched - of which you could probably be a pioneer in one of the last remaining diving frontiers - India.

:yeahdude::yeahdude::yeahdude::party::mbounce:

I will rem to post a pick or two to share our experiance.

Wild on Pets

Posted: June 20th, 2010, 1:18pm CDT by wild on pets

Marine Section

ProfiLux 5.00q Firmware

Posted: June 20th, 2010, 11:46am CDT by Ross

Hey Guys

Just checked there is a updated Firmware for the ProfiLux 3. This is from 5.00p to 5.00q.

Anybody done this one and know what the additions/changes are.
I cannot find any info on the update and this thing is scary to mess with, if it goes down with a bad flash, my tank is dead in the water... so to speak.

Ta,

Ross

Urgent help needed Tank yellow!!!

Posted: June 20th, 2010, 11:38am CDT by Dikdaan

Hi all

I was away for the week for work, got back this morning to see that my skimmer was off and the water turned yellow!!!The nennie and the pincushion looks terrible!!! I dont have any RO water at home to do a water change as the people who watched over my tank did not go and buy any!!

Can any one help me? What do i need to do?

Glass for sale for sale: Parklands, Cape Town

Posted: June 20th, 2010, 11:07am CDT by Jaak

Hardware for saleThread title:

Glass for sale

Location:

Parklands, Cape Town

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection only

Photo's and description/list of items for sale:

2 brand new pieces of glass for sale @ R500. Measuring 650 x 575 in 10mm. I was going to use this on rebuilding my 2m but I've sold the tank. The glass edges are also polished.

Notes:

Jus Got A Reef Octopus EXT-200

Posted: June 20th, 2010, 11:00am CDT by Garethmur

Howzit,

Got a question about this skimmer....

Question is...
Would it be ok to connect the outlet to my overflow return via a T piece? (As image bellow - A)
and will the old skimmers 2000l/h pump work for the inlet?

More Photos from My Tanks.

Posted: June 20th, 2010, 10:25am CDT by Dean76

can I use dead (lime) rock for aquascaping

Posted: June 19th, 2010, 12:57am CDT by Chamaca35

The owner and aquarist of a LFS came to see my setup at home I was having problems and he saw I had deadrock and he asked me where i got it I bought it. online 50lbs, he said not to use it because it is LIME rock and in his experience limerock removes the magnesium of the saltwater. He said I was looking for trouble with those rocks. My intentions were to get 50lbs deadrock and 50lbs liverocks and aquascape w/ it then cycle tank to get ready to introduce my corals.

To all , is limerock harmful to a marine reef setup? I have live caribbean sand and live rock in my setup cycling for 2wks now. I checked amonia,nitrite, nitrate, and Ph levels all are 0 and my Ph is 7.8 is this ok. ? Should i be using a skimmer while cycling tank in my new setup? I see skimmer cup very clean no foam it's been 2days since setup and I am worried that there is no foam in my skimmer's cup. But again there is no waste to be picked up since I am in the cycling stage of my thank right? The LFS aquarist said to just let the setup run with just liverock and sand for 4 to 6 wks before introducing any fish or corals is this ok? Please excuse me for asking so much questions it's just that I have a 75gal saltwater tank my dream is to be able to put corals and fish in there and hope the way I'm doing it is thhe right way thanks:biggrin:

Sump or not sump?

Posted: June 19th, 2010, 11:23pm CDT by Ant

Our 540lt tank has got space on the one side where compartments are where we can put in the protein skimmer etc.

Is it needed to have a sump compartment underneath your tank, or can we use it in the tank where the compartment is?

Which is better?

What anemone is this?

Posted: June 19th, 2010, 10:03pm CDT by Ant

Hi I have these exact same "anemones" on my anemone hermit crab. is this anemones or are they Aiptasia?

Thanks

ATI (T5) vs Giesemen metal halide

Posted: June 19th, 2010, 5:06pm CDT by IMarine

Hi guys, i came across this very interesting thread comparing T5 vs metal halide. ofcourse it was a ATi power module. The best part is that there is PAR readings to validate the proof.
ATI PM vs. Giesemann Ininiti PAR - Reef Central Online Community

Eat my shorts metal halide users ;)

Breeding / Holding tanks: CT

Posted: June 19th, 2010, 1:14pm CDT by FransSny

Full system sales or multiple items for sale.Thread title:

Breeding / Holding tanks

Location:

CT

Shipping or Collection only:

Shipping (on buyers cost ) or Collection

Photo's and description/list of items for sale:

4 Holding / Breeding Tanks for sale ( 2 sets)

Size of Tanks 1200 x 450 x 600 (h)
Stands to go with them made from 38 mm sq tube

R 3000 ea

Notes:

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Purigen

Posted: June 19th, 2010, 10:41am CDT by gMAN

Morning all, quick question, I bought a packet of Purigen - comes in a small sealed filter bag, the directions say use one bag for each 400L but my system is around 280L, any advice on how I can administer this? Any & all advice welcome :wave2:

light unit

Posted: June 19th, 2010, 10:41am CDT by paul bloem

Hey all

I am planning on building a 150 X 650 X550 tank with the water level at 500. Its going to be a reef and fish tank. Now I wanted to have a light unit with four T5's and two 150 MH's and a moonlight. This I want to run as follows: 12H00 till 14H00 2 X blue T5's
14H00 till 16H00 2 X white T5's and blue
16H00 till 19H00 2 X 150 MH's
19H00 till 20H00 white and blue T5's
20H00 till 21H00 blue T5's
Rest of the time moonlights.
Now do you think its right this way and is it to much lightning or to little?
O, another thng for a light unit like this is between R8000 and R9000, do you think its beter to buy or to go DIY?

Paul

4 X 39W T5 4FT Unit

Posted: June 19th, 2010, 8:48am CDT by rajah

Hi Guys

I'm looking for a 4ft T5 Light Unit with 4x39w capacity.
Secondhand pref in working order. Let me know!

Thanks

Can you assist??

Posted: June 18th, 2010, 12:59am CDT by flappy

Hi guys,

Can anyone offer their assistance on the 29th of June (day or night) for my big fish move? I am in the West Coast area.

Thanks in advance...

Resun 15000 Waver Wave Box

Posted: June 18th, 2010, 11:43pm CDT by Manic

Hey Everyone,

So there has been some talk on the forum about controlling a resun to produce a wave. I've read all the overseas forums on the circuit diagrams for tunze pumps but I can't find any for the resun. Does anyone know how to connect a 555 IC to control the resun to turn on and off at an adjustable interval. I know it can be done, I just need the circuit diagram.

Here is some proof:

YouTube- Twin Resun Wave Box

YouTube- Twin Resun Wave Box

Reeftek ts2.

Posted: June 18th, 2010, 10:39pm CDT by aslam

Hi,anyone powered a Ts2 using an Otp 3000l pump.Would like to hear your experiences.Thank's.

Caught Frans on camera

Posted: June 18th, 2010, 8:47pm CDT by LuckyFish

Frans did a delivery yesterday. So I took a picture.

Cube vs Rect Tanks

Posted: June 18th, 2010, 7:39pm CDT by FransSny

Thanks to Tiger (& his weird choice in LS), I have decided to give my 2 C on this issue:

I am not going into ALL the pro's & cons ....just one thing to ponder:

What is more comfortable (for us, & all living creatures for that matter), walking down a 600 mm wide alley with another person approaching or walking into a 2 mtr x 2 mtr space with the same person ??

Just ponder

Frozen food

Posted: June 18th, 2010, 6:37pm CDT by Moolis

We @ Pet Stop believes in variety as been the spices of life! That apply to ourselves and our pets & fish J:)

So for our fishes we already have a wide range of frozen food, pellets, flakes and special foods on our shelves. BUT in keeping with that we added OCEAN NOTRITION FROZEN & DRY foods to our list.

We already stocked the following frozen foods (1000 x 100g packets minimum)
Localy packed:
1. Ox heart
2. Blood worm
3. Brine shrimp

Van Gerven
1. Blood worm
2. Brine shrimp
3. Mysis shrimp
4. Pacific krill
5. Green food
6. Fine Mussels
7. Sea Quartet
8. Lobster eggs
9. Smelt

Now we added OCEAN NUTRITION:
1. Prime reef
2. Angel fish food (marine)
3. Trigger fish
4. Shark
5. Super shrimp (Gutloaded)
6. Formula 1 Rdf for marines
7. Formula 2 Rdf for marines
8. Special freshwater mix
9. Malawi fish
10. Cichlids

And VERY SOON (space allowing) the following will be added:
1. Formula 1 marine
2. Formula 2 marine
3. Spirulina formula
4. Marine mix
5. Marine quartet
6. Brine shrimp
7. Mysis
8. Lance fish
9. Krill pacifica
10. Chopped mussel
11. Chopped cockle
12. Squid
13. Lobster eggs
14. Cyclops
15. Red plankton
16. Bloodworm
17. Daphnia (fresh)
18. Spinach (fresh)
19. Tropical quartet

Yet another service making your visit to Pet Stop great!

Hooked on marines greetings
Moolis

Inside a Wave: Epic Photography by Clark Little

Posted: June 18th, 2010, 5:23pm CDT by JD167

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2010...asted+Blend%29

Some awesome photos! :yeahdude:

ich in my tank

Posted: June 18th, 2010, 4:47pm CDT by edyta2382

Hello every one im Edyta im got my 80 gallon reef tank for a year now since then i been fighting ich most of the time exept ich every thing else is fine water parameters are stable fish are eating fine only my goldrim tang ocasionaly scrathes
i dont wont to move my fish to other tank since last time i moved my powder blue i lost id within a week from stress so i started dosing herbtana any one used this stuff please let me know

safe adhesives for coral/rocks

Posted: June 18th, 2010, 4:06pm CDT by AntS

I've been putting off glueing my frags down because i'm not sure of which adhesives are safe.

Help?

Fox face

Posted: June 18th, 2010, 2:40pm CDT by Zuna

Hey Guys

Quick question... how dangerous is the venom from a Magnifica fox face.
if i got stung is there a specific anti venom you needs to get

thanks

Sea temp on surface and deep down

Posted: June 18th, 2010, 2:27pm CDT by neo

Hi,
with one or two threads on heaters and water temp and my own experience the last 2 weeks I was thinking:
What is the sea temp at 20 - 100m ?
Why do we want our tanks at 24deg ?
Maybe the temp at depth where our livestock normally occurs is lower than 24deg ??

So I GOOGLED, found some info, still no straight answer for me, I will share what I have found and ask for your opinion.

First, we have easy access to the surface temp measured by satellite, here's an example:

but what happens lower down cause the above measures the top micro meter of the water.

water temp in the sea looses temp according to the following graph:

The thermocline region is where the sharpest decrease in temp occurs and is typically the top 50 - 250m according to some sources.
There are other sources which uses the following graph:

but from this, how close to the surface temp will it be at say 50m, only 1 degree less ? or more ?

So my questions to the MASA community and especially the marine biologists and divers.
What is the typical underwater temp where our livestock occurs for winter and summer?
Do we have to run our tanks at 24 - 26 degrees ?
Do we have to keep this temp up during winter time?

(w) Bio-balls

Posted: June 18th, 2010, 1:19pm CDT by leslie hempel

as per subject line if anyone has a couple of these they want to part with im looking for alot...

preferably blue (i know im fussy) but black will do aswell.

so please keep me in mind..

shotto Les

(w) Scuba Cylinders

Posted: June 18th, 2010, 12:45pm CDT by christiaan

Hi Guys

I am in need of 10 to 15 steel SCUBA cylinders(10 or 12 litre).

Anyone have?

boyu - TL550: WInsorpark,Kraaifontein

Posted: June 18th, 2010, 12:39pm CDT by clown

Full system sales or multiple items for sale.Thread title:

boyu - TL550

Location:

WInsorpark,Kraaifontein

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection

Photo's and description/list of items for sale:

I'm Selling my Boyu TL-550 with pumps and Cabnit stand.
(Skimmer,heater,powerhead,spray bar,return pump, extra light)

I will be keeping rocks,fish ,coral,invertibals and sand.

In a very good state.

I would like R2000.00 for it.

it is bigger then the TL-440.

Notes:

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Not sure what to do?

Posted: June 18th, 2010, 11:46am CDT by vatso

Hi all

as some might know I am / was looking after a fellow reefers fish as his tank cracked. the reefer has decided to sell the fish which I have now bought - I unfortunately do not have enough tank space to keep all of them & also have the same type fish.

I am now looking for a new tank donation to house the new guys long term & or I need to sell some of them.

anyone with a spare & or cheap cheap tank?

Egg Crate

Posted: June 18th, 2010, 9:10am CDT by vatso

Hi peeps

who sells egg crate? I have been looking for some time now & found nothing!!

Please a shop you know has

thanks

Raising skimmer?

Posted: June 18th, 2010, 9:06am CDT by neil.h

What do you guys use to raise your skimmer in the sump? Egg crate box? Need to raise mine about 2-3cms

My new 360 Super Cube System!

Posted: June 18th, 2010, 8:56am CDT by Tiger

Hi Everyone!! :wave2:

As I said in my previous thread, it was time to do away with the old to make way for the new!!

I'm planning my new marine system and hope that Ill be able to brake some boundaries and tickle your thoughts to help me plan and build my new system.

Let me share some of my thoughts... .

Basically I want to design a system that has a 360 degree viewing angle. Meaning that there should be no overflow box or background on any of the four viewing panels. You should be able to walk right around the tank and only see OCEAN!:slayer:

For now I think the tank dimentions will be Lenth 100cm x Width 100cm x Hight 55cm with a total tank volume of 550litres of water excluding the sump.

The tank will also be rimless..;)

I have given the live stock very carefull thought and would like to keep it a secret for now...! Lets just say that it will be simple, but a powerfull combination!!:1:

I will post a pic of the system's outlay shortly, but please give me your views so we can get cracking!!:thumbup:

Newbee

Posted: June 18th, 2010, 8:06am CDT by Ravens

Hi guys,

I am totally new to marine aquariums, I recently bought a red sea max 130l reef tank, approximately 3 months ago. Got it set-up and started stocking the tank up with fish impatiently. I stocked my tank up with about seven fish in about a month and a half. Sadly:( I lost all of my fish due to my yellow tang which picked up white spots which spread to the rest of my fish. Tried treating the fish with all different types of medication recommended by the pet shops with no joy.
Did a water change of about 50% after loosing all my fish and ran the tank for about 5 weeks. I just added in two fish yesterday, a spotted jaw fish and a bi-colour blennie I think it is.
All seems well for now.
Any advice?

Regards

Permalink for 'Marine_Aquariums_of_South_Africa/2010/06/17/Hi'

Hi

Posted: June 17th, 2010, 2:01am CDT by Ant

Hi Guys

My name is Antoinette and my husband and I are very enthusiastic about marine tanks and started our hobby about 3 months ago. We started with a Malawi tank, but when we saw how beautiful a marine tank is, we decided to give it a go.

So far so good. We are "upgrading" to a 580lt tank. At the moment we have live rock, hermit crab and 6 anemones (very small) and I think jelly fish??

So this is me in a nut shell.

Hope to get some great advice on here...

Regards
Ant

Another twist due to the low temps

Posted: June 17th, 2010, 12:00am CDT by gaboon

Got a skrik just now, tanks ph has dropped to 7.8! Quickly realised it's because of the fan not running over the waters surface and therefore minimal evaporation to kick in the kalkstirrer

I'm a little confused as most don't use fans for cooling so how do you keep ph stable? Normally in summer my tanks ph is 8.1 - 8.4, with heavy evaporation and topping up through the kalkstirrer. My calcium demands are pretty high.

Any ideas?

Tank for sale 5ft for sale: Jhb South

Posted: June 17th, 2010, 7:51pm CDT by trad

Hardware for saleThread title:

Tank for sale 5ft

Location:

Jhb South

Shipping or Collection only:

Collect only and bring atleast 5 guys

Photo's and description/list of items for sale:

Hi all

I have not been enjoying my hobby for the last few months because of the difficulty of getting everything right. therefore I am selling my tank. I have tropical fish in the tank just because I did not want to leave it empty.

5ft tank 550 wide and +-650 high, with a very nice black cabinet which the top is open and can come off and the bottom is a C frame so can slide off for working in the sump

Others include

3x LR bid pieces replica
Heater
2 seios
sump with durso overflow
pump
light fitting 110W I think enough for FO tank

Notes:

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Gauteng meeting june

Posted: June 17th, 2010, 6:23pm CDT by lanzo

Hi PTA reefclub members

Gauteng meeting is on for the 27th of June

Please follow this thread
Frags are more than welcome to be exchanged
We will be giving out a nice gift for all;)

[www.marineaquariumsa.com]

Dorry Pets- Fish Shipment landing next week

Posted: June 17th, 2010, 5:56pm CDT by lanzo

Hi guys

Dorry Pets Centurion will be landing fish next week....DP cpt will only land shipment on the 7th again(the awsome corals are coming in then...if all goes well)

Here some of the stock landing soon:

30 yellow tangs
15 flame angels
2 potters
2 lemon peels
2 hybrid lemon peels:thumbup:
2 multi colour angels( centropyge multicolor):thumbup:
15 Helfrichi (nemateleotris helfichi):thumbup::thumbup:
15 Chromis VanderBuilt

100 haloween hermit crabs:thumbup::thumbup:

Cup coral

Posted: June 17th, 2010, 4:23pm CDT by deadmeat2016

If im not misteken this is a cup coral yes?? if so what species and i know the polyps havnt extened yet, got it an hour ago, is there anything i can do to help the polyps extend?

