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Chaeto wanted again

Posted: September 28th, 2010, 11:33pm CDT by keyaam

Anyone got some to spare
how many fish/inverts can fit in a 55l

Posted: September 28th, 2010, 11:10pm CDT by alexa

i will soon have a 55L nano with 100L hang on back filter with a protein skimmer and i will do 25% water changes weekly.

just wondering can i fit the following?

halimeda cuneata x5 (small)
xenia x1 (medium large )
deep red zoathinids (one medium small piece of rock)( half covered)
natural green zoathinids (one medium piece of rock)( half covered)
orange sea star x1
nassarius vibex x3
porcelain crab x1
tailspot blenny x1
common clowns x2
banggai cardinalfish x1
5kg live rock
kenya tree (small)

Bigger News on the Vortech MP60es

Posted: September 28th, 2010, 10:03pm CDT by poiromaniax

More news on the MP60

Quote:

Vortech MP60 flow gets boosted to 7,500 GPH

The upcoming Votech MP60 pump from EcoTech Marine just got more power. The Vortech MP60w ES we brought you earlier this month is going to be pushing out 7,500 GPH when it finally hits the shelves later this winter. Originally rated at 5,500 GPH, EcoTech Marine just announced through its continued engineering and development, they were able to squeeze out another 2,000 GPH from this pump adding more bang for the buck. The pump is still expected to retail for the originally quoted price of $695. The MP60 is designed for tanks from 120 to over 1,000 gallons. The company also noted that retailers are already taking pre-orders and are filling out fast.

http://reefbuilders.com/2010/09/28/v...sted-7500-gph/

So what do you guys think:

1) An honest feat of engineering
OR
2) This was planned all along (and the price was based around it)

:)

Bristle stars

Posted: September 28th, 2010, 9:07pm CDT by Rabbit

Hi Posting on behalf of a friend..

A friend of mine bought a 2nd hand boyu TL550. The tank has been running for 8 months.

His concern is that there are couple of tiny bristle stars floating around.

Is this anything to worry about ?
Great looking corals !

Posted: September 28th, 2010, 7:05pm CDT by Perky pets superstore

Hi , last week we got some realy nice corals in, very nice sizes.
& better prices !

P.S , this Purple tang has been here for about 3 weeks, now, selling for R1190.00

So this is what we have at the moment, there are about 20 others , but it take too long to load, hope some of you can pop in for a look.

:wave2:
Bi-Color Angel for sale: East Rand - Brakpan

Posted: September 28th, 2010, 6:45pm CDT by Jaco Schoeman

Fish for saleCommon Name:
Bi-Color Angel
Scientific Name:
-
Size of fish
5-8cm
How long have you had the fish?
4months
Is the fish eating?
Yes - flakes, frozen food and seaweid
Shipping or Collection only:
Collection only
Your location.
East Rand - Brakpan
Price:
R200
Photo's:
Sorry for the bad photo...

Notes:
-
Blackberry storm 2 - R3500

Posted: September 28th, 2010, 6:41pm CDT by sweetnsour

Sup sup peeps

selling my blackberry storm2 6 months old, perfect working condition - R3500,

collection only
Skimmer

Posted: September 28th, 2010, 5:59pm CDT by Evo R

Hi all

Im looking for a good cond second hand skimmer for min 200l or more.
Pls let me know if you have one laying around thats not too expensive.

Regards
Glass Shrimp. Good or Bad guy

Posted: September 28th, 2010, 5:46pm CDT by RiaanP

I'm down in Margate. Yeah.

Snorkel in a tidal pool in front of Manaba this morning, freezed myself. Water is 20C and wind is not warmer either. Anyway, I caught a Glass shrimp in the pool. Nice looking.

Question, how good do they behave themselves? I'm going back tomorrow. And I got all the goodies to be able to get it to Pretoria alive. Just need to know if I should rather put it back, or is it an awesome extra in the tank.

Got lots of Cushion Stars, Snails and only 8 hermits. Some nice rock anemones. and 3 small short spine purple Urchins. I think my breakaway was fruitfull - CUC full.
Why are markups so high?

Posted: September 28th, 2010, 5:25pm CDT by jaybeepee

Hi All,

I bought a 500ml Rowa Phos the other day from a LFS in midrand. It came to R626!!!!!!

I just checked online and the exact same product sells for 26GBP which at current exchange is R290. NOW, I ask with tears in my eyes - who the hell is making the extra R336?
Plasma lighting

Posted: September 28th, 2010, 5:07pm CDT by JAJA

Has anyone done any investigation on the new plasma light fittings? There is an advert in the Coral Mag for the Seashine light series for aquariums. They claim to provide 180% higher PAR values than 10,000K 400W metal halide aquarium lights and up to 500% higher PAR than standard MH's.

