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Marine Aquariums of South Africa

Chaeto Questions

Posted: July 31st, 2010, 11:35pm CDT by costa

Hi guys,

How should one position the chaeto in one's DSB?
Elevated above the substrate using eggcrate for e.g. or is it o.k. to leave it on
the surface.(Not to sure about this because I think it could become a detritus trap)

Could you also give me any other advice which would promote both chaeto growth
as well as animal growth which the chaeto supports?

Cheers,
Costa.
Greeting and questions

Posted: July 31st, 2010, 8:33pm CDT by cswhitehead

Hi everyone. Im new here. And new to marine aquariums. So i have a lot of questions. Hope you guys will be able to help me as i cant wait to get started. First il tell you what my end goal is. I want a natural looking good size marine tank with sump. I want to keep live rock coral and fish in the tank. I work shifts so only work 16days a month so i have a lot of time to put into this but i dont have that much money to put into it that being said i want to buy quality stuff 1st time around because i dont want to buy cheap equipment thats going to break and battle to do the job because then im going to end up spending more money buying quality equipment 2nd time around.
So questions
1. Im looking for a good book on marine aquariums any recommendations?
2. I want quite a big tank i have read that deeper tanks look more natural how deep should a tank be? What is a good size tank. Length height and width?
3. I want to build my own tank so what glass and thickness should i use?
4. What equipment will i need? Lighting, pumps, filter, skimmer, chiller ect. . . And the estimated price of each so i can budget for them and so that i know if im getting ripped off when i go to buy the items.
Thanks guys and sorry for a stupid questions i know that they have probably been answered before but i am using my phone to view the site so its a bit difficult to search through all the info.
Items for sale: Jhb - West Rand

Posted: July 31st, 2010, 8:04pm CDT by rakabos

Full system sales or multiple items for sale.Thread title:
Items for sale
Location:
Jhb - West Rand
Shipping or Collection only:
Collection only
Photo's and description/list of items for sale:
Hi guys

Got a few odds and ends to get rid of. Please have a look. Im pretty flexible on all the prices

1. Display tank. 1.5m X 0.45m X 0.45m with steel stand. Glass is 6mm - R400

2. Sump. 3FT - R300

3. Dual lighting ballast (GLO) 2x54W 1.2m or so R200

4. Globes for above ballast. 1 X Actinic 54W, 2x Aquablue 54W. R100 each (Giesemann)

5. Skimmer. Reeftek TS2 with OTP-2000 pump. R1200

6. Light pedestal. 1m or so. Can take 3 X 39W tubes. There is one white tube in, i guess its a 10k. R600

7. Crushed coralsand for use as substrate. R100 for 10kg, i have about 40kg or so

8. Metal Halides. 2 X 150W units. The one has a 10k bulb, the other a 15k bulb. R1000 each. W23cm X L14.5cm X H10cm

I live in Wilgeheuwel and this is collection only, unless you REALLY need it shipped which would be at your own cost then...
Notes:
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Anemone fragging

Posted: July 31st, 2010, 7:40pm CDT by deadmeat2016

Hi, was wondering if fragging a nennie is a good idea(cutting across the oral disc ect.), my malu is is taking up half of my 1.2! Could it possibly just kill it? can you 'encourage' it to split?

Also what is the longest anyone has kept an anemone in captivity?:)

Thanks
400+g my uk tank

Posted: July 31st, 2010, 4:24pm CDT by vds

hi there im new to the forum so here is a fts of my system i have at my shop in the uk.

its a custom built deltec system . that has cost me more than i would have liked to spend . .

its still a ongoing project . this is not the most upto date shot but is from the last 5-6 month .

hope you enjoy .

any questions just ask :thumbup:
hi im new here . my marine tank in the uk

Posted: July 31st, 2010, 3:01pm CDT by vds

hi guys my name is marius . i now live in the uk and ive brought my passion of marine reef keeping with me .

ive been asked to post up some pics of my setup . its a touch over 400 gal.

give me a few mins and ill take some for you .

im not totally happy atm . but i dont think anyone is with there tanks:whistling:
How does a nennie multiply?

Posted: July 31st, 2010, 2:25pm CDT by Dikdaan

Hi all

I have a magnifica nennie, its bigger than a dinner plate at the moment and starting to get rather big for my setup... Feeding it every second day on different foods.

What i would like to know is how and when does a nennie split or become more?
Frag setup

Posted: July 31st, 2010, 1:59pm CDT by Wizard

Hey everyone. its been a long time..... more than a year since i last logged on. i never sold my tank, infact i started a frag project over a year ago. my interest in it has come in waves ( ie when i have had cash to blow ) i need to to get motivated again and thought that a few pics for you and some incouragement from you may get the ball roling again. mmmmmmmmmmmm lets see

i had just turned the lights on for these photos, i will be replacing all the bulbs with 14k 400s soon.
Idol marine and profilux

Posted: July 31st, 2010, 1:57pm CDT by Bob the (reef)builder

Hi All

Idol Marine will do a demonstration and question session
at our shop next Saturday at 12pm,7 August,on the new
Profilux 3.

We invite all Profilux owners and interested people to attend.

Some of the topics to be discussed:
1.Difference between P2 and P3.
2.Pump control.
3.Illumination LED lighting.
4.Temperature control.
5.Reactor control,dosing.
6.Some advanced programmable logic.
7.Web applications,3rd Party Applications.
8.New firmware,products,vortech controller.

Be cool and salty,
Look forward to seeing you all,
Cheers.
Idol Marine Crew.:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: :thumbup:
MD pumps - IWAKI

Posted: July 31st, 2010, 1:46pm CDT by SchyffS

Hi Scott
Can you provide more detailed specifications on the magnetic drive pumps if you still stock them MD-3600 and MD-5160, power consumption, flow rate vs head loss etc
Also on the Water Blaster Extreme pumps, specifications.
Will you be selling direct to the members or must we get prices from our local LFS?
(FS) Waterblaster HY-7000W for sale: Fourways, JHB

Posted: July 31st, 2010, 10:35am CDT by mariusmeyer

Hardware for saleThread title:
(FS) Waterblaster HY-7000W
Location:
Fourways, JHB
Shipping or Collection only:
Prefer collection, can deliver to PTA over weekends, Shipping at buyers expense (+- R150)
Photo's and description/list of items for sale:
Guys, I am selling my Reef Octopus Waterblaster HY-7000W. It is about 4 weeks old, used for 3 weeks by the previous owner and for about 20mins by me.

Yes, I only used for for 20 minutes. I wanted to use it as my return as well as to power the scrubber. It has a 32mm pipe on the outlet, I also include a reducer to normal 25mm (black fitting on right in first pic). The flow out of this pump is great. Reason I am selling, it was sort of an impulse buy and only realized after that my big lifetech pump could do the same job. I paid R2100 so that is what I am selling it for. New this pump is just over R3000.

Flow Chart

Notes:
Ideal pump to use to power multiple things (scrubber, return etc.). Can be used as internal or external. Power consumption is great at 88W. Does 7000LPH. Head height is 3.6m. Flowchart is attached.

This is a great price on a basically new pump.

R2100 in case you missed the price at the top.
Supplements

Posted: July 31st, 2010, 9:24am CDT by RocheH

Hi all, I have a 25L top-up tank with an aqua medic top up controller. Now the thing is can you mix all your supplements like magnesium, strontium........ All in the same top-up water R.O for your daily water evaporation.