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Marine Aquariums of South Africa

1st marine tank

Posted: March 31st, 2011, 6:05am CDT by Completebeginner

Hi guys I originally set up a tread in the boyu tank category but have decided to move to the beginners. I bought a second hand boyu 550 about 2 weeks ago and have it up and running since last Sunday. I have 10 k of live rock in it and it's already starting to grow little mushroom type things on it. At the back in the 1 st compartment I have my skimmer in the second is some live rock rubble in the third I have been advised to but some green algae but to wait a little while and in the forth I have my pump. Ideally I'd like to keep fish and corals.friendly colourful fish if possible. Any suggestions more than welcome as I'm clueless
I have ordered some things of the net and am awaiting their arrival
1/ 2800l/h koralia power head
2/ second heater for water changes
3/ second pump for water changes
4/digital thermometer
5/ d&d refractometer
Any advice or criticism would be very much appreciated
Thank guys:thumbup:

id please

Posted: March 31st, 2011, 1:28am CDT by malooda

are leachers good for live rock?

Aptasia for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Posted: March 31st, 2011, 11:42pm CDT by RiaanP

and in between.

Aptasia removal station.

Peppermint Shrimp

Group of 3, with more hiding around the corner.

Another group of 3

Noob and nano safe corals

Posted: March 31st, 2011, 10:46pm CDT by Alias

Hey,

My nano is cycling and i want to keep fish and corals.

What would you guys suggest i start with? I like the look of zoes and frog spawn but also need some info on how to feed them and what i should add to keep them healthy.

Really want a bright colourful nano, i that helps in the selection?

Growing meat eating Grass?

Posted: March 31st, 2011, 10:41pm CDT by Xereo

Live rock getting thin blades of grass growing on them?
But this Grass is alive? they have a see through Tentacle that comes out the top and catches food?

I mean What next...

Advise On Cutting Glass

Posted: March 31st, 2011, 9:51pm CDT by Xereo

Is it Advised to try cut my Own 10mm Glass?
Ive got a tank which im going to take apart and make shorter.
Basically 650square.

would you advise me to do it. or take the glass somewhere else instead?

Correct way to clean sandbed in dt

Posted: March 31st, 2011, 9:28pm CDT by Charl_Stanhope

hey guys.

Ive got a 3cm deep sandbed in my display tank. What is the correct way to clean it. I get brown algae,diatoms(if thats what you call it) on my sandbed. At the moment I am sucking it up with a gravel clean and then it drops to the floor again. Ive got natural beach sand in my dt. Should I stir it and wait for the crap to settle and then only lightly suck up the top bit of my gravel or can I continue doing it as I am at the moment.

Thanks again for all your help guys. i would have given up a long time ago if it wasnt for this forum.

Special thanks to Frans that pop into my home to check out my setup. Made me feel a whole lot better knowing that someone with experience told me that my tank is not too bad.Thanks Frans

Darkish Spot

Posted: March 31st, 2011, 9:11pm CDT by Meneer

I put a black cover over my overflow to make it look better.

The result however, is that there is slightly less light in the right rear corner.

Will there be stuff that I can put there that will prefer the lower light, or should I remove the bottom of the cover to let more light through?

Just a question

Posted: March 31st, 2011, 9:04pm CDT by johannes rall

I was just wondering guys can one see if the silicone on the tanks going to hold.would hate it if one of the other sides pop afteri fix the tank

uShaka Oh No.

Posted: March 31st, 2011, 8:30pm CDT by Nemos Janitor

Saw a news flash on the TV just now. "uShaka fined for selling illegal seafood"

How misleading is that.

http://www.citypress.co.za/SouthAfri...afood-20110331

@Ash you must be fuming.

Tank

Posted: March 31st, 2011, 7:39pm CDT by Deon07

Hi, does anyone have a big old tank for sale. Doesn't need to be marine, tropical will do, at this stage I just want a big tank to breed some guppies

Idol is back !!!!!!

Posted: March 31st, 2011, 6:22pm CDT by Bob the (reef)builder

HI ALL,

FOR THE LAST WEEK WE HAVE HAD NO TELEPHONE
LINE OR ADSL...........AFTER DAILY COMPLAINTS,:banghead:
RANTS AND RAVES WE HAVE FINALLY HAD OUR
COMMUNICATION RESTORED.:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thum bup:

WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE AND
CANNOT WAIT TO SPEAK TO ALL OF YOU AGAIN........

ALL THE BEST,
CHEERS FOR NOW,
IDOL MARINE CREW.

Plasma Lights Hit SA Shores

Posted: March 31st, 2011, 6:18pm CDT by George

Myself and Leigh from Reef Inmates are jointly developing Plasma LiFi lighting units based on the Luxim STA 41-02 emitter, for reef aquariums. The first two light sources landed today and they should be ready for testing on my tank in about two weeks.

Here are some PAR ratings from the units being used at Monterrey Bay Aquarium in USA.

We are using plasma lighting over many exhibits now here at the Aquarium. The tanks range in all sizes and depths, and they are all custom built so I cannot give you a LxWxH. What will probably be most helpful are some PAR numbers that we got from a side by side comparison with a 400W metal halide (Blueline E ballast and 6500K bulb). At 1.5" depth, the plasma puts out 660 µmol/(m*sec^2), the Blueline only put out 271 µmol/(m*sec^2) at the same exact depth. At 24" deep, the plasma put out 179 µmol/(m*sec^2) and the Blueline only 81 µmol/(m*sec^2). With the plasma dimmed to 25% it still beat the Blueline MH with 127 µmol/(m*sec^2) at 24" depth. Overall the plasma lights perform more like a 600W metal halide, suitable for almost any home aquarium. They only use ~280 watts, are dimmable and they have a useable life of ~8-10 years depending on how much output you want. The spectrum produced by the bulb is the closest to sunlight than any other known light source on the market, a true 96 CRI. You can buy fixtures from Straylight Optical and Sfiligoi.

Some pics of Plasmas running on various aquariums in USA and Europe.

We will post more as soon as they are ready.

Id pease

Posted: March 31st, 2011, 4:41pm CDT by MavrickFDT

Hi All, anybody have an idea what the red stuff next to the pulsing Xenia is?

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Water Changes

Posted: March 31st, 2011, 3:50pm CDT by Duri

Hi all

My tank is new.
I have live rock and everything going.
How often do I have to change my water?
it is a 300L tank.
Do I have to use RO water? or is the 2 Oceans water supply good enough?

Purple fire fish

Posted: March 31st, 2011, 3:41pm CDT by Vekesh

Hi guys,

Just wanted to know were I can get some purple fire fish?

Thankx:)

Nano Mania

Posted: March 31st, 2011, 3:14pm CDT by George

TUNZE NANO MANIA

1.Tank 600 x 600 x 500mm x 6mm

2. Reefpack 200 (consists of the following)
a) Nano DOC skimmer 9002
b) Nano Filter 3165 with output 800l/h (New nano pump silence)
c) Micro Wadding 872.01
d) Filter Bag for activated charcoal & other absorbers (Phosphate etc)
e) Storage tank 5002.10 for refill water
F) Holding device Magnet holder 6025 .50

3. Reef Inmates Stealth T5
2 x 24w T5 (white & blue )
All This for R 4990.00
(Excluding sand, rocks, water, fish & corals)

Overflow guards

Posted: March 31st, 2011, 3:10pm CDT by Die Visdam

Hi,

We now have black overflow guards in stock.

500mm @ R100

Pimp our Ride Competition !!

Posted: March 31st, 2011, 2:50pm CDT by Die Visdam

Helooo all reefers :thumbup:

We are very excited to let you guys in on our latest project. We want you to be apart of our new and exciting changes and best of all YOU CAN WIN!!

We want you to pimp our ride. We are looking for coolest most wicked looking
design for our company van. Here is 2 basic samples to see what we are looking for and to get you guys going.

Rulezzz for the competition.

1. Compitition will start 1 April 2011 and close 30 April 2011.
2. After closing date we will choose the top 10 entries and run a poll on masa where the community will vote for the top 3 designs.
3. The final decision for our winner will be decided by Die Visdam.
4. You have to use our company colours. Black, Orange and White, Black and Orange being the majoity.
5. Company logo must be prominent.
6. Other product logos relating to our business may be used.
7. Telephone number, web address and email must be visible.
8. Specialists in Coldwater, Tropical, Marine Fish, Koi Fish and Exotic pets must be visible.
9. Artwork to be posted in this thread and jpeg image not bigger than 1mb of your design send to visdam@lantic.net
10. It will still be Die Visdam's decision whether to use the winning artwork or not.
11. There will be a winner and the prize,

for our Winner!

2x 6.3kg Seachem Reef Salt
1x Brightwell Zooplankton-M 500ml
1x Bightwell Phyto-Gold-M 500ml
1x Brightwell Reef Snow 500ml

1x Prodibio BIOKIT REEF (30 vials) combining
* Biodigest (live bacteria)
* Bioptim (micronutrients)
* Reef Booster
* Iodi + and Stronti + (coral and live rock supplements)

All worth R1800

And thats not all, bring your A4 printed design to our shop and get 15% discount on your next buy.

New shipment

Posted: March 31st, 2011, 2:26pm CDT by Oceanson

Hi all Reefer's,

Here is our latest Shipment for the month.

Remember our 14 day alive gaurantee policy, we offer a 50% cash back return on our Livestock (Terms and condition's apply)

Turbo Snails on special for R20 each (5 per customer)

Alkalinity (dKH)

Posted: March 31st, 2011, 1:33pm CDT by Meneer

Should I get a Alkalinity (dKH) test kit, or should I just use a buffer?

Cycling questions

Posted: March 31st, 2011, 12:57pm CDT by Alias

So I know this topic has been answered a million times but I have been reading conflicting threads.

I will be waiting the full 6 weeks before the first fish goes in and min of 4 weeks before a CUC member goes in depending if the water is right.

My questions are the following:

1) I used NSW and cured LR to start the tank. My skimmer is pulling nothing out the water which, from what i have read, is about right because the bio load is very low. Should i put in a from shrimp (the consumable kind) to start a cycle? or will my current path be ok?

2) Should i be dosing anything?

3) what water testing kit could i use to test all the params i need to? dont want to buy a cr@p cheap one but i also dont need the most expensive one that makes coffee too.

Newbie looking to buy 2nd hand tank

Posted: March 31st, 2011, 11:59am CDT by L00ney

Hi Marine Peeps

Thanks for allowing me to join the community.

I looking to buy my first aquarium. I have found a second hand tank with stock.

This is what I will be getting.

1x 450L marine fish tank Complete with Cabinet, 2x Tetratec EX1200 1200l/h Canister filters(worth R1500 Each), 2x 2000l/ h Aqua Pump Current Pumps(worth R500 each), 1 x Reef Octopus Skimmer Extreme OCTX -160 2400L/h(worth R3500), 80L sump in Cabinet with 2000L/h Pump, Internal Lighting 3 X 1.2m Tubes, marine blue, Sunset pink & Coral White , +- 30kg Sand Aragonite Substrate , +- 20Kg Live Established RockWorth R100/kg, 2x 300w heaters,Live Stock worth R2900: 2 damsels yellow tail & Neon , 1 clown, 1 trigger, 1 Banana Wrasse, 1 Green Chromis , 1 Purple Wrasse ??,1 Bio colour Angel, 1Keyhole Angel, 1 Blue Leg hermit crab, 3 Snails, 1 Sea Urchin .Fully established reluctant sale, with all fittings & extras.

I would like to know if it is a good idea to buy second hand and if this is a reasonable price.

Any advice / comments welcome

Wanted : Cheato

Posted: March 31st, 2011, 10:59am CDT by MavrickFDT

Hi All

I am in need of some Cheato, anybody have some spare, or know where I can buy some?

Help with this

Posted: March 31st, 2011, 10:54am CDT by Tony

Hi Hennie. Could you give some insight into this thread? Thank

Making Lugol's Solution - Marine Aquariums of South Africa

Stock landed!!

Posted: March 31st, 2011, 10:22am CDT by Steven

Wow lots of exiting stuff!

SPS

Acan's

Spiral gorgonians - Jaco!

Plenty LPS

More pics to follow!

Making Lugol's Solution

Posted: March 31st, 2011, 9:57am CDT by Tony

I'm thinking about making Lugol's. The formula is simple enough. Take 5g iodine crystals and 10g potassium iodide and mix it with enough distilled water to make 100ml of fluid which will give me a solution strength of 150mg/ml. I can get the chemicals and water no problem and I have the scale that works in 1g increments so the accurate measurement isn't a problem. All in all it will cost me about R14-00 rand to produce 100ml which is a million times cheaper than what we pay for it in the fish shops.

What I need are some pointers or possible problems.

What is the strenght of Lugol's we buy in the pet shops? I can assume that it's pretty much the same considering it's a standard recipe.

Thanks

Help plz!!!!!!

Posted: March 31st, 2011, 9:09am CDT by johannes rall

Hi guys.I need some help my tank popped at the back.lucky for me its just the LR in tank.Ive put it in a bucket.For how long can i keep it in the bucket and must i redo the whole tanks silicone or just the side that popped if so how can i do it?

otp 2000 shaft

Posted: March 31st, 2011, 8:47am CDT by Johan van Aardt

anybody have one lying around? i have a new impellor on order but it might take another month to come, so looking for a shaft for my current impellor in the mean time

Need help with sump

Posted: March 30th, 2011, 2:31am CDT by brandonb

Hi

As far as I can see I ll need to add another sump to my existing one to add a bubbleblaster 3000int to my system ...

this is what my current sump looks like

The cabinet is separated and the divider cant be taken out, I have seen someone one forum (cant find their thread) attached another sump in the other part of the cabinet to this one with 2 PVC pipes

quickly this is what I have in mind

the extra sump will be only one compartment (50x37x40)

I will put the skimmer, heater and laaaater on a NP pellet reactor in there... then in the old sump the first compartment I was thinking macro algae and/or chaeto...

the problem I have with this is how much will it cost and how safe is it ? Also how long will my current sump have to be empty to be sealed (when drilled for pvc)

Thanks alot (sorry for the long post)
Brandon

1220 x 440 x 440 Tank for sale: Durban

Posted: March 30th, 2011, 1:02am CDT by Immo

Full system sales or multiple items for sale.Thread title:

1220 x 440 x 440 Tank

Location:

Durban

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection

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

Ok, so i need to sell my current tank and sump, as i am getting a new 1.4m Jebo Tank in this weekend.

So, this needs to go by Saturday..

1. 1440 x 440 x 440 DS (Tank has some scratches) (Side Overflow, with 3 levels)
2. Stand - Same Dimensions as Tank
3. Sump 1100 x 300 x 300 (5 compartment)

Would be a perfect starter tank for some1.

Will throw in the plumbing and also a 5000l return pump.
Also, have a small skimmer, not sure the name.

Free - Playsand +- 20kgs

Oh almost forgot, Lighting unit - 5 t5 lights - 3 blue and 2 white, also 2 t8 blue.

Looking for R3000 neg

Lemme know ASAP

For some reason i cannot upload pictures....i you need pictures pm me your email...

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Tunze Streams, Bubble Blaster skimmer, etc for sale: Strubenvale Springs

Posted: March 30th, 2011, 11:46pm CDT by Louis Scheepers

Full system sales or multiple items for sale.Thread title:

Tunze Streams, Bubble Blaster skimmer, etc

Location:

Strubenvale Springs

Shipping or Collection only:

Shipping at buyers expense

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

I decided to sell the following equipment that I bought with my new system in mind. The new job and my own home is taking to much time and my beautiful wife is priority one, so Marines is ending for now...