Thanks dudes :thumbup:

noob here!

Posted: June 17th, 2010, 2:46pm CDT by SaltyCrak

Hi Guys

I'm new to this forum!
I've only been into the hobby for a couple years now. I inherited a emperor snakehead, and that sparked my interest! what an awesome fish!
Since he's passed away (from old age) I've got a couple eels and a garpike in a 580L FW tank and I've just got a 250L brackish tank with a couple green spotted puffers.

I'll post some pics soon. :yeahdude:

Hydrometer - CPT

Posted: June 17th, 2010, 2:40pm CDT by SaltyCrak

Hi Guys

Does anyone know where I can pick up a hydrometer in CPT (more specifically, the stellenbosch or the helderberg area?

4x 39w t5 unit for sale: Cape Town

Posted: June 17th, 2010, 1:32pm CDT by Riddi

Hardware for saleThread title:

4x 39w t5 unit

Location:

Cape Town

Shipping or Collection only:

Can arrange@ buyer cost

Photo's and description/list of items for sale:

Light unit with 4 x 39w T5 and includes moonlights and fans for cooling

Notes:

R1250

PVC welding

Posted: June 17th, 2010, 12:56pm CDT by shane

Hi All,
Anyone know of a company, preferably in the durban area that does PVC welding?
I am planning a new diy project and will need some pvc plastic welded together.
Thanks

Very 1st Attampt... It Started!

Posted: June 17th, 2010, 12:37pm CDT by Garethmur

Howzit All,

Just to continue the progress of our tank... here are some more pics...

Continuing from [www.marineaquariumsa.com]

And the T5 holders for inside the canopy...
Gona have to figure a spring load system on one side to make tube changes work easy...

Sequence Reeflo Hammerhead Pump for sale: Cape Town

Posted: June 17th, 2010, 11:34am CDT by flappy

Hardware for saleThread title:

Sequence Reeflo Hammerhead Pump

Location:

Cape Town

Shipping or Collection only:

Both

Photo's and description/list of items for sale:

Sequence Reeflo Hammerhead Pump
Hi Guys

I am selling my external Sequence Reeflo Hammerhead Pump.
This is the ultimate in reef safe external pumps.
This baby does 21 000 LPH at 340 watts!
It has 7m head
It is extremely silent and is powered by a commercial Baldor motor that goes on forever. R3950
Here is the link [reeflopumps.com]

Notes:

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Boyu TL450 nano: greenstone JHB

Posted: June 17th, 2010, 11:04am CDT by sweetnsour

Full system sales or multiple items for sale.Thread title:

Boyu TL450 nano

Location:

greenstone JHB

Shipping or Collection only:

collection

Photo's and description/list of items for sale:

Sup fellow reefers

Posting this on behalf of a friend

Boyu TL450 nano for sale incl stand, the lights were just replaced last week and this needs to go as an urgent sale , he is emagrating.

R1800 neg

the LR and all corals have already been sold so its basically just the tank , lights and stand.

Notes:

-

Banggai spawned without a male

Posted: June 17th, 2010, 9:27am CDT by LuckyFish

I am keeping four banggai females together in one of my
growout tanks. I don't have any males left, due to a long term experiment and accident.
This morning I found around 20 eggs laying at the bottom of the tank and she is not finished as there is an egg sticking out of her ovapositor. Shame, she can't help it.

Debeluis Reef Lobster???

Posted: June 17th, 2010, 9:13am CDT by Johnken

I bought a Debeluis Reef Lobster for my marine tank and the next morning one of my Green Chromis tail was gone.It seems it was cut off by a scissor. Could it be the:void(0)" target="_blank">

lobster? I do not want to endanger my other fish. Must I take the lobster out? Can anyone help me please.

Check your heaters.

Posted: June 17th, 2010, 8:58am CDT by RiaanP

Just a warning, check your heaters.

Especially after last night, the coldest night in a number of years for Gauteng. This morning I found my tank at 16. And I have 3 * 300W heaters in the sump. :(

Well actually 2 working and one faulty. And with the temp that low, and scrubber helping more to cool things down, the 2 that do work could not keep up.

I got another 300w spare, so already replaced.

My cozy home reef

Posted: June 16th, 2010, 2:47am CDT by Trev

This is my cozy 1.2m reef at home. This is my oldest system running at the moment its just over 2 years old and the one basicaly runns itself for weeks everything is simple and straight forward. Please forgive the quality of pics the only camera I have to use is my video cam and its like 2megpix so some pics are red some orange and some green its luck of the draw.

Here da pitchas
No pics of our Naso Unicornus as he is now with flappy in a much bigger tank

Trev

A fish race

Cheatodontoplus Mesoluecus, new to the display been inn since Monday

Our rare blenny is rarely seen out in the open, an awsome creature

The blennies normal pose and the CBB grazing off the rocks

The Undulated and Niger Triggers the baaast.......tards of the reef soon going to a new tank

FTS

resun 15000 waver

Posted: June 16th, 2010, 12:31am CDT by brettb2020

looking for a resun 15000 waver. even if the controller is messed.. only interested in the pump really.

Brett

Sump Level Changing

Posted: June 16th, 2010, 12:07am CDT by MistaOrange

I've bee running my tanks for almost 4yrs now & this has been boggling my mind for some time now where my sumps level changes in the evening. Sometimes I find my sumps level either higher or lower & it's been a mind boggle since I started these tanks. Tonight I was by a fellow reefer & the same thing happened & both of us were dumbstruck with this level change. I'm positive that this action has something to do with the gravity pull & the moon as like with the tides but I'm not sure what could cause this sudden change.

Has this level change ever happen to any of you?

2 skimmers and sump tank for sale: Cape Town

Posted: June 16th, 2010, 8:50pm CDT by maj

Hardware for saleThread title:

2 skimmers and sump tank

Location:

Cape Town

Shipping or Collection only:

collect

Photo's and description/list of items for sale:

Sump,std 3 foot sump with 2 compartments only R100

Berlin skimmer with aqua medic 2000 litre pump
R200

Via Aqua skimmer with Athman 2000 litre pump,not sure what sk series this skimmer is R200

As per the other post T5 light unit with 4 X 21 watt bulbs with stands,1 metre unit R500

Take All for R800;)

Notes:

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Mauritius- Project

Posted: June 16th, 2010, 8:41pm CDT by Mauritius-aquarist

Hello every1,
Recently one of my close friend had an assignment/project to do which was part of his University competition. The theme was to make a 5 mins sound video. My friend decided to do the project on Marine sound, and he chose to do it on my job/passion. Here's the video he made with his fellow friends. Unfortunately the language is french, still I hope ya people like it..Just wanted to share my world:1:

YouTube- Association TiLapia 001

YouTube- Association TiLapia 001

T5 X 4 LIGHT UNIT for sale: Cape Town

Posted: June 16th, 2010, 7:36pm CDT by maj

Hardware for saleThread title:

T5 X 4 LIGHT UNIT

Location:

Cape Town

Shipping or Collection only:

can arrange

Photo's and description/list of items for sale:

Hopar T5 light unit with 4 X 21 watt bulbs
2 white,2 blue light all 6 month old.
With stands,1 metre unit

R500

Notes:

-

New user

Posted: June 16th, 2010, 2:55pm CDT by Deonsa

Hi there guys I'm new to the forum . I'm running a 3ft marine will be posting some pick up soon . Nothing to fancy

Dive sites

Posted: June 16th, 2010, 2:30pm CDT by Deonsa

Where to dive for corals in durs

Skimmer

Posted: June 16th, 2010, 2:20pm CDT by Jcc

Im looking for a skimmer in the range of a TS2 or better. Also maybe just a replacement pump for my ts2. anybody selling please let me know

ro setup

Posted: June 16th, 2010, 1:31pm CDT by ashley100

hello people i got a RO unit 2nd hand, and dont know how to set the thing up.
It is a water boy unit. it has 2 blue canisters and 1 white canister and a clear one with orange ball stuff in and a lot of tubing. If any one has a simple drawing or any help PLZ:biggrin:

sea-horse sightings

Posted: June 16th, 2010, 10:34am CDT by hypn

Hi Guys

because I have been waiting ever so patiently for my overseas shipment of seahorses to arrive, I was wondering if there has been any Sea-horse sightings in the trade. I missed on two beauties in Roodepoort a few weeks ago and would hate to know there are one or two waiting for a new home.

Has anybody seen any for sale "country wide" and if so would you please pm me, I would be very keen on making a purchase

Thanks

Andre

Hawaiin lava rock wanted - any idea's

Posted: June 16th, 2010, 10:30am CDT by hypn

Hi Guys,

I am trying to find a small bit of Hawaiian live rock or dried out hawaii volcanic rock. Anybody knows if we ever receive stock or have any available in South Africa (prefer JHB) but will pay for shipping.

Thanks
Andre.
ps. If you know the dealer is not a MASA group member please PM me.

Live Rock- all you need to know

Posted: June 16th, 2010, 9:57am CDT by sean_koekemoer

Presented by Charles & Linda Raabe

Besides acting as a major component of our filtration, Live rock, Base rock and sand also provides our tanks with some diversity of life forms. A few thoughts of my own on this subject. For the sake of using correct terminology, Live rock is NOT bare rock that has some filtering bacteria on it, I don't care who or how many people continue to use the term "live" for what should be correctly called base rock. To state that a base rock is "alive" just because it has had time in a tank to develop some bacteria on it is misleading, if that was the case, then I have "live" glass, and "live" plastic in my tank. As the filtering bacteria will grow on anything you put in the water.

This is what Live Rock, right out of the ocean looks like.
(A). LIVE ROCK = Calcium carbonate or Lava based rock that has been colonized by a multitude of life forms including, but not limited to: corals, sponges, algae, inverts, worms and of course bacteria which forms a habitat unto its own. This type of habitat forms the foundation of all tropical reefs.

Base rock being colonized by coralline algae

Deep Sand Beds, Sand Beds, Live Sand

Posted: June 16th, 2010, 9:47am CDT by sean_koekemoer

I read this some time ago, and decided to copy it here for all to see. Very informative as well as well written byCharles & Linda Raabe. I have contacted them wrt using their valuable information on our website:

There is alot of debate on the depths of sand beds but will post my opinions on their use.

I would recommend an Argonite sand with sugar sized grain or smaller.. This sized grain is best suited for the most common inhabitants of our tanks, it provides a correct home for fish that use it as a burrow, or a hiding/sleeping place such as the wrasses and gobys. It also is the correct environment for all the sand dwelling worms and other inverts.

It also provides more surface area for the beneficial filtering bacterias to grow on.

For those unable to, or unwilling to set up a live deep sand bed, a shallow "dead" sand bed still provides a great amount of surface area for bacteria to live upon. Such shallow sand beds can provide for the bulk of bacterial "filtering" for both the conversion of ammonia to nitrates, as well as for denitrification purposes. Both processes can and do occur on the sand's oxygen rich surface layer. Shallow sandbeds that are not "live" will need to be disturbed once a month to prevent the bacteria from cementing the sand grains together and forming brick hard clumps. Such clumping of the sand prevents any water / gas movement, however small, from happening and could lead to the build up of noxious compounds. The "disturbance" can be simply you swishing the sand around with your hand or siphon cleaning it. The use of a "gravel" siphon cleaner can be used on sand if the siphon hose (output end) is kept raised higher than normal to slow down the force of the siphon, something you will just have to get a feel for to prevent siphoning out your sand. I must stress that this is for shallow (1-2 inches deep) dead, sandbeds. You would never want to disturb a live deep sand bed in any manner.

NOTE: A good method of introducing a sand bed during set up is to just buy dry dead sand and once your initial cycle has completed, then add another thin layer of truly live sand on top of it. By doing so, the live sand will seed the dead sand and in due time, the entire sand bed will be considered "live".

As usual with any given subject within this hobby, there is a lot of myth information concerning deep sand beds. The most popular myth that still abounds to this day is that a deep sand bed is doomed to fail and will become a nutrient sink releasing all kinds of toxins into your tank. Of course there can be problems with deep sand beds, but it is not due to anything inherent about such sand beds and is instead caused by not properly setting it up or correctly maintaining it. A case of blaming the sanded and not ourselves. With everything, once you understand the biology, the myths become apparent as nothing more than poor science and incorrect observations. Hopefully the following links will dispel the garbage that is thought of as being true.

How to get your "yellow" water clear Ozone

Posted: June 16th, 2010, 9:44am CDT by vatso

Hi all

just a quick share of the success I have had with getting my water clear.

2 days ago I purchase an Ozone unit from some advise I got from Riaanp at first & confirmation from my fav LFS "Mates"

I have been running it now for 2 days & my water is clear clear!!

I was running carbon & PuriGen & the water was still a yellow - I think the best way to work these things "Carbon" is through a reactor which is the same price as a Ozone Unit.

Vatso

2 x Brand New Tunze 6205 Streams for Sale for sale: Cape Town

Posted: June 16th, 2010, 9:39am CDT by flappy

Hardware for saleThread title:

2 x Brand New Tunze 6205 Streams for Sale

Location:

Cape Town

Shipping or Collection only:

Both

Photo's and description/list of items for sale:

Brand New Tunze Streams 6205`s

Hi Guys

I have two brand new Tunze 6205,never been unpacked from their boxes.
Here are the specs

Turbelle® stream 6205
(6205.000)

For aquariums from 800 to 3,000 litres
(211 to 792 USgal.).
Flow rate: 5,000 to 22,000 l/h
(1,320 to 5,811 USgal./h).
Energy consumption: max. 48 W.
Power supply unit: 100-240 V / 50-60 Hz.
Cable length: 5 m (196.8 in.).
Dimensions: diam. 90 mm (3.5 in.).
Ejection: diam. 63 mm (2.48 in.).
Magnet holder up to a glass thickness of 25 mm (.98 in.).

The new price on the Tunze website is R7799 for both.
Im asking 20% less at R6238 for both.

Thanks

Notes:

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Hello fellow MASA

Posted: June 15th, 2010, 5:57am CDT by Chamaca35

Just wanted to say hi! and ask for your advise on several things new to me.

Please tell me what this guy is?

Posted: June 15th, 2010, 8:31pm CDT by CliveS

I have a new Buyo 550 (138l) which is in its' 4th week of cycling (no livestock yet).

This chap must have arrived on the LR, or in the aragalive sand.

I first noticed him about two weeks into the cycle. He tends to hide in a crevice of one of the rocks, with one or two tendrils coming out and feeling around.

Tonight I managed to get a shot of his full body. It's not a great shot, as he moved pretty quickly while I was still trying to set up the shot, so please excuse the blurriness!

He has four legs/tendrils and I am certain that he cleaned a load of brown algae off the white rock (to the right of the picture). He must be about 5 to 6 cms in diameter.

Can anyone tell me what he is and if he is friend or foe.

Thanks

Online shop now the bigest

Posted: June 15th, 2010, 6:56pm CDT by Moolis

Hi Reefers

At last:P we got into the swing of things:lol:

We reached 3700 items on www.onlinepetshop.co.za and expect to reach 5000+ by 1 August 2010

AND SOME GOOD NEWS - Marine customers would love to see their product on top - and it is for now;)
At present we have more than 1130 items under marine hardware (30%+ of the site is marine hardware) and this would slowly continue as other lists are added:thumbup:

So if the product you seek is not on our site yet, look out for it in the near future.
BUT in the meantime, if you want to know prices on product that not loaded yet, send a request via www.onlinepetshop.co.za and we will come back with prices.;)

Still researching

Posted: June 15th, 2010, 6:49pm CDT by RICOCHET

Hi All,

Planning on aquiring a 5ft or 6ft tank...still reading up on as much info as possible.
Have read some of the posts which has been helpful.

Have had tropical fish for the past 30 years on and off....more on.

Decicided on a marine tank after i snorkeled the Great Barrier Reef in April.

boyu light cover - urgent.

Posted: June 15th, 2010, 6:18pm CDT by clown

Hi all,

Im looking Super urgently for a light cover for the byou tank tl-550 (120lt).
My cover that protect the lights whet very dull with ages suddenly.
Now my corals is not opening properly due to light not getting thru.

I will pay for it for new or second hand one.
PLEASE HELP.

Image below of the light cover that goes over the lights. See through plastic.

How much flow in a 4ft Tank?

Posted: June 15th, 2010, 5:59pm CDT by divan

Can you please advise on how much flow I should have in my 4ft tank?

Currently i have only one Sunsun pump rated 6000l/h. It seems like there are a lot of deadspots in the tank.

What would be the best angle to direct my pump?

Thank you

Who wants glass

Posted: June 15th, 2010, 4:55pm CDT by FransSny

Sure the member who I am doing the build for wont mind me posting while he is overseas. Very cool plan he has, hope he shares his experiences.....just look at all the pieces of the puzzle !!

Urgent help needed VERY URGENT: PLEASE HELP Mouse!

Posted: June 15th, 2010, 4:47pm CDT by jacquesb

Can ANYONE who is close to Gallo Manor, in Jo'burg, please help MOUSE out?

She got a call from her maid that her tank is leaking - and it has been leaking for most of the day.

Anyone who can get out to Gallo Manor to assist, please PM me, or Neil H, that we can get MOUSE's contact details for you.

Mouse's tank might need an urgent water change - she has enough salt at home. She just needs someone's help to actually go there - and assess the situation, and perhaps help with the water change and to try and stop the tank from leaking.

Many thanks!
:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

True Colours

Posted: June 15th, 2010, 3:53pm CDT by bushman

Deleted and sent private as intended

20% discount on fish and polyps

Posted: June 15th, 2010, 3:02pm CDT by Moolis

Hi Reefers

We have a 20% discount on all our fish and polyps in stock:slayer: This is only till the end of this week & only if you tell us you saw this special on MASA!!

