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  Can anyone ID this please...

  Posted: September 13th, 2010, 5:18am CDT by Phyrannus

  Help me ID this thing please.. Is it a flatworm or a green slug? should i remove it?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Here's the head
  
  
  TIA
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  LFS service

  Posted: September 13th, 2010, 11:58pm CDT by herkie

  I was in Gauteng a week or two ago and I feel I have to say something about the service I encountered. The service at some shops was more than excellent but at some of them it was shockingly disappointing and in some cases there was no service.
  
  The intention of this thread is not to throw mud or about creating heroes, I would like to reinforce the fact that all customers are important for your business. I agree any businessman will rather pay more attention to his his bigger customers but on the other hand: Any person that enters your shop is a potential customer or even more importantly - a potential big or loyal customer.
  
  Should all customers not for this same reason receive your undivided attention? Surely your e mail will still be available when the shop is empty and if it is empty is it not the result of no attention?
  
  At one particular outlet I went after an shop assistant to get some product info and the way he answered me made me wonder if I had not mistakenly ask the president of this country for marine product advice! I left and went to the shop where I always get a lot of good advice, attention and where my questions are responded to.
  
  No wonder the shop where I got the very good service seemed to be much busier and better stocked. By the way our local LFS who is famous for saying if you do not buy everything from him and do as he says he will not help you has closed his doors a week or two ago.:wave2:
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  orp

  Posted: September 13th, 2010, 10:31pm CDT by Jinx

  what other methods can be used to rise orp other than ozone in a reef aquarium?
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  help

  Posted: September 13th, 2010, 8:31pm CDT by Virnon

  can someone tell me if Scopas eat coral? mine seems to eat me starburst polyps!!!
  
  i aslo got a leather coral a few days ago and it will not stand up it keeps lying on it side. What could i do?
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  The Pearls Reeftank

  Posted: September 13th, 2010, 7:59pm CDT by durleo

  Hi Guys
  
  Does anybody know how the reef tank at the pearls in umhlanga broke.
  I saw it a few weeks ago and it was a huge bowfront tank with some lovely livestock.
  On my walk along the promenade yesterday i saw the area cordoned with barrier tape and a huge section of glass lying nearby. I hope they managed to save the livestock?
  
  Regards
  Duran
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  Pearly Beach - Cold Water Anemones

  Posted: September 13th, 2010, 6:38pm CDT by Gawiedj

  I spent the weekend in Pearly Beach and had some time on Sunday to take some pics.
  
  
  
  
  
  a bit closer
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Boyu 550

  Posted: September 13th, 2010, 5:52pm CDT by Zahed

  Hi All
  
  It seems all the reading and I still feel unempowered. I have some questions and once again thank all of you for your help.
  

  1. I have the marine bug and am planning a second tank and therefore do not want to modify my current Boyu too much or none at all. Please advise on based on the standard setup what type of Corals (SPS and LPS) as well as numbers of CuCs and fish I should stock. I would prefer a well balanced co-operative reef which is not overstocked and would rather lean on the conservative end.
  2. Should I purchase or build the tank myself, and if so are their standardised designs for main tank and sumps that are proven and easily maintained.
  3. If I were to purchase where is the most reasonable and what size would is recommended.

  :slayer:
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  coral placement

  Posted: September 13th, 2010, 5:31pm CDT by mo

  hi guys, anyone have a link that i can check out about placing corals and which should not be next to others.
  
  i found that my frogspawn stung my montipora so had to move it.
  thought i check out more info on the others i have.
  i have:
  brain
  hammer head - single
  leather
  monti's
  pin cushion
  mushrooms
  elegance
  
  2 bubble anenomes
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  Getting a tank..please advise me

  Posted: September 13th, 2010, 4:54pm CDT by flamming angel

  hey guys .
  