I live in Springs, but my wife travels to PTA at least two days in a week, so if you live in Pta we can make a plan!

Here is what I have for sale:

2x Tunze Turbelle Stream 6205 (new price R 6250 each) with Multicontroller 7095 (new price R 3217). The Streams have worked for two weeks in my old setup, they push out a powerfull 22 000 liters per hour. Price: R 9000 for everything Tunze.

Reef Octopus Bubble Blaster 3000. Rated for 1200 liters. Works like a monster, and basically new. Price: R 3000.

Reef Octopus PHR-100 phosphate reactor with Reef Octopus OTP-1000 pump. Rated for 1500 liter. Also basically new. Price: R 850.

Old Queen/Jebo Skimmer. Using it in a 100liter QT. Works fine for a QT. Price: R 250.

Osram 2x 54Watt T5 ballast. Price: R 200.

Refractometer. Price: 400.

Brightwell NeoMarine Reefsalt. More than half left. Price R 500.

Fine Crushed Coral substrate. About 30kg. Price: Make me an offer.

Used to be, life rock. After a Bryopsis problem that wouldn't go away I boiled the rocks. Dead rock (think it is Kenya rock). Will seed quickly if mixed with life rock! About 40 kg. Price: R 80 p/kg.

Fake rock and base rock. Couple of kilo's. Price: R 40 p/kg.

A lot of polyp's, green mushrooms and a soft coral, some hermits and one clown. I don't have better pictures, because I only have the actinic on in my QT. I want a good home for the lifestock I have left. If you buy some of the stuff, and you will take care of my babies, I will throw some of it in for free. A share for everyone!

Notes:

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NSW

Posted: March 30th, 2011, 9:37pm CDT by johannes rall

Hi guys I just want to know?I use NSW and the tanks been cycleling for abit more than 2 weeks.now the thing is should it be cristal clear or is it possible for small particles in the water.Every thing still looks good in tank except for the particles in water

What do fish eat

Posted: March 30th, 2011, 9:15pm CDT by Paul B

Just some of my observations:
Oddly enough fish in the sea do not eat flakes, bloodworms, mosquito larvae, mysis, brine shrimp, squid tentacles, fish fillets, or pellets.
They eat what they were designed to eat and they only live in the areas where those foods come from. If a fish is in the one or two percent that is lucky enough to actually makes it to adulthood it probably means that it has learned a couple of things, one is to evade predators and the other thing is to find the food that it needs every day and not just once a day.
Most fish eat a very little bit all of the daylight hours and the rest eat only at night. Having good eyesight is not as big a deal for a fish as it is for us. They get along quite well with just one eye or in total darkness and they have evolved to eat a certain type of food that it needs for its particular physiology.

A fish like a mandarin was built to take advantage of a food source that most other fish of that size will not even notice. But such an active fish as a mandarin needs a lot of food and just about all it can eat are pods and other creatures about the same size. Pods are invertebrates and therefore mostly shell with a little pod meat inside. Pod shells are mostly chitin like our fingernails and have almost no nutrition except for maybe some calcium. In this hobby we call any tiny creature a pod or copepod but in reality these creatures in our tanks and in the sea are mostly an assortment of tiny larvae of larger crustaceans such as crabs and shrimp but some are bonified copepods.

Other fish such as tangs live on fresh seaweed or algae. Algae grow on all healthy reefs but because of all the herbivores we usually dont see it. Luckily for these animals it grows very fast but they had to develop jaws and teeth to take advantage of this paper thin quantity of food. As they graze on algae they also pick up any pods, worms, slugs or inverts that happen to also be grazing on the algae. This by-catch is important to the health of these fish as it supplies other nutrients that are missing in algae.

Fish with long snouts like Long Nose Butterflies and Copper band Butterflies evolved to take advantage of a food source that resides in holes in rocks. These snouts are a disadvantage to these fish when it comes to defense or swimming because their jaws are weak and fragile. Their teeth are very small to fit in such jaws and are only suited to eat small soft foods like worms and tiny shrimp.
These types of fish need a large part of their diet to be oily like worm flesh is and is one reason these fish do not live as long in captivity as many other fish.

Most other fish in the sea eat whole fish. If you do any diving in the tropics and you look closely near the bottom you will see multitudes of tiny fry. This is the main source of nutrition for many fish. All fish have a liver which serves two purposes. The main purpose is the same reason we have a liver, to cleanse our blood but the other reason is buoyancy. Oil is lighter than water and the oil in their liver allows the fish to be almost neutrally buoyant. Their swim bladder is used for more delicate adjustment of buoyancy but the liver is the main organ that keeps fish from sinking like a rock. Without a liver and swim bladder even us humans would be able to swim better than a fish because we have quite a lot of air spaces, fish do not.

This fish oil is also invaluable to a fishes health as fish do not have fat like mammals.
Being cold blooded animals a fish can not utilize fat because it would remain solid at the temperatures in a fishes. Out 98.6 degree temperature allows up to eat solid fats.
(But fish oil is also much better for us to eat in small quantities in stead of solid fats)
Also when a fish spawns, almost all of that spawn is oil. Oil is what nourishes a new born fish until it is able to hunt on its own.
When a fish is in spawning condition it also has a super immune system as many animals in that condition have. It takes a large toll on a fish to produce eggs that could be a quarter of the fishes weight. Much of that weight is oil and most of it comes from eating whole fish. They can produce some of it on their own but it is much easier on the fish to be able to eat a diet high in oil.
If a fish eats another fish it gets about 25% of its meal in the form of pure fish oil just which is just what it needs to produce eggs and rev up its immune system.
Fish in spawning condition are almost immune to most diseases.
When a fish eats another fish it also gets calcium from the skeleton and all the vitamins and minerals in the correct proportion that a fish needs.
In the accompanying photo taken in the Caribbean you can see tiny fry to the left of the nurse shark. Those fry are all over the place and almost all of the fish take advantage of that easily acquired drive through fare.

how much salt to add?

Posted: March 30th, 2011, 6:59pm CDT by malooda

hi
iv got the red sea coral pro salt. im mixing it in a 200ltr drum. does anybody know aprox howmuch salt i should put in to get a good salinity?

thanks

18 Feet Long Reef Tank

Posted: March 30th, 2011, 5:40pm CDT by clinton stanford

check this amazing setup out:eek:

http://reeftools.com/reef-video-libr...-tank-amazing/

:peroni:

1st time marine setup

Posted: March 30th, 2011, 5:01pm CDT by Duri

Hi Gents and Ladies

...go easy on me. I have a 1.7m x 1m x 0.3m Tank
with a 1m x 0.5m x 0.3m sump with skimmer and carbon etc

Tank running since 26 March 2011.. few days.

I will post a pic or two, quality ok... will post as I move along:thumbup:

This how it look now...

I have a few hermits in my tank since sunday... 3 electric blue, 1 red and 1 white...

Comments and advice most welcome.
I will be getting some live rock tonight.

Does Ammonia HAVE to spike?

Posted: March 30th, 2011, 4:55pm CDT by Meneer

My tank has been running for 2 weeks now with 5kg's of LR.

I started testing Ammonia every 3/4 days and it was 0.5

Today I tested Ammonia - 0.5
Nitrite - NO2-N<0.1 & N02<0.3
Nitrate - 10mg/l

Why does my Ammonia not go higher.

Is it because of only 5kg's in around 350litres(DT & Sump)?

I do have Stability, - but I have not started dosing...

Go Big OR Go Home...

Posted: March 30th, 2011, 4:10pm CDT by Xereo

Well here are my plans..
I think im just gunan go big..
Small is just annoying me..

Tell me what you guys think of the layout

Aragonite

Posted: March 30th, 2011, 1:58pm CDT by williet

Hi All

Looking for some aragonite for my tank I am putting together?

Anyone ?

Cheers
Willie

Black Silicone

Posted: March 30th, 2011, 1:33pm CDT by Xereo

In need of Black Silicone to build a 650mm Square display tank...

anyone know where i can get or get posted to me?

Kalkwasser

Posted: March 30th, 2011, 1:31pm CDT by gaboon

Looking to purchase some kalkwasser from someone that has bought a 25kg bag from a chemical company, I don't have space for a 25kg bag:P

Please PM me if anyone can help me out, thanks!

Urgent help needed Cycle is not starting

Posted: March 30th, 2011, 1:18pm CDT by Henkart

I set up a new TL-550

I got water temp right

Salinity right

LR is in

NOw im doing my tests daily and i am seeing no changes...

all i do see is brown algue growing on my LR

please advise

Cup Coral for sale: Crawford, Cape Town

Posted: March 30th, 2011, 11:15am CDT by irshaad

Single Coral for saleCommon Name:

Cup Coral

Scientific Name:

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Size of coral

12 cm diameter

How long have you had the coral?

3 years

Shipping or Collection only:

collection only

Your location.

Crawford, Cape Town

Price:

R200

Photo's:

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Dallas' 18L SPS Tranquil Garden

Posted: March 30th, 2011, 10:31am CDT by dallasg

So i have a new facination with smaller tanks, Nano's and pico's are the bomb!!!
So have a Jebo R series tank that holds 18L. It has a small trickle filter in the hood and a small canister filter for fitration. It has 1 T5 8w globe which i am replacing with a Dymax Energy saving fitting with 10k globe, and adding a Rio Moonlight unit for added blue.

For the filtering i will use Maxi-zorb carbon, and all the Microbe-Lift additives and products.

I also found these filter mats that are coated in resin, like poly-filters, which remove NH4, NO2, NO3 and PO4.
I will do a 1L WC every week and have 3kgs of LR with a few frags of SPS, my rics and zoas. if this works and is stable enough i might make a custon unit for those that want something small at work or around the house :)

here is the start and equipment

frags & toadstoll's

Posted: March 29th, 2011, 1:17am CDT by davidwatkins26

hi there

ok first is any one giving any frags away or selling some?

I am wondering about my toadstool its got a hole the size of my index tip of my finger on its side and just wondering should i be worried about it?

if posible can you let me know thaks:thumbup:

ID Request Please

Posted: March 29th, 2011, 11:10pm CDT by Immo

First one is some sort of slug, generally plays around on the LR, doesnt touch the corels

Second one is a thing :) seems to move around a bit... It has a red base

Who are these guys?

Posted: March 29th, 2011, 10:57pm CDT by Hannesco

Who are these guys? They only come out at night and spend most of their time on the glass. I don't think they are harmful? I have enlarge the pics, but they are about max 10 mm in length.

Boiling LR, ya or nay ???

Posted: March 29th, 2011, 10:21pm CDT by Sammy

Hi Guys,

I'm interested in buying some LR from a fellow reefer, problem is there's quite a lot of algae on the rock, hence the good price.

My question is (and I know many of you are anti this) is there any problem in me boiling this rock?

Also I'm only going to be using this LR in my refuge.

So in a nutshell I'm hoping to kill anything unwanted on the rock by boiling it, put it back in my sump and hopefully bring it live again ???

Water flow in large tanks

Posted: March 29th, 2011, 10:08pm CDT by lcornelius

Hi all,

I have been reading the net and trying to figure out how flow works in big systems.
The tank that I'm planning will be 4m in length 900mm wide and water level at 500mm.

The tank will be viewable from both the 4m sides. Would one run this as a CLS or a CLS with wave makers or just wave makers.

Been looking at the Vortech MP40w ES and MP60w ES. Amazing equipment!
Would it be good enough to run 2 MP40's on the 2 sides or rather the MP60's.

The MP60's is very expensive, I can get 2 MP40's for the price of one MP60.

I was thinking of running 2 CLS's so that one could switch between the 2 every few minutes. Would this be a good or bad idea? I would then use the MP40's with the CLS.

With the wonderful 25% increase in electricity, my biggest concern is the electricity usage of CLS pumps!

Appreciate your input!

Preparing Sea Sand for DSB

Posted: March 29th, 2011, 9:58pm CDT by Sammy

Hi Guys,

I'm ready to start my DSB and collected a 25l bucket of sea sand at the beach at Misty Cliffs. Very clean uninhabited beach and also collected at low tide.

So now my question? Do I have to do anything special with this sand before going into my sump compartment ?

Searched forums but can't find specific answers, please excuse if this thread already exists.

All your experienced input will be appreciated.

Student's New Reef:

Posted: March 29th, 2011, 8:41pm CDT by student

Alright, let me start with the story behind this tank:

I started with marines close to 1 and a half years ago. I started with 5ft 350l fowlr display tank and ended up setting up a little pico and then nano about six months ago so that i could keep at least some corals.. I did things very cheaply from the start being a broke student and looking back now i had great luck with everything considering, how litttle I spent on equipment and what not..
But over time the maintenance of two tanks, and extra maintenance because of the cheap way I started got really frustrating!
So when I graduated from being student, and finally had some extra cash to spend at the end of last year, I decided to combine the nano and display tank into one nice reef and do it properly for a change so that the admin would reduced as much as possible.

Very long story made short there, but anyway: onto my new tank!

Dimentions: 1400L x700w x450h
( love the shallow reef vibe)

Sump is: 1100Lx 45W with dsb and section for live rock

Equipment:
Skimmer: Deltec APH525

Return pump: Hailea HX-6550

Two little fishies Phosban reactor

Sort of diy auto top up, just using a bucket for now but must get a proper top up tank

For flow: was planning on 3 sunsuns as I struggled to justify paying thousands on flow, but I was given a demo of a vortech and offered an amazing price, and that was that:/ So I have 1 vortech MP40es and using a sunsun 5000lph with it.

Lighting: 4ft Odyssea light unit, 2x 150W mhs and 4x54W t5s

Life stock: I transferred everything from my old 350L tank, well the reef safe fish I did and sold my angels n what not..

Lifestock I brought across:
Regal Tang
Naso Tang
4xChromis
Clownfish
Firefish goby
Bi color blenny
2xcleaner shrimp
Fire shrimp
Yellow banded boxing shrimp
Blue legged hermit

Coral from my nano:
Big Xenia colony
A few hammer frags
Zoa rocks
Palys..

Added since(tank has been going 8 weeks now):
Yellow tang
2x Purple Firefish( Beautiful!)
Goniopora( wouldnt of bought one but was given to me by a fellow reefer, was dying in his tank, was totally retracted-looked like a lumo green zoa rock, and its made a great recovery in the tank, stoked!!)
Colt Coral
One of those Rainbow rocks with zoas, other bigger polyps of some sort, two types of gsp
And a beautiful RBTA (Yes my tank is young, but I did research and other people had transferred systems from one tank to another and anemones did fine, I monitored the tank for 6 weeks before and it was stablel, so still took a bit of a risk but its doing great!)

about 30kg live rock in tank and about 15kgs in sump

Pics:

A day after the transfer, all large fish were in quarantine still, looking very empty!

A few weeks later:

Coral Shipment MARCH 2011

Posted: March 29th, 2011, 6:29pm CDT by bryan

Hi everyone,
Here's some pictures of the Corals that came in...the most amazing Acros EVER...!!!

** First come first serve basis on livestock, we don't reserve and sorry we do not ship livestock **

Thanks!! :)

Heat sink for diy led light unit

Posted: March 29th, 2011, 6:09pm CDT by NeilSmit

Hi all

Does anyone know where I can find heatsink in SA????
Most places have heatsink for computers, but not bigger peaces for a light fixture?!

