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Marine Aquariums of South Africa

Purchased a Captive Bred ORA Mandarin today!

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 5:50am CDT by Anemone

I got my little spotted ORA captive Bred Mandarin fish in the bag, along with 4 captive bred Banggai Cardinalfish. All will be acclimated very soon! All are juvi's but I'm loving it!!!!!! Pics in the next few days!
Tunze 9002 Skimmer AirLine Modification

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 1:32am CDT by donkey

Seen This Mod Kicking Around On a Few Forums. So I Decided to Mod Mine And Film It

YouTube- Tunze 9002 Modification

YouTube- Tunze 9002 Modification
Tunze 9002 Skimmer review

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 1:31am CDT by donkey

My tunze 9002

YouTube- Tunze 9002 Protein Skimmer

YouTube- Tunze 9002 Protein Skimmer

:slayer::slayer::slayer:
Selcon ? Aminomega? hufa' live food enrichment!

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 10:45pm CDT by mandarinman

I made a fantastic discovery today at a lfs(snooping cos i didnt feel like working). i found an enrichment supplement for live food called Aminomega from brightwells. Great now people can enrich their flakes ,food or livefood to make sure their fishes survive and thrive! wow i only paid R89 per 80ml bottle. one drop per pint of water while enriching. ps this stuff looks like mayonaise!
Cleaner Shrimp

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 10:43pm CDT by racerchic

Hi

1)I have had my tank running for about 8 months. I have noticed recently that my 2 cleaner shrimp have become fairly agressive towards some of the fish. Is it normal for them to become agressive as they get bigger?

2) have been using seachem paraguard for the last 3 days as it was recomended to me to treat white spot. I noticed today that my star fish had died and I am wondering if the paraguard could have had anything to do with it?

thanks

TL550
120L
NANO
For the Nikon Lovers

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 10:11pm CDT by sean_koekemoer

Nikon has announced the arrival of the D3100, a new entry-level DSLR that sports, among other cool features, a 14.2-megapixel CMOS sensor and Full 1080p (1920 x 1080) HD video capture @ 24 fps withnow hang on to your hats, kidsfull-time autofocus with monaural sound. Now we're talking (and autofocusing)!
Like its predecessor, the Nikon D3000, the new camera is compact, light and well thought out in terms of usability. Shutter-release times are near instantaneous and an 11-point AF system helps you nail sharp snaps every time. When shooting under less than desirable lighting conditions, the D3100's EXPEED 2 image processor allows you to tweak the camera's native 100-3200 range up to an equivalent of ISO 12,800.

Check out the link:

Nikon D3100 Features 1080p HD Video with Full-Time Autofocus | Digital Photography insights
RedSea Coral Pro Salt Special

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 8:45pm CDT by bryan

Hi

We have a special running on the Red Sea Coral Pro Salt 22kg Buckets (660L)

NOW ONLY R599 PER BUCKET !! :yeahdude:

We also offer door to door delivery nationwide...
Online Shop

* Offer valid until 31 Aug 2010
Detailed form submitted: Dikdaan

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 8:41pm CDT by Dikdaan

Detailed help requestAre you experiencing any problems in your tank?
Yes
Brief Description
Hi all

I just tested my NO3 levels and it is sky high!!!! Like in really very high. I am looking for info on the web but cant find anything that really helps...

Why would the levels be sky high and how can i get it down?
Tank size
1200X450x450
System Volume
350liters
How long has your tank been running?
12months
What livestock do you have?
Livestock
tomato clown X4
clarkii clown X2
blue yellow tail damsel x4
pajama cardinal x2
three spot damsel x1
boxer shrimp x1
hermits a lot
snails also a lot
Coral
H. Magnifica nennie
massive pincushion (50cm across) and a few smaller ones
colt coral (base 15cm around and standing 25cm high)
hammer coral
various polyps
various shrooms
brain coral
pulsing xenia
Water Parameters
NH3.... 0.25
NO2.... 0.2
NO3.... high range - 250
Alkalinity.... - 2
pH.... - 8.2
Salinity.... 1.025
Temperature.... - 28
RO water TDS reading.... - 1
What lighting is over the tank?
T5's: 2x actinic and 2x white
Pumps and equipment
Sump:
DSB with cheato
skimmer TS1
In tank:
tank bout 350 liters including sump
2cm aragonite base
40-50kg LR
Maintenance
feeding twice daily with different things. Flakes in the morning, 2nd feeding gets exchanged between frozen foods and omega one.
Using Tetra salt. Dose with iodine once a week
Other info and photo's.
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my first sps frags