  Just need some advice on the following :whistling:
  
  I am getting a 650lx500x500 tank in 6mm glass for R700. It comes with the stand and 4 x 24w T5's. I am looking to add a sump. I wont be keeping any difficults corals for now, but if i would like to keep say sps will change the lighting later on.
  
  Now the questions :
  
  1. Is this a good buy for the price.
  2. Will it be easy to add a sump since its 6mm.
  3. Should i add an extra sheet to the base to make it stronger.
  
  Thanks :biggrin:
  
  ps: All advice welcome, that includes if you have something to sell.
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  Changing a few things! Big JOB!!!!

  Posted: September 13th, 2010, 3:57pm CDT by SPOT A

  Well it has begun:thumbup:
  
  
  I am taking out my substrate and replacing it with aragonite (white). Obviously this means that the reef comes out. Hectic job!
  
  I am upgrading my skimmer to a Reefocto 150
  
  I am making my DSB larger.
  
  I am lowering my MH's about 20cm, about 20cm from the water surface.
  
  I have buckets, rocks, containers, mess etc, everywhere.
  
  Fish are in a temp container with powerhead and live rock.
  
  Not a great way to spend a sunday evening!!! :yeahdude:
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  sump pics

  Posted: September 13th, 2010, 3:48pm CDT by magman

  Hey guys,
  
  I am looking for ideas for a new sump, how about a thread with pics of sumps....:thumbup:
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  Beach Clean Up

  Posted: September 13th, 2010, 2:30pm CDT by Steve Warren

  Beach Clean Up
  
  International Beach Clean up will take place on 18th September 2010 which is an annually event held every third Saturday of September each year.
  
  Bayworld together with Sappi (Adamis Mill) will be hosting the clean up effort at Pollock Beach, Port Elizabeth and encourage the public to join us at 09:00am. Dirt bags will be provided.
  
  Sappi will be sponsoring a group of children form SOS Children’s Village, a group of PROTEC students, and a mathematics, Science and Technology intervention programme from grade 10 to 12 learners.
  
  Join in this important conservation exercise during Tourism month.
  
  While you are in the area – pay a visit to Bayworld – be a tourist in your own City.
  
  Bayworld opens at 09:00 and closes at 16:30. Seal and penguin presentations are at 11:00 and 15:00 daily and be amazed at the exciting animatronics Dinosaur display.
  
  For queries please contact Alicia on 041 584 0650 or via email on pr@bayworld.co.za.
  
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  Swaping to new DSB

  Posted: September 13th, 2010, 1:38pm CDT by mandarin

  I've built a seperate room so that i can move my DSB from under my DT. There will be two 1000mm x 300mm x 350mm tanks one above each other. Overflow from DT to top tank with T3 skimmer, DSB and ATS above, overflow to lower tank with DSB and pumped back to DT. Now the question, can i transfer my old DSB sand to the other two new DSB's or would it be better to let it cycle threw the old one as well untill the cycle is complete then remove the old DSB.
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  When is the next meet going to happen?

  Posted: September 13th, 2010, 1:05pm CDT by vatso

  When is the next meet going to happen?
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  EL tank tour review

  Posted: September 13th, 2010, 12:28pm CDT by Prodigy

  Hey guys tank tour was a great success
  Thanks to the 5 guys that allowed us into their homes to look at their awesome tanks well done guys
  We had close to 60 people attending which was a good turn out and hope to increase this number in the next tour
  A special thanks to Mike(phat) for his sms's and control
  To the two ladies Chantel and Roxy for organising and making the eats they were really great and well done with the whole event
  Cant wait for the next event!!!!!:yeahdude:
  
  Shot guys
  Bux
  ECMAA Chairman
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  AM Ocean Prop 15000l BRAND NEW for sale: Cape Town

  Posted: September 13th, 2010, 11:37am CDT by zayd

  Hardware for saleThread title:

  AM Ocean Prop 15000l BRAND NEW

  Location:

  Cape Town

  Shipping or Collection only:

  Shipping at cost of Buyer

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

  Hi
  
  I have 2 of these for sale. BRAND NEW. Decided to rather go with Tunze streams. Need more flow for my new tank. R2250 each.
  