Thank you
Neil

Ro water

Posted: March 29th, 2011, 6:06pm CDT by johannes rall

For how long kan i keep ro water in a closed plastic container

3ft tank wanted

Posted: March 29th, 2011, 5:53pm CDT by Slagter

Hey guys...

Does anyone in Joburg have a 3ft tank on a stand they are willing to part with? I'm looking for one to build a Frag tank. An overflow built in would be ideal, but I can always do that myself later...

Let me know!

Thanks in advance

Sean

Green star polyps wanted

Posted: March 29th, 2011, 5:37pm CDT by sean_koekemoer

I am looking for green star polyps. Any amount will help, but I do need quite a few.
Members/sponsors, please help. Thank you

T5 New Tank

Posted: March 29th, 2011, 5:05pm CDT by AllanEcc

Hi All

I am totally new to Marine. I have a 5ft narrow (450) tank, about 500 deep. I am thinking of 6 x 54w. They will be mounted in the wooden hood that matches the tank, with extractor fans. Is this enough or do I need 8 x 54w. My intention is mixed coral. Any suggestions on the bulbs and running times?

Tank is presently cycling with Live Rock only.

Various frags for sale: Pretoria East, Garsfontein

Posted: March 29th, 2011, 4:27pm CDT by brandonb

Various frags for saleCommon Names:

Blue Xenia

Scientific Names:

-

Size of frags

See below

How long have you had the frags?

1 month

Are the frags mounted?

Yes

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection

Your location.

Pretoria East, Garsfontein

Price:

See Below

Photo's:

These frags grow seriously fast

They are attached to small pieces of live rock next time I will attach the frags to discs or plugs once I setup the frag tank

But anyway this is what I have for now

PS the color differs alot from the type of light and angle you view them from but I have noticed they are "bluer" under white light..

Notes:

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Tomato Clown for sale: Pretoria East, Garsfontein

Posted: March 29th, 2011, 3:52pm CDT by brandonb

Fish for saleCommon Name:

Tomato Clown

Scientific Name:

A. Frenatus

Size of fish

5 cm

How long have you had the fish?

25 months

Is the fish eating?

Yes, pellets + flakes + frozen + live

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection

Your location.

Pretoria East, Garsfontein

Price:

R 200

Photo's:

Hi

Selling my tomato clown because he steals all the nennies in the tank from the other clowns :(

http://www.marineaquariumsa.com/imag...bce23c67dd.jpg

Brandon

Notes:

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15% off ALL Additives and Fish food

Posted: March 29th, 2011, 3:52pm CDT by Oceanson

Hi all reefers,

We are running a special of 15% off ALL Additives and fish food,

Products include:

Fauna Marine; Grotech; Seachem; Prodibio; Brightwell Aquatics; Carib sea; and OceanNutrition.

This offer is only valid untill 3 April, so hurry in-store now while this special is on!!;)

For further information contact: 021 554 0340

Oceanson Aquarium

My beaut RBTA

Posted: March 29th, 2011, 3:12pm CDT by student

Got this beauty about 2 and a half weeks ago.
Bought her with the rock she was attached to, she had expensive taste, was a 2kg+ rock;) Didnt move for the first 2 days and then on the third night moved underneath the rock ledge and hasnt moved since- praise the Lord!!. Her foot is attached under the ledge but the body stretches and opens up out into the open during the day and some nights, most nights she contracts underneath the ledge to come out in her glory first thing in the morning.

Cup coral?

Posted: March 29th, 2011, 1:19pm CDT by freek

Please ID.

Sorry for the bad photo. The colour is orange/brown and the dot is green.

Interesting read on "dead" rock

Posted: March 29th, 2011, 12:57pm CDT by Tremayn

Check this out
[www.mrsaltwatertank.com]

Wanted

Posted: March 29th, 2011, 12:49pm CDT by AllanEcc

I am setting up a new (first) 300l marine tank. Looking for a Reef Octopus NW100 Skimmer and a Jager 200w heater. Allan

Help with buying tank

Posted: March 29th, 2011, 12:24pm CDT by 3dd

Hi

I'm very very new to this hobby, so new I don't even have a tank. But then again this is probably a good thing as I can research and shop around until I find a suitable setup. I would like to construct a reef tank, with a sump system in a cabinet below the tank, I am looking for a 150L-200L tank with the wooden stand.

I have also read that a tank that already includes a overflow would be better than using a hang on over flow, so if the tank already includes this is would be great.

Would someone be able to point me to a dealer where I would be able to purchase a suitable tank in the JoBurg area, I know I can get tanks that are already buildt that includes everything needed for a reef tank. These are a bit expensive though, and I think it will take most of the fun out of building the tank, as I just plug in everything and thats it. I would rather purchase the tank separate and then add the components my self.

Thanks for the help, greatly appretiated.

8W actinic

Posted: March 29th, 2011, 12:20pm CDT by brendanpre

Hey ppl

Does anobody know where I can get a 8W T5 actinic tube? Do you even get them that small?

It is for a nano and I can't get anything bigger because it won't fit.

BTW I am in DBN.

1.2m Tank For Sale for sale: Centurion, PTA

Posted: March 29th, 2011, 12:00pm CDT by Amoré

Full system sales or multiple items for sale.Thread title:

**1.2m Tank For Sale**

Location:

Centurion, PTA

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection Only

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

Display Tank: 1200 x 500 x 450 (app. 300L), with cabinet

Sump 800 x 350 x 300 (app. 100L)

(Dog not included ;))

Skimmer: Reef Octopus Orca-80

Lights: Light Unit 8x T5's - All new Giesemann globes (will post a pic of the unit soon)

HX-6530 x 1 with pipes

Reggies playsand in DSB and Fiji Pink Aragonite in DT which i will give away...

R5 000.00

Notes:

-The tank is still up and running, these photos were taken when I just started up. It is not empty yet...
-Livestock is NOT included...

New 2m IM starfire rimless

Posted: March 29th, 2011, 11:21am CDT by jumboswart

Went from this

To this

So now I am going for a 2000x800x600x24mm rimless starfire glass with skinny overflow from IM.

Tank being siliconed

Skinny overflow in

Stand

Sump in tank on

Filtration Skimz SM302 extenal

Flow 2x MP60's

Calcium reactor with 3 chambers that I will be running carbon as well

Kalk stirrer

Lighting will be a dimmable Giesemann 12x80W T5's

Want to cry?

Posted: March 29th, 2011, 10:51am CDT by viper357

Seized corals point to Punta EngaÃ±o officials « Cebu Daily News

Some SPS ID's

Posted: March 29th, 2011, 10:33am CDT by viper357

Came across this site which has some pretty awesome Acropora ID's, nice thing is if you click on one of the pics then it comes up with a couple of extra pics and bigger pics too so you can try to make a fairly accurate ID.

Acropora
[www.garretts-acropolis.com]

Montipora's
[www.garretts-acropolis.com]

Stylo's and Pocillopora's
http://www.garretts-acropolis.com/In...lloporidae.htm

Egg crate on top of dsb

Posted: March 29th, 2011, 10:08am CDT by Meneer

Will it stuff my dsb around if i place some egg crate about 5 cm above the sand level of the dsb? It should not impede with the water flow.

It will just be for frags and the odd thing to be put in my tank later?

18" mag rims

Posted: March 28th, 2011, 9:39pm CDT by chikaboo

Hi all ... Anyone interested in these 18" rims ... I had them on the ML with 285 tyres - looking at R5000 - shipping naturally at buyers expense or if you not in a hurry ... Almost always up and down JHB or DBN way ... can make a plan to meet somewhere with them ....

lether toadstoll and snaklock and comon clown fish

Posted: March 28th, 2011, 7:42pm CDT by davidwatkins26

hi ok this is a problem iv got iv got a snaklock and a lether toadstoll and 1 comon clown fish and i just carnt get my clown fish to host ether of them at all .and how can i get my lether toadstoll to flower and to frag it with out of damiging it

TS2 skimmer

Posted: March 28th, 2011, 7:38pm CDT by deadmeat2016

I currently have a TS1 and am thinking about upgrading, how much 'higher' is the TS2 than the TS 1 cus I can just barely fit it in my sump.....
cheers guys

Fish choice

Posted: March 28th, 2011, 7:02pm CDT by Alias

hey all,

Now that my nano is cycling i wanna try nail down my stocking list. Are there any sites where i can get a list of fish for nano tanks?

Also need to decide on a CUC, btw, when can i look at putting these guys in? really like the look of those fire shrimps.

Im pretty set on 2 clowns (1 male, 1 female) and a goby of sorts. realistically looking at 5 maybe 6 fish max so any ideas?

Thanks for the input in advance ;)

Eish

Posted: March 28th, 2011, 6:59pm CDT by Zuna

i thought that some of our LFS crammed their livestock but these guys take the cake
YouTube - Hong Kong ,Tung choi street

YouTube - Hong Kong ,Tung choi street

Tick Tock , What system to convert next?

Posted: March 28th, 2011, 6:19pm CDT by Xereo

Well im bored already of my small system..
Now i eyeing out my other tanks..

Got a New ts2 skimmer today for it :)

So lets see which tank you guys choose..
But here comes the hard part haha

the 2 big tanks i have are home to other fishies :)
So Which one will be the Weakest Link?

haha

Please see pics :)

Nano Tank... in the making

Brackish tank. ( Home to Figure 8 Puffers ) 900L ODD

Tropical Tank ( Home to a Red Devil of 9 years ) 650L or there abouts

pics of Frag systems

Posted: March 28th, 2011, 5:22pm CDT by Johan van Aardt

Hey guys im looking for idee's.

Please post any pics off frag systems you have?

scrubber screen

Posted: March 28th, 2011, 4:44pm CDT by cswhitehead

howzit,
i want to make myself a ats but what do you guys use for the scrubber screen?

Tunze 9002 Skimmer Vortec Mp10 for sale: Freestate

Posted: March 28th, 2011, 2:48pm CDT by jaquesdp08

Hardware for saleThread title:

Tunze 9002 Skimmer Vortec Mp10

Location:

Freestate

Shipping or Collection only:

shipping

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

I have a brand new Tunze 9002 skimmer.. Perfect for tanks up to 200 litres.. Nice for nano's or a frag tank.. Cant be used in my new system..

R1200

Vortec Mp10 about 1 month old cant also be used in my new Tank..

R2100

All price incluede shipping

Notes:

-

Relocating Urgent Full System for Sale for sale: Cape Town, Big Bay

Posted: March 28th, 2011, 2:45pm CDT by lloyd18

Full system sales or multiple items for sale.Thread title:

Relocating Urgent Full System for Sale

Location:

Cape Town, Big Bay

Shipping or Collection only:

Will ship at buyers expense

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

URGENT SALE: Full Oceanson Marine Aquarium for sale.
Relocating and will be upgrading to bigger aquarium,

1200 X 750 X 600 complete with cabinet. ( New Price: R7800 )
4 chamber sump
Reeftek TS2 Skimmer ( New Price: Approx R2400 )
300W Heater
Return Pump
Reeftek Phosphate Reactor ( New Price: Approx R1800 )
3 X Sun Sun circulation pumps
Atman lighting unit ( 2 X 150W MH and 4 X 54W PL's) ( New Price: R3800 )
Substrate: Aragonite
DSB: Aragonite & Beach Sand
45 kg Live rock a mix of Fiji and Indonesean

Live Stock
1 X Sail Fin Tang
1 X Scopas Tang
1 X Flagfin Angel fish
1 X Cleaner Shrimp
1 X Cleaner Wrasse

Corals
1 X Purple Star Polyps
1 X Green Star Polyps
1 X Hammer Coral
1 X Elegance Coral

Asking Price for all R10 000,00 Highly Negotiable, make me an offer.

Notes: If anyone would like some more pics please PM me and I will glady take some and send through.

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Permalink for 'Marine_Aquariums_of_South_Africa/2011/03/28/TS2'

TS2

Posted: March 28th, 2011, 2:34pm CDT by Xereo

Well Just to let you all know i am now a proud owner of a Ts2 skimmer.
Im a Child again lol new toy..

T5 Ballast and lighting stuff

Posted: March 28th, 2011, 2:30pm CDT by Hudsonkzn

Hi guys

I'm looking for a T5 Ballast and or Waterproof End Caps and or T5 2ft Globes (Blue and White)

If anyone has any of these lieing around, let me know!

Sorry, I forgot to mention Durban area only.

Kenya tree

Posted: March 28th, 2011, 11:59am CDT by brandonb

Hi I am looking for small kenya tree coral or a frag of one .

Thanks
Brandon

Skimmers

Posted: March 28th, 2011, 11:01am CDT by Duimpies

I have a 220l tank and sump set up(Cube , ive been to told to get a TS1 skimmer , would it be probolmatic if i got a TS2 ?

where to get 24W T5 ballasts

Posted: March 28th, 2011, 10:47am CDT by jaybeepee

Where can I get 24W T5 ballasts in Jhb (preferably sandton) area?

Cheers
jason

Looking for Some cheap live rock or base rock - Cape Town

Posted: March 28th, 2011, 10:34am CDT by Meneer

I do have 5 Kg's of LR for my 1.2 M tank, but I want to start scaping, and apparently one may not go collect them at Melkbos or Blouberg.... :(

Calsium reactor and kalkstirrer.

Posted: March 28th, 2011, 10:02am CDT by Nsteyn

Hi guys. To my understanding a calsium reactor works best with a kalkstirrer.

Long run i would like to have both, but for starters i would start with the stirrer.

I found the following on the bet, and it looked to me like a good starting point. Any commments?

I have a few questions, but first lets see the responses.

Ciao.
Niel

Turbo Snails - PTA

Posted: March 28th, 2011, 8:54am CDT by akhannay

Hello i have started a new tank and have driven all over pretoria and jhb. I cannot for the life of me find snails to chow all me algae? would anyone be able to sell/sponsor me two? appreciate it! :)

PH assistance

Posted: March 28th, 2011, 8:28am CDT by Timone

Help needed.
This is the start of week 2 of my new tank cycle and having PH issues.
I did a small water change to get teh salinity to the correct range of 1.025 but since then my PH is a mess.
First of all 1 hour after the got the salinity right i check PH and it was over 8.6.
I then proceeded to put a buffer in to increase PH only to dicover I wentthe wrong way to it push the PH higher. I then used the oppiste buffer and got it now to 8.6 or there abouts. Last night I checked the PH and it was sitting 8.3 with no skimmer running. I left the skimmer on over night and PH shot up over 8.6 again. The only stuff i am adding to my tank at this point in time is MB7. I can't imagine that it would affect the PH. What is teh best way to bring the PH to the correct levels.
Water hardness or DK is about 9.52

Welding or screws for frame

Posted: March 27th, 2011, 9:50pm CDT by silvano14

Hi,

Quick question. Is it possible to screw your frame together instead of welding the frame?

If not why not?

Thanks.

egg crate

Posted: March 27th, 2011, 9:26pm CDT by malooda

hi

where do i get egg crate from iv tried builders warehouse, express no1s heard of it?

Need help with mushrooms

Posted: March 27th, 2011, 8:38pm CDT by 2time

I have this rock with 15+ mushrooms on it, for about two weeks now and noticed a couple of days ago about half of them is not opening, and if they do open its only a little.