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 7:39pm CDT by burt

starting with sps, now for the past month been studying all i can about sps, here are some pic of the new babies, lol:)
fish are back in display tank

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 6:42pm CDT by edyta2382

hello finally first two fish are back in amy main tank after whit spot my tank was fishles for five weeks so the two yello tangs are first to come back the fish look very healthy fat and happy no symptoms i hope the ich is gone and the rest of the live stock will be back soon :thumbup: i upload some pics of the display
garden Route Reefers

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 4:39pm CDT by FransSny

Garden route guys , I will be in mosselbaai next weekend so if you need something let me know and we can meet
muscles

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 4:23pm CDT by mupwi

hi there are any of you keeping muscles in youre tanks if so what do you feed them and what special requierments do theye have eg light aration ect
Live Food Images

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 4:14pm CDT by Amphiprion

Isocrysis + N.Oculata Phytoplankton Cultures

Artemia grown from Cysts in N.Oculata

Mysid Shrimp Tank

Mysids

Recently Acquired a live culture of Daphnia, Will post pics soon.
Old Marine Room

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 3:57pm CDT by Amphiprion

Here are some pics of my marine tank setup I had a while ago (2003-2005)

Sump

Electronic Ballasts
Nahoon Reef East London Illegal Sewage dumping by municipality.

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 2:28pm CDT by leslie hempel

Guys im posting this in the hopes that someone will be able to help or spread the news to fellow beachgoers in the area..

from an aquairists point of view we caych alot of fish in this area and its not at all fun to swim past condoms and sanitary pads that have bypassed the filtration process and just pumped straight out into the sea..

we (East Londoners specifically) need to do something about this as it is now getting out of controll..

i am tired of suffering from ear and other infections from surfing there.. it is a radical wave to ride the one of the best the country has to offer.

so please pass on tell your neighbours and save the beach for future generations.. see the e-mails that have been flowing below and if possible join the facebook page in support of what we are trying to achieve..

e-mail 1

The time has come for action , Nahoon and other affected ward Rate payers need to boycott rates until the funds are allocated to the intended projects not talk and corruption .
Once again signs are nonchalantly posted all over Nahoon Beach By the BCM that they pumped raw sewage into our ocean. This has to be stopped by force now!

This ward is a DA represented ward please advise what you are doing to rectify the Sewage "Ticking Time Bomb" here as highlighted in the Weekend Post Expose Front page Headline on Saturday 14 Aug.

This is an illegal activity according to national environmental laws and has been reported to the green scorpions ( who seem to have very little sting in their tail as far as local government is concerned.I am sure international laws are also being contravened here and if need be the governing bodies will be alerted. ) East London , tourism and all residents are the losers here as well as our marine Eco system as a whole which is already severely compromised.

Kevin Harris

Nahoon Beach Blue Flag Beach Lobby
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=83271166497&ref=search&sid=785648922 .3585408132..1

e-mail 2

Hi All  The situation with raw sewerage coming down the Nahoon River is quite sick and revolting. Unfortunately it is not just the ratepayers that suffer, but everybody that uses the river and beach. A ratepayer boycott will not be successful unless the whole of Nahoon joins the initiative, and I do not think that everybody would do that. Unfortunately not

In my opinion we need EVERYBODY to object, and we need to enter into some kind of dialogue with the Municipality/relative department, however painstakingly difficult that may be.

Some action that is representative of ratepayers AND every user of Nahoon Beach should be embarked on. Maybe a meeting on the beach one afternoon with a PA loudspeaker system and an open mic for everybody to say their say (Surfers/paddlers/ratepayers etc) and with the Daily Dispatch present?

Imagine some Municipal manager comes into my restaurant, and I serve him a turd on a plate! Can you imagine his disgust as he takes the first bite? That is exactly what they are doing to us, but we are expected to swallow and smile

Look at all the damage that all that human waste is doing to sea life in one of the worlds best surf spots and one of the most pristine and beautiful reefs in the world. I have also heard of German tourists packing up and leaving for PE (Yesterday) when they heard of the human waste on Nahoon Beach!