So visit PET STOP this week and ask for your MASA discount.
20% off on all the fish & polyps in stock, mean that R125 fish cost only R100 & the R250 cost only R200

You will not get this automatically, you have to tell us you saw this post. Then we can see what the MASA support in Pet Stop is:P

WE ARE OPEN ON youth day 16-06-2010 from 09H00 till 14H00

GO BAFANA BAFANA:thumbup:

Dyed Coral- What you need to know

Posted: June 15th, 2010, 2:49pm CDT by sean_koekemoer

I see a couple of Questions wrt corals being artificially colored (dyed) or not. I have read this Article on Wet Web Media, and will post it here for all to see. Credits must go to Anthony Calfo.

Idol marine open 16 june

Posted: June 15th, 2010, 2:11pm CDT by Bob the (reef)builder

dear customers

idol marine will be open june 16 from 9am to 2pm.

we have received a shipment of fire,cleaner shrimps,various fish and our coral beds are full.

remember our 10% bonus voucher for the duration of the world cup:):):)

keep warm,cheers for now,
idol marine crew.

Test Equipment

Posted: June 15th, 2010, 1:39pm CDT by Riddi

Hi All

I am a newbie and would like to know what is the recomended test kits and equipment are for stating and running a FOWLR

The test kits should be of reasonable cost though as we are all not as fortunate ;)

Maybe categorized by Value/accuracy out of 10 personal experience would be helpfull as wel.

Currently looking at a PH pen and ammonia test kit

Red Sea Salt

Posted: June 15th, 2010, 11:25am CDT by B2048

Hi

Has anyone used Red Sea Salt? If so, what has your experience been with it?

I see they have a product for Corals as well.

So many brands to choose from :whistling:

B.

Reef Atlas Sea-Star

Posted: June 15th, 2010, 10:25am CDT by Boegie

Anyone know Riaan Rossouw from Slummies? Well, he became a Reef Atlas Sea-Star by submitting photographs to support the Reef Atlas Project.

Read more about it here:

http://www.sanbi.org/index.php?optio...863&Itemid=828

I started this thread to make you aware that you can contribute to the mapping of the different reef types. That is if you are a diver of course. This will help to improve Marine Conservation Planning and aid in identifying areas of priority for marine protection.

ID pls. coral, good, bad ?

Posted: June 15th, 2010, 10:13am CDT by neo

Hi,
got four of these with the leather I bought.
They 'walk' cause two of them climbed of the leather onto the rocks overnight.
The other two I removed because they were sitting on the leather itself after two days and made the leather angry.
What are they ? Good or bad ? seems they like light cause they move to spots where they receive good light and they'r not bothered by flow.

Who left the freezer door open!!!

Posted: June 15th, 2010, 9:17am CDT by vatso

Well it's very very cold today in sunny JHB!!

Heaters are working over time! lets hope no power outs today!

Interesting thread about coral growth!

Posted: June 14th, 2010, 6:06am CDT by Jaak

Have a look at this discussion. What do you guys think?
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=1862970

Diy vortech

Posted: June 14th, 2010, 12:19am CDT by brettb2020

check this page out guys.. i think its great attempt!

http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/inde...owtopic=123668

Nitrate/algae

Posted: June 14th, 2010, 9:58pm CDT by G-man

How do i get rid of the long grass like algae? do i need a phosphate reactor or something else?

Advice on a new tank

Posted: June 14th, 2010, 8:21pm CDT by squire

Hi guys,

I have decided to start up a new tank.

What i am thinking of in terms of design is a half hexigon shape. The front panel will be 2.0m long and 1.0m wide, with a height of 700mm and a water level of roughly 600mm high. The 2 sides will join at a 45 degree angle from the front to back. Not sure yet of the exact measurements yet as i am still trying to conceptualise it.

Oh yes, before i forget, it will be rimless.

Has anyone got any ideas or suggestions or words of advice?

It will definately be appreciated. :thumbup:

3 Thermometers, 3 readings, which is right?

Posted: June 14th, 2010, 7:19pm CDT by PeterL

This is really odd, I am trying to get my heaters adjusted to temp and it is impossible when I have 3 thermometers in my tank and all 3 are reading different temp. I took this pic yesterday after teh thermometers were next to one another since the night before, so it isn't like they have just been placed there. What are the suggestions and recommendations - before someone posts it, I can't afford to spend R1500 on a digital thermometer.

Finish the fish list quiz

Posted: June 14th, 2010, 3:37pm CDT by SaltyReef

Hi all,

Right.
I have gotten to the point in this hobby where I have some fish some coral some shrimp and crab species and now I need to be careful when adding fish... so as not to ruin the harmony.

Maybe some of you can offer some great advise and save me those horrible issues with fish eating up your hard earned cash.

What I currently have:

Filtration:
35Kg Live Rock
DSB with Chaeto suspended above it
Skimmer which still has to be upgraded
DIY Carbon Reactor

Fish and other mobile creatures:
2 sebae clowns 1inch
2 green chromis 1inch
2 domino damsels 2 inch(which are destined for the LFS)
2 fire shrimp 3 inch
2 skunk cleaner shrimp 2inch
1 sally lightfoot crab 2 inch
2 Hermit crabs 1/2- 1inch
1 Lawnmower Blenny 3inch
1 regal Tang 2 inch
1 pencil Urchin
2 zebra Turbo Snail
1 Turbin Snail
1 Mexican Turbo snail

Immobile population:
Frogspawn coral
gogonian coral
sun coral Large Polyp
sun Coral Small Polyp
Chili Coral
Yellow/Gold Zoas
Green Orange Zoas
Red Button Polyps
Green Button Polyps
Lime Green Button Polyps
Large Feather Duster
Hairy Mushrooms
Green Striped Mushrooms
Lord of the Rings Polyps
Green Bristlestar Coral

Now I would like to add a few more peaceful reef friendly fish.

This is where i need you all to give me some suggestions.

Thanks to all in advance.

Bengaii Wanted

Posted: June 14th, 2010, 2:08pm CDT by FransSny

Guys I am looking for paired Bengaii (or males)...willing to pay top dollar :) or replace them at a later stage with CB ones

Anemones

Posted: June 14th, 2010, 12:28pm CDT by deadmeat2016

Hi brenda, i was just wondering if you have read this article and how much of it is true?
Also, if anemones are supposed to have an indefinite lifespan:whistling:, why do they die within years in marine aquaria?

http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/sea...monesurvey.htm

New 800x800x600 Cube

Posted: June 14th, 2010, 11:48am CDT by jumboswart

Ok so started out with an Aqua H2O 30gallon tank but soon realised that this wont be good enough so I am getting things ready for a 800x800x600 cube and sump built by Idol Marine. As this is not a cheap hobby have decided to slowly accumulate some hardware. This is what I have so far

Waterboy RO Unit

JNS SK3 Skimmer

JNS Nitrate Reactor

End of this month will look at getting a calcium reactor and phosphate reactor.

Still looking for some decent lights with internal digital timers but so far looks like I will have to import.

Any comments and suggestions will be greatly appreciated about other hardware I should be investing in.

Thanks:slayer:

What the heck are these?

Posted: June 14th, 2010, 10:19am CDT by Garethmur

Howzit All,

I hope somebody can help here, these lil thing are developing in my display tank on the live rock... godd or bad? what are they? ( my imagination is telling me they are prgnant aiptasia...lol are they?)

G'day All

Posted: June 13th, 2010, 12:41am CDT by funkngroovy

Hi,

Geoff here, I'm in Australia and live on the Gold Coast. I am an active member of the MASQ (marine aquarium society of queensland), we have just over 200 members.

Just found your forum while watching the Socceroos get demolished by Germany:(:(

I like to keep an eye on forums from different countries so I can be best informed about the hobby.

I have taken a look at some of the featured tanks and I am very impressed, well done.

I keep a 3x2x1.5(tall) tank which is recovering from a few months of neglect because I got a new boat and I've been out in it whenever possible.

Here is the latest shot:

My interests, as you would expect, are watersports, snorkelling and diving and I've done a fair bit of diving in SA mostly around Umkamaas(spelling?) Which was awesome.

I've save the site to my favorites so will definately be checking in.

geoff >::::(>

Pics of Nennie

Posted: June 13th, 2010, 8:35pm CDT by fish finger

I would appreciate an ID if possible. She is not the brightest creature - I had to rescue her from the Seio. I also realise I didn't get her size right. Her foot is about 8cm, when she is fully open her tenticles are much bigger then that.

Right so I got tired to try to figure out how to insert the damn picture:razz:, so I attached it in a word doc and there are copies in "My photo's"
Attached Files

nennie.doc (129.5 KB)

neon velvet damsel for sale: Bothasig , Cape Town

Posted: June 13th, 2010, 5:56pm CDT by MistaOrange

Fish for saleCommon Name:

neon velvet damsel

Scientific Name:

Paraglyphidodon oxyodon

Size of fish

80mm

How long have you had the fish?

I had the fish for 3 weeks

Is the fish eating?

eats like a pig, eats almost everything I feed him frozen or flake

Shipping or Collection only:

deliver

Your location.

Bothasig , Cape Town

Price:

Giveaway FREE

Photo's:

Notes:

He is just too aggressive for my peaceful tank so I just want him to have a good home no charge. He is such a beautiful fish & really wish he wasn't so aggressive but my tank has had no aggression since he arrived pity. He needs a good home where he can be himself as he was not an aggressive fish until the last owner broke up his tank so maybe the fish is a bit stressed but he's far too agro for my setup everything in my tank is peaceful & easy going. So anyone who want's this little guy for free just pm me please? Thanx

Help!!!

Posted: June 13th, 2010, 5:41pm CDT by sarz

Hi All...
:wave2:
I im a small scale tropical fish breeder in Zimbabwe and think its time for me to evolve to marine. Is it possible to have a marine tank in a land locked country? What would i need to start a very basic and relatively cheap tank? I dont want to pay out a lot to start, untill ive got the hang of things and know that im not just going to murder the poor creatures.:(

How does one transport marine life?

Any help would be great!!!

Thanks
Sarz:1:

Corals in Cape Town

Posted: June 13th, 2010, 1:57pm CDT by korpe21

Hello everybody!
I have stay in Cape Town two weeks and I would like to buy corals. Can youn tell me from where I can find corals in Cape Town. I hope that you can send message direct to my email korpe@jippii.fi

Thank you fot help

Help needed to price corals/fish

Posted: June 13th, 2010, 1:40pm CDT by Raven

Good day all,
Today is indeed a sad day for me :(:(:(:(.
I've decided to sell all my corals/fish/life rock/Red sea pro salt - and maybe my skimmers.

I've decided to convert back to freshwater fish!
I just can afford to keep the marines anymore:(

I was busy today with a water change - switch the pump back on - nothing...
Impeller gone!!!
Ok - to buy a new impeller is not that bad - but the cost just adds up and up..
And to make matters worse is the stupid price increase of 28% of electricity coming July.

I don't want to make money or even try to make my money back by selling everything - as I know that won't be possible. I just want to sell all the life stock at reasonable prices.

And I just need a guide line for that.

I will create a for sale thread as soon as I've some ideas on the prices...

Here is some of my pics of the lifestock for sell:
Nemmies (x2) both big as a dinner plat.

2 x clown fish. (I got some eggs from these two for a long time):) Now in the tank for about 3 years

Sun Coral (This one is eating like a pig!!!):

Will post more corals/photos later on!

clown tomato

Posted: June 13th, 2010, 10:41am CDT by badbiker

Hi

Few days back my clown tomato had clouded eye so I admit it in hospital for two days with copper treatment. after two days I saw some whit spots on the skin but clouded eye was cured fully so can any expert help me to know what are the whit spots on the skin and is it ok to take it back to main tank. The fish acting normal eating & playing .

interesting read on food cultivation

Posted: June 13th, 2010, 10:26am CDT by mandarinman

http://cdserver2.ru.ac.za/cd/011120_...od_culture.htm

i really enjoyed this read and i thought it would be great for prospective breeders

fish for sale: Johannesburg

Posted: June 12th, 2010, 10:55pm CDT by bushwacker_69

Fish for saleCommon Name:

fish

Scientific Name:

FISH

Size of fish

medium

How long have you had the fish?

long

Is the fish eating?

yes

Shipping or Collection only:

ship

Your location.

Johannesburg

Price:

free

Photo's:

FISH

Notes:

URGENT!!
fish tank sprung leak willling to deliver in joburg sundaY 13/06/10
1 X EYESTRIPE SURGEON
1 X POWDER BLUE
1 X SAILFIN
1 X SCOPAS
1 X AFRICAN CLOWN

PLEASE ONE TAKER FOR ALL!! JOBURG ONLY! URGENT!
SMS ME : 0829011668

Full system sale.: Kloof , Durban

Posted: June 12th, 2010, 8:24pm CDT by lIghty

Full system sales or multiple items for sale.Thread title:

Full system sale.

Location:

Kloof , Durban

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection

Photo's and description/list of items for sale:

Hi all
I'm posting this on behalf of a friend on the forum
He is selling his whole system inc tank, equip and livestock.
He is NOT selling seperate as this stage, however, if there is something you REALLY want, PM me on the item allong with your offer, and it may be concidered. NO CHANCERS Please!!!!!
The system is a 1800L corner tank, on a galanised stand with 200L glass sump and about 300L plastic sump (currently outside).
Equip:
Metal halides 3x150W
Aqua medic calcium reactor setup, inc controller, reg and bottle.
Aqua medic 1000 skimmer
Jebo jc398 chiller
m2500
m1500
12 000L/h return pump.

Live stock:
Live Rock +-300Kg mixed, probably more
4 common clowns
1 tomotoe clown
Bengai Cardinal
yellow tang
Regal tang
bristletooth tang
Manderin
a few shrimps (hiding)
Large clam
Big Elegant coral
Different types of ears, some 10cm +
Green candy cane
Small sun coral
Purple Tube anemone
Pearl bubble coral
green plating coral
and a few other bits and pieces, inc brain, monti, clove polyps....

All for only R15000.00 or R10 000.00 for livestock and LR.

Notes:

-

yellow pin cushion care

Posted: June 12th, 2010, 8:12pm CDT by PeterL

I have looked around MASA and have only found vage info and also that of other pin cushions...

I have a yellow pin cushion and I have read that it requires slightly more attention than that of a "normal" one. What is required as far as ideal care is concerned from a lighting, food and flow is concerned. To date I have been feeding my smaller pollyps based corals with Phyto and Zoo-plankton, I have assumed that it to be good for it as far as the food is concerned - it is really more the flow and lighting requirements.

However overall care info will be appreciated.

First Warning Baby just arrived!

Posted: June 12th, 2010, 8:08pm CDT by Anemone

It's been 14 days since Daddy seahorse gave birth to 426 hungry fry. He has just given birth to his first warning baby. Daddy has been captured and placed in the nursery so that his babies will be safe from the pumps.

I wonder how many he will have this time! :whistling:

New Calculator for Tank Sizes

Posted: June 12th, 2010, 6:43pm CDT by scubaninja

Hi guys, in trying to decide what frag tank size to build, i had to redo plenty calculations to form a picture of what would work and what wasnt, with the costs etc. So i've spent a little bit of time making an Excel Calculator. You can put various tank dimensions in and come out with an almost complete idea of what it will cost you, what volumes certain sizes are, the necessary bracing etc. I have also included a calculator for checking what your total electricity consumption will be monthly. Its relatively simple, it just makes your decisions easier to arrive at when you can see all the information in front of you.

Please Note : The bracing is assumed to be single layered euro bracing. Some larger tanks might need a centre brace depending on size which this calculator does not take into account. So please use this calculator in conjunction with Hennies Glass thickness Calculator to ensure you have the required levels of safety:thumbup:

You can find my Calculator Here
Enjoy

New Arrivals !!

Posted: June 12th, 2010, 6:22pm CDT by FransSny

Just for interest (actually I couldnt keep it under wraps anymore !! These guys arrived by surprise today (Thank you to JD167 :thumbup:, we will get them raised for you).

They are currently in my DT (housed inside a net untill the silicone on the grow out system cures...thanks Luckyfish for allowing me to use your idea :))

Also still hatching Brine

I have another definite pair in the nano so long, untill I have the brothel built .

Once again thank you to Marcell (all your input, advice and chats about my dream in the making !) JD, thanks for these three & the other one still going strong (although lonely in the sump with just pods & cheato as company !!)

Hopefully soon there might / could / will be a steady supply of CB Bengaii :yeahdude:

PS: sorry for pic quality, they are really really tiny.....

This guy just posed for a pic...no relevance to the subject !!

what is the cause of pH swing at night?

Posted: June 12th, 2010, 5:49pm CDT by brettb2020

what is the cause of pH swing at night? something to do with the lighting, but i dont understand how. and how is it stopped? remember reading something long ago about timing the light in you sump to switch on when you DT lights have gone off.

copper poison

Posted: June 12th, 2010, 4:55pm CDT by ashley100

hello ek se

i wanna make my own chiller and i was wondering if i could use 1/4' copper pipe and bend it up like a fridge coil for cooling in summer. Will the copper be poisonous or what other method of DIY cooling is there

any help

thanks ek se

Luwayne`s 4 footer.

Posted: June 12th, 2010, 3:02pm CDT by luwaynecrous

Just thought I would post some pics on the progress on my tank so far. Started marines this year. Please not to much critizism. :razz::thumbup:

Main tank

Sump left

Sump right

Sump front

MH switch gear

Skimmer over flow with auto off

The brain box.