There is also some white stuff in/coming out of the mouths. What i also noticed is that its only happening to the ones facing the front pane and not the other side, as you can see the mushrooms on the back is open. What could it be?

Sorry for the crappy pic, was taken and edited on my phone.

Clip on Haqos 150W Metal Halide, perfect fit on your Nano for sale: Cape Town

Posted: March 27th, 2011, 7:33pm CDT by Sammy

Hardware for saleThread title:

Clip on Haqos 150W Metal Halide, perfect fit on your Nano

Location:

Cape Town

Shipping or Collection only:

Both

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

Hi guys, upgrading from TL-550 to full setup, as a result I'm selling my MH clip on unit, 150W, comes with 1 Quamedic 16000k and the standard glode as supplied, think its 20000 K. There is another globe laying around which I could find if I looked.

Looking for R1400. Separate balast

PM if interested. Will ship at buyers expense.

Notes:

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Purple Tang for sale: KZN

Posted: March 27th, 2011, 6:58pm CDT by AfricaOffroad

Fish for saleCommon Name:

Purple Tang

Scientific Name:

-

Size of fish

10cm

How long have you had the fish?

4-5 months

Is the fish eating?

Yes

Shipping or Collection only:

Collect

Your location.

KZN

Price:

R800

Photo's:

Notes:

Largish healthy purple tang..
Not shipping, so DBN/KZN reefers preffered. I'm flying to JHB in a month's time, so its possible I could bring it up with me.
Not taking DIBS.
You keen, you pm me and we work out a deal.

Worthwile testing?

Posted: March 27th, 2011, 6:10pm CDT by chikaboo

What do the lighting guru's say .... Yay or Nay?

At a Glance...
LED Grow Light to stimulate plant growth and keep them healthy when grown indoors.
Designed for maximum energy-efficiency to reduce wasted light, heat and costs.
Environmentally safe product with mercury-free bulbs.
Manufacturer Specifications:
Main Function: LED Grow Light
Power Output: 15W
Power Voltage: 80 - 265V
Dimension: 310mm x 310mm x 38mm (L x W x D)
Expected Lifespan: 20,000 hours
Product Notes:
Significantly quieter with no noisy fans, ballasts and chillers.
Lightweight with a flat base, this LED Grow Light can easily be hung or mounted directly to a flat ceiling, making this model easier for mounting in tighter spaces.
Individual LED's produce relatively small light cones, so they are clustered into arrays so the light cones overlap, increasing light intensity and coverage area, meaning you can get a larger coverage area from each light fixture.
No wasted energy or extra cooling equipment needed.
For use indoors or in greenhouses only. Not waterproof.
Package Contents:
Grow Light Panel
Frequently Asked Questions:
What are the frequencies of red light and blue light?
Both red and blue light are part of the visible spectrum, this is the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to (can be detected by) the human eye. Red light has a wavelength of 620-750nm and a frequency of 400-484THz. Blue light has a wavelength of 450-495nm and a frequency of 606-668THz.
Why is red light important for plants?
The red region has a utilization peak around 660-670 nm for Chlorophyll A and around 635-645 nm for Chlorophyll B, depending on the source of information. Plants generally make good use of all red wavelengths except for ones much longer than 670 nm.
Why is blue light important for plants?
Photosynthesis works most fundamentally from red light and secondarily from blue light. However, many plants have some need for blue light for proper growth regulation and/or flowering and/or fruiting.

+/- 300 lumens and about R400 - used for growing plants but can it be suitable for marines?

Why this brown alge and how to get rid of it

Posted: March 27th, 2011, 4:52pm CDT by nepellew

Hey guys ive been struggling with this brown alge and i just caint get my purple alge growing what am i lacking or what else could it be

Sodwana diving?

Posted: March 27th, 2011, 4:37pm CDT by Annoying

Hey everyone!

So finally I have made the choice to start saving up for diving lessons. I would like to do them in Sodwana as I heard they were great and every now and then we go down there for the fun. I would like to know if someone knows of a great place to do the diving lessons, I'm looking to do the open water course but if you would suggest anything else then that would be great, I'm all ears:thumbup:. I'm really looking forward, hope from hearing from you guys soon!

Something for Angel & SPS Lovers!

Posted: March 27th, 2011, 4:14pm CDT by Kunhardt

This latest TOTM from Reefkeeping Magazine is definately an awesome sight for those that love angels and sps. This guy has so many angels in his reef tank its quite amazing...the most interesting must be the 3 flame angels in 1 tank :)

Oh...and for those that love Ricordeas...check out how many he has! :whistling:

Reefkeeping Magazine - Tank of the Month

Zanzibar

Posted: March 27th, 2011, 3:35pm CDT by erle_vaughan

Any body here know about spearfishing in Zanzibar? like legalities and what not....

what about collecting specimens and bringing them home?

crunch coral for sale: randburg bryanston

Posted: March 27th, 2011, 12:58pm CDT by boetie

Fish for saleCommon Name:

crunch coral

Scientific Name:

-

Size of fish

coral

How long have you had the fish?

4 years

Is the fish eating?

free

Shipping or Collection only:

collection

Your location.

randburg bryanston

Price:

free

Photo's:

I'm closing down my tank and have about 60 kg of crunched coral in it. I don't wanna kill it off as it has a lot of live in it like bristle stars, small snails and tiny oysters. I would rather give it to someone who can put it at use.

Notes: cell 0837153083

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Stuff Need

Posted: March 27th, 2011, 12:54pm CDT by Immo

Hi Guys

Looking for a cheap wavemaker and a 2000l pump.......Mine packed up this weekend when i had a power surge.

In Durban Area please....let me know

Also, looking for a good cheap skimmer....:thumbup:

For how long must my lights be on?

Posted: March 27th, 2011, 12:31pm CDT by Meneer

I have 2 54W T5 Actinics and 2 10000 whites

At this stage my lights are 1 Actinic and 1 white per ballast.

I have 2 timers. Should I change the configuration to 2 Actinics and 2 Whites?
I wanna set the timers to first switch off the one, and a few minutes later the other one.

From what time till what time should the lights be on?

uncured Indo live rock

Posted: March 27th, 2011, 11:20am CDT by Johan van Aardt

Anybody got? or know were i can get?

im in need of like 5 KG

Free , Gratis , verniet & mahala for sale: HERMANUS

Posted: March 27th, 2011, 11:06am CDT by FransSny

Hardware for saleThread title:

Free , Gratis , verniet & mahala

Location:

HERMANUS

Shipping or Collection only:

COLLECT

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

Not going big again due to time and space constraints so donating this to whoever.

Height 650 mm, back panels 1100 x 1000 mm

Still in good nick

Also stand.

Notes:

-

Return Pump noisy

Posted: March 27th, 2011, 10:51am CDT by Alias

Searched the forum but didn't get much joy. I have a resun b-1500 return pump rated at 1500lph. When i used it to transfer water from the bins to the tank it was super quite but now that its in the sump its quite noisy. I read somewhere it could be air bubbles in the pump so i tuned it off, emptied it and re submerged it and tilted it to try prime it with out air in there, still doesn't seem to help.

any ideas? pump is brand new, went in yesterday.

What happens 2,6 km beneath the ocean surface

Posted: March 27th, 2011, 9:50am CDT by FransSny

Interesting creature:

YouTube - Sea Pig Slow Dance

YouTube - Sea Pig Slow Dance

T5 Heat & thermometer

Posted: March 27th, 2011, 9:10am CDT by Meneer

Is it normal for T5's to get so hot that they melt the glue from a glue gun?

I attached the lamp holders with a glue gun, but after 2 hours they just melted of. I since glued them with Pratley Steel.

My thermometer gave me a temparature reading of 29. The probe was fixed 15 cm below the waterline in the dt.

I now chucked it in the sump in the dt return chamber, and now it reads around 25 degrees. Can I leave it there?

Interesting specimens from False Bay

Posted: March 26th, 2011, 1:00am CDT by SteveZi

Hi there,

Has anybody ever collected any interesting fish specimens from the False Bay area?
I have heared stories of juvenile Moorish Idol from Kalk Bay harbor, as well as sightings of Coachman/Banner bflies.
Anybody collected anything from say Strand or Gordonsbay area that's worth sharing?

Test kit

Posted: March 26th, 2011, 7:58pm CDT by jaquesdp08

Hi, Im looking for Strontium and Kalium test kits.. you have in stock ?

thanks jaques

tank news

Posted: March 26th, 2011, 7:33pm CDT by johannes rall

Hi guys just want to share some news about my tank.its been going for 2weeks now and still looking great.dont know if its a good thing or not but there is no algea insight so far

skimmer problem

Posted: March 26th, 2011, 6:03pm CDT by Alias

Hey,

So I got water into my sump and tested my skimmer. At first it didn't turn on at all but after I gave it a love tap it started spinning. Problem is, its pumping water straight out the cup. It actually lifted the lid off. I opened the air inlet full and it doesn't seem to help. When I empty it and start again it starts off working then does the same as before. Ill try get a pic up soon. Any idea's? Its a brand new boyu wg-308.

Via aqua SK-200 Protein Skimmer for sale: Vereeniging

Posted: March 26th, 2011, 5:53pm CDT by Falcon

Hardware for saleThread title:

Via aqua SK-200 Protein Skimmer

Location:

Vereeniging

Shipping or Collection only:

Both

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

Hey guys got the skimmer from my 200lt shop tank for sale since that tank is closed down,thought I'd use it for my new tank hence I kept it but New tank is much bigger so this wont work for me with high bio load in a 500lt tank.

This skimmer is rated at around 400lts but I feel it will be nicely suited to a tank around 250 liters.I rate it the equivalent of a ts1 IMO.It is like new and was only used for a few months,also comes with the very reliable atman pump.If you want you can mod it by getting a needle or pinwheel impeller,but its not necessary.

Looking for around R700.

I will post pics just now,image up-loader doesn't wanna load right now.:whistling:

Notes:

-

RO unit proprietary membranes?

Posted: March 26th, 2011, 9:16am CDT by ThaneF

Hi all, especially @waterboy

I have just moved into a new house and I'm no longer close to any decent LFS that stock marine so here is my question.
Many many years ago I bought a really fance RO unit and I need to replace all of the filter components, will any filter unit fit or are they proprietary?

Regards
Thane

Urgent help needed Injured anenome

Posted: March 25th, 2011, 10:40pm CDT by Smiley

I have a purple tip anenome that was pulled into my movement and circulation pump. I managed to get removed and now it appears not to be able to reattach itself because when I plug the pump in the anenome moves around the tank until it again gets sucked into it. Any suggestions??

plz help with this!

Posted: March 25th, 2011, 8:53pm CDT by malooda

hi

i plan on starting my tank in this week im looking at putting a sand bed in chamber 2 tho iv heard it wont work well bcoz it aint big enough so i was thinking if i jus put a sand bed in chamber 2 and then put egg crate where the yellow markings are on the picture and above the sand bed i put some chaeto would that keep the chaeto in that chamber and not let it float around all over the sump?
where can i buy egg crate from?
do i have to have t5 lights for the chaeto if not what lights could i use?

put some egg

salt water storage

Posted: March 25th, 2011, 8:19pm CDT by Alias

Hey, so I went out to get some NSW, but I have to go out for supper, how long can I store it for before it goes off? I can either do it late tonight or early tomorrow.

Help please :)

Practical Fishkeeping Slobodan Lazaveric's reef tank.

Posted: March 25th, 2011, 5:46pm CDT by AndreM

I found this page, throught I'd share it.

Your tanks: Slobodan Lazaveric, part two | Blog | Practical Fishkeeping

Interesting tank and interview with the owner.

Here are some pictures:

Scaling down

Posted: March 25th, 2011, 5:00pm CDT by FransSny

Wasnt planning on posting anything but as I needed some help with sump ideas, I can just as well.

As space is a constraint at the moment, and time :P, I have decided to go for something smaller this round.

Tank: 650 sq x 500 h (water level @ 470 as I would like to go for some exposed rock)
Skimmer : Reefocto Orca 80 EXT (or the skimz that I havent used yet )
Return: Eheim Compact 3000
Flow: 2 x Tunze 6055 Nanostreams
Biological Filtration: Cryptic Zone, ATS (?????) and DSB

Thanks Riaan for the Scetchup model & sump ideas :thumbup:

Idea is to split off return to top tank (crypic zone) as well as ATS. Three way split OR split overflow. Comments please

Inmates....no Idea

Making a tank.

Posted: March 25th, 2011, 2:59pm CDT by Xereo

Any People in Cape town who make tanks ( Southern Suburbs )

Free Crab! for sale: West Rand

Posted: March 25th, 2011, 2:31pm CDT by rakabos

All other livestockCommon Name:

Free Crab!

Scientific Name:

-

Size

matchbox

How long have you had it?

NO CLUE!

Shipping or Collection only:

collection

Your location.

West Rand

Price:

-

Photo's:

Anybody want this guy cuz i dont. Found him in the DT and he is free to someone who collects today or this weekend

Notes:

-

Id please

Posted: March 25th, 2011, 2:25pm CDT by rakabos

Saw this on the bottom of a zoa rock. Theres about 3 of them/it. Any ideas?

Struggling to get the camera to focus on it. Looks like a growth more than a critter

Prep for Filling

Posted: March 25th, 2011, 1:57pm CDT by Alias

Filling my tank this weekend but how do i prime the tank and sump?

Just fill the tank full obviously and just keep filling until the overflow fills the sump too? then hit the pumps?

Also, how much uncured LR should i start with? 2 kg or just put the full 6kg's in form the start?

Kenya ban export of liverock !

Posted: March 25th, 2011, 1:41pm CDT by Perky pets superstore

Hi all.

We just received a batch of live rock from Kenya and been told it will be the last until nature conservations legislations have been finalized to carry on harvesting the live rock or not.

There reason is that the methods of collecting the rock is Damaging the sea floor / marine environment .

The Fiji rock will still be available for import / export And resale.

Our 100kgs of live rock is still selling for R98.95 per/kg - ( no price increase )

Thanks
David

Akai 37" LCD HD READY TV

Posted: March 25th, 2011, 12:45pm CDT by Immo

Hi Guys

I have a Akai 37" LCD HD Ready Tv that i need to sell urgently..Taking up space and need this to go....

Looking for R3500 neg...

Screen is in perfect working order....Has 1 HDMI Input and 1 AV input, also has 2 Component inputs and a VGA input for your pc / laptop....

Reason for selling : UPGRADED :tt2:

Durban Only......

ID Needed please for new tank in cycle process

Posted: March 25th, 2011, 10:41am CDT by prometheus

Hi

Please could you assist in helping ID this that I saw in LR that I bought and placed into my new tank

Sump Ideas needed

Posted: March 25th, 2011, 10:37am CDT by FransSny

Ok so built myself a new cube 650 x 500 h.

Now I need to get a sump under it...I would like to incorporate as much biological filtration as possible, and thus would probably have to "stac" two sumps....any ideas ?

Testing for Ammonia and Nitrite

Posted: March 25th, 2011, 10:17am CDT by Meneer

My tank has been running for a week now.
How often do I test Ammonia levels, and when do I start testing fir Nitrite.. only when Ammonia is 0?

Just wanna make sure...

Posted: March 25th, 2011, 8:52am CDT by Meneer

As I have read, to cycle your tank, the best would be is to get 3 bacteria, and wait for 5 years before you put in anything else... :tt2:

Will 2 kilos of liverock be enough to start the cycle?
I was wondering if they would produce enough ammonia to produce enough nitrite?