Somebody needs to be fired. Somebody must be held responsible!

Enough is enough!!!

Llewellyn Thatcher Le Petit Restaurant Nahoon

Please reply to this email if you have any ideas, and please pass it on to likeminded people that may be able to respond.

e-mail 3

Dear Fellow beach goers and East Londoners ,

My boys and I surf. We also live in Gonubie. I am behind Llewllyn 100%.
I am the idiot who started the All roads lead to Gonubie campaign. I have been down this road , as it were. I am keen to help you with our plight.

The Gonubie road ! I tackled this with great help from the Daily Dispatch. If you contact the Daily Dispatch , they will set you up with a Blog for your campaign. This is an online forum where we can all discuss the problem. This is open to everyone to have their say , and read others point of view.

With the road , I went the diplomatic route. I did the Dispatch thing , and then I contacted all the people in charge at the Traffic department , provincial roads , DA counselors ( John Cupido , Roy Engelbeck ). Suffice it to say , that the diplomatic route does not work ! I was then going to embark on a tough route . Which was illegal. I was warned to back off. The whole campaign was chewing up my time and energy , and I have a business to run. So I threw in the towel. Gonubie carries on sitting in traffic every evening for 1 hour. I Failed. But , I did learn a lot.

Sewerage !! From my experience with the Road , I suggest that we go straight to the Tough Route . And I would go about it as follows :-
1. Call a meeting and plan a way forward. Fast ! We need someone with spare time to run and manage the campaign.
2. Contact Tegan at The Daily Dispatch email teganb@dispatch.co.za Direct number 0437022077 . Tegan will set up a blog site for the campaign. Tegan will also arrange articles in the paper drawing attention to our Blog site and our plight. She will also arrange photographers and reporters to follow the story etc
2. We get every surfer , paddler , life saver , beach goer on any craft they can find , sitting behind the back line , at sea , with clothes pegs on our noses. Picture in the dispatch and on our Blog site , hell we could even get Derek Watts to join us from Carte Blanche !!
3. All our Children wont be going to school soon because of the strike. Maybe we could get all our Kids to defecate on the steps of the City hall !!! Okay , that may be a bit extreme BUT , maybe we need to get this extreme to get something done !
4. At Haga Haga / Marshstands , we have set up a trust account which all the rate payers pay their rates into. This is set up legally. Rates are not paid to the Komga Municipality. Out of these funds improvements to services ( Run Privately ) are paid. Diane Williams set this all up and controls it. She has done a phenomenal job. This has been running for about 2 years now , with great success. This has been done in many municipalities , I believe. Why can we not set this up for Nahooners ?? From these funds we could tackle the sewerage problem ourselves.

On the 28th and 29th August , Nahoon reef will be hosting the Mr Price Pro Open surfing compo. The best senior and junior surfers , from all over South Africa , will be converging on Nahoon reef. What great exposure for our town. Supersport television crews and professional photographers will be here. Events like this boost our little economy. Hotels , bed and breakfasts , shops etc. What an embarrassment if the event is called off because our water is brown !!!!

Any Help , input needed , please contact me , I am IN !!!

Regards

Gary Dalbock
where to buy in u.k

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 1:54pm CDT by dropzone newbee

hey guys and gals
off to the u.k and was wondering if there are any websites out there i can buy some goodies off ?
pumps etc ?

thanks
Can I run 24w T5s on a 36w ballast?

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 1:52pm CDT by Dane

Hey guys,

I have a 2ft tank at the moment, but will probably upgrade to a 3ft sometime in the future. I am also about to upgrade from CFL &T8s to T5 lighting.

Can I run 24w 2ft T5 globes off a 36w ballast? Found a place to get dual 36w ballast for a very good price. I have searched everywhere but I cannot find someone that stocks a DUAL 24/36w interchangeable ballast!

Thanks!

D :ninja:
Puppy V.2

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 12:54pm CDT by Puppy

Update:Tank and hardware Specs

The Tank has been running for about 2 week now .So far so good.