Temperature Controller For Sale for sale: Despatch/ PE

Posted: June 12th, 2010, 2:35pm CDT by luwaynecrous

Hardware for saleThread title:

Temperature Controller For Sale

Location:

Despatch/ PE

Shipping or Collection only:

Ship or Collect

Photo's and description/list of items for sale:

1 Partlow Temperature controller

Notes:

High precision controller , Price R500; See atached PDF for full specs.

Attached Files

Partlow_Limit%20Controller%201161man.pdf (126.8 KB)

What is determined in Husbandary?

Posted: June 12th, 2010, 11:23am CDT by PeterL

Husbandry is a term which one hears about frequently, however, I have noticed that many people really don't know what is meant by this. Let's put some info together to enlighten those around us and the importance surrounding the various aspects of each point...

Practical Fish Keeping artical

Posted: June 12th, 2010, 8:01am CDT by MistaOrange

Home » News » Weird
Man dies after eel is inserted into his rectum

Copyright © Leo G. Nico, USGS, Gainesville, FL, Creative Commons
A man has died after a live eel was inserted into his bottom for a joke, according to recent reports.
The 59-year-old chef from Sichuan in China had apparently passed out after a heavy bout of drinking and friends inserted a 50cm Asian swamp eel into his rectum for a bit of fun.

However, the joke wasn't so funny when the man died after suffering severe abdominal pains. Doctors who performed a post mortem on him found the eel in his rectum where it had reportedly gnawed at his intestines, causing heavy internal bleeding.

Practical Fishkeeping reported a very similar story last year in which a medical journal revealed that surgeons had removed a live eel from a man's rectum.
The man had suffered from rectum, intestine and spleen damage following the insertion of a 50cm swamp eel which he claimed was introduced to "relieve constipation."
The eels are not the only fish to have been removed from patients. In 2008, Practical Fishkeeping exclusively reported that doctors had removed a live fish from a boy's penis after it "slipped" into his urethra while he was holding the fish in his hand, while simultaneously urinating and maintaining his aquarium.

Published: Practical Fishkeepng Wednesday 5 May 2010, 10:19 am
Views: 41,188 times
Filed under: bottom rectum swamp eel weird

(3 votes so far)

Comments on this item

Reader comment "well eel never do that again:)"
Posted by: bob
Date: Wednesday May 5th, 2010, 12:32 pm

Reader comment "Too much alcohol does tend to make you a bit eel !!"
Posted by: corydorasj
Date: Wednesday May 5th, 2010, 7:54 pm

Editorial comment "With friends like that, who needs enemas?"
Posted by: admin
Date: Thursday May 6th, 2010, 6:50 pm

Reader comment "After insertion did his friends celebrate with a conger!!! Ok thats it ...no moray!"
Posted by: PhilR
Date: Thursday May 6th, 2010, 8:37 pm

Reader comment "Isn't it strange how this has become the most viewed arcticle on the site...literally overnight... surely the article should have started with..."now kids (and adults)...please do not try this at home!!!""
Posted by: PhilR
Date: Thursday May 6th, 2010, 8:41 pm

Reader comment "it seems that too much alcohol was his achilles eel after all !!!"
Posted by: thipequz
Date: Wednesday May 19th, 2010, 4:15 pm

Reader comment "We should not speak eel of the dead :o)"
Posted by: sarah452
Date: Wednesday May 26th, 2010, 9:13 pm

Here is the Link: http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.u...t.php?sid=2778

SEIO brackets

Posted: June 11th, 2010, 8:54pm CDT by ZaxXx

Can somebody please tel me were i can get the swivle brackets for my seio pumps. p l e a s e

Make the Marine Circle Bigger

Posted: June 11th, 2010, 7:20pm CDT by FransSny

Seeing that DP CT is not scared of expanding the hobby, I am giving all CT guys an option to own a custom designed cube at a fraction of the normal cost :)

Cube Size : 500 x 500 x 500
Glass Thickness : 10 mm sides, 12 mm base
Silicon : BLACK
Overflow: Central Slimline / or two corner slimline
Return flow hole drilled (my secret)

Cost...to low to mention....just send an e-mail to frans@dorrypets.co.za or SMS "Cube" to 084 406 2981

Terms: 50 % deposit on order , delivery 7 days from date of deposit........or you could win it for free, mahala, verniet by simply spending R 2000 or more.

Lucky draw on purchases will be end july....you need to keep your tickets

NOTE: other sizes can also be done, sumps, stands etc as well

Xenia

Posted: June 11th, 2010, 5:21pm CDT by deadmeat2016

Fianlly got some xenia, any tips or warning bout this coral? :P

Is this a good buy??

Posted: June 11th, 2010, 4:49pm CDT by Jacojs

Howzit everybody!!

I would like to know if this is a good buy and if it can be changed into something spectacular ;) I don't want to go too small due to the bigger is better thing, I also need to know about stocking options. It sounds like a good deal but just want to make sure from the people that are in the know.

By the way I'm not into the whole soccer thing really but the mood and party is just CRAZY at MonteCasino :yeahdude:

Main Tank Dimensions is as follows:

Length: 650mm
Width: 450mm
Height 600mm

Stand and White Cabinet included.

Sump Tank Dimensions is as follows:

Length: 650mm
Width: 400mm
Height: 350mm

4x Chambers
1x 300w Heater
1x Over head Pump PH2500

Total of 500 to 600 liters both sump and main tank

Lights:

2x 2000W Blue Light
1x White Light

7Kg Live Kenyan Rock
1x Coral
1x Hermit Crab
1x Turbo Snail
1x Hydro Meter

1x Domino Damsel
1x Banggai Cardinal

Extras include:

Salt water
Rough Corals
Marine Fish Food

Total sell price:

R4000.00

Umhlanga rock pools... What's available

Posted: June 11th, 2010, 4:27pm CDT by wors143

Good day KZN reefers. I am flying down on Thursday to Umhlanga and was interested to know what is on offer in the umhlanga rock pools and what can be collected there...

Also what licences is required... I have the forms and want to know do I need to get the fishing licence if i am not going to fish? or can i just get the " Marine aquarium fish licence" ???? will this cover me under the law if i collect softies and hermits???

regards

Wors

Fox Face Rabbitfish

Posted: June 11th, 2010, 1:39pm CDT by gMAN

Hey guys n gals, I'm thinking of adding a foxface to my system. Current LS as follows:

1 x Regal Tang
1 x Yellow Tang
2 x Percular Clowns
1 x Jumping Bean
1 x Niger Trigger
1 x Cleaner Wrasse
1 x Mollie
2 x Hermits
lots of snails
2 x BTA (small)
Corals:
Mushrooms, Zoa's, Leather (pin Cushion), Candy Cane, Globe Torch, Yellow Polyps, Elegance.

Will it be ok to add this guy or not? Any & all advice/feedback appreciated. :thumbup:

2000 x 600 x 650 Tank For Sale @R1500!! for sale: Parklands, Cape Town

Posted: June 11th, 2010, 12:19pm CDT by Jaak

Hardware for saleThread title:

2000 x 600 x 650 Tank For Sale @R1500!!

Location:

Parklands, Cape Town

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection Only

Photo's and description/list of items for sale:

2000 x 600 x 650 tank in 10mm for sale. The sale also includes a sump of 1200 x 450 x 450, Stand and cabinetry. As many of you know the tank has scratches on and has been partially dismantled, hence the price. I paid more for it than what I'm selling it for. I need to sell it as i'm making space for a new project...;)

Notes:

Need idea to stick polystyrene to glass

Posted: June 11th, 2010, 10:09am CDT by neo

Hi,
i'm in the process of insulating my sump because i have to much of a temp drop during the night.
I want to wrap it in polystyrene.
How can a stick the poly to the glass is such a way that i can remove it to clean the glass ?

20 + hour power failure

Posted: June 11th, 2010, 9:50am CDT by KevinR

Hi all

Yesterday morning I awoke to no power at my house. I am not sure what time the power went down but the temp in my tank had dropped to 20 deg. I did not have any backup but I did have an airpump that I put in the tank. I decided that I need a ups anyway and went out and got one and hooked it up to the tank. That was at 11 am. Then when I got home at 6pm there was still no power and the tank temp had dropped to 18. And my newly installed ups died. Not sure if it was not fully charged yet or what. I will check that. So I took the ups down the road to charge for 2 hours while we where out. Got home at 9 pm and still no power. Connected up the return to the ups. All my corals where looking weak and my yellow tang was not in a good way either. Eventually at about 12 last night the power came back on and I went and checked everything. The temp was down to 17 deg.

So after all this things are looking better this morning. The temp is back up to 22 and the corals are looking better and the tang is swimming better that last night.

What do you guys do to keep the temp of the tank up for longer?
It is unusual for the power to be off for so long but how long do you think a tank will survive with just an airstone?

Ocean nutrition frozen foods in stock

Posted: June 10th, 2010, 7:52am CDT by The Waterboy

hello all

the much anticipated ocean nutrition frozen foods have finally arrived.
we have over 30 new items in stock including there winning formula 1 and formula 2 in frozen and gel form.
also specialized food for angels, triggers, sponges, eels urchins etc etc.

also t5 light fittings in stock ranging from 2 ft to upwards........dual and quad and a few combo with mh

pm us if you have any queries......

specials on ocean nutrician foods.....10% discount on 5 packs

My ZEOnano9020 - all-in-one rimless nano ZEOvit based reef

Posted: June 10th, 2010, 1:29am CDT by Curvball

Hi all,

Just a few images from my new system.

Will post updates and more info when I get a chance.

tank moods

Posted: June 10th, 2010, 9:41pm CDT by vatso

who else has this happen - one day the LPS is larger then life the next they seem to "sulk" don't extend or get big & then they fine again for a week & then "sulk"

Flappy`s New Starphire 2500l Project

Posted: June 10th, 2010, 8:48pm CDT by flappy

Flappy`s New Starphire 2500l Project
Hi All
As I have been on this forum for many years and have had a built in 5000l tank for many years it is now time to start a new thread for my new tank.
I have sold my house and subsequently my tank is part of the sale as its going with the house,minus my precious livestock and equipment.
My new all glass tank will be 2.5m long and 1m wide by 0.8 high.
It will constructed out of starphire all round with 15mm for the front,back and sides and 19mm for the base.I will use black silicon for the sides,top and bottom.
The stand is 1050 high and 50mm tubing and almost finished.It is galvanised and painted black.
The tank will be viewable from front and back and will divide the lounge into two.
It will have a side overflow.
Flow will consist of 4 Tunze waveboxes as well as 2 x 20 000 litre Tunze streams.
It will be FOWLR.I have a nice mix of Fiji Premium and Tonga Branch fully cured and waiting.
Lighting I am still deciding on so any input is welcome.
I am also looking for some input for sump dimensions and layout as sump needs to go under the tank and house DSB,skimmers etc
Anyone who can draw this tank on sketch up and post it here would be appreciated.
I will update as the build progresses
[IMG]http://***********************/forum/images/royalflush/misc/progress.gif[/IMG]

Temperature Controller

Posted: June 10th, 2010, 6:58pm CDT by Manic

Hey Everyone,

Anyone have any ideas on a temperature controller that can turn my fans on when the temp is to high and then turn on my heaters when it is low.

I found this controller on ACDC:

The controller is R485.00
The probe is R129.00

I think this controller should be able to what I need. Anyone else think it will work:

General Info on Lionfish

Posted: June 10th, 2010, 6:17pm CDT by FransSny

Initially wrote this for the mag that JB wanted to start (unfortunately due to a lot of guys not giving contributions as promised we couldnt get it "swimming"), found it while waiting for my guests....

Thought I'd share (dont know how to upload to articles section :P

JB not sure if this is the one I sent you......
Attached Files

draftfinal.pdf (1.65 MB)

in my pico tank

Posted: June 10th, 2010, 4:55pm CDT by Pico girl:)

i was wondering about banggai cardinal in my pico tank... can i put them in my pico tank? and if so where can i get a male and a female? would they posibley breed?

The Almost Non Reefers little setup

Posted: June 10th, 2010, 3:17pm CDT by FransSny

Wife's little piece of the ocean.

portable air con unit for sale

Posted: June 10th, 2010, 2:23pm CDT by Furbz

hi guys,
i have an elegance portable aircon unit for sale.
has aircon, heating function, fan mode, remote and i think a timer mode to.
i used it to keep the room my tank was in cooler.
i am selling it because i upgraded to a more powerful unit.
it is here with me in jhb, sandton.

the only issue is it needs an exhaust tube (easy to get)

all the attachments i still have and will go with the unit.

new they cost R3499 (new world menlyn)

i am looking for R1700

pictures to follow as i am waiting for the camera to charge

Leather Not To Happy

Posted: June 10th, 2010, 2:15pm CDT by charlv

Hi All

Why will my leather look like this (now 6 weeks) can anybody help.

Thanks in advance

Anemone walking

Posted: June 10th, 2010, 2:08pm CDT by mandarin

Hi every one, my nennie doesn't seem to come to rest, every day it's on a different spot. All parameters are in place and the lights are running from 0600 till 20h00, i've got 5 x t5 80watts. Clowns are happy in there playground and the nennie is in a very good condition, feeding every second day, any comments.

OR3500 or OTP3000 part needed.

Posted: June 10th, 2010, 1:45pm CDT by leslie hempel

im looking for the part that holds the grommet to keep the impellor vertical in the chamber of an OR3500 or OTP3000 pump...

i need this and the locking plate as the one on my pump is broken..

anyone who can help it will be appreciated..

Les

Various frags for sale: jhb, sandton

Posted: June 10th, 2010, 1:18pm CDT by Furbz

Various frags for saleCommon Names:

blue pulsing xenia

Scientific Names:

-

Size of frags

range of sizes

How long have you had the frags?

ages!

Are the frags mounted?

No

Shipping or Collection only:

collection only

Your location.

jhb, sandton

Price:

R10 a frag or a 6 pack of heineken for all (around a handful!)

Photo's:

pics to follow shortly...
waiting for the camera to charge.

Notes:

-

Sea Hare for sale: Cape town, gordons bay

Posted: June 10th, 2010, 12:42pm CDT by deadmeat2016

All other livestockCommon Name:

Sea Hare

Scientific Name:

Dolabella auricularia

Size

Huge! about the size of a decent sized computer mouse

How long have you had it?

4 months

Shipping or Collection only:

collection only

Your location.

Cape town, gordons bay

Price:

R100

Photo's:

Notes:

Eats macroalgaes and Nori like a beast, in the first 2 pics is my actual nudi, he is nocturnal so bit hard to get a good pic of him without scaring the fishies. the last pic is googled but i can gaurantee that what he looks like :thumbup: also a photo of him in my thread;

http://www.marineaquariumsa.com/show...125#post363125

Dosing Vitamin C

Posted: June 10th, 2010, 10:50am CDT by danimal

Hey guys

I've had an interesting situation develop in the last few weeks where my zoas have started to shrink and fade away. Nothing else in my tank seems to be affected, my torch opens up nicely and is looking healthy, my few other coral frags seem to be doing well. All my paramaters are in check (i did have a bit of a salinity issue a while back when my one baffle cracked in my sump, the water level changed a bit and i was a bit silly in that I didn't top up as much I should have - SG rose to around 1.029/1.030 but with my new sump that is all sorted).

my immediate thought is that maybe my lights are due for replacement - they are around 8 months old now (4 T5s). however browsing through google this morning i found these two threads and i was wondering if anyone has ever tried this?

[www.athiel.com]
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=1252294

cheers

Tank, sump and tank for sale: Pretoria

Posted: June 10th, 2010, 10:07am CDT by Dikdaan

Full system sales or multiple items for sale.Thread title:

Tank, sump and tank for sale

Location:

Pretoria

Shipping or Collection only:

Both

Photo's and description/list of items for sale:

Will post the pics now, just need to upload...

Notes:

Hi all, I want to sell this setup because of getting a new one...
The specs:
Tank: c2c overflow system
122l X 45w X45h
Sump: 120l X 30w X 41h
Stand: 122l x 52w x 97h

It really is a very nice system. The back glass is black with the c2c system. It also includes all the plumbing and return pump... Will post pics of the completed setup later today. It doesnt have any lifestock in as it only started to cycle yesterday...

Looking for R3750 neg

NO2 - Advice Please

Posted: June 10th, 2010, 9:26am CDT by divan

Morning,

My tank is running just over a month, Ph , Alk , NH3/NH4 , and No3 are all good except for my the NO2 it stays on 0.2.

I just added 10kg of live rock to the tank, will this sort my problem or what else must i do? A water change? But how many?

Thank you

Brett's automated reef

Posted: June 9th, 2010, 1:27am CDT by brettb2020

Its been a while since iv been on masa. its good to be back!

just taking a quick squiz through the forums, its awsome to see how many tanks have flourished since iv last seen them.