I was told(by someone in the game for more than 24 years) to put in some live rock, 2 clowns and start dosing with Seachem Stability for 7 days.

I know my tank will then NOT be mature and cycled(only after a month or 2) but I will have more bacteria growth than with live rock alone after 2 months.

High NO3 level

Posted: March 25th, 2011, 8:18am CDT by GI Marine

I have always struggled with high nitrate levels, but thought after my recent move and setting up my tank again plus doing a 40% water change the NO3 levels would some how go down. This was not the case. The ammonia and nitrite levels are basically zero but the nitrate levels are still above 20 ppm? I have cut down on feeding, to see if not the problem, but do not see any difference. I have about 50kg of live rock, DSB + macro algae, my sand in the display is about 4-5cm. I only have two clowns, a cleaner w, 3 shrimps, sea cucumber, brittle star and 4 hermits in a +- 700l setup. I have read about the following products, does anyone know if it will sort out or help reduce the NO3 levels? Seachem purigen and Prodibio

Just starting and ready to quit

Posted: March 24th, 2011, 9:20pm CDT by Philip

Hi guys.

Ive had freshwater fish for more than 7 years now and decided to go marine.

I have 250l tank on cabinet. Bought Reeftek TS3 :yeahdude:(went big to also use in future bigger tank), had sump made, bought aragonite, mineral mud and flotek S3100 return pump.
Built my own overflow that works great :thumbup: (did not want to drill curved glass tank)

I'm really frustrated, cause the return pump makes a hell of a noise. :cursing: I can barely hear the TV, not talking about sleeping at night. The TS3 is very quiet, now I compare my pump to it. Returned the pump and they gave me another one to try, even worse. I'm running out of ideas. I think these pumps are made for outdoor and not indoor use.

Any suggestions on which pump I can try or what to do to get noise down will be greatly appreciated.

Micro Bubbles

Posted: March 24th, 2011, 7:24pm CDT by Meneer

Will micro bubbles affect the working of my dsb?

I have a lot coming back through my overflow pipe.

Tried inserting a elbow under water, but it has no effect.

My dt seems clear though...

10k or 12k which is more yellow?

Posted: March 24th, 2011, 6:17pm CDT by maxisoft

Hi Guys. I have been discussing this topic with my friend @rakabos He claims that a 10000k T5 is whiter than a 12000K. I am willing to bet a frag with him that 12000k is whiter....

Please would the experts in this field cast a vote?

Wanted: 24V Power Supply For Resun 15000

Posted: March 24th, 2011, 5:06pm CDT by maxisoft

hi guys,

I got one of these without a power supply from a fellow reefer. Without the power supply I would have to cut the wires, etc and use an aftermarket one. Is there anyone who has maybe bust his or has a power supply for it?

Bored....

Posted: March 24th, 2011, 4:29pm CDT by Xereo

Bored of my 150L tank already...

Should i just convert my 1000l brackish tank into marine?

Rare Joculator Pygmy angels coming in soon....for sale

Posted: March 24th, 2011, 4:29pm CDT by lanzo

Hi guys here with some info regarding Joculators...we will be getting in 6 in a months time

Please let us know if you are interested as 3 has already been pre-booked

If the demand is greater we can get up to 10

Joculators are only found in Indian Ocean Xmas island.They are part of Australia. There is only one collector . The permit only allows for 300 per year that may be collected (that means that there are less of them collected than conspic angels )

The closest relative is the Easter island pygmy angel ( Centropyge hotumatua ) .And they are extremely hardy angels.(i have heard after being collected and put in a bucket with in 2 hours they started eating in the bucket )

Normal selling Price: R7000

We will be selling them for now only R3900-R4500

Do you want a rare fish that is easy to keep and that is reef safe?????? Now is your chance

Please email your order too:

Centurion@dorrypets.co.za

Best Regards
Lanzo

Bubble King Skimmers

Posted: March 24th, 2011, 4:22pm CDT by Ridwaan

Howzit Guys....

Ive used alot of differant types of skimmers, differant sizes and differant brands. But till this day, i havent managed to get my hands on a Bubble King.

Does anyone know who imports them or do I have to import it myself?

Your advice will be much appreciated...:thumbup:

Ridwaan

Pet Stop to re-open

Posted: March 24th, 2011, 4:00pm CDT by Moolis

Hi REEFERS

Yes at last we can post that the builders are in the process of repairing the shop and we should be back in the shop within the next 3 weeks.:thumbup:

Just some back ground and answering some of your questions.

1. The shop burned on the 15-01-2011.
2. The cause of the fire was an electrical short, not by the aquariums but by the counter.
3. LOSSES were nearly all the livestock, only a significant amount of reptiles survived. All mammals died due to smoke inhalation and nearly all the fish. Only a limited amount of hardware escaped HEAT, SMOKE or WATER damage.
4. My insurance (SANTAM) paid out ages ago thanks to a very diligent Kobus (the assessor)
5. The landlord had a problem with his insurance and they are the reason we can only get our shop back in 3 weeks. (One week later and we would have opened in a new 600 square meter premises)
This is the reason we did not post or communicated with any one, we did not know if we were going to open in our old shop or in a new shop, or even where this new shop would have been located!

WHAT WE HAVE DONE DURING THIS TIME
1. we cleaned and fixed all the aquariums so they are as good as new
2. We went thru our suppliers catalogues with a fine toothed comb to ensure we are stocked up with every thing you might need
3. we planed our shop layout for optimal use (now there are more shelf space, more aquariums and most importantly, more space to move around)
4. we build brand new customized shelving for the whole shop
5. we sat down with our customers and analised their needs and how we can meet with their expectations
6. we spend our time training our staff
7. We sat down with suppliers to negotiate the best possible discounts, prizes and products for you.

NOW WE CAN LOOK AHEAD
1. Better housing for live stock
2. A massive 5 week launch SPECIAL
3. Better prices all round
4. Better customer service

More details will follow as we get closer to the opening and the official re-launch:1: of the bigger & better Pet Stop

ID on snails pls pls pls

Posted: March 24th, 2011, 3:01pm CDT by gecco

I seen this guy in the tank last night and sumped him till further notice :whistling:

± 23mm long

Bottom view

Now second question would be , is he bad or good???

Dymax Anti White Spot

Posted: March 24th, 2011, 2:59pm CDT by johanpm

Has anyone ever used Dymax Anti White Spot?

The directions on the bottle are very vague. It only says 10ml per 60l of water. How often? How long?

fly*s Cube600

Posted: March 24th, 2011, 2:17pm CDT by fly*

Righty,

So I started a thread awhile back where I had lofty ideas of creating something similar to this using a JBJ24G.

Everything went well until I discovered that the tank was too scratched to be able to use as a display tank. The system is still going however its being used as a QT and frag tank atm. Here's a pic of how it is now.

Anyways.....I was shopping at Cash Converters and I found this itank going for a song and thought, hell that's exactly what i'm looking for.

So this build is based on this tank and the wunderland inspiration :)

substrate- Aragonite

Posted: March 24th, 2011, 2:13pm CDT by Duimpies

Hi Guys
I see a person gets various kinds of Aragonite substrate, some white , some black , some mixed , besides the grain size , are there any added advatages using a specific colour

I like the hawain black aragonite, will this affect my tank setup or fish selction

ragards

Copperband vs tube worms

Posted: March 24th, 2011, 10:46am CDT by Boegie

I think I made a stupid mistake. I bought a copperband a week ago mainly for the control of aptasia.

Was very worried because of it being difficult to get to eat. It is picking from the rocks and looks like its eating. Did not see it eating any blood worms and other frozen food I give my fish yet. Hope this was not a miss because I have seen no aptasia been eaten yet.

Last night I saw my tube worms "feathers" did not come out. Did the copperband eat them? I suppose so because I read that copperband do eat tube worms.

Well, the reason why I am posting this thread, is to remind those who want to buy a copperband to remove the tube worms first.

But let's discuss it firt because I can be wrong. What is your experience?

African Pygmy Turbo Snails!!!

Posted: March 24th, 2011, 10:38am CDT by brentv

Ok so after checking these small snails brown & pearlesent with black stripes, cruising around some rocks munching down on algea about 3 weeks ago, I decided to chuck about 10 in my tank knowing the risks to see if they were just gonna do what regular bought Turbo snails do!!!!:whistling:.....

Yes, Yes, Yes!!!! they are absolutely awesome, don't touch any corals and giving the algea a run for it's money!!!

So I 'caught':blush: more!!! and they are starting to really work!!!
Been 2 weeks since I've had them all in and improvements definately!!!

They work better than any surgeon or tang, aren't knocking corals over and are easy to take out and return to the sea when they are done!!:yeahdude:

I will take a pic this afternoon, but was wondering if anyone has tried these guys before????:whistling:
Actually not sure if they are common everywhere? but I get a load in Shelly Beach!! Gonna nickname them 'African Pygmy Turbo Snail'!!

an alternative to a delay switch on skimmer

Posted: March 24th, 2011, 10:31am CDT by jaybeepee

Hey All,

I have this problem that when, for example, the power cuts my sump fills up with the excess overflow from the main tank. Then, when it comes back on my sump is nice and full and the skimmer as a result bubbles over - coz the water level is too high for a good 30 seconds. This is bad as all the crap in the skimmer can sometimes pour back into the sump.

I've heard some guys talking about a delay timer but I think I may have come up with an easier option that may help others.

The solution (well at least for me) ;)

take the air intake pipe (venturi) of the skimmer and mount it upside down such that it is just above the level your sump is USUALLY at. THEN, when the sump fills for whatever reason, the skimmer will stop working as it will be sucking water into the venturi as opposed to air.

Hope it helps others

Cheers
Jason

What fish?

Posted: March 24th, 2011, 10:15am CDT by Dazz

Hi guys..What fish can i add that will get rid of the bubble algae and the green hair algae?thanks in advance

Amphipod

Posted: March 24th, 2011, 10:02am CDT by Mastazee

Hi guys i saw a lot of these buggers running around my tank should i be worried? From what i read they don't do any damage. Any advice would be appreciated.:thumbup:

Urgent help needed Overrated Skimmer,problem Y or N?

Posted: March 24th, 2011, 9:34am CDT by JsPLAYn

Ok, hey all. I recently purchased a xp5000int cone reef octopus skimmer rated for 2400litres.... My system is ±1200 litres....should I have a problem or not, all advice will be gladly appreciated.... Also if it is overrated,overskimmin, can I rum it 3 days a week, or must it be on everyday???? I'm lost,please help!!!! Thanks:blush:

New To Marine Aquariums

Posted: March 24th, 2011, 8:20am CDT by Wolverine

Hi everyoneIm the new guy from Cape Town. Ive been keeping tropical fish for many years and think its now time for a Marine setup. Before i start setting up, im still busy doing some research...Reading a few books and posts on this cool Forum. Seems challenging but will keep you guys updated and hope to succeed with your help.

Yellow goniopora Problem or Not?

Posted: March 23rd, 2011, 11:38pm CDT by Xereo

well here is my issue..
i got a Yellow goniopora for my bday.

Well this is what i found is weird.
During the day when my t5's are on it wont come out.
but as soon as my lights go off and i have my night light on its out and happy.

anyone else have this problem?

How to make your skimmer FROTH not bubble

Posted: March 23rd, 2011, 11:17pm CDT by Sammy

Hey guys, thought I'd share this with you.

After tuning my AFP600 Deltec skimmer for a week, and only seeing fizzy big bubbles, I got fed up, tuned tuned and tuned, thought my aquabee pump was the problem. Cleaned all moving parts in vinigar.

Well, tonight after mucking around with my display tank, all of a sudden I seen a creamy head on my skimmer, I did notihing ??? this leaves me to believe its not my pump which I initially suspected ?

After this I experimented ??? dipped my finger into the froth and it disappeared for good ??? Back to the fizzy bubbles, Tweeked and tweeked but nothing ?

Now, knowing its not the HW, i experimented ???

Result: Add a small cutting of filter floss in the reaction chamber and wow, the FROTH reappeared ??

Just my experience, not fact? but let me know ????

What i've seeing is the head of the froth keeps the skimming in tune ??? So what I've found its this head we need to try to create ???

If you had my same skimmer problems, try it and let me know ????

Doing it right - Sump Design

Posted: March 23rd, 2011, 8:00pm CDT by Alias

ok, so the sump i bought will take too long and cost about the same to modify as just building a new one. gonna get the glass cut tomorrow and build it myself. Just want to run the specs passed the guru's. maybe @RiaanP can give his input too.

seeing as i'm going to build a new one i may as well build it to fit the frame rather than get the frame to fit the sump. So there is a space limitation which means the sump has to be 550x290mm (outside measurements). So then how big should my chambers be in terms of length and in hight?

I have a BOYU WG-308 skimmer rated at 120l/h and a RESUN B-1500 return pump. I am not sure how to position the skimmer so it works effectively and what the water level must be around the skimmer.

Gonna get this glass cut first thing tomorrow and hopefully have water in the system by tomorrow night if all goes well so hoping to nail down the design tonight, any help will be appreciated.

:thumbup:

Port alfred

Posted: March 23rd, 2011, 7:50pm CDT by clinton

Can someone please help me with some spots to dive in Port alfred ,dont know the area , wil be using a gps.

Id please guys

Posted: March 23rd, 2011, 6:55pm CDT by nepellew

WHat on earth is this

Worst skim ever

Posted: March 23rd, 2011, 6:48pm CDT by Xereo

Sorry but i had to post this.
After cleaning my skimmer this morning, and now comming home from work.
ive found the worst Smelling Black Skim waiting for me at home...

I honestly thought something died

Take a look.. arg im still sick to my stomach at the smell

kleins butterfly for sale: paulshof

Posted: March 23rd, 2011, 4:43pm CDT by flamming angel

Fish for saleCommon Name:

kleins butterfly

Scientific Name:

-

Size of fish

about 6cm

How long have you had the fish?

3

Is the fish eating?

eating flakes, live and frozen

Shipping or Collection only:

collection only

Your location.

paulshof

Price:

Reasonable offers or swops

Photo's:

Howzit all

Got the fish above for sale.
Reason for selling: Got him for apitasia and now its all finish and that tank is going to be shut down. Fish purchased from a pet shop in westrand not locally caught
Reasonable offers or to swop for corals or why.

Thanks

Notes:

-

LR wanted - Port Elizabeth

Posted: March 23rd, 2011, 4:14pm CDT by Alias

Looking for good quality LR for new nano setup. LFS is pricey, any members in the community willing to sell? if not in PE, is it possible to ship?

my tl550

Posted: March 23rd, 2011, 3:53pm CDT by victor du plessis

I have a boyu tl550. Running it with l/r in the back and the original filter spunge. Will post sum pics later

Cyano smothering polyps

Posted: March 23rd, 2011, 3:08pm CDT by rakabos

Hi guys

I have a 1.5m tank which as been running for a few weeks. I upgraded from a 3ft and added all the LR and water to the new setup and transferred all the livestock,rinsed all the sand. To help with the cycling i added stability. Of all the livestock i lost only a snail and a shrimp, rest is fine.

Now i have noticed on some of the smaller polyped zoas i have that cyano is smothering them to death. I need to replace the T5's i have as i am unsure how old they are, but they definitely not new. So that is one issue i know of. I have a Reef octopus 160x so thats fine. I run carbon in a filter and also purigen.