  [www.aqua-medic.de]
  
  
  Thanks
  Zayd
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  Notes:

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  Brand new cube for sale: Cape Town

  Posted: September 13th, 2010, 11:34am CDT by FransSny

  Hardware for saleThread title:

  Brand new cube

  Location:

  Cape Town

  Shipping or Collection only:

  Collection Only

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

  I was supposed to build this for someone else, but he decided to go starfire :P
  
  Specs:
  
  Cube 620 x 620 x 650 (h)
  12 mm Clear Float Glass , Polished edges.
  Black Silicone
  200 mm , slimline overflow
  Hidden return via overflow.
  
  Please note I have not built the tank yet (first finishing another member's setup)
  
  Schetchup Model:
  
  
  
  Similar one I am completing
  
  
  
  Reasonable offers please guys

  Notes:

  Mods if more pics are needed I can post some of the actual pieces of glass

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  Blue Palm (Nephtheis fascicularis) Spawning?

  Posted: September 13th, 2010, 11:32am CDT by dallasg

  Hi Sara,
  
  Would you be able to tell if my coral is spawning? my params are all in check, salinity @ 1025, and i feed him cyclopese and had him now for 3 weeks, all other livestock is great. i have noticed that each head got a mucus covering then was released about hour or 2 after, all the heads have been release and sticking to rocks etc
  
  thanks
  Dallas
  
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  One for the sparkies

  Posted: September 13th, 2010, 11:27am CDT by mariusmeyer

  I need some input/explanation here please.
  
  I finally connected my battery backup and tested it to see how long it will keep my return pump running.
  
  This is what I have. 145W return pump, 102AH deep cycle battery with built in state of charge indicator Green for 70% and up, black when less than 70%, new and fully charged. Inverter is pure sine with an efficiency of 86%. 3 stage charger.
  
  So according to my calculations the pump will draw 14.05A from the battery. (145W/0.86%)/12V
  
  For a full discharge of the battery it would be 102AH/14.05A = 7.25 Hours or 7hours:15mins.
  
  I monitored the battery voltage throughout the entire time (I know it is not an accurate estimate of state of charge) to see where it is. The battery started off at 12.4/12.5V. After 7 hours of running the pump the voltage was down to 11.9V and the state of charge indicator was still green! How can this be? I thought that the state of charge indicator is not working as it should. So I switched the pump back to mains and let the battery recharge. I expected it to recharge for around 16-24hours as it should have been close to dead according to my calculations. Yet after 6.5hours, the battery charger indicated that it was in float charging mode.
  
  So was my calculation on running time incorrect? Is my pump drawing that much less power? Or do I have a super battery?
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  Brittle starfish

  Posted: September 13th, 2010, 11:13am CDT by Kevin

  Hi Guys,
  
  I been away from the forum for a while now (studying, work, travelling etc).
  
  I installed a sump on my Boyu TL550 in March / April this year and basically just put a whole lot of play sand in as a DSB with a bit of live rock from my display tank.
  
  Yesterday, I was changing the light bulbs on the ATS, when I noticed that the sand on the DSB was alive with movement.
  
  Closer inspection revealed hundreds of tiny brittle starfish. They are about 2mm in diameter and white in colour.
  
  I had some baby brittle stars about a year back but none survived. I think the Harley got them all.
  
  I have a huge brittle star in my display tank (body is the size of a R5 coin) and a few small ones which hang out in a small piece of live rock. The large one loves to chow pieces of hake, which I feed to my Harley. The Harley should actually eat the starfish, but he/she seems to be intimidated by it.
  
  I have added nothing to my tank since March this year, so I have no clue as to where there little guys came from, unless they are breeding in my tank ? There are no babies in the main tank at all.
  
  What are the chances they will survive to adulthood in a tank? Do they need any special diets?
  