Now.. the reason iv been away is because I took part in an industrial automation competition. took about 6 months to build and we presented recently and were awarded first prize. From this I have industrial automation equipment coming out of my ears. PLC's, HMI's, sensors.. you name it.

with that said, Im upgrading my tank and I am going to be automating it.

my new tank size will be roughly 1200x700x700 10mm thick, centre overflow, with euro bracing. euro bracing necessary for these dims?

been getting some quotes on the glass and still deciding whether to use starfire. its just less that triple the price of standard. think its worth it?

lighting im still deciding. but it will be dimmable to simulate sunrise/sunset. either LEDs or T5 with MH running on dimmable ballasts.

filtration: probably a DIY skimmer, you know me... live rock, DSB, chaeto, carbon reactor, rowa-phos reactor, calcium reactor.

flow: any 24v flow pumps so i can control them nicely with the plc. going to also attempt a DIY wave box.

and now for a brief discription on the automation.

il be using a siemens s7-200 plc. alone it has 14 digital inputs, 10 digital outputs and 2 analog inputs and output. expandable up 100 inputs and outputs. has up to 256 timers and a real time clock. i also have an internet module so i can control and monitor my tank over the web.

i have a 6" touch screen HMI to communicate with with the system.

i want this tank fool proof so if i go away nothing can go wrong. il have pressure and flow switches in various parts of the tank just to monitor for and blockages or bursts etc.

thats it for now =)

the HMI

the PLC

Organic aqua

Posted: June 9th, 2010, 12:31am CDT by deadmeat2016

Just wonderng if anyone out there uses organic aqua and if so why? and why not?
I started off on it and cycled my tank in 20 mins!! no cyano or brown algae or anything, but stopped using it and some crap happened :(, i was also using tap water though(which i dnt do now!) so was wondering if stopped the organic aqua destroyed the bio filter?:P i only use the fish health treatment now which seems to make the fish 'happier' jus asking for some opinions and experiences....

ID "earthworm" x feather worm

Posted: June 9th, 2010, 12:02am CDT by PeterL

I was staring at my rocks after dark with a red light and saw this earthworm looking thing, it is abot 1/2mm diameter and extends and retracts constantly to a max of about 5mm. The end of it appears as a feather worm as it is retracting and it's main body remains inside a small hole in the rock. It appears to be a beige color thing. There is another about 1/2 that size with a zebra striping (black and white) which seems a similar thing but moves slower.

I don't have a good enough camera to get the required macro photo because of it's size. Does anyone know what this thing is?

Beware of suspect buyer!!

Posted: June 9th, 2010, 9:15pm CDT by Furbz

hi guys,
just advising everyone that there is a guy out and about looking to buy a second hand marine tank, BE AWARE AND PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THE FOLLOWING!

his name is Tiaan Steyn. (he is not a member on this forum)
however i did point to this direction for him to get good information from)
he poses as a doctor at the wilgeheuwel hospital.

i was contacted in response to an add i placed i placed on junkmail.

i was meant to drop the tank off at his premises for him to help out in the delivering process, paying cash on delivery. over the phone he sounds nice enough so i didnt see any issue.

the address he gave me i found when i got to the area didnt exist, not even garmin could pick it up.
i stopped outside a complex and phoned him to tell him i was lost and looking for his address.
upon which i got told he was to busy and about to go into surgery.

now due to dumb luck, i ran into his neighbor when i stopped to ask for directions. he was sending me to a different address around a block away.
now i am at his address(not the one he told me) and i started asking questions cos i was hearing from his neighbor weren't adding up to what he had been telling me.
upon chatting to the neighbor i found out he was in fact a lawyer not a doctor, living at a different address, and an avid coin collector. also keeps loads of birds in his garage.
(these details are provided so that people can know warning signs)
his number i wont list, but it contains 66666 as the last few numbers. <-- if that wasn't hint enough!
also stays in the welteverden park area

at this point i now i got the neighbor to give him a call.
after which i received a nasty phone call from tiaan. the call i received afterwards from him showed his frustration and he immediately wanted nothing to do with the tank i was delivering to him.
time to turn tale and run!

guys please be careful! this okes house was pretty shabby with cameras and security to the 9's

way dodge!

be careful guys, i recon new rule is dont do anything til you see the money in your bank account or cash in hand has been delivered.
and never deliver on behalf of a stranger!!

MY little piece of ocean

Posted: June 9th, 2010, 8:03pm CDT by Stavros

HI ROB:)
I hope this is the right place to post this:whistling:

I was just popping in here to ask a few questions for the future:thumbup:

DO u guys make custom build tanks? DO u guys include stand, equipment ect?, You see i currently have a 12 gallon nono reef and it is going ok:) But if things go good me and my dad are planning on upgrading to a 100-120 gallon tank under our steers. Is it possible to customly build a tank to go with the slope of the stairs? Oh we live in Centurion-Irene

Is it possible to give a very rough example of the total cost of a 120 gallon reef tank- corals ect

Ill provide dimensions if this project is feasible

Kind regards Robert

Japie

Posted: June 9th, 2010, 7:04pm CDT by japie

Hi Hennie,

So kom ons dan weer bymekaar uit, soos jy reeds weet is ek nog steeds in die baai en vang nog steeds my vis in die Goukou in die somer. het ongeveer 'n maand gelede my nuwe tank begin, ongeveer 30% van die vorige ekosisteem oorgeplaas. Alles het goed verloop maar nou let ek op dat ek 'n klein kolletjie rooi(slimy) alge het.

My toestand van my H2o is goed, geen,Nitrite,Aminiac of nitrate nie, ek gebruik reen water as aanvulling en see water as Water changes.

Wat stel jy voor.

Dankie maat. Se my waar bly jy nou.

Japie

270L tank for sale: johannesburg east rand

Posted: June 9th, 2010, 5:25pm CDT by sweetnsour

Full system sales or multiple items for sale.Thread title:

270L tank for sale

Location:

johannesburg east rand

Shipping or Collection only:

collection

Photo's and description/list of items for sale:

Sup reefers

selling my tank - 100L x 600W x 500H which holds aprox 270L with a black painted background, corner overflow with durso

lights - 2x 39w t5 balasts, 2x giessman actinics , 2x giessman 10k

has room for 2x 150w raidiant lighting units aswell (never installed)

stand, cabinetary work, and

sump std 3foot with 3 chambers, ie skimmer, DSB, return.

will be keeping all the lifestock and live rock for another setup.

tanks has been running now for 6 months and the DSB is running bombs. with a refugium above it full of cheato, red bubble macro algae and calpuera

looking for 3500 neg

thanks

Notes:

-

Humbug Damsel for sale: Durban

Posted: June 9th, 2010, 3:49pm CDT by llewellyn

Fish for saleCommon Name:

Humbug Damsel

Scientific Name:

-

Size of fish

4cm

How long have you had the fish?

2 months

Is the fish eating?

Yes, marine flakes once a day

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection only

Your location.

Durban

Price:

R100 or swop

Photo's:

Notes:

Hi Guys, my reason for selling this fish is that he is a bit too aggressive towards my other fish. I got him from a friend with a Nano tank thinking that it would be fine in a much larger setup but still nips at other fish when he gets a chance.

Favorite MASA pics

Posted: June 9th, 2010, 3:36pm CDT by Boegie

As I am scrolling through MASA, I came across some amazing photo's.
Will post them with link as I go along. Feel welcome to post your own MASA favorites.

http://www.marineaquariumsa.com/show...35goto=newpost

Hand-me-down....

Posted: June 9th, 2010, 3:11pm CDT by fish finger

So I did just start running a Jebo 338 - but then changed my mind and bought a secondhand JBJ Delux 24 with skimmer, seio530 prop, LR etc.

Tank has been running for 7 months.So I get to skip the tank maturing process :whistling:. I have however inherted something else with the tank (don't be moaning at me now), it came with a nennie.

I have a healthy respect for the advice given by all you reefers - frankly I am terrified of the emoticons you will send my way if I do her any harm. I will say this, she looks healthy (compared to numerous googled photoies) and is happy enough to eat. I will post some pic's of her on the weekend.

Now I have some questions: Is the tank big enough for her? Currently she is about 8cm across - but how big will she get? Which of course you are going to ask "what is she?" I dunno, she is a rose colour, no visible "bubble tips". Condy maybe?

Obviously I want to try and let her settle down after the move and keep the tank as stable as possible, but the aquascaping is diabolical. I thought if I gave her 4 weeks to settle down and tried not to fiddle - would I then be able to get in there are scoot stuff around? What about adding more LR? Can I, will that still create mini-cycles in a mature tank? Should I be considering adding cured rock instead?

Some people believe that nennies are better off if they have clowns to care for them, should I be looking for a pair for her? At present there are no fish in the tank - only 2 hermies. I asked the former owners why they weren't putting her into their upgrade tank, they said that the clowns were stealing the food out her mouth.

Rest assured I am a lover of all things living - if I think that she is even remotely unhappy I will ensure she goes to a "happier" home, but if she is happy I would like to try and keep her - with a little help from all of you.

Filtration

Posted: June 9th, 2010, 1:59pm CDT by Stavros

HI @LL

Last year i bought some LR, quiet a bit of it... i took out all the nice pieces for display but now im stuck with 1.2 pounds of LR on my pavement... IT is not like ur normal LR it looks like it is made out of hundreds of little "TUBES"

What i plan to do with it is to break it up into little bits and replace my Bio balls with this...

My Tank is a 12 Gallon reef tank, so i plan on putting a Oceanic Biocube skimmer in the first chamber. Then in the second chamber it flows through the (LR) then it goes through 2 carbon bags then lastly a bag of good old purigen. MUst i keep the bioballs?

I can put them in the 3rd chamber, but then all the bacteria will get starved of nitrate as the water passes through a skimmer then LR then purigen. Do u think its nessesary to have them? if not what can i put in the 3ed chamber where the pump is?

I do have about 15 pounds of LR + 4 inches of live sand in the display

Thank u

Cheap and easy frag plugs

Posted: June 9th, 2010, 1:12pm CDT by Scarlet

Hey look what I found!!!

Wow, this is a great idea :)

YouTube- diy frag plugs

YouTube- diy frag plugs

Transporting livestock

Posted: June 9th, 2010, 12:37pm CDT by christiaan

Transportation of livestock
Hi guys,

I'm on my way to Durbs and planning to bring some fish and corals. Problem is I have to make a couple of stops on the way back and will need to keep livestock alive for as long as possible.

-Any threads on this around?
-Know where I can find a battery opperated airpump?
-Know where I can find "heatpacks"
-Know if there is a way to buy a small container of oxygen to fill bags?
-Suggestions please.

-What would be the longest time I can keep corals and fish alive?

-Any chemicals I should add to water?
-My car will be packed but I will be able to bring some salt water with for a "waterchange" halfway.
-The time it takes me to get back will be determined by the time I can keep livestock alive but I NEED to stop a few times(the more the better), for business.

Thanks all!

aquamedic kalk reactor for sale for sale: Johannesburg

Posted: June 9th, 2010, 12:04pm CDT by sweetnsour

Hardware for saleThread title:

aquamedic kalk reactor for sale

Location:

Johannesburg

Shipping or Collection only:

collection only

Photo's and description/list of items for sale:

Hi Guys

ive got an aquamedic kalk reactor for sale R1000

it has an internal pump for circulation and can also be used as a calcium reactor as it has place for a ph probe aswell.

all in good working order.

Notes:

-

Another way to MASA

Posted: June 9th, 2010, 11:56am CDT by Boegie

While scrolling through Google, looking for something specific, I came across this link. At first I thought I came across another SA reefing site. But then found out it is MASA. And was astonished at the pics and info I found while scrolling down.
It is a great way of browsing current and old threads. Hope the admin dont mind posting the link here: (Please delete if you don't want members to use MASA this way or just thank me.)
[reefkeeping.co.za]

DT canopy

Posted: June 9th, 2010, 11:54am CDT by robertkukla

Hi all
i want to know what would the best be for the inside of the canopy i built for my DT , do i use white matt paint , white gloss paint , chrome vynil , black matt or black gloss , i am going to put reflectors in for the globes
i am going to have 4 x t5 globes in it

thankx all

DP CT mid month special

Posted: June 9th, 2010, 11:04am CDT by FransSny

OK I know it's middle of the month salticrack time so Saturday all corals will be LESS 10 %
:):):):):):):):):):):):)

recharging purigen

Posted: June 9th, 2010, 10:24am CDT by maj

Who uses purigen

would like to hear some feedback

It did assist in dropping my nitrates a little,never picked up any ammonia and nitrite in my tank.
Thing is i need to recharge it now,seemd to have darken abit.

Do i just soak it in normal household bleach for 24 hours,then can I use any dechlorinator or must it be the dechchlorinator from seachem?

Im sure this product cant last forever,how many times can it be rejuvenated?

Tank 1200 x 450 x 450 + Extra's: JHB - Weltevreden Park

Posted: June 9th, 2010, 9:12am CDT by Sentari

Full system sales or multiple items for sale.Thread title:

Tank 1200 x 450 x 450 + Extra's

Location:

JHB - Weltevreden Park

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection Only

Photo's and description/list of items for sale:

Notes:

Tank – 1200 x 450 x 450
Stand
Sump
Return Pump – Aqua One – 3000l/h
Return Pump for ATS – 5000l/h
DIY Hood
2 x 150W MH – No bulbs
1 x 54w T5 Actinic – 6 Months old bulb
2 x 39W T5 Actinic – Old
Resun Wavemaker 15000l/h + Controller
Sun Sun 5000l/h pump
Boyu WM1 – 3000l/h

R4000 for the lot.

Other things i want to sell

Reeftek TS1 with new OTP-1000 Pump R 1100
Water boy Reefmater RO Unit 3 Stage – R900
Return Pump for ATS – 5000l/h – R350
ATS – R350

If you want to see everything i have.

Check my thread

[www.marineaquariumsa.com]

Live Rock +- 30kg's for sale: JHB - Weltevreden Park

Posted: June 9th, 2010, 9:07am CDT by Sentari

All other livestockCommon Name:

Live Rock +- 30kg's

Scientific Name:

Live Rock

Size

Various

How long have you had it?

Year and a half

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection Only

Your location.

JHB - Weltevreden Park

Price:

R100 per kg

Photo's:

Notes:

+- 30kg's of Live Rock for sale

R100 per kg

Collection only. I'm based in JHB in Weltevreden Park (West Rand)

If you would like to see pics of the live rocks please check my thread.

[www.marineaquariumsa.com]

Urgent help needed Brine shrimp needed urgently

Posted: June 8th, 2010, 11:46pm CDT by Trev

Guys does anyone near me have some hatched brine shrimp I urgently need some to try and get my new angel feeding. BTW I am in Blouberg

Thanks
Trev

Wanted: Different macro algaes

Posted: June 8th, 2010, 9:54pm CDT by Vishaal

Hi All,

I am looking for macro algae that do not grow fast and some different types, If anyone has anything would be keen to see some pictures and perhaps steal a bit ;)

120l nano including some equipment for sale: durban

Posted: June 8th, 2010, 9:23pm CDT by brettb2020

Hardware for saleThread title:

120l nano including some equipment

Location:

durban

Shipping or Collection only:

prefer collection only

Photo's and description/list of items for sale:

Notes:

Its time that I upgrade to a larger tank. so im selling my nano.
it will include the following:

tank
stand
sump
overflow
plumbing
return pump
lighting, including 150w mh and 2 24w t5 and moon lights
sun sun 3000lph and seio flow pump
algea scrubber plumbing, pump and light fittings
heater
couple pieces of live rock and whats left of my coral.

unfortunately i cannot include the skimmer as i will temporarily use it for my next tank. after that i will sell it..

asking R2500. slightly neg. :-)

Does anyone have any cool Zoa frags or Mushrooms?

Posted: June 8th, 2010, 8:55pm CDT by Slagter

Hey guys...

I feel strange even asking, but I am looking for some nice coloured Zoa frags and some Mushrooms! I will pay for them, I don't mind. I don't have anything to swop for them at this stage, so I will buy them.

Thanks in advance...

Sean

Please help with pump details

Posted: June 8th, 2010, 7:55pm CDT by PeterL

I have a pump which I would like to use for a pond set-up which I would like to build soon. Been putting it off for 2 years, I have this pump but have no details on it's flow rates, can you please help.

The fan cover is easily replaced from almost any pool shop with old broken pump setups coming through. This pump was run on a pond for about a year so I know it is still good.

I just don't want to build too large to find the pump is too small, the pond size will be governed by the pump size - flow rates.

Metal Halide

Posted: June 8th, 2010, 4:34pm CDT by Qaiser

Anyone interested in metal halide units with bulbs.Will let you know the price and specs but I just want to know more or less how many guyz are interested

flipwhip's tank pic's...

Posted: June 8th, 2010, 4:25pm CDT by flipwhip

Hey Guys

Thought it was about time i shared a few pics of my tank.

Starting with a pic of the Blue Knuckle Hermit crab.

Some Zoas & Mushrooms

My Nennie

My new additions, got these guys on the weekend

Attached to the same rock was this SPS, if some one could give me the correct name i would appreciate it ( i think its a millepora )

Got the Anthias on the weekend aswell.

And then last but not least a FTS.

Hardware Sale: Cape Town

Posted: June 8th, 2010, 3:59pm CDT by keyaam

Full system sales or multiple items for sale.Thread title:

Hardware Sale

Location:

Cape Town

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection

Photo's and description/list of items for sale:

Hey Guys

I need to make up some cash for a new skimmer. I will splash out but im on leave for the world cup.

bubble magus bm100 R800.00. its running my 4ft reef

DNW110 skimmer R500.00. pump is broken

boyu tl450 iwas gonna use it as a frag tank. lights were replaced 6months ago. i still have the original compartments skimmer heater and some pumps. no uv. R500.00

i might ship the skimmers if buyer is willing to pay. Cant ship the tank though

Notes:

-

Aqua Medic Calcium reactor body. for sale: East London

Posted: June 8th, 2010, 12:58pm CDT by clinton stanford

Hardware for saleThread title:

Aqua Medic Calcium reactor body.

Location:

East London

Shipping or Collection only:

shipping and collection

Photo's and description/list of items for sale:

hi guys. i have a Aqua Medic Calcium Reactor for sale,no probes or anything just the reactor body.

