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New Jebo R338

Posted: September 8th, 2010, 1:19am CDT by kensleyk

Hi All
Just started with my marine tank about 6 to 7 weeks ago.
Its a little pico tank which holds about 40 liters of water.
I have had fresh water fish for awhile now and was practically "donated" the complete Jebo R338 with all acc's for R150. Thought it was time i started a salt water tank and here i am.
The tank has been cycling for the 7 weeks with really nice cured live rock.Also to boost bacteria i used Seachem Stability and a Purigen filter for the ammonia/nitrates,etc.

Life in the tank seems to be good from day 1....lots of bristle worms(2 over 1 inch big), and some rock life...microscopic feather dusters to me and a few tube worms.
The rock came with Sundial snail aswell which has survived thus far aswell.

About 1,5 weeks ago,the wife got me a yellow tail blue damsel, as she thought it was mad of me coming home everyday for the last month too look at my rocks...so now i have a fish aswell to look at. Fish is eating well and so far no signs of stress.
I intend to create a mini reef tank.
I have modded my tank and installed a 10W Aim Marine Blue moon light in addition to the 2 daylight CFL's. This was done for the coral growth.
So far so good.

Will take some water to Jungle Aquatics tomorrow to test it and see if i can start putting in some soft coral.

Well thats me.

Thanks
H. Magnifica

Posted: September 8th, 2010, 10:28pm CDT by Dikdaan

Hi all I have a H. Magnifica nennie.... It is huge as in +-45cm across when fully opened. Its getting to big for my tank and I need to move it. My second tank doesnt have lighting yet, so if some one wants to make me an offer for him please do!!! I'm willing to swop as well...
corals

Posted: September 8th, 2010, 8:52pm CDT by Mannetjie

Hi Guy's

I am all new to the game, but I really want to. I had my tank now for 6 weeks. I bought some corals an fish on the weekend. But then it all struck me... I dont even know how long do I need to have the lights on and off. On Monday it seems like if my corals is going dead... I dont know. They getting pale... will load some pic.
LR needed

Posted: September 8th, 2010, 7:53pm CDT by Dikdaan

Hi all

Cassie needs liverock for his tank that he just started...

So if you have for sale or know of someone please let me or cassie know

Thx
Imacsa 2010

Posted: September 8th, 2010, 7:22pm CDT by Monti

hi
Does anyone know why the imacsa thread was removed?
Noobie here

Posted: September 8th, 2010, 7:03pm CDT by Mr_G

Hi guys, nice forum going on here, Im Gerard...

I have found marine tank to be my new hobby, but Im a little bit stuck with a problem...

I knew nothing about marine tanks, so I wanted to build my own one, I went shpping for a filter, so I learned about protein skimmers, so the guy sold me a hang on Via Aqua Multi skimmer, so I went and designed my tank to use this filter, and Ordered my glass, and build it, left it for a month to dry, and then I went and bought R1500 crushed coral, bio rock, testers, and salt, mixed the salt, and let the tank circulate for 4 weeks, then on saturday I went and bought 3 Stemps, and 3Clownfish, my Nitrate tested 0 and PH 8.0, and salt 0.020 - 0.022...

No one clownfish didnt want to eat, he died last night, tested my water and Nitrate is 1.0g/L so now Im woried that the filter/skimmer is not doing hisjob right...

have anyone here have experience on this skimmer, or a solution to my problem?

oh and is there a place where marine stuff is cheaper here in GP...dam its and expensive hobby, I've got a Fiesta ST and it overtakes my car by far...hahaha...
H.I.D Xenon Lamp System

Posted: September 8th, 2010, 5:23pm CDT by sean_koekemoer

Got me these for the car. Incredible lights.

Now my question for the light gurus out there. Can this not be used for Reef tank Lighting???

Oh, just found out someone else also had this topic going on another thread:

Will a Car HID Xenon Light Work on a reef Tank - Marine Aquariums of South Africa

But I see that there is no real answer yet. Surely it must work.
I love the fact that it works of 12V, and the wattage is way low.
And for the cost of 02 it is about R850.00, including the Ballasts.

That means that you can run quite a few of these and it'll still be cheaper than Metal Halides as well as helping out wrt Load shedding, meaning, you can run this of 12Volt or 16Volt.