I have thus far tried pointing the powerheads for more flow onto the affected areas and not noticed much difference. I have used cotton buds to remove the cyano off the polyps where possible but sticking my hand in the tank every other day is not helping either with water stability. Apart from trying chemi-clean what else can you guys reccomend to help with this. Im not too fussed with cyano on the glass etc, but killing my coral is crossing the line

Idol Marine x-tra special stock

Posted: March 23rd, 2011, 2:46pm CDT by Bob the (reef)builder

Hi All,

We are very exited to announce that we are recieving
stunning genuinely hand picked special corals from
a few areas in Indonesia.:thumbup:

Shipment will land tomorrow so wear your shades,:)

No pictures as yet but we will upload as soon as the
corals are unpacked.:lol:

yours in salt,
Idol Marine Crew.:8:

T5 globes for sale for sale: CPT

Posted: March 23rd, 2011, 2:11pm CDT by FransSny

Hardware for saleThread title:

T5 globes for sale

Location:

CPT

Shipping or Collection only:

Shipping at own expense

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

Some new Reeftek T5's I have left:

80 W @ R 100 ea

2 x 12 K
2 x Actinic
2 x Coral Blue

54 W @ R 80 ea

2 x Actinic
1 x 10 K

Notes:

-

Flowcoat paint...

Posted: March 23rd, 2011, 1:55pm CDT by Meneer

I was thinking of painting the parts of my cabinet that gets a lot of condensation with Flowcoat. The hardener I believe has ammonia in. Would this still leak into the tank, or should it be safe once it is dry.

I know there are other waterproofing paints, but I still have a couple of litres of Flowcoat left. For those that wonder, Flowcoat is like Gelcoat that they use as a final layer of fibreglass finish, but it dries completely and does not stay tacky.

The resin however, is the same used in fiberglass work.

New sponsor - Die Visdam

Posted: March 23rd, 2011, 1:50pm CDT by viper357

Please welcome our new sponsor - Die Visdam

Specialising in coldwater, tropical, marine, koi fish, custom tanks, koi ponds, filtration, exotic pets and much more.

They are situated at:

Shop 4
Crossroad centre
C/o Golf rd & Mario Milani
Vereeniging

Visit their website - Die Visdam

Welcome to the forum. :)

Where does one see the ranking of the names that are assigned to us?

Posted: March 23rd, 2011, 1:47pm CDT by Meneer

I used to plankton - now I am upgraded to Copopod :peroni:

Juveniles at the end May/beginning June

Posted: March 23rd, 2011, 1:42pm CDT by teez

hey all,

i am going to be in KZN during the above times, is there anyone that can help by telling me what to expect around the end of May/ beginning June.

i will not be braving the open ocean :lol: just rock pools, so please help with species and spots to snorkel.

thanks

New tank up and empty

Posted: March 23rd, 2011, 1:22pm CDT by Meneer

DT - 1200x450x450
SUMP - 1200x440x420

My tank is up and running - still no LR.

Will be adding Seachem Stability to start biological process as soon as I get at least 2 lights.(Planning on getting 5/6 T5 54's)

Managed to get myself 3 dual 54w Electronic ballasts.

NO sandstorms with 2 Sun-Sun 3000's running on the crushed marble sand.. :thumbup:

My Sump..

The "sock filter will be replaced with my protein skimmer soon.(Was inserted to get rid of some floating pieces of hair and dust because of the open top....)

Will not be adding live rock to the dsb - Will be adding raised egg-crate for frags.

Hoping to finish the cabinet the week-end.

All those around Cape Town with way to much live rock is welcome to start me off!!!! :1:

My new marine tank

Posted: March 23rd, 2011, 12:06pm CDT by Completebeginner

Hi everyone, I'm very new to marine tanks. I bought a second hand boyu tl 550 and I am starting this tread to show the progress of setting it up. Because of work commitments it will be the weekend before I start to set it up properly.I have been informed and have picked up from reading the forum that you all love pictures so I will have them up asap.once I do I will need as much help and guidance as you have to give. I'm looking forward to getting started. Thanks Jamie :peroni::1:

Steam cooker

Posted: March 23rd, 2011, 11:46am CDT by Franske

Got a sunbeam steamcooker that 1.5 years old,willing to swap for decent fras,cleaner crew or shrimp or for sale fr R150

New tl -550

Posted: March 23rd, 2011, 11:29am CDT by Henkart

HI GUYS

I just bought a TL 550 BOYU

I HAVE JUST FINISHED SETIING UP

RO water

SALT CONTENT - STILL NEED TO TEST THOUGH

I bought a frence product that has 2 parts to get my bacteria up to speed, they recon i can start getting som fishies in 2 weeks...

PLease give me some advise, i am lost at this stage...

Various corals for sale: Wilgeheuwel

Posted: March 23rd, 2011, 11:24am CDT by rakabos

Various corals for saleCommon Names:

Various

Scientific Names:

-

Size of coral

-

How long have you had the corals?

months

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection

Your location.

Wilgeheuwel

Price:

-

Photo's:

Hi guys. Got some frags ready to go

Item1 Ricordea florida, with 2 heads R200

Item2 Zoas R130

Item3 Zoas/palys R100

Item4 Zoas R100

Item5 Palys R130

Item6 Zoas R70, not the best pic, here is the mother colony:
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Item7 Palys R70

Item8 3Shrooms R130

Item9 Leather R130

Item10 Zoas R70

Item11 Clove polyps R150

Notes:

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Tank Complete setup- sponsors, members

Posted: March 23rd, 2011, 9:26am CDT by sean_koekemoer

I am looking for a complete setup, tank, stand, sump, skimmer, pumps etc etc etc.

Tank must be about a 4 footer, not more, but can be smaller.

And please do not come with ludicrous prices.:)

Must be in the DURBAN area.

If it is a matured tank with livestock in, sooooo much better.

It is for a friend of mine, he stays in Richmond and would like to start with marines.

Sea Cucumber ID

Posted: March 23rd, 2011, 9:18am CDT by llewellyn

Hi guys. I know this a Sea Cucumber but have no idea what type. It is about 10cm in length. When I first saw it he was about 2cm which was about 7 months ago. How big do they grow and are they good to keep?

Complete beginner

Posted: March 22nd, 2011, 2:46am CDT by Completebeginner

Hi all as my name suggests I'm a complete beginner. I've just bought a boyu tl550 and am looking for suggestions on the best way to set it up. I've been searching the net a lot and im not sure if I should go with fish only or fish with live rock/sand and help on this would be much appreciated:)

again liverock

Posted: March 22nd, 2011, 12:20am CDT by johannes rall

when putting liverock in tank can it be placed on the bare sand or must there be like a sort of spacer between rock and sand.just want to know

Question on electronic ballasts

Posted: March 22nd, 2011, 10:56pm CDT by Meneer

I have some dual Quicktronic Electronic Osram T8 58-70W ballasts.

Will it be safe to run 54W T5's of them?

Sump question

Posted: March 22nd, 2011, 7:27pm CDT by Alias

So its a normal 3 chamber sump but has a gap between the bottom and the divider between the return chamber and dsb chamber. how is the dsb meant to be setup in there? just put it in?

here are some pics to help explain the problem.

Falcon's Magnifica Cube.

Posted: March 22nd, 2011, 6:52pm CDT by Falcon

Hey guys decided the kitchen nano just wasn't cutting it anymore and the wife wanted more fish,lol I didn't need to be told twice:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

I love anemones,specifically the notoriously difficult magnifica's and since I have been keeping two for a while now successfully in my other tank I decided to give them a much safer home,suited to their needs,even if they decide to wander around.

I also love angels,so no risk of them nipping magnifica's,this tank will hopefully also house the fish that drew me into marines over six years ago.When I acquire one I'll fill you guys in:P for now it will be the mystery fish in the tank.

As for corals,well I'll try a few SPS and if they get nipped then I guess its bye bye SPS.:)

I'll also put in a few random mushrooms,rics,and softies and if they get nipped then tough luck they can also go:whistling:.

Show your Tourch Tip

Posted: March 22nd, 2011, 4:37pm CDT by robertkukla

this is my one it is about 30cm in size

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Racoon Butterfly for sale: Durban

Posted: March 22nd, 2011, 4:34pm CDT by Hudsonkzn

Fish for FreeCommon Name:

Racoon Butterfly

Scientific Name:

-

Size of fish

7 to 8cm

How long have you had the fish?

3 Years

Is the fish eating?

Very Well

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection or Drop Off in Durban only

Your location.

Durban

Price:

Free

Photo's:

I am looking for a good home for my long time friend. He is a pleasure to watch in the tank, but sadly he is not Coral friendly.

I am adding corals to my tank, and I need to find him a good home.

Any Takers?

Notes:

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Holy Crab

Posted: March 22nd, 2011, 4:21pm CDT by robertkukla

i found these pics on the internet

LPS/softies or any frags

Posted: March 22nd, 2011, 4:08pm CDT by flamming angel

Any have any of the above for sale. Let me no.

Thanks

Enriched brine shrimp

Posted: March 22nd, 2011, 3:15pm CDT by archiecrain

What can I feed live brine shrimp to enrich/gutload them before feeding them to my fish?

Spectaculer fish shipment

Posted: March 22nd, 2011, 3:11pm CDT by rugs

Hi guys last week we landed and aclimatised a beautiful fish shipment, flames, fox faces(red & yellow), tangs, clowns and much much more. For any info call 021-709 0478.

New Tank Build

Posted: March 22nd, 2011, 3:05pm CDT by Immo

Ok Here goes....

I have not been into this very long but hvae been researching this over the last 6-9mths.

I jumped head first and bought a full setup from someone on this forum...Got it @ a very good price....

But i'm not to happy with the setup....i wanted to start my tank from scratch and go through all whole setup cycle loose stuff properly...

So, i have put a lot of thought into in and i am now gonna build and start a tank from scratch...

Here's my current setup :

DS - 1220 x 440 x 440 (Side overflow)
Sump - 1100 x 300 x 300 (5 compartments) Thats way to many....
Lighting - 5 x T5 3 White 2 Blue, and for some reason there's also 2 x blue T8

Have a small skimmer and a 5000l return pump. Have a Calcuim / phosphate reactor. To powerheads.....

+- 35kgs of live rock
some corels (most soft) my baby being the anemoni
Have a Large Sailfin Tang, Tomato Clown, 2 Common Clowns(Nemos), and a boxer shrimp.

Now for the new setup.

DS - 1500 x 610 x 500, using 10mm Glass allround and front panel will be Starfire.:tt2:
Bracing ???? Suggestion please

Sump ???? Have now idea what size. Ideas please???

Will invest in a good Reef Octi Skimmer... Will keep the Reactor. Keep the power heads. As i get in more funds will upgrade to the tunze units...

Lighting ????? Suggestion again please.

FeedBack would be good......

Also, may need some1 to help babysit for me until i can cycle this tank and have it ready....Im in Durban

Thanks in advance for the help:thumbup:

AM Wave and Auto-top up Tank For Sale for sale: CT

Posted: March 22nd, 2011, 2:58pm CDT by zayd

Hardware for saleThread title:

AM Wave and Auto-top up Tank For Sale

Location:

CT

Shipping or Collection only:

Both

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

AM Wave - R1500 incl shipping

Auto Top-up Rank - R150 (Collection only) - about 900 (w) x 600 (h) x 200 (d)

Notes:

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Bargain German additive

Posted: March 22nd, 2011, 2:43pm CDT by Oceanson

Hi all reefer,

Thank you for the Fauna Marine importer for bargain aquarium grade additives.

Our Balling light method:
Three 5-litre container are to be prepared seperatly

Calcium: (the first container)

Dissolve 2kg of calcium chloride dihydrate in 4L of osmosis water and then fill 1L in the container with osmosis water(cos' Dissolve 2kg of calcium chloride dihydrate in 4L of osmosis water very warm thats why the 1L osmos water mix will cool down the solution).

10ml of solution in a 100L Aquarium can increase calcium value by 20mg/litre.

R624 you can make 10L calcium aqaurium grade solution

Caution! always add the salt to the water- never vice versa!

then add:

25ml Trace B heavy metal complex
25ml Trace B stronium / barium complex
to the container

Magnesium(second container):

2kg of magnesium chloride hexahydrate in 5L Of osmosis water and then fill the container with osmosis water.

Then add:

25ml Trace B iodine flour complex
to the container.

Alkalinity(third container):

Dissolve 500g of sodium bicarbonate in 5L of osmosis water and then fill the container with osmosis water (use lukewarm water to dissolve the carbonate.A small residue will always be left over ib the container.However, this has no effect on the stability of the solution).

A slight dicoulouration of the solution is normal and is due to the addition of bioactive substances and trace elements.This has no impact on the quality or stability of the solutions.After dissolution the solutions can be stored indefinatly.

For a more detailed enquiry on the above additives check the Fauna Marine website:

Balling® Salts

Balling Light® Manual • Fauna Marin

contact us on 0215540340 or further information

Thank you

Oceanson Aquarium

Moonlights wanted, please (CPT)

Posted: March 22nd, 2011, 1:22pm CDT by Christy

Not sure where to start really, but to sit on top of the tank which is 600mm across, backing up the 3x 10k strips that I have already and to continue shining during the night.

Would be great if it's the type that picks out flourescent colours... is that UV??

Anyhow, I'm a bit of a lighting amateur...

Based in Cape Town...

Little Shells on Glass

Posted: March 22nd, 2011, 1:07pm CDT by llewellyn

Hi guys. I noticed these white Shell like creatures behind my return pipe and in the overflow box. They also seem to be multiplying. What are these and are they good or bad?

Vermitid Snails

Posted: March 22nd, 2011, 12:37pm CDT by wade jooste

Hi

Went Vermitid Snail Hunting as this bugger "stung" my pin cushion.I noticed the snails feeding web was continiously toching the pin cushion which reacted by withdrawing polyps .It has taken two weeks for the polyps to emerge and they seem a lot smaller than originally.Is this normal as I was under the impression that Vermitid snails were relatively harmless....needles to say Vermy no longer exists...RIP

[IMG]http://i1135.photobucket.com

ID Needed pls

Posted: March 22nd, 2011, 12:19pm CDT by wade jooste

Allo'

Have noticed these white spots on my snail and also a few on the LR and overflow...Need I be worried?

Jebo 8 gal tank + small canister filter for sale: Fourways

Posted: March 22nd, 2011, 11:48am CDT by archiecrain

Full system sales or multiple items for sale.Thread title:

Jebo 8 gal tank + small canister filter

Location:

Fourways

Shipping or Collection only:

collection only

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

Small Jebo tank approx 8 gal +/-30cmx30cmx20cm built in pump and light.

Comes with small external canister filter 200l and yeast co2 reactor.

setup is less than a year old, was my planted tank, which I took down yesterday.

Looking for R450 for the whole setup

Notes:

-

Diatoms and coral

Posted: March 22nd, 2011, 10:36am CDT by Tremayn

Can diatoms cover coral or do they just go on glass, sand and rock?

Can adding an anemone kill fish?

Posted: March 22nd, 2011, 9:49am CDT by dallasg

Hi Brenda,

I added an anemone to my tank yesterday, all livestock where healthy etc, eating swimming, and this morning i have one dead scopas tang and another fish that looks like it wont make it, and the only change in the system was adding this anemone, i tested all params this morning and everything perfect. all the sensitive inverts and fish are all still fine

LED Lighting for my Tank

Posted: March 22nd, 2011, 9:35am CDT by Hudsonkzn

Hi guys

Help needed. Please forgive my lack of knowledge in this department.