Asking price - R1700.00 neg.

willing to ship at buyers expense.

contact me on - 0788032123. or email me at clintonstan@gmail.com.

thanks;)

cheers.

Notes:

-

Experts needed!!

Posted: June 8th, 2010, 12:56pm CDT by Werner B

Hi, my name is Werner and I'm the Chief Engineer at the Zamani Kempinski Resort in Zanzibar.

We have decided to build a saltwater Aquarium...a big one....12.2 m3 (4.5m long x 1.9 high x 1.6m wide)

Of course we have very little experience of how to go about such a project. We know where to get the enormeous glass plates from....how to build the aquarium together...but all the equipment needed to operate such a big aquarium we dont know!!

Is there anybody out there with experience building/operating such a monster???

Looking forward to any suggestions!!!!!

Werner

Very difficult or not possible??

Posted: June 8th, 2010, 12:50pm CDT by Werner B

New Sponsor - Marltons Pet Products

Posted: June 8th, 2010, 11:10am CDT by viper357

Please welcome our new sponsor - Marltons Pet Products

Quote:

Marltons is a supplier of a wide range of pet products & accessories to Pet Shops, Supermarkets, Vets, Garden Centres.

They have opted not to have a forum but should you need to contact them then please click on their banner and it will link to an email address.

Keep an eye on their banner as they will be changing it quite frequently advertising new products etc. Currently there is an offer for all owners of the Red Sea Max 250 to upgrade their skimmer pump. You can find their banner at the top and bottom of every page and also on the sponsors page - [www.marineaquariumsa.com]

new addion

Posted: June 8th, 2010, 9:58am CDT by clown

I got this stunning Tamato Clown the week-end.
I never saw it's colour as good and nice like this one.
Even the wite stripe under normal light has a nice blue tint colour in it.

Photos is not the best due to the fish still hiding and staying in the back of his new tank.
I see he took a fancy to the hair algae and he pushes his body as deep into the hair algae as possible and when Im close he only stay agains the algae.

Will a clown host n hair algae? This one does. Dont move to far from it.

hi all

Posted: June 8th, 2010, 9:30am CDT by Pico girl:)

hi i am courtney... i won the pico tank from Dorry pets, i would like to thank Dorry pets and everybody who voted, im sure ill be needing alot of help in the future :wave2:

DP CT Offline

Posted: June 8th, 2010, 9:10am CDT by FransSny

Hi guys

I am without Telkom Lines and power at the mo....so will be offline untill this is sorted

ID Please

Posted: June 8th, 2010, 9:06am CDT by llewellyn

Please can someone ID this. Its maroon in colour with a bit of yellow. It closes when fish swim close to it and it moved from another rock that was placed above this rock to this dark spot away from any light.

Coralline Algae for Marine tank

Posted: June 8th, 2010, 8:17am CDT by greenie

Good Day,

Because I am still learning I read that Coralline Alage is a must for your tank. Can you buy this from pet shop? (it seems that I do have some on my life rock but it may not be enough).

Permalink for 'Marine_Aquariums_of_South_Africa/2010/06/07/mr'

mr

Posted: June 7th, 2010, 3:21am CDT by kevinh

hi
i have a 300 liter tank.i have had to relocate my marine tank,and now have a problem with my nitrate levels and cant seam to bring them down,have done water changes and in a panic now.is there any advise to bring these levels down.

Hello !

Posted: June 7th, 2010, 3:14am CDT by Chamaca35

WELL as the new :biggrin:green :slayer:banana in reeftown i am glad to say Hi:yeahdude:.
I am a new marine hobbist. We started setting up a 75gal reef aquarium in April. My roomate and myself put tons of labor in building our own canopy and stand. We have become very wellknown at our local home depot store rain or shine nothing keep us from getting our stuff from there.

Well as DIY apprentice carpenters/ plumbers & newbie aquarist. The hobby is taking its toll in our finance and time. As everyone here knows that nothing compares to the satisfaction of having built your stuff. But so far since consulting this site with many questions I am very confused with everything. Some people say and agree on things and at the same time others disagree but many advise have helped me along the way to get me where I am now. My 75gal is in it's 1st wk of cycling.

I've made friends with several local aqarium store owners and again they all have their own opinions which makes decision taking very difficult. But anyways let me take care of my problems on my own and as always I hope to count on YOU GUYS FOR SOME ADVISE EVEN IF CONTRAVERSAL. Thanks for listening and welcoming into your house.

Big anemones?

Posted: June 7th, 2010, 12:18am CDT by deadmeat2016

I was just wondering if there is anyone out there with a huge anemone? mine is big and getting bigger, was wondering if theres anyone with a monster nennie? i hear in the red sea they reach a diameter of 1m!!

Tank For Sale: Roodepoort

Posted: June 7th, 2010, 10:24pm CDT by SCOOBY

Full system sales or multiple items for sale.Thread title:

Tank For Sale

Location:

Roodepoort

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection

Photo's and description/list of items for sale:

Notes:

Hi All.Got a nice tank,stand and cab for sale.R 7 500

Tank - L -1.5m
W - 600
H - 800

2 x 150w M/H - R 350 each

1 x 2 54w t5 AM light R 1800

Thanks Scooby

082 05 35 088

Flashing Filefish..... SO Ohhhhhhh

Posted: June 7th, 2010, 9:17pm CDT by lIghty

Have a look at this awesome fish.......

YouTube- My Flashing Tilefish

YouTube- My Flashing Tilefish

hope the link works, there are a couple other vids too.

mr. s. venika

Posted: June 7th, 2010, 7:15pm CDT by srecho

I have been dealing in discus for the past 30 years and have now decided to go into marine invertabrates. My fish tank is 1.8 metre by .6 metre x .6metre.
I would appreciate advice starting this project, reading material etc. and where I can obtain the literature and equipment (second hand?)
Thanking you
Srecho Venika

Long nose hawk fish

Posted: June 7th, 2010, 7:14pm CDT by Jinx

Hey guys is it safe to add a long nose hawk fish to my reef tank.I read that they will eat shirmp and so.I've got two big cleaner shirmps in my tank......is it safe to add one?

ricordea/mushrooms in jhb

Posted: June 7th, 2010, 7:08pm CDT by AntS

anybody got frags of the above for sale/give away in jhb?

White spots

Posted: June 7th, 2010, 5:03pm CDT by callie

Can anyone tell me what is the little white spots i get in my sump and on the back glass of tank.

Delay-on Timer Advice

Posted: June 7th, 2010, 4:49pm CDT by amalick

I'm looking for some advice from the "sparky's" among us;).

I have this filthy habit of forgetting my main return pumps off after I have fed my fish:nono:, so i'm attempting to modify my DB board so that it will power up my return pump after a defined time interval has passed.

I found this product on e-bay and was wondering if it would work if I wired it in inline of my main return pump.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ICM-Controls-Del...item5631642f79

Then there is this product, but the wiring diagram in the picture is just way to complex for my simple "non-sparky" brain. If one of you out there could guide me through it then I would prefer it since it can handle up to 8amps load.

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-DELAY-TIMER-...item5d2864b911

Last but not least if any of you know of a local SA equivalent in Cape Town with a similar product that would be great

Skimmer advice

Posted: June 7th, 2010, 4:32pm CDT by Puppy

2 Years ago I would of bagged myself a deltec skimmer without even looking further.

Unfortunately I am little behind with Deltec's new technology and to be honest I fancy the new cone skimmers a lot more.
Don't get me wrong, Deltec is still number 1 in my books, but I feel I can get the same performance for a lot less moola these days.I hope I am not upsetting anyone here :).

Can u guys please tell me what our local markets (skimmer wise) looks like and what brands are out there.International is ok as well ,but local would be better.

So far the KZ revolution skimmer is on my radar, but the model I would like is internal only.I prefer an external skimmer for quite a few reasons.

potassium iodide

Posted: June 7th, 2010, 3:56pm CDT by deadmeat2016

The local LFS wanted to trade to trade me some potassium iodide concentrate by 'aquarium systems' for 2 frags, but it looks a bit old, can it expire? if so what will happen if i use it?
Cheers

Fish with coral

Posted: June 7th, 2010, 3:33pm CDT by Rax123

I have these in my new 500 litre, will i be able to safely keep corals with them?

yellow tailed damsel
2 pecular clowns
copper band
bi-colour angel
regal tang
cream angel

Thanx

Good Day All

Posted: June 7th, 2010, 3:33pm CDT by Angamia

Hi all i'm new here and need lot of help setting up my tank.
Good Day Ladies and Gents.

Name is Moe, New to this wonderful form and new to life under the sea,

Coming from the world of normal tropical tanks, into marine,

I have recently bought a tank but have no Idea of some of the equipment I bought, the tank is empty with and need help setting it up as this is all new to me,

My tank is a normal 4ft tank with overflow leading into the sump, The sump uses normal filter material no DSB,

Pics are below, of the tank and the sump, help need in connection and everything please

hi all :)

Posted: June 7th, 2010, 3:22pm CDT by yusufgamiet

hi im yusuf from ct area. im very happy to b part of this community . i got a 90cm by 33cmwide by 64cm high tank with sump. 2 t-5 lights a boyu skimmer with mesh impellar . small refugium . some mushrooms , polyps . scopa tang,maroon clown , salarius goby, common clown , lion fish , humbug damsel (humbuck?) oh yes a frogspawn and two tiny leathers . i really dig this site:)

which goby.....?

Posted: June 7th, 2010, 3:07pm CDT by maj

Need some advice,im in the fish market for a nice sand sifter goby.

question is,iv been told that the bluecheek goby picks up sand and drops it all over the place,but the diamond back goby just sifts thru it and moves on without sprayin the sand over any corals.

my question is,does the six spot(valenciennae sexgutatta) sift sand nicely or spray it around like the bluecheek goby?

Or which is the ideal goby that will not make a huge mess?

King Pump problems

Posted: June 7th, 2010, 2:38pm CDT by smartegoutte

I use a King 5 and King 6 as recirculate pumps. I have a reoccurring problem and would like to know if others have experienced the same?

The metal film surrounding the rotor starts to rust and lift off the rotor.

I bought the pumps from Northlands in Durban and they have replaced the rotors free of charge in both instances. My concern is that it will happen again. I'm also concerned what effect it has on the tank. Does this encourage green hair algae?

cheato wanted

Posted: June 7th, 2010, 2:27pm CDT by maj

Anybody in the Cpt area have cheato that they harvesting?

im in the southern suburbs

Let me know please!

Thnks

White Coraline Algae????

Posted: June 7th, 2010, 2:02pm CDT by SaltyReef

Hi All,

Took all the advise you all gave me and put a 150W halide in the tank along with the t5s and t8s.

In the 2 weeks since I put this in I have noticed that my live rock is getting some pure white patches.

Is this some sort of calcium buildup or do you get white coraline algae?

Beginner - Please Help

Posted: June 7th, 2010, 12:40pm CDT by divan

This will be my second tank, first one is a fish only tank. This tank I wanna do fish and some entry level coral. Can please advise me on wich are the easiest te keep?

Thank is about 200lt 1m x 0.5m x 0.5m. Lighting is 4 tubes t5 (2 blue and 2 white), I have a Tetratec cannister filter and a Red Sea Air skimmer rated for a 250lt tank.

I've read somewhere on this site that you need to change the bioballs, white ceramic stuff and black charcol stuff something else?

The rock in the tank i picked up from the beach , getting 7kg live rock from the lfs.

Please if you have any suggestions or info that I should know

Idol marine world cup bonus

Posted: June 7th, 2010, 11:37am CDT by Bob the (reef)builder

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DEAR CUSTOMERS,

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VOUCHER BASED ON ALL PURCHASES FROM 11 JUNE TO
11 JULY.THE VOUCHERS WILL BE REDEEMABLE IN STORE
TILL 31 AUGUST 2010.

WE HOPE BAFANA WIN,IF THEY DO WE WILL DOUBLE YOUR VOUCHERS TO 20%.........LADUUUUUUUUUUMAAAAAAA:thumbup:

WE LOOK FORWARD TO ATTENDING TO ALL YOUR MARINE REQUIREMENTS.
CHEERS FOR NOW.
IDOL MARINE CREW.:mbounce:

Gauteng get-together: June

Posted: June 7th, 2010, 11:28am CDT by mnd123

Hi all,

After the last 2 fantastically well supported Gauteng Reef meetings, we want to keep the momentum up. Unfortunately the folks that we have asked (Adee and Milflo) cannot host us this month, so I am asking YOU to stand up and help us find a suitable spot for this.

We love looking at other Awesome reefs, so please can we try and get an uber cool reef this month.

Please post in this thread if you think there is a tank that we can bribe the owner of to let us descend on him/her, or even better if you would like to host a meeting.

Cheers

Marc

legends surrounding fransny

Posted: June 7th, 2010, 10:35am CDT by mandarinman

only man alive that can slam a revolving door

can eat one side off lays chip

when he does pressups the earth moves away from him

only man brave enough to bend over while working on a dsb!

doesnt haveto count the hairs on his chest, hair doesnt grow on steel.

Help needed with sump

Posted: June 7th, 2010, 9:13am CDT by Dikdaan

Ola, how you all?

I am setting up my second tank:) and need some help here...The sump is 1.22m long with 4 chambers, one for skimmer, one for LR, one for DSB and one for return...
1. How deep does the DSB sand need to be cause i read a hundred different stuff on it...?
2. Does the amount of LR in the sump matter? I can get bout 15kg in there...
3. Light on the DSB? What to use? Also heard various stuff bout it...

More questions will follow later...
Thanks all

Stellenbosh Reefers

Posted: June 7th, 2010, 8:53am CDT by FransSny

Guys

A member on the forum ( he is based in stellenbosh) needs a tank sitter for a week. I can help him but it is a bit out of the way for me...anybody in Stellenbosh maybe able to assist ?

2nd largest aquarium tank in the world

Posted: June 6th, 2010, 11:41pm CDT by amalick

YouTube- Kuroshio Sea - 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world - (song is Please don't go by Barcelona)

Diving in the Transkei

Posted: June 6th, 2010, 10:20pm CDT by dean

Hey all... A few mates and I are planning a trip to Mdumbi in Transkei from the 19th to the 29th... Ten days of fun... As im from cape town and we dont have anything we can collect for our tanks here i thought i could catch something while im there. Ive never done it before and i dont know what i need.. Got the flippers and the snorkel i use for catching crayfish.. know i need a net but what type and what else will help me??? Going to use a cooler box to transport them back and as my car has climate control im going to keep the car temp at 25 on my way back. That should keep them alive i hope. Whats your opinion and has anyone transported fish so far?? Any help and insight will be appreciated..
Something else... what should i look for while im there like where do the fish normally hide and how should i go about catching them...

Pineapple fish :)

Posted: June 6th, 2010, 8:30pm CDT by leslie hempel

Clinton , Mark and I went for dive today to celebrate the awsome clean/ warn blue water we experienced this weekend..

we encountered some duckbill rays laying on the sandbed as well as some large leary.. it was an awsome dive and although you can see the season is drawing to a close there were a few fish still around..

Tropicals we saw were:

cleaner wrasse
pommie (rhombus/striatus)
and a few devils

i was about to call it a day when i saw one cave just begging me to take a deeper look into it.

luckily i did because i caught a pineapple fish..

i have added it to my system but im trying to find out as much as i can about them..

i know they eat small micro organisims when young and are predatory when older.. they attract the prey by using illuminated spots (glow in the dark) below their eyes to attract prey through curiosity..

i am batteling to post pics but will do so in the morning..

im pretty chuffed at the catch as i have heard theyb are fairly rare down here and i have always wanted to tick this one off my caught list..

can anyone offer more info on them for me?

Some pics of my tank

Posted: June 6th, 2010, 7:52pm CDT by deadmeat2016

Just thought id post some pictions

tank with a reflection of my view!

I know i hav a bit of an algae problem, but im still learning to not overfeed :(

Going to KZN next week.

Posted: June 6th, 2010, 7:03pm CDT by Annoying

Hey everyone

You guys are propably getting really pissed whith these kind of questions but why not push it a little:whistling:. Haha ok here I go, I don't know a thing about KZN and we are going to Sodwana next weekend. I know that Sodwana is a "no catching beach" but I wan't to know where is some great rockpools close nearby? I also want to get a permit there so can I just tak one out at the local post office there? Also what would be the best way of transport back to Limpopo? I was thinking of using 2x 20L drums to keep all the catchings and a battery powered air pump to keep in the oxygen. I will also have a few drums with saltwater I can replace on the road. OK another question, how do you guys catch the fish? They are so fast, do you guys have a secret, please PM me if you have a secret you don't want everyone to know:P. Please please give me any sugestions as I'm clueless.

Thanks

My other Brain

Posted: June 6th, 2010, 5:44pm CDT by deadmeat2016

This is my other brain, i bought it cus i felt sorry for it even though i know i shouldnt, the right polyp was bleach but now its back in action and recovering:thumbup:

However, this thingy has seemed to have grown through through the polyp, i dont know what its called but i have similar thingys on the rockwork

Do i leave it or remove it? it doesnt seem to be bothering the coral and i dont wanna bother the coral but could it somhow kill the polyp?:whistling:

Please ID Strange Pink Worm/Slug

Posted: June 6th, 2010, 4:33pm CDT by abgg118

Hi all,

Can someone please ID this - sorry about the poor picture quality, but I barely had time to get the camera before it disappeared around the corner. It's about 3cm long.

Any Frag Sharing Groups in EL?

Posted: June 6th, 2010, 2:02pm CDT by Storm

Any Frag Sharing Groups in EL? Either to trade or to get rid of your access frags? keen to do some sharing.