Come guys and gals, help us get to a conclusion here- and no, I am not buying 8 plus just to test the par etc. Where's the clever guys??
Live Rock

Posted: September 8th, 2010, 4:41pm CDT by jumboswart

I am going to be needing about 25kg of LR for my new tank that is hopefully arriving at the end of the week. If anyone has any nice pieces please PM me
Various frags for sale: Wilgeheuwel - West Rand

Posted: September 8th, 2010, 4:03pm CDT by rakabos

Various frags for saleCommon Names:
Pulsating Xenia
Scientific Names:
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Size of frags
Fist size rock and one frag
How long have you had the frags?
1 Month
Are the frags mounted?
Yes
Shipping or Collection only:
Collection
Your location.
Wilgeheuwel - West Rand
Price:
R50 for frag, R150 for rock
Photo's:
Hi guys

Got these two pulsating xenias up for sale or trade. The one is fist size and has four big branches on, the other is a typical frag on a small piece of rock. I split these off my main colony a while back

Cash or trade for any other type of coral. Im specifically looking for Kenya tree or yellow zoas

R150 - Dont worry about the elastic band, i still haven't removed it, but the xenia is firmly attached to the rock itself

R50

Notes:
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Im sure you mentioned you have a Patent on this

Posted: September 8th, 2010, 3:59pm CDT by ziyaadb

Looks like the idea has been knocked off??

http://reefbuilders.com/2010/09/08/p...nious-product/
Some help.

Posted: September 8th, 2010, 3:18pm CDT by Jan G

I have a new Aquarium, setup and running. I add water conditioner to the water but after 3 days the water is still blue and I did not stop the coner filter. What must I do and can I add fish to the tank.
Sump needed

Posted: September 8th, 2010, 1:49pm CDT by Jhavenga

Burst my sump over the weekend. Need to get another one asap. Max dimensions in cabinet: 95cm (l) x 32cm (w) x 45 cm (h). If it is a little smaller than this it should work 100's.
Cordless Glue Gun and spearfishing fins

Posted: September 8th, 2010, 1:40pm CDT by leslie hempel

guys i have a brand nuut glue gun which i havent used,
R650

and

spearfishing fins
R400

willing to ship at buyers expense
Who's tank is this???

Posted: September 8th, 2010, 12:59pm CDT by sean_koekemoer

Does anyone know who's tank this is, and maybe help out with a link:
The Nano Bowl

Posted: September 8th, 2010, 12:38pm CDT by fly*

I have a 20L Glass Fishbowl that I used to keep a Betta in years ago that i'm hoping to house some non light loving small softies, some shroom's, some rics and maybe a hermit. I had a few ideas for the lighting but the simplest and most elegant seemed to be one of those old school desk lamps running either a 8000k CFL or a LED E27 from Genral Lamp. I'll see how the livestock fairs with the CFL 1st though.

The bowl is going to have a small internal sump with a 600lph (should cycle the bowl 24 times an hour) pump doing the work and I have a small 50w heater to do the heating. The sump will have 2 compartments, 1st compartments will hold the filter media, some sponge and filter floss, 2nd compartment will hold the pump, the heater and some purigen.

This sketch is more or less to scale but this kinda build is going to need a bit of tinkering and fiddling, the sump area as I said will be split into 2 and the "inlet" will just be a simple toothless lowered lip, i'm just being lazy when it comes to sketch :P

Here's everything cleaned up and i've now started working on the template for the internal sump. I'll see how the plastic container works 1st as a sump but i'm toying with getting the sump made from black or clear perspex. It'll just look that much slicker.

I don't really want to go the external sump route firstly because I just don't want to :) and secondly because the glass on this is helluva thin so I either risk cracking it while drilling or cracking it later once the inlet and outlet are running through.

I'll keep you updated as I go :)
Multiple items for sale: East London

Posted: September 8th, 2010, 12:26pm CDT by leslie hempel

Full system sales or multiple items for sale.Thread title:
Multiple items for sale
Location:
East London
Shipping or Collection only:
both at buyers expense
Photo's and description/list of items for sale:
hey Guys i cleaned out may garage and i have some stuff that i am selling:

Eheim Jager Heater (brand new never used still in box)new R365 selling for R300

Ocean Runner 3500 pump (used for about 2 months) new R1420 selling for R1200

Ocean Runner 6500 pump (never used) New R1850 selling for R1500

Reef cotopus DNW250 skimmer New R6500 selling for R4500

2 x 150w + 2 x 39w T5 light unit (never used needs suspendion cables) New R7500 selling for R5000

Large airblower (never use) new +-R900 selling for R650

please see pictures attached, if you are interested in an item please contact me.

thanks
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Profilux 3 Beta 3.0a Firmware

Posted: September 8th, 2010, 10:12am CDT by vatso

Hi all

Profilux has released the Beta 3.0a Firmware

http://www.aquariumcomputer.com/Syst...oad.php?did=88

What can one expect?

1.) The new Firmware is for the Vortech Controller
2.) New Web Interface Control

Enjoy