I have a 700mm(W) x 450mm(L) x 500mm(Depth) FOWLR Tank.

I currently have 2 x T5's (1 Blue & 1 White) running in the tank.

I wanna upgrade to more lighting so that I can start adding corals.

I thought about adding 2 more T5's, but after reading all these threads about LED's and MH's, I'm not sure what to do.

Should I go MH or LED or more T5's?
What lights would you recommend?
What would be the ideal Kelvan rating light for my sized tank?
What power output lights should I look for?

Would a few of these work? [www.ledlighting.co.za]

Or maybe this? http://www.ledlighting.co.za/uploads...-90%20SPEC.pdf

Thank you in advance for your help.

Cheers

Any hardware

Posted: March 22nd, 2011, 9:01am CDT by Mayhem1

Hi there all, Looking for any hardware that you mite have lying around.(tanks, pumps, lighting)
Just let me know what it is and how much. Good condition only please.
Will collect in P.E, Jeffreys Bay, or East London.

Thanks guys :)

My Nano Tank

Posted: March 21st, 2011, 1:03am CDT by Alias

So here goes, my nano adventure begins.

hoping to chronicle the whole story here from day 1 to mature tank.

So its a 600x300x300 tank, in the final stages of putting in the slimline overflow (200x100) in with 40mm draining to the sump. Sump is a 600x300x300 with the classic three chamber design.

Equipment:

Boyu WG-308 protein skimmer
Resun B-1500 return pump
Resun 300 watt heater
2x 10k 15 watt lights (1 white, 1 blue)

need to modify the stand so i can fit the sump underneath and then build a nice cabinet around it but that should hopefully get done this week along with the plumbing and then filling her up.

Using crushed coral as the substrate and "chunkier" crushed coral for the sump. then the cycle can begin.

Various Stuff for sale for sale: Durban

Posted: March 21st, 2011, 12:05am CDT by scubaninja

Hardware for saleThread title:

Various Stuff for sale

Location:

Durban

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection only

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

All prices negotiable so please PM me with any offers. I am not online very often and will get back to you as soon as i can. Will clean them up a bit more when i have some time..

Complete Tunze system, including pH / CO2 controller R6500

Reeftek TS3 chamber (dropped it once but glued the bottom back on)- R600

Reactor (will throw in a small pump) - R250

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Notes:

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Tank Wanted

Posted: March 21st, 2011, 10:45pm CDT by Immo

Looking for a 1.5m x 610 x 600 DS tank with stand....

If ne1 has something around this size, please let me know....

Not to expensive please.....have a R2000 budget only:whistling:

ts3 help

Posted: March 21st, 2011, 9:08pm CDT by regis

I have bought a ts3 skimmer second hand, can someone explain to me how to set it up to skim dry? I have the outlet pipe set at its lowest and it keeps filling up the cup instantly. Do I need to lift the skimmer higher out of my sump. Thanks any help would be appreciated

Liverock

Posted: March 21st, 2011, 7:05pm CDT by johannes rall

What would you guys think will 16kg of liverock be enough for a 250L tank its got alot of live on it like pods and featherworms and other thing i dont know

Killer overflow

Posted: March 21st, 2011, 6:36pm CDT by Nsteyn

Hi guys. I need some advise. Just lost my mandarin dragonet to my overflow. Went over and I suspect was then hit by skimmer or pump.

I am sick killing such a beautiful animal.

It is a corner to corner slim line overflow.
About 2cm thick and 1.2m long.

I need some advice on how to make this safe to never kill another creature again this way.

Tnx guys.

Niel

Anyone have a overflow box to sell

Posted: March 21st, 2011, 4:38pm CDT by Sammy

Hi Guys, I'm looking for an overflow box please, anything like the one below or similar ?

Various corals for sale: East Rand

Posted: March 21st, 2011, 4:21pm CDT by robertkukla

Various corals for saleCommon Names:

Frog Spawn, Bubble Rock. Pink Zoas, Tube anemone 1 x white 1 x purple, Candy cane

Scientific Names:

-

Size of coral

Frog Spawn is bigger than a tennis ball, bubble rock is about 20cm, pink zoas is about 15cm x 10cm +- 100 zoas, candy cane has about 7 heads in a area of about 15cm

How long have you had the corals?

between 1 year and 6 month

Shipping or Collection only:

collect only

Your location.

East Rand

Price:

-

Photo's:

Frog Spawn R 250.00 Sold to toffees

Bubble Rock R350.00

Pink Zoas R300.00

Purple Tube anemone R200.00 Sold to toffees

White Tube anemone R200.00 Sold to toffees

Candy Cane R250.00

Notes:

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39 watt light unit or mh unit to borrow

Posted: March 21st, 2011, 3:17pm CDT by Johan van Aardt

Hey guys

anybody have on lying around in cape town. i am a week or so away from adding liverock(hopefully uncured) into my tank and dont want to buy a light unit just for that,

i am building an Led Light unit but this will only be done in 3 or so months time.

Urgent help needed Lieutenant tang

Posted: March 21st, 2011, 11:03am CDT by Annoying

Please help

This is one of my favorite fish, it's got an amazing character but about 4 days ago it just started hiding behind live rock and it's colors are almost complete black. He won't eat and he has a few bite marks from fish. I think my orange shoulder tang started to get aggressive with him and now he is stressed out. I caught him and placed him in a drift tank with some Norry. He still seems fat enough to keep him a while. I also added anti stress. He has no other infection on the body, no white spots, nothing except the bite marks. Should I do anything more, or should I leave him and hope for the best?

Concrete tank help

Posted: March 21st, 2011, 10:53am CDT by Annoying

Hey everyone

OK we have a problem with our built in freshwater discus tank. This is my fathers baby and unfortunately I am the only one able to fit through the gap to get inside the tank:lol:. This means I have to do the work inside hahaha (Yes if you are wondering I am complaining:P). Now my problem is that the tank has sprung a leak, yet again, we have had this problem since the beginning of the tank 4 years ago. The tank will run smoothly for a few months but then it will start leaking(not much but enough to irritate the crap out of my dad). We tried fixing it, several times by emptying the tank(almost always losing livestock) but then after a few months it starts again. The tank is concrete with just a viewing glass pain that is siliconed into the concrete. The dimensions of the glass is 1.4m Width x 1 M Height and it's 1.2cm thick tuffened glass. The total size of the tank is 1.4 W x 1 M high x 0.8M in depth. it holds about 1120 Liters. The tank is also Fiber glassed. Any help with the problem please.
Thanks:thumbup:

Kenya Tree Problems

Posted: March 21st, 2011, 9:15am CDT by Hennie Thorburn

I bought a Kenya Tree about 5 days ago.
The tree is not doing to well.
It is covered with a white mucus, almost jelly like substance.

Any suggestions?

NEED HELP please!!!

Posted: March 21st, 2011, 8:55am CDT by CW

Hi there ppl

I got back from the MMC yesterday and went to look at how my tank is doing.
But before i went i also saw this.

On my perple shroom there was this little brown dots.
There about 3mm X 2mm in size.
I thought it was flakes or something like that.

Yesterday when i looked closer it looks like there alive.
It looks like SNAILS.

I dont think ill be able to take a pic but ill try.
I think they came from a new coral i got because thats when i started to see them on the purple shroom.

Just before i left one of the ricordias and the other shroom that was on that rock just came off the rock. (that was the new coral i got)

Then i took them and put them onto other rock and tied them down with a net.

I saw those brown snail things on the ricordia aswell.

Please help me. Dont know what to do.

It does seem to eat my purple shroom but im worried.
And i can definately see them move.
The shroom also still opens up verry nicely.

Cw out

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UV

Posted: March 20th, 2011, 1:21am CDT by johanpm

Hi Marco,

Could you please give me pricing on your UV units as well as shipping to JHB. Tank is about 1200l so not sure what wattage...

Sea horse help

Posted: March 20th, 2011, 10:45pm CDT by Lizid

Hi there guys my dads not having luck with his seahorses and I want to help him out, are there any guidelines to follow as a start?

Is there someone on the forum I can speak to about keeping these amazing little guys?

some critters

Posted: March 20th, 2011, 9:52pm CDT by johannes rall

Hi guys just want to know if one can see the pods with the naked eye because i can see small white critters running around on the sand

wanted...blouberg strand pebbles

Posted: March 20th, 2011, 7:38pm CDT by jaco coetzee

any one knows of someone comming up to jhb from blouberg strand way...pls contact/pm me...I need some of the crushed shell and coral sand from the beach...:1:

Looking for RO water in Northern Suburbs

Posted: March 20th, 2011, 7:02pm CDT by Meneer

I am looking for Marine RO water in Northern Suburbs to start my tank out.

Anyone know anyone?

Urgent help needed Help with clowns

Posted: March 20th, 2011, 6:53pm CDT by nepellew

Hiu guys i have just introduced my 2 clowns into my tank that has just cycled took a water sample to the lf and they said all my reeding are good only my Magnesium was low and needed to add a buffer so the gave me a MAxi-buff pure reef kh buffer so as i came home i put 2ml in the tank as he said and left it for a hour and then dripped my two clowns for half an hour now they are in the tank one is great looks normal but the other is swimming around with his gills open and mouth opens and closes quiet fast he does have some white stuff around his lips but is this all normal or should i worry the other one is normal breathing normal and gills are closed so the real question is should i worry or is it just the stress they are going through from the petshop thanks guys:(

boyu wm4 wavemaker for sale: jhb

Posted: March 20th, 2011, 6:39pm CDT by malooda

Hardware for saleThread title:

boyu wm4 wavemaker

Location:

jhb

Shipping or Collection only:

pref collection

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

hi

iv got a brand new wm4 with controller. only used it once to test it.
2 pumps
reason for sale not enough power for my tank
R950

thanks
[IMG]http://www.marineaquariumsa.com/imagehosting/37734d8618d89b096.jpg[/IMG

Notes:

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correct way to use nsw

Posted: March 20th, 2011, 4:24pm CDT by Charl_Stanhope

Ive been spending hours and hours on the internet to find out what the right way to use natural sea water in a tank is. Ive been getting so many different ways to use it and its very confusing. Since I stay a few hundred metres from the ocean and I can get very clean water, Im using it. I mix it with r/o water when doing water changes to get the correct salinty level.

What is the correct way of using it.?

some say I must let the nsw stand in a dark place for a few days before I use it for the small organisms to die and then sink to the bottom. others say I must filter it to take out all the organisms. Im from hermanus so the water temp is quite a bit colder than my tanks. Any suggestions or should I just switch to a good salt mix.

2 seperate or 1 Combined

Posted: March 20th, 2011, 3:07pm CDT by Meneer

I want to put 2 of these Sun Sun Vibration pumps in my tank. ( 1200x450x450)

Would it be better to put a Dual in (where you can adjust the 2 heads separately) on the opposite side of my return, or should I opt for 2 separate ones? One on each side?

from nsw to salt mix

Posted: March 20th, 2011, 2:49pm CDT by Charl_Stanhope

Hey guys.

Is it possible to go from natural sea water to a salt mix with ro without starting from scratch?

UBER crab ID guide.... :P

Posted: March 19th, 2011, 1:27am CDT by Dane

So, if you have crabs and consider this to be a serious issue, and feel that you absolutely must know what you have....

I point to thee;

Systema brachyurorum: an annotated checklist of extant brachyuran crabs of the world.

[rmbr.nus.edu.sg]

Take a deep breath before you open this one, its hefty. But, there are some pictures ;-)

Various Powerheads for sale for sale: Pretoria

Posted: March 19th, 2011, 12:21am CDT by brandonb

Hardware for saleThread title:

Various Powerheads for sale

Location:

Pretoria

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection only

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

Hi

I have the following available:

1 x - Boyu JX-10 Controller - R 100
1 x - Boyu WM-1 - R 300

2 x - Hydor Korallia 4 (4500 l/h) - Please make an offer

I have a Nano Korallia too just need to find the nozzle tommorow...

Thanks
Brandon

Notes:

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Blackberry Curve 9300

Posted: March 19th, 2011, 11:58pm CDT by brandonb

Hi

I have a blackberry 9300 curve (includes charger, earphones etc)

I used for +- 4-5 weeks then got my Iphone 4

Willing to let it go for 2500 (need money for my tank upgrade)

Thanks
Brandon

Andre's first marine tank - 1.2m

Posted: March 19th, 2011, 10:55pm CDT by AndreM

Hi there everyone.

If you don't mind, I'll be posting my progress here, and maybe the more experienced members can give me some guidance and tips before I make any big mistakes :)

I bought a second hand tank from @Zombie_CT, so after getting everything transported, here is what it all looks like (Please let me know if the images don't show up, I used Facebook to host them)

Our Border Collie was very interested in all the new smells available :)

DB board, Reeftek TS2 Skimmer, return flow pump, two heaters, lights, two powerheads, etc.

Cabinet stand, beautifully crafted by Zombie_CT, some salt and plumbing.

Old Newbie

Posted: March 19th, 2011, 8:00pm CDT by zs1adc

Hi to all.

My name is Reg and although I registered a while back I'm now semi retired and want to restart my 2m and will be spending a lot more time with my hobby. I think therefore that old newbie fits.
I'm a electronics technician and the technical side of the hobby is very interesting to me. I'm looking forward to learning a lot and also contribute where I can.
So hello to all from me.

Very best regards, Reg. ;)

pH and mV controllers for sale for sale: Cape Town

Posted: March 19th, 2011, 6:28pm CDT by SchyffS

Hardware for saleThread title:

pH and mV controllers for sale

Location:

Cape Town

Shipping or Collection only:

Both collection and shipping

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

R1600
Aquamedic pH controller(12 months old) including aquamedic probe(1 month old)
Currently used to measure pH

R1600
Aquamedic mV controller(12 months old) including aquamedic long probe(6 months old)
Currently used to control my nitrate reductor

R1600
Aquamedic mV controller(12 months old) including probe(1 month old)
Not in use at the moment, was purchased to control ozoniser.

Notes:

pH and mV combo = R3000

all 3 taken by same purchaser = R4200

single purchase = R1600

Kind regards

Urgent help needed My clown has pimples

Posted: March 19th, 2011, 5:48pm CDT by williet

Hi all

My clown has got the weirdest things around it's face. I is a cist-like growth that looks like a pimple. He has two on on the bottom below his jaw and the other on his side. Does anyone know what that could be? It is not ich as believe me I know what that looks like! Is it a parasite? A mini barnacle?
I have lost one clown already not sure if it is the same thing? He had like a blood sucker on him. He went blind as well.
Thanks
Willie

Ro water

Posted: March 19th, 2011, 5:01pm CDT by johannes rall

Hi guys can someone in P.E plz tell me where i can get RO WATER to top up my cycleling tank and the price.

Leather Corals

Posted: March 19th, 2011, 4:30pm CDT by shrimpman

Hello,I have a 8x2x2 tank and i like leather corals,can anyone tell me how big a leather can grow, will it stop, or just keep growing it is a good size now.many thanks shrimpman.

Disposing of old T5/Fluorescent Tubes

Posted: March 19th, 2011, 2:48pm CDT by chas84

I'd like to know the proper way to dispose of old T5/Fluorescent tubes? Was thinking Builder's or other hardware store would have an option? What do you guys do with your old tubes?