Urgent help needed Will this work

Posted: June 6th, 2010, 12:59pm CDT by charlv

Hi Guys

I've got a flatworm problem i want to know if mandrin wrasse will control this:(

Here's a pic of what they look like

edit request by initial poster!?

Posted: June 6th, 2010, 12:45pm CDT by mandarinman

admin can we not introduce an edit request? sometimes a thread is introduced for a specific topic which goes on a tangent with the tangent being really good. it would be nice to be able for the originator of thread to ask for an edit to have the non topic sidelines removed on occasion! thanks?

Green water D.I.Y.

Posted: June 6th, 2010, 9:24am CDT by brentv

Hey Guys...
For us not being able to get a culture of greenwater to start (live to far from anyone that has?)
What is the best method to start a nice culture????

Index of good DIY Idea's

Posted: June 5th, 2010, 10:55pm CDT by Neil H

I have decided to start a thread which is an index for good DIY ideas .... below are the first few links.... please add suggestions to this thread and i will update this first post !

MASA DIY Idea's

Tank Building - For those of you wanting to see how a tank is built
[www.marineaquariumsa.com]

Removing a glass panel
[www.marineaquariumsa.com]

Drilling a tank
[www.marineaquariumsa.com]

Floating MH Lighting
[www.marineaquariumsa.com]

Kreisel design
[www.marineaquariumsa.com]

Durso option 1
[www.marineaquariumsa.com]

Overflow silencer
[www.marineaquariumsa.com]

DIY Skimmer 1
[www.marineaquariumsa.com]

DIY Skimmer 2
[www.marineaquariumsa.com]

Skimmer cup modification

[www.marineaquariumsa.com]

DIY Phos and Carbon Reactor
[www.marineaquariumsa.com]

DIY Calcium Reactor
[www.marineaquariumsa.com]

Auto top Up V1, fixtures to mount a float switch
[www.marineaquariumsa.com]

Auto Top Up V2
[www.marineaquariumsa.com]

DIY Controller
[www.marineaquariumsa.com]

Working with PVC Pipes
[www.marineaquariumsa.com]

Sealing Leaking Pipes
[www.marineaquariumsa.com]

Google Sketchup
[www.marineaquariumsa.com]

DIY Green Water
http://www.marineaquariumsa.com/show...608#post361608

Other DIY Sites

DIY Light Pendant
[perfectpix.smugmug.com]

DIY frozen food:
[www.melevsreef.com]

DIY Auto top off:
[www.melevsreef.com]

ATS / algae Turf Scrubber or just plain Scrubber, In all its shapes, sized, variations and whatever. From simple designs to specialized acrylic boxes
[www.algaescrubber.net]

Does anyone have any SPS frags for sale in JHB

Posted: June 5th, 2010, 7:29pm CDT by durleo

Hi guys

I am in JHB till monday and would like to know if anyone has any sps frags for sale or
giveaway :-)

I would greatly appreciate it

Kind Regards
Duran

Durban diving

Posted: June 5th, 2010, 7:21pm CDT by Ml.RIDWAN

Hi does coz off dive or snorkel to collect fish? In durban

My brain

Posted: June 5th, 2010, 4:24pm CDT by deadmeat2016

Hi, just posting to ask if this is worth the R220 I paid for it, and what is its species?

I took the photo during feeding

Back Again!

Posted: June 5th, 2010, 11:52am CDT by JuanS

Hi Guys. I've been a "member" of MASA for a little over 2 years now......but not very active. Did my welcome post and then dissapeared off the radar (as I'm sure a lot of new members do).

Not to bore you with details, let's just say after a HECTIC divorce, re-marrying, again, buying a new house and a new job I'm now finally ready to start this adventure.

As I said in my initial posts 2 years ago, been keeping marines for as long as I can remember - with old technology (UG filters!!!), and was sucsessfull - to a certain degree. Unfortunatly the pics on the old PC and camera etc. got "lost" in the divorce, so sorry 'bout that. To recap, only a few hardy fish, fanworms etc. with some dead coral skeletons, nothing spectacular. I did at least learn the basics about water parameters and most of all - PATIENCE.

So that's it, just thought i'd pop in and say hi again. Been reading up a lot over the past month or so, so I've got an fair idea of what I'll be doing (don't worry, nothing to do with UG:nono:). Will post these ideas for you guys to help me out, with a lot of questions, so be warned!

Urgent help needed Clouded eye

Posted: June 5th, 2010, 9:59am CDT by student

Hey guys, needing advice.
woke up this morning to see my regal tang has a clouded eye!! Flipitall!!
Had her for about 2.5 weeks. She has had quite a bit a ich the last few days(more so in the evenings, dont no why?) but still feeding very well so ive just kept up the extra feeding, soaking the chow in garlic-the usual white spot remedies.
But cloudy eyes is something new to me. from what I read up its quite a serious thing???
Only thing that could be causing extra stress is my sailfin tang giving her a bit of a hassle every now n then.
So my poa is to quarantine her, but do I treat her with the normal copper treatment or antibiotics or what?
If antibiotics, what and where do I find them??
Another thing, the last time i quarantined a fish, the nitrites in the q. tank went sky high(due to it not having a proper filtration system and being very small)- how do i avoid this, by feeding the fish less??

thanks!!!!

Another Chaeto give away

Posted: June 4th, 2010, 12:01am CDT by PeterL

I am doing some gardening this week-end, I either share with my fellow reefers or I got to dump it. I know there are going to be a flood of people wanting so if you do want and are willing to collect, let me know

ID this little snail and look at Bill

Posted: June 4th, 2010, 12:00am CDT by deadmeat2016

Is this a bumble bee snail? if so, will it murder anything in my tank??:(

And this is my nudi, Bill, he is a dollabella auricularia and he bulldozes long hair algaes but is kinda clumsy

, if anyone wants him for a 100 buck then shout, oh and hes big, real big:P

Thank You to all CT reefers

Posted: June 4th, 2010, 10:20pm CDT by FransSny

To all CT Reefers , a huge :thumbup: & thank you for your support & patience with the first CT coral shipment, having it come in by suprise has created a few challenges but your patience and understanding has made it great fun

The attidude has been amazing and I am sure we will just grow from strenght to strength ( as long as they dont drop a suprize shipment on me again :P)

Watch this space..even more to come

You guys rock :yeahdude:

Fibreglass carbon filter for sale: Richardsbay KZN

Posted: June 4th, 2010, 9:58pm CDT by herkie

Hardware for saleThread title:

Fibreglass carbon filter

Location:

Richardsbay KZN

Shipping or Collection only:

Lets discuss the logistics

Photo's and description/list of items for sale:

I have a fibreglass bodied filter with a timer and solenoid at the top, it also has a plug that used to be connected to a computer that controlled a hospital's water filtration system. The timer and visible working parts including the tube that goes down into the cylinder is plastic or rubber. The cylinder measures 900x180 and it has a sticker on it that says cylinder size 9x35. This filter was used as a carbon filter and I had a plan to put phosphate remover in it. Well my whole system is about 90 litres and this filter is way too big. I would like to swop it for something more suitably sized that can hold phosphate remover and possibly carbon. Some advice will also be very welcome.

Notes:

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Auto top up

Posted: June 4th, 2010, 6:38pm CDT by burt

hi there, im looking for a outo top up, just got back from town, and was chock, price on a outo top up unit r656, is this realy the price of it? is there a way for diy, if yes please send me the diy plans, or maybe buy a second hand one from some one, please help

Puppy is back!!!

Posted: June 4th, 2010, 3:21pm CDT by Puppy

Hi everyone .
After 2 years I decided to come out of retirement.
Those who know me can be assured I will be doing SPS again.
I still have a frag of every piece of SPS from my previous setup which will get me started.
Details of my new setup a little later .
Chow for now :1:

light over DSB?

Posted: June 4th, 2010, 1:32pm CDT by Rax123

Is it necessary to have a light over DSB, if so y?

Scopus Tang in need of attention

Posted: June 4th, 2010, 11:55am CDT by Nixxon

Hi Guys,

I recently bought more rock from a guy that was looking to shut down his system and ended up rescuing his fish as well... his system was poorly maintained and in a bit of a state.

All the fish are a lot happier now and I have removed two bullies out of the equation... basically he had the following:

- Scopus Tang
- 3 Yellow Tail Damsel's
- 1 African Damsel (Bully No 1)
- 1 VERY LARGE Maroon Clown (Bully No 2)
- 1 Bi-Color Angel
- 1 Fisheri Angel
- 1 Scooter Blennie (Gave him to a mate of mine)

Anyways, the Bullies who have been exiled to the pet shop for resale were terrorizing this poor Scopus Tang and have completely demolished some of his fins... (As seen in the pics below) and his scales on either side are damaged as well...

Apologies for the poor quality photo's I had to freeze frame some video as he is rather camera shy ;)

After adding him to my 4ft 400l tank he is MUCH happier to say the least.

My questions are:

Can I get his fins to grow back and scales to regenerate?
And, If so, how can I do this?

Many Thanks for any advice! :)

Complete Danimal's Livestock List Please :)

Posted: June 4th, 2010, 10:25am CDT by danimal

Hey guys

Riaan I am stealing your idea and asking for people's opinions on stock :) hope you don't mind!

What I have:
2 x clowns (the normal ones, not true percs)
1x racoon butterfly
1x blenny
2x boxfish
1x cleaner wrasse
1x watchman goby
1x blue spotted toby
1 x lionfish juvie who is going to be too big soon... :(
1x either some obscure anthias or damsel, no-one knows for sure... lol

what I like:
tangs
angels
anything pretty and compatible! haha

corals i have:
zoas
crater coral
torch
mushrooms
pavona
small brain frag

system is 400 litres or so in total.

ideas? thoughts?
cheers!

new shop - sunningdale - Cape Town

Posted: June 4th, 2010, 8:27am CDT by HenkHugo

Hey guys,

I went to the local Buildersware house here in Table View/Parklands/Sunningdale yesterday and saw a new marine shop opening there.

It's called something like Ocean Son.... any one have any more info on it?

Mecer Blazer 600 UPS

Posted: June 4th, 2010, 8:07am CDT by Loki

Hi Guys

Was just curious as to whether these UPS's would be worth holding onto?
Mecer Blazer 600 UPS rated at 360W?

Would i be able to run my return and maybe my heater (150W), and if so for how long would they be able to run. I have 2 of them BTW.

fish breeders and other urban legends?

Posted: June 3rd, 2010, 10:50pm CDT by mandarinman

this is my hobbyhorse! i hear of successful breeders of various fish and it is quoted as fact! when in fact fish have accidentally spawned in a tank. fish breeding in my opinion is when a person can recreate or place fish in a specific enviroment for purposes of breeding. having done this,encourage fishes to pair , spawn and for the breeder to successfully raise the young to adulthood or thereabouts. i heard of a guy in the states who is spoken of in breeding circles as a person who has bred mandarins. i contacted him and he told me he hasnt kept any larvae past ten days. yet the urban legends live on. if you have successfully bred any specific species based on intention to do so please put your name down with the specific species that you have bred and the amount of young adult fish you have produced. ( i can if i want to , does not count. and neither does watching fish spawn in your tank. (yes i am grumpy)

ID this star

Posted: June 3rd, 2010, 10:46pm CDT by maj

Hi peeps,

I recently saw this little bugger moving along my LR,moved very slowly into a more shady area of the tank,looks like a star shaped bugger

its just before the corals,on the edge of the LR

any suggestions?good or bad?

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Awesome Link - sumps & other Reefing DIY

Posted: June 3rd, 2010, 9:58pm CDT by PeterL

I just stumbled on this site, I have been looking through the sumps and if there isn't a sump arrangement in here to suit your style, you are just being too fussy...

A DIY reefers dream :slayer: type of site - I have been looking at this stuff for about an hour already and not getting bored - I just had to share it. My personal favorite is the Top Down Box...

Top down boxes (for photography)
Fan Trays
Fan Brackets
Calcium Reactors
Nano Tanks
Propagation Tanks
Sumps of all shapes to include fuges, reactors and all the "lekker toys"

It is all in ft and inches and gallons but a simple converter and you know exactly what they re talking about if you can't easily calc in your head.

[www.melevsreef.com]

Sand cleaning fish/Inverts???

Posted: June 3rd, 2010, 7:36pm CDT by PeterL

I need to get something to clean my sand (well, actually everywhere in my tank for that matter), I am very undecided and need some tips from you guys. Basically I get recurring brown algae which for 2/3 of my tank is sorted by my sand dollar, he cleans up well. However there is a few areas where it just refuses to go to so I need to get a cleaner or few to sort that out.

What cleaner/s would be more advised? Keep in mind that I only have a 250L system so a great big 25cm star isn't going to work out so well:nono:.

I have 1 Red Sea Star, 1 Cleaner Shrimp and 1 Sand Dollar - clearly no where near enough cleaners to sort things out in my system:whistling:.

I have seen my LFS with loads of sand shifting Gobies but have also heard that they can cause problems by digging - that could be a problem and cause a rockfall which will be a major problem should that happen. The other concern is hearing about them throwing substrate onto corals so there is a fair reluctance with that fish specifically...BUT...I could be mistaken - what is your take/advice/recommendation??

Brine Shrimp Breeding

Posted: June 3rd, 2010, 4:55pm CDT by Jaco Schoeman

Hi guys

Just a question. To hatch live brine is a walk in the park, but how does one get them to the next levels, and grow into larger specimens? Do they now require a food source like Rotifier or planktonic foods etc?

Is it maybe just easier to feed the nuapli, and buy the larger live brine from the LFS?

Thanks;)

Zoas on Glass

Posted: June 3rd, 2010, 2:29pm CDT by Raven

Good afternoon,
I want my Zoa's to grow on my back plane glass of the tank.
I think it will look very nice - but I'm not sure how to get the first piece of it to start to grow on it?

Can you maybe give me some ideas on how to get my zoas to grow on the glass?

Sieo powerhead problems

Posted: June 3rd, 2010, 1:39pm CDT by Furbz

hi guys i have bought 4 of these sieo prop pumps during my reefkeeping.
they are expensive and neat with the magnet mount system.
however, 3 of which are do not like starting.

all of them i maintain and clean every month.

now the issue is when i plug them in they clatter around and never start. this is very irritating for a powerhead that costs so much!

anyone have the same issues??
and how did you solve the problem?

Peet Marais

Posted: June 3rd, 2010, 1:00pm CDT by pmarais

I have an carpet animone thatwants to be fed small frozen fish, I bought 2 clown fish and it seems that they dont want to feed the animone but do play inside it though, is this normal ?

New Marines

Posted: June 3rd, 2010, 12:52pm CDT by Naiema

We have landed stunning Corals,Anemones& fish at Sams Aquarium. Now in stock: Leathers, Trees, Zoanthus, Mushrooms,Hammers,Brains etc. Also Bubble tips and red base Anemones.Lrg variety fish ie... Blue throat triggers, Blue face &Navarchus, Regals,Sailfin, Scopas, Lineatus, Lipsticks, Banggais, True Perculas,Damsels& more. Ph 0217122534/0826368990

NSW - Fresh?

Posted: June 3rd, 2010, 12:51pm CDT by christiaan

Hi guys

I've never used NSW for a waterchange before - I collected some at high tide in Moz on Saturday - because of work I havnt been able to do the waterchange yet - can I still use the water? The water is in 3 plastic containers in my garage and have gotten cold and been deprived of oxygen - is it still okay or should i filter or chuck it?

help required with mushroom

Posted: June 3rd, 2010, 12:27pm CDT by Tex

hi all

please i have some help . i have added this to my tank , but after an hour it started to go limp and fall - i have been told that it will take a few days for it to recover after the move. is this true

also i have this butterfly that picks at my live rock all day long - will it completly strip the live rock ?

Thanks
Jason
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Urgent help needed Leather - need help

Posted: June 3rd, 2010, 10:26am CDT by clown

HI,

I GOT THIS LEATHER FROM A FRIEND WHO GOT IT FROM JACO.

IT IS ABOUT A WEEK THAT I HAVE IT AND IT WAS SULKING SINCE I GOT IT.
IT WAS PACKED IN A BAG WITH AIR FROM 11H30 AND WAS COLLECTED BY ME AT 17H30.

MY OTHER CORALS AND LEATHERS IS DOING OKAY.

IS IT BUSY DYING?

1ST PICK HOW IT LOOK WILE IT WAS SULKING.

2ND PICK HOW IT IS BUSY LOSING IT SKIN.

Help with Spaghetti

Posted: June 2nd, 2010, 10:35pm CDT by deadmeat2016

Hi all, I am a student and have been reefing successfully for 6 months and am proud of my creation! but if have the following problem..... Can anyone post me some pics of how to professionally handle this lol what would you do???

Pajama Cardinal Mouthbrooding!

Posted: June 2nd, 2010, 10:32pm CDT by abgg118

Hi all,

Look what I found looking at my tank - my Pajama Cardinal had a bit of a "dikbek", so I inpected ... There are 3 in the tank. 2 are smaller than the third. Here's a pic of one of the smaller ones. Notice the underside of the mouth.