  Thanks
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  Toadstool rotting?

  Posted: September 13th, 2010, 10:56am CDT by AfricaOffroad

  Friend of mine's pin cushion has started to erode at its base. Big gaping hole at the coral's trunk that has continued to grow with time. He pulled it out a few day's ago, and also noticed spots of rot under the main cap/head.
  
  What would cause this? Some kind of bacterial attack?
  
  So anyway last night he and myself cut this coral up into little pieces, removing all the rotting material and creating what we hope are 6 healthy frags. Never done this before, felt very alien cutting up a living organism (well the few prostitutes excluded:whistling:)
  
  Elastic banded them (light tension) onto pieces of rock and placed them in my frag tank. Lets see if they grow.
  
  In hindsight, will my generosity come back and bite me? Could this infection spread to my healthy pincushions in my main DT? I do run a 55W UV sterilizer for what its worth.
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  POOL PUMP for sale: DURBAN

  Posted: September 13th, 2010, 9:40am CDT by mahan

  Hardware for saleThread title:

  POOL PUMP

  Location:

  DURBAN

  Shipping or Collection only:

  BOTH

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

  HI GUY I HAVE A POOL PUMP FOR SALE 075KW PUMP IS ALMOST NEW ONLY DUSTY FROM STANDING R800 NEG SPECK PUMP PORPOISE

  Notes:

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  pumps for sale: DURBAN

  Posted: September 13th, 2010, 9:37am CDT by mahan

  Hardware for saleThread title:

  pumps

  Location:

  DURBAN

  Shipping or Collection only:

  BOTH

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

  Hi guys i have 2X pumps for sale aqua h20 8000l for sale bought from passer from SARK two weeks ago and never used them R500 EACH

  Notes:

  

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  Urgent help needed death of clowns

  Posted: September 13th, 2010, 9:01am CDT by badbiker

  Every two days I m losing one fish today one of the clown fish is missing I think there is some big problem my maroon clown has foggy eye and other clowns having white spot but they are not iching.I have also some other fishs they are healthy no bad signs or white spot I think the problem is in clowns only ??And if you ll till me its bad water quality So pls explain how to make it good quality every week i m doing 10% water change and PRMTS are normal
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  Hennie moving to Natal - well, sort of...

  Posted: September 13th, 2010, 8:38am CDT by Reef Maniac

  I will be looking after a construction project in the Natal Midlands for the next 5-6 months, and will be based near Nottingham Road. Although I will be commuting to Bloemfontein whenever I get the chance, that will not be all that often, and I will have to spend some weekends at my new place. My long suffering wife will stay in Bloem to look after my tank, and the cats, and the dogs, and the kids, and the garden, and...
  
  So, this gives me a good opportunity to meet some of you KZN fellows, perhaps attend one or two of your meetings, do some fishing (who's inviting ???), perhaps join you guys on a collection trip, and just generally get to know the Last Outpost of the British Empire a bit better.
  
  Hennie
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  Something not so positive....

  Posted: September 13th, 2010, 8:18am CDT by FransSny

  Obviously more regulation is required (please lets not start the MAC debate again)
  
  International law failing to protect coral reefs and tropical fish, experts argue
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  My Downgrade

  Posted: September 13th, 2010, 8:13am CDT by RiaanP

  Well, due to circumstances I broke down my PlayStation 3 system.
  PlayStation 3 - Page 9 - Marine Aquariums of South Africa
  
  Anyway, I set up my old 1.2 tank.
  
  It is a standard Daro 1.2m product. I used another standard 90L Daro tank as a sump.
  
  I changed the stand, cut the center bottom vertical brace out and moved it to the back. Also welded the small triangular supports in to prevent flexing. And had the stand powdercoated.
  
  Tank got bottom drilled, and I fit a slim line al la Idol Marine style overflow box 100mm wide.
  
  Sump, added two baffles, one shorter by 10mm.