There is a brochure available at Stray Light Optical Technologies with full specs and performance graphs.

I am communicating with them with regard to pricing.
will this help at all ?

Posted: September 28th, 2010, 5:03pm CDT by ZeroCool

hi everyone, my live rock is getting more and more junk on ... i had in the past 2 shrimps that jumped up and down when feeding was done, and they cleaned up the rocks.

with time, they died ...

can that be the reason why the live rocks are getting more and more junk on them.

i have 3 hermit crabs, 1 turbo snail and 1 dancing shrimp ...

please comment
Overflow advice needed.

Posted: September 28th, 2010, 2:32pm CDT by flamming angel

Hello reefers :)

Okay so i need advice on the overflow size. I am in the process on building a 600x600 cube and need to know the ffg:

1. What size should the overflow on the base of the tank be. ie the overflow from DT -> sump

2. What size hole should there be from sump -> DT.
25mm, 38mm,40mm etc?

Looking for the most common sizes and those that i can get fittings for.

Thanks
Week 5 of Cycling and parameters

Posted: September 28th, 2010, 12:22pm CDT by Zahed

Hi All

Firtsly thanks for all the help. My tank is in the fifth week of cycling and these are my parameters.

pH 8.5
KH 10
NH4 0.5
NH3 0.08
NO2 0
NO3 50
PO4 1
Cu 0
Ca 460
Temp 26
SG 1.02

Subsequent to the test I have done a 10% water change (with my new RO as feed stock). I have noticed a green plant now thriving and my soft polyps on the live rock are increasing in their brilliance and populations are beginning to increase. I also have litlle tenatacles (3 - 5) growing out of the live rock white and black rings. Please advise as to what these may be ?

Please advise on how to futher reduce the P04 and NO3.Will take photos and post tonight.

Thanks and all your advice is much appreciated.
are these aquarium suitable?

Posted: September 28th, 2010, 12:14pm CDT by alexa

hi all
i saw a pic of a glaucus atlanticus, they are way cool. just wondering if you can keep them in an aquarium?
best glass price

Posted: September 28th, 2010, 10:58am CDT by SaltyReef

Who knows where I can get the best price on 12mm glass in JHB?

Want to start my new tank build
1500 x 650 x 650:biggrin:

Hobby banned in India ???

Posted: September 28th, 2010, 10:56am CDT by viper357

A sign of things to come perhaps?
Quote:

This massive document pretty much bans the entire marine aquarium hobby. In fact, Appendix B lists the only fish generally allowed to be sold and not a single marine specimen is on this list.

http://reefbuilders.com/2010/09/25/i...quarium-hobby/

The comments at the bottom of the article are rather interesting. :p

Aqua-Medic OceanProp 15000lph review

Posted: September 28th, 2010, 9:37am CDT by leslie hempel

Aqua-Medic OceanProp 15000lph review
Ok so i just recieved 2 oceanprop 15000lph pumps to play with and all i can say is WOW!!!

They are super powerful and exceptionally silent for the size, the suction cup mounting bracket attaches nicley and the pump is well balanced.

pre-programmed wave functions from a straight 5000 and 15000lph consistent flow to swapping from the 5000-15000lph on various wave sequences it also sports a night time mode where it shuts the pumps flow down to its lowest flow rate (5000lph) which is controlled by a light on the controller box sensor that reacts when to your tank lights go out.
Advantages
Silent/powerful/9-20w power consumption and controllable
Disadvantages
Large and takes up space but not as noticable be noticable in a bigger tank.
For smaller tanks i would be recomend they be concealed in an Overflow Closed Loop System (OCLS), i got these two to try and achieve this and will update on the outcome.
Other components:

In general:
My corals and fish loved it. The .65mm outlet really allows wide and gentle flow even on the highest flow setting.

Definatley worth the cash
RRP R2500
Urgent help needed Copper Sulphate dose requiered

Posted: September 28th, 2010, 9:22am CDT by Antionette

I received 2 new fish as a present on Saturday. Last night when I got home i discovered that both of them are covered with tiny white spots. I removed them to my hospital tank which i dosed with copper sulphate. What will be the correct dose of copper sulphate for a 20 liter tank. They looked very close to death this morning. I have added only a pinch of CS to the tank last night. Please help.!!
Softies wanted

Posted: September 28th, 2010, 9:10am CDT by ZeroCool

Morning guys, i want to know if anyone have frags of softies like zoa's, hummerheads, frog spawn ... anything that is hardy to keep :)

Let me know ...