Now, compare that to the mouth of the larger one - a definite bulge here:

And finally, after some effort I could snap this one:

Wouldn't you know - They're breeding! Don't know which one of the smaller ones are the female, but now I know the larger one carrying the eggs is the male.

indo coral farm

Posted: June 2nd, 2010, 9:49pm CDT by Difficult marine

no talking,planty of photo

[eddie-coral-adventures.blogspot.com]

Urgent help needed very small white spots

Posted: June 2nd, 2010, 8:41pm CDT by badbiker

Hi

yesterday I added blue tang to my 600l. Today I saw some white spotes on the tang but he is eating and seems to be happy. Is there any thing bad which I missed it? ya he is hiding under live rocks some times he show up:yeahdude:..

water temp 24 c
Live stock
2 damsels
1 clown fish
1 shrimp >>>but today I dont know he is missing :(:(

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Wrong Metal Halide

Posted: June 2nd, 2010, 8:04pm CDT by luwaynecrous

Will using a normal single ended 250W Phillips Metal halide, That costs R220, cause any problems in a marine aquarium, like algae problems. These lights are not made for aquaria, thus not the correct spectrum.

Coral beds full for world cup

Posted: June 2nd, 2010, 6:19pm CDT by Bob the (reef)builder

HI ALL,

CORAL BEDS ARE FULL OF BEAUTIFUL CORALS:)

WE ALSO HAVE A CELEBRATORY WORLD CUP SPECIAL
FOR ALL OF YOU,DETAILS WILL BE RELEASED EARLY
NEXT WEEK......................:thumbup:

WE ARE AT YOUR SERVICE FOR ALL YOUR MARINE REQUIREMENTS AND ADVICE.
CHEERS FOR NOW.
IDOL MARINE CREW.

Nano noooooob

Posted: June 2nd, 2010, 5:36pm CDT by fish finger

I have a Jebo 338 (secondhand) - which I am now trying to sculpt into the world's most beautiful nano :thumbup:. And so need to relentlessly bug you with questions that will no doubt make you roll your eyes - you'll love me in the end, I know you will :1:.

Things I know:

I need to change the current light bulbs for marine (I just can't find any in the LFS that fit)

Things I don't know:

I need to take out the sponge and the bio balls- correct? What am I putting instead? LR rubble - where do I get it and is it going to cost me lots? Is there a cheap alternative to LR rubble? Can you guess that cheaper is going to be a theme? :razz:
LFS suggested I get an external tetra canister filter, do I really need one? Will the extra volume of water help? Can't have an open sump due to feline interests.
Tank has been running for about 2 weeks - with live sand and 1 Kg LR. No algea bloom (cross fingers).
So sand bed at the moment is about 4cm thick, should I make it deeper/thinner? Does it make a difference at all?
Is there such a thing as too much LR? I gather I am meant to aim at around 4 kgs (36L tank)?
When do I get to add clean up crew? Will Hermit crabs eat interesting things off of my LR, that I would rather they didn't?
I have the standard powerhead that came with the jebo, I figure I need another one for a bit more flow and directionality. Should I add just the powerhead? What about a tiny rena filter unit instead?

Thanks - for all the help you are going to give me, cause I know you will, your nice people after all...

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Hi

Posted: June 2nd, 2010, 5:09pm CDT by fish finger

Hi :wave2:

Just popped a thread to say "hi". I am a noob with a nano.

I have kept freshwater tanks (many of all sizes), then hubby got a marine tank and I was too interested in taking over his tank :razz:, so he bought me a nano to play with.

I will now be moving off to start a thread in the "I don't know what the hell I am doing"/ Beginners section...

Various corals for sale: Weltevreden Park, Roodepoort, JHB

Posted: June 2nd, 2010, 4:44pm CDT by Sentari

Various corals for saleCommon Names:

Varius Corals

Scientific Names:

See Notes

Size of coral

See Notes

How long have you had the corals?

1 Year +

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection Only

Your location.

Weltevreden Park, Roodepoort, JHB

Price:

See Notes

Photo's:

Notes:

Hi All

Here are the corals i have for sale. As you know im shutting down my tank.

Prices are negotiable.

Small Xenia R100
Ricordea R300
Rock with Blue Mushrooms on R350
Candy Cane Small - R150 - +- 5 Heads

Will try post more pics this evening

Glass shrimp for sale: cape town

Posted: June 2nd, 2010, 4:21pm CDT by clown

All other livestockCommon Name:

Glass shrimp

Scientific Name:

-

Size

4.50cm

How long have you had it?

4 months +

Shipping or Collection only:

collection or shipping on you're own cost

Your location.

cape town

Price:

Swap or R100

Photo's:

Hi All,

Hi Have the below 2 shrimps for R100 for both or swap.

Notes:

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Cleaner Shrimps for sale: Weltevreden Park, Roodepoort, JHB

Posted: June 2nd, 2010, 4:19pm CDT by Sentari

All other livestockCommon Name:

Cleaner Shrimp

Scientific Name:

Lysmata amboinensis

Size

Medium - Large

How long have you had it?

6 Months

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection Only

Your location.

Weltevreden Park, Roodepoort, JHB

Price:

R180 each (Collection Only)

Photo's:

Notes:

Hi All

As you all know. I will be selling my whole setup. I firstly want to get rid of the livestock. Here's the shrimps.

2 x Cleaner Shrimps - R180 Each. They are a pair. Always breeding also.

If you want to check more photo's please look at my thread

[www.marineaquariumsa.com]

Various Fish for Sale : Weltevreden Park, Roodepoort, JHB

Posted: June 2nd, 2010, 4:12pm CDT by Sentari

Fish for saleCommon Name:

Various See Notes

Scientific Name:

Various See Notes

Size of fish

Various See Notes

How long have you had the fish?

More than a year old

Is the fish eating?

Like Pigs

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection Only

Your location.

Weltevreden Park, Roodepoort, JHB

Price:

Various See Notes

Photo's:

Will take a photo of the convict tonight.

Notes:

Hi All

As you all know. I will be selling my whole setup. I firstly want to get rid of the livestock. Here is the fish. I will still post the other items.

2 x Ocellaris Clownfish - Amphiprion ocellaris - Pair (Medium) - R250
Sailfin Tang (Medium) - Zebrasoma veliferum - R450
Yellow Belly Regal Tang (Medium) - Paracanthurus hepatus var. - R450
Convict Tang (Small) - Acanthurus triostegus - R250

Please note that prices are negotiable. I dont think the prices are unfair.

All fish are eating well and are VERY healthy. They havent had any whitespot for months.

If you want to check more photo's please look at my thread

[www.marineaquariumsa.com]

The Gem Tang i caught

Posted: June 2nd, 2010, 2:03pm CDT by Slummies

My mate called me sunday morning and told me he thinks he has just seen a Gem Tang. i was suprised, to say the least, but believed him. he told me he couldnt see the dots but was black and had a yellow tail. the 45min drive out to him took around 30min.. in a Fiat Uno!

Once i got there he showed me the hole the fish was in.. it was in a 50cm deep and in a bucket type of whole. it took me less than 5 sec to catch. he is now in my mates tank and is looking good.

He is around 5-6cm in diameter. and a bit tattered. we are now in winter so it is kinda rare to even see it. we thought this fish was a myth! we now the myth is happily swimming in our glass box!

He is now eating flake and his colours are so dark! beautiful.

The hole he was hiding it

the tidal pool he was cruising in

no looking strong once caught

shortly after being dripped and put into my mates tank

more pics will come in the near future and an update

Indonesian Shipment 01/06/2010 (With Pics)

Posted: June 2nd, 2010, 1:22pm CDT by Manic

Hey Guys,

Wild on pets landed a shipment from Indonesia last night (Only finished unpacking the boxes at 22:00), this is their first big lps shipment for their new marine section. These pics were taken at 08:30 this morning right after the lights turned on, enjoy:

Firstly this beautiful naso tang, this guy is huge, there are two of them:

Here's some of the lps:

This hammer hadn't opened yet but it it has an awesome metallic green colour:

Drilling a skimmer cup.

Posted: June 2nd, 2010, 12:07pm CDT by viper357

Hi all

I have a Reeftek TS3 and was wondering if anyone has ever drilled the cup to fit a drain hole? I'm tempted to just use a normal drill in the base of the cup (the black plastic) but something tells me I should ask first. :p

Thanks.

DNW110 Skimmer for sale: Cape Town

Posted: June 2nd, 2010, 9:43am CDT by keyaam

Hardware for saleThread title:

DNW110 Skimmer

Location:

Cape Town

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection only

Photo's and description/list of items for sale:

This skimmer is just collecting dust. Pump burnt out and will let it go for R600.00. I will include the old pump with needle wheel. I had a new lid made as i lost the old one. Collection only

Notes:

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heya help pls

Posted: June 2nd, 2010, 9:00am CDT by NANO BOY

hey do hermit crabs mess up your tank:wave2:

Frag Section Please

Posted: June 2nd, 2010, 8:56am CDT by vatso

Hi there

can we have a frag section please. I know we have for sale section but one for frags only & can we make the rule that one does not need a pic to post.

This will let us all know who has some frags & what they are.

Buyers don't have to buy anything if after looking at the frag if they not happy or can request a pic of said frag.

okay now that I have posted so long - I am looking for some new SPS frags. My Current SPS is doing very well & would like to add to my collection.

Strap Caulerpa (Caulerpa filiformis)

Posted: June 1st, 2010, 9:59pm CDT by 459b

Does anyone have any Strap caulerpa (Caulerpa filiformis) that they would be willing to part with? I know it grows like weeds along parts of out coast. Had some in my sump a while back, but soon vanished after my needle urchin was banished to that part of my sump.

New to a marine tank

Posted: June 1st, 2010, 8:59pm CDT by Douglas

Hi all i have decided to get started with Boyu hx600 its a 120l litre tank, got the water in today, had some problems with lights as it kept tripping out the rest of the power ( still dont have it sorted out):(
Another thing i am not to sure of is where do i put the protien skimmer:whistling: yes it does sound dumb LOL but not sure if its on the inside of the tank as the instructions dont say much.

Interesting Read on Skimmers....

Posted: June 1st, 2010, 8:52pm CDT by lIghty

Have read though this, very interesting:)

http://www.3reef.com/forums/protein-...mer-85389.html

DragonBall Z Burst Limit

Posted: June 1st, 2010, 7:48pm CDT by Jacojs

Hey all.

I am selling the PS3 game DragonBall Z Burst Limit for R200, no scratches on disc, anybody who's interested please reply or pm me.

Jaco.

Un-usual Friends

Posted: June 1st, 2010, 7:44pm CDT by Wolve

hi guys saw this tonight and i just had to share thr pics with everyone. sorry for the bad quality i dont have a fancy camera.

ID fish

Posted: June 1st, 2010, 7:05pm CDT by badbiker

HI

plz Id this fish

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News24: R120 000 fines over mussels

Posted: June 1st, 2010, 6:04pm CDT by HenkHugo

R120 000 fines over mussels

Durban - Three men were fined R120 000 each after they were found guilty of stripping over 5 000 mussels from rocks in coastal areas, Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife said on Tuesday.

Ezemvelo KZN-Natal Wildlife spokesperson Jeff Gaisford in a statement: "The men were each sentenced to a fine of R120 000 or two years imprisonment, half of which is suspended for two years on condition they do not commit a similar offence.

Jiankang Wang, 53, Yingpingdi Gao, 44, and Enguang Weng, 33, pleaded guilty to two counts under the Marine Living Resources Act in the Port Shepstone Magistrate's Court.

They were found guilty of being in possession of mussels without a permit and using illegal implements to remove them from the rocks.

Police arrested the three men in April when they caught them with 5 678 mussels. The men also had a spade, a hoe and an axe with them, Gaisford said.

He said members of the public need a recreational permit to pick mussels.

The bag limit is 30 mussels per day. These permits are available from most post offices, or offices of Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, said Gaisford.

Mussels can be legally picked by hand or with an implement with a blade or flat edge no bigger than 12mm in width.

Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife has welcomed the sentence it underlined the organisations determination to prosecute anyone who saw fit to plunder the natural wildlife resources of the province, said Gaisford.

New Member

Posted: June 1st, 2010, 5:43pm CDT by Brittz

Hi I started with a new tank in Feb 2010 and its going ok, at this stage I have 10 small fish in my tank and a lot of live rock, there is also a few things in the tank that I didnt buy, it seem they came with the rocks!

From time to time I will ask some stuped questions, but so we learn

Thanks Brittz:slayer::1::yeahdude:

what metal halide to get

Posted: June 1st, 2010, 5:40pm CDT by burt

hi guys, my new tank is 1.5 by 700wide and 800 deep, just want to know what metal halide to get , 150 or 250 w?

heya can you help me

Posted: June 1st, 2010, 4:45pm CDT by NANO BOY

hey l need help my plants are tacking long to grow and none of them are coming out of the rocks :(

Featured System for June 2010 - World Cup Edition

Posted: June 1st, 2010, 3:41pm CDT by dallasg

Our Featured System for June 2010 belongs to Bushman!
Congratulations on a great system!

Click on the photo to see the full feature.

brain dieing

Posted: June 1st, 2010, 2:36pm CDT by AntS

Hi Guys

I'm very upset - the first coral I put in my tank - a beautiful rose open brain - died over the weekend.

I've checked all my levels and everything seems fine. The only thing I've done is I added sand pollyps last week, put them where the brain was, and moved it to the other side of the tank.

It was doing great for a couple of days, and then just died over night.

For the last three months it was inflating every morning when the lights came on and seemed very healthy

what could have happened?

What is Pet Stop doing wrong?

Posted: June 1st, 2010, 2:34pm CDT by Moolis

Hi reefers,
I read constantly that you cannot keep cauliflower corals & Sun corals to live in captivity. These corals need special setups and Even then they do not always survive. Reefers should not keep them at all!

IN THAT CASE We must be doing something wrong!!!! They multiply in our retail coral systems!

Our sun corals regularly spawn in our shop aquariums!

This is one of the baby's
Look at the growth of this cauliflower on the grit!

And look at the tube worm growth!

My point with all this jerking your chain is - In a hobbyists aquarium these corals can also survive and grow as long as they know the needs of the corals and give it to them, so please bear with them in the future.

Our experience with them are:
· Give them good water quality, all our coral aquariums are monitored weekly to keep the Calcium, Hardness, Iodine, strontium, magnesium, Nitrates, Phosphates and pH levels are correct. (salinity is daily)
· Give them water flow, they do not want slow or stagnant water.
· Regular water changes with a good quality salt.
· Give them good quality foods, we feed the following in our coral aquariums:
o Coral Frenzy very regularly
o ALL the different frozen foods available at least twice a day this include : Bloodworm (sun) brine shrimp, mysis shrimp, pacific krill, fine mussels, lobster eggs, smelt, rotifers & frozen fish, with nori for the tangs. All this is mashed into a paste.
o Healthy fed fish lead to lots of fish waste that are used by them. So we stock fish in these systems for the corals.
With all these food being introduced into our systems, we are forced to dose regularly with Prodibio , but that is not bad as the water quality is excellent and our corals are in good nick.

Copperband wanted

Posted: June 1st, 2010, 2:04pm CDT by Dikdaan

Hi all, does anyone have a copperband that they would like to part with? I am looking for one that is eating well. Please can any one help with this?

CT Poker

Posted: June 1st, 2010, 1:55pm CDT by Norman_the_fish

Just throwing it out there..was wondering if any reefers play poker? Started playing with a few buddies and it seems like good fun? thinking mayb organising a CT Reefer Poker night? No major gambling and frags will be accepted as buy-in..

wanted - green chromis

Posted: June 1st, 2010, 1:46pm CDT by dropzone newbee

hey guys
my tank has finally stabilizied !! :)
now im looking to get a nice school of green chromis
gauteng area ?

thanks :thumbup:

ID slug - good or bad

Posted: June 1st, 2010, 10:17am CDT by clown

The week-end when I clued some coral on to the fake rock I saw this slug and I saw another one like this before in my tank and took it out. This one I left as it is doing no harm as yet. You dont see this slug offen in my tank. Now and then you see him.

What is this realy - see pic. :(
If you touch it ,it pulls up in to a ball. It got a hard peace of shell on it's head. any Idea?

Bargain Tank SALE for sale: Johannesburg

Posted: June 1st, 2010, 9:14am CDT by bushwacker_69

Hardware for saleThread title:

Bargain Tank SALE

Location:

Johannesburg

Shipping or Collection only:

Johannesburg

Photo's and description/list of items for sale:

Tank 1.8mx600x650 with fully gallvanised stand C2C overflow and drilled CLS will throw in the water boy 2 in 1 carbon/phosphate with this. R3000 (pics)
(This tank and stand cost close to R5500 when i had it built)
PLEASE NOTE - in order for me to sell the below i first need to have a buyer for the tank itself.

3ft sump with Carib sea grand bhamas aragonite DSB. R700
skimmer - reef octopus recirc dnw 200 - R3000
then theres about +- 60kgs of live rock

1 X powder blue tang
1 X Scopas tang
1 X unknown tang
1 X sailfin tang

few other smaller fish.

Notes:

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Brgain tank SALE for sale: Johannesburg

Posted: June 1st, 2010, 9:13am CDT by bushwacker_69

Hardware for saleThread title:

Brgain tank SALE

Location:

Johannesburg

Shipping or Collection only:

Johannesburg

Photo's and description/list of items for sale:

Tank 1.8mx600x650 with fully gallvanised stand C2C overflow and drilled CLS will throw in the water boy 2 in 1 carbon/phosphate with this. R3000 (pics)
(This tank and stand cost close to R5500 when i had it built)
PLEASE NOTE - in order for me to sell the below i first need to have a buyer for the tank itself.

3ft sump with Carib sea grand bhamas aragonite DSB. R700
skimmer - reef octopus recirc dnw 200 - R3000
then theres about +- 60kgs of live rock

1 X powder blue tang
1 X Scopas tang
1 X unknown tang
1 X sailfin tang

few other smaller fish.

Notes:

-

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