Main 1.2 x 700 x 700 (12mil)
Sump 1.0 x 600 x 600

Flow pumps :Tunze streams 2 x 6101's and 2 x 6201's
Skimmer : Deltec AP902
Lights :1 x 400watt MH Lumenarc and 2 x 250watt MH Giesemann Infinity's
Chiller :Hailea HC1000BH
ReturnPump :AM 6500
CA reactor :AM 1000
NR reductor :AM 1000
TopUp :AM Niveaumat
Carbon and Phos : AM as well

Currently there is only a few sps frags in the system .So if anybody wants to trade or sell some frags please let me know.
Pic's will follow sometime ,but at the moment I have not made an effort.
I will keep updating as the system progresses.
Buckets to Loan Please

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 12:09pm CDT by Slummies

Hey guys. people from east london who have around 250l worth of buckets to loan to me please let me know :)

i am wanting to fill the tank next week. shot
Closed loop systems

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 12:07pm CDT by shane

Hi,
I have read through all the close loop system threads and reviews about what works and does not work.Tyhe main purpose of the closed loop system is to simulate different wave formations in the display tank, in doing this we use different configurations of pipe fittings as well as ball valves to create different waves in the display tank.
I was in Makro the other day and came across these Gardena plastic solenoid water valves, that once connected the a watering controller will allow to flow to different parts of the garden.
Now I was wandering if anyone has ever tried these types of valves in a closed loop system?
Surely if they are connected in a closed loop system and also connected to a timer that would activate the solenoid coil to open the valve, you would have a basic wave maker controlling water to different areas in the tank.
I would like to hear your thoughts about this topic.
Cheers
Pregnant Juvi Seahorse Pics

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 11:40am CDT by Anemone

I'm not hiding anything!

I'm not pregnant!

I'm busted!
New Arrivals

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 11:11am CDT by Naiema

We landed a stunning shipment from Bali. Regal, Sailfins,Lipsticks and Vlamingi Surgeons.Navarchus,Bi Colours, Coral Beauties, 6 lines, Diamond backs, True perculas, Occelaris, Banggais,Chromis, Damsels,Moorish, Wimples, Copperbands& more butterflies, Eibli Angels etc. ph 0217122534/0826368990
Some stunning Pics on this site

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 10:57am CDT by ziyaadb

Pics from all over the world showcasing reefs. Very very Nice worth a look:

Welcome to Drink of Beauty ~ Visions of Heaven on Earth

Welcome to Jungle Aquatics

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 10:51am CDT by viper357

Please welcome our latest Sponsor, Bryan from Jungle Aquatics. :)

Taken from their website...
Quote:

Jungle Aquatics was established 17 September 2007 at the Little Falls Garden Centre in Roodepoort - The retail premises was bought over from International Aquatics - Importer, Wholesaler and Retailer of Coldwater, Tropical and Marine Fish. Today Jungle Aquatics grew into an Aquatic Superstore - we are Premium stockist of the entire Sera, Tetra, Omega One, RedSea, Juwel Aquarium and many more leading brands.

Their shop address is:

Jungle Aquatics
LITTLE FALLS GARDEN CENTER
c/o Hendrik Potgieter and Cascades road,
Roodepoort - Johannesburg
(w) 011 675 4351
(f) 0866 519 385

Their website - Jungle Aquatics - Your Aquatic Online Pet Shop Superstore and Aquarium retail outlet!

And online shop - [www.aquaria.co.za]

What a fish ???

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 10:19am CDT by Trev

Who cant say that this fish is awsome, still is and Im sure will always be my fav

Trev
Fish keeping (easy to difficult) requirements

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 9:48am CDT by FransSny

Came across this list again while researching stocking list for a complete setup I have to do for a client. Thought it might be usefull to you guys & gals

AMDA EcoList
Midas & Bi-Colour Blenny

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 8:33am CDT by Michael B

Morning Folks,

I have a standard 5 foot set-up & have a Midas Blenny already. My question is, can I add a Bi-Colour Blenny?

Will this cause any stress on Midas?

Thanks in advance for your input.

Michael B
ID needed please

Posted: August 19th, 2010, 8:28am CDT by Giepie

Please ID this urchin I found in my tank...
I saw it in my tank a moth ago, but took me some time to find it again...

The body is +/- 1cm and spines are 1,5 - 2cm long. Doesn't like to be bothered and will move at the speed of an F1 racer... okay, I'm pushing it, but this this moves fast. I had to turn the LR it was sitting on a copuple of time before I could get this pic.

I would like to know it's scientific & common names - love to research things that I find in my tank.

Thanks guys (and gals)