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Marine Aquariums of South Africa

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:
-