Crushed marble sand

Posted: March 19th, 2011, 1:32pm CDT by Meneer

Can I use Crushed Marble Sand like this in my tank.?

The size in the bag is the same as playsand - just much whiter?

+ it is R52 per 20 kg bag....

Quote:

Originally Posted by sean_koekemoer (Post 365122) Calcium carbonate will not dissolve in your tank, it could, but I will get to that one single possibility later... All of what I know of and found about this subject came from one single page, and if you wish to dig deeper or dont want to believe me.

What is calcium carbonate? Also known as limestone, calcite, argonite, chalk and marble. - It is not a single item actually but is a compound ( CaCO3 )
Calcium carbonate shares the typical properties of other carbonates. Notably:

it reacts with strong acids, releasing carbon dioxide:
CaCO3 + 2HCl ? CaCl2 + CO2 + H2O
it releases carbon dioxide on heating (to above 825 °C in the case of CaCO3), to form calcium oxide, commonly called burnt lime:
CaCO3 ? CaO + CO2

Calcium carbonate will react with water that is saturated with carbon dioxide (CO2) to form the soluble calcium bicarbonate. CaCO3 + CO2 + H2O ? Ca(HCO3)2 Note the above where it states THE SOLUBLE calcium BIcarbonate, this is where we get the buffering effect to stabalize our pH. Also note that it takes an acid (very low pH) to effect this reaction. NOT something that is going to happen in our tanks with one possible exception. For those of us who use a deep sand bed there are bacterial processes taking place that do produce acids, those acid in such a low flow area can drop the pH level low enough to start releasing calcium bicarbonate (dissolving argonite based sands) but it will not be enough for you to be able to detect any benefit from it doing so. So to say that such sands can buffer your aqurium water is misleading and incorrect. If this myth was true, there would be no reason to use calcium reactors that force the dissolution of calcium carbonate based media through the use of CO2 injection.

If you want to read more about this, I have checked out another link for all the clever dudes: It will explain better as well as the fact that the site have some pics- for us okes not understanding the Periodic table so well :lol:
Calcium carbonate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

False-eye toby for sale: Bothasig, Cape Town

Posted: March 19th, 2011, 1:20pm CDT by MistaOrange

Fish for saleCommon Name:

False-eye toby

Scientific Name:

Canthigaster papua

Size of fish

6cm

How long have you had the fish?

1yr

Is the fish eating?

Frozen mysis & live shrimp, crab

Shipping or Collection only:

Deliver

Your location.

Bothasig, Cape Town

Price:

R150

Photo's:

Notes:

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pink spotted shrimp goby for sale: Bothasig, Cape Town

Posted: March 19th, 2011, 1:14pm CDT by MistaOrange

Fish for saleCommon Name:

pink spotted shrimp goby

Scientific Name:

Cryptocentrus leptocephalus

Size of fish

11cm

How long have you had the fish?

amlost 2yrs

Is the fish eating?

Seriously eats like a pig flake, pellets or frozen food & any food

Shipping or Collection only:

Deliver

Your location.

Bothasig, Cape Town

Price:

R150

Photo's:

Notes:

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Stunning Fish!

Posted: March 19th, 2011, 10:50am CDT by Naiema

To keep you updated of the Live stock available. Flame Angels, Yellow Tangs, Powder Blues,Japonicus, Lipsticks, Foxface,Selaris Blennies, Shrimps,Scopas, Sailfins, Wimples, Koran Angels, Butterflies, P J Cardinals, Yellow Belly Damsls & more.Please call us on : 0217122534/0826368990
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My Starter Reef

Posted: March 18th, 2011, 1:28am CDT by GMasson

Hi

I Finally got around to getting my reef going after 2 years of thinking about it. and with so many different opinions on things its hard to get things going.

but for the moment my setup is almost ready for its first fill, a few modifications here and there and maybe a stand and good to go

My Tank
Custom Build 1400 X 500 X 500

1 X 6000l/h SunSun Power head
1 X 2000l/h Reefsun Power head with bi directional flow

2 X 10000K HO T5 54W in custom cabinet
will add 1 or 2 more lights later on after cycle

my overflow is stocked with some filter sponges and bio balls that will be cleaned out thoroughly during water changes and custom siphon with ball valves to control output flow

my 3ft sump consists of

2200L/H ViaAqua Skimmer
planned 10cm DSB and LR (unsure what else to add to sump)
1700LPH Main Return Pump
2000L/H split pump (First Split feeding 3ft UV Sterilizer directly to Main Display, Second split feeding Reverse Flow Under Gravel Filter) - i might have to drop this pump for something lower depending on flow rate for the RFUG and UV sterilizer so it doesn't cause problems so far in a fresh water test run all seems well.

the substrate i am well off to the beach this weekend during the spring tide get some sand for my display and the DSB

going to run my tank on NSW hoping for no heavy rain.

for my aquascaping i have some base rock, sandstone and other rock collected. i have been warned plenty on the risks but for as long as i can remember my farther has run his tanks with sandstone and rocks collected along durban's shores without any adverse effects,
apparently the key is boiling and scrubbing and boiling and scrubbing and soaking and scrubbing, to literally kill anything living inside it.
I was also advised by somebody to soak it in a slight solution of jik for a few days but i don't think i will be doing that could cause more problems than it solves.

i'm open to all opinions, suggestions and criticism.

Tjippi's Shallow Reef

Posted: March 18th, 2011, 11:44pm CDT by tjiPPi

I finally made the time to start my reef tank build and progress thread.

But before I start: thanks to everyone who does detail build threads and asks questions / gives advice. Every time I go onto the forums to read I learn something new.:1:

OK, now for the good stuff...

A friend and I started to design our reef tanks towards the end of last year and this is the specs that I decided on:

Type: Shallow, Rimless
Size: 1400(L) x 700(W) x 450(H)
(The height was due to a couple of shallow rimless tanks with minimal scaping that caught my attention and thus served as inspiration)
Glass: 12mm base, rest is 10mm with sides and front = low iron glass
Stand height: +-900
Lighting: LEDs
Return pump: 3500l/h (running a scrubber directly from the overflow)

I decided to go the DIY route and do as much as possible myself. Also, the main goal throughout the whole planning phase was to keep the design as simple as possible as well as energy efficient.

I drew some models in a CAD app and came up with the following:

I started to build the stand and the result after many hours of sweat:

Next up was the tank itself. I ordered the glass and Max98 helped me to build it.
The result:

So another week of cutting and gluing pipes went by which brings us to tonight:
(btw: I would never have though that doing the plumbing for the tank was such a mission (hard work))
Here is the tank with the plumbing sorted at about 90% - BUT ready for a FW test.

I still need to build the scrubber and ATU, but that didnt stop me from doing the FW test::P
Now this was a stressful time filling the tank. I must have checked all the siliconed edges about 10 000 times.

tjippi runs off to check for leaks one more time...

OK, its not leaking.:thumbup: Back to the build...

Everything looks good thus far. I only had one small leak in the plumbing (a secondary tap used to control the level of water in the overflow) which was sorted out very quickly. Luckily it dripped into the sump and not on the floor.
I still need to fit some 45degree bends onto the returns (blue pipes in last photo) to keep the water from splashing and to direct the flow a bit.

Ive order the LEDs and they are on their way. I should have them in about 2 weeks time. In the meantime Ill post some models of what I planned in terms of the lighting. The pendant has been built but hasnt been hanged yet.

Tomorrow I will try to complete the scrubber and add it to the setup to test and maybe add some pics of the LED pendant as it stands now.
I also need to clean the silicone marks off the glass as well.

BTW: excuse the bad lighting in the photos. The tiredness got the better of me (and the photos).:blush:

Any macro algeas that Tangs wont eat?

Posted: March 18th, 2011, 5:50pm CDT by ziyaadb

after seeing this:

How to set up a planted marine aquarium | Features | Practical Fishkeeping

I want to put some macros in my tank.
Any have or know of any Marcos that wont be eaten by tangs? I need some please.

Something chowed my xenias

Posted: March 18th, 2011, 5:49pm CDT by Easy Tiger

Yesterday, healthy happy pulsing xenia colony. Today bare rock. Any ideas?
Can't find it, or even bits of it in pumps or sump. I assume it's been eaten last night.

Livestock
Perc Clown
Blue Chromis x 10
Mandarins x 2
Bicolour Angel
Cleaner Schrimps x 2
Green Starfish
Cardinals x 4
Few Snails

Cant see that any of these guys would have been THAT hungry.

Any ideas please?

Fluorescent algae?!?!

Posted: March 18th, 2011, 5:42pm CDT by Tremayn

Hey, Im currently having a diatom bloom. In the morning things were fine but now I saw a yellow fluorescent algae on the live rock.. What the heck is it? It doesnt show well in pictures.. Kinda getting worried now

The diatoms on the substrate

There are yellow fluorescent patches on the live rock.. Hard to see, its just on the left of the white

On another rock.. Also just on the left of the white

kenya tree changed colour at the base/stem?

Posted: March 18th, 2011, 5:40pm CDT by flamming angel

Hi all

I have a kenya tree for quite some time but it seems to be turning a blackish/dark brownish colour at the base and going up the stem. Any reasons why? Also its opening fine and all parameters are fine. Other corals doing okay.

Thanks

Bayworld Autumn special

Posted: March 18th, 2011, 5:02pm CDT by Steve Warren

An opportunity to see the ugly horrible runts that bit my ear in the Tropical Tank

Bayworld AUTUMN Special

BAYWORLD invites all residents of Nelson Mandela Bay to participate in a SPECIAL FAMILY EVENT over the upcoming long weekend, 20 -21 March 2011.

Reduced admission for adults, R20 (half price) and children FREE accompanied by a paying adult.

The programme for the day includes activities not routinely available to the public, such as crocodile feedings, behind the scenes visits at the Snake Park, a penguin experience, shark and tropical fish feeding, viewing of museum collection stores and heritage treasure hunts in the museum. Other activities for the children include face painting and a jumping castle.

Visitors will still enjoy the daily scheduled seal and penguin presentations at the Oceanarium, as well as viewing the impressive collection of fish in the Aquarium. The variety of Eastern Cape reptiles in the Snake Park alongside the popular dinosaur display is a great family experience as well as the journey down memory lane thorough in the Museum.

Bella Bay Café also invites families to a tasty break between activities. The stunning First People Artists exhibition comprising beautifully crafted quilts, featuring San mythologies has been extended into April due to popular demand.

The complex opens at 09:00 and closes at 16:30 .

For further details of the activities for this weekend event please contact Alicia on 041 584 0650 or via email on pr@bayworld.co.za.

Bayworld Autumn special

Posted: March 18th, 2011, 5:02pm CDT by Steve Warren

Need help to see if this little guy is harmful or not?

Posted: March 18th, 2011, 4:55pm CDT by ShaunSwindon

Found this little chap crawling around in my tank this afternoon. He was obviously eating the body of one of my lyretails which bought the farm and probably the only reason why he was out during the day. Anyways I manged to catch him and wanted to know firstly what kind of crab is he and secondly might he be harmful to my fish or corals in my tank. Could he be the reason possibly why the fish was dead in the first place? Could there be more?

Thanks :blush:

Need help to see if this little guy is harmful or not?

Posted: March 18th, 2011, 4:55pm CDT by ShaunSwindon

What should I NOT buy?

Posted: March 18th, 2011, 4:18pm CDT by Meneer

Hi - I will be filling up my tank with RO water soon (planning to keep Live rocks with Mushrooms, softies, a few fish and inverts etc...) ... don't know what the abbreviation for a tank like that is... :( Not FO - nor FOWLR

1) - Salt - As money is object, I can not afford one of the TOP brands, but in the cheaper range... which salt should I avoid?

2) What test kits is needed for the cycling period.

3) On a 1.2m X 450x450, how many lights and what color will I need? (T8, 12 or 5)

Thanx

What should I NOT buy?

Posted: March 18th, 2011, 4:18pm CDT by Meneer

Some good news on a Friday

Posted: March 18th, 2011, 1:47pm CDT by FransSny

Seeing that there is a lot of bad things going on in the news this week (arent there always), at least here is some light at the end of the tunnel

BBC News - DR Congo blocks Soco from oil search in Virunga park

extending the cord. how?

Posted: March 18th, 2011, 1:18pm CDT by malooda

hi

what wire should i buy, i need to extend the cable of my 2 seio 1500 and 2 boyu wm4 wavemakers?

and what could i use to make them waterproof at the joint?

thanks

Our new 1.8m tank

Posted: March 18th, 2011, 11:45am CDT by Zane de Beer

So after a lot of work, sweat, tears (no blood.... or rather not a lot) and mess over the past weekend, our new 1.8m tank is up and running.

The fish are in, and they are really happy with all the new swimming space... (coming from a 1m - 200L tank)

Bacterial and Plankton temperature tolerance

Posted: March 18th, 2011, 8:43am CDT by FransSny

Ok, living at the colder part of the ocean I have always been wondering about what happens to the organisms inside the NSW we use for water changes.

I think the general consensus is that they die off as soon as we introduce them into our tropical tanks...well that is what I thought as well, until I did some reading.

Bacteria is actually quite easy, as I think we all know that they grow and multiply best at temps close to our own body temp (thus the reason for operating theaters being so cold!)

Plankton , pods etc seem to be a bit more complicated, they also survive quite hectic temp fluctuations, but do suffer metabolic issues such as slowed growth, increased O2 demand, restricted movement etc.

It seems like there are more important factors to consider than mere temp, ie pH , Salinity, nutrient composition etc. Even the species of bacteria , plankton etc will play a role.

Anybody else looked into this or have comments on this.

TTorch

Posted: March 17th, 2011, 4:40am CDT by iamwrasseman

has the T Torch gotten over to you guys yet ? i just got a pretty large colony of it and was just wondering how wide spread it was .

Detailed form submitted: Salti

Posted: March 17th, 2011, 8:19pm CDT by Salti

Detailed help requestAre you experiencing any problems in your tank?

Not Sure

Brief Description

Unknown white sponge stuff on my live rock looks alive

Tank size

8c8

System Volume

-

How long has your tank been running?

-

What livestock do you have?

-

Water Parameters

-

What lighting is over the tank?

-

Pumps and equipment

-

Maintenance

-

Other info and photo's.

-

Bubble Magus Protein Skimmers

Posted: March 17th, 2011, 7:33pm CDT by bryan

Hi guys,

We have the Bubble Magus BM-150 PRO Protein Skimmers in stock.

You are more than welcome to come and view the skimmer at the shop we have a demo model on floor.

PM me for pricing.
Door to door delivery available nationwide.

Here's the specs:
Needlewheel protein skimmer
BM-150PRO
Capability : 600L-800L(155G -215G)
pump:Auqbee 2000/I
Pump power: 19W, 220V 50Hz /110V 60Hz
air intake : 500L/H
Dimensions: 265×170×545mm(10.4" * 6.7" * 21.4")
cylinder: 6"
Water Level :9.5"-11"

Bubble Magus Protein Skimmers

Posted: March 17th, 2011, 7:33pm CDT by bryan

Just a question

Posted: March 17th, 2011, 7:10pm CDT by johannes rall

Hi guyz just a question for intrest sake.while cycleling its just the sand,livertock and water nothing else for 4-6 weeks.Now what about the little critters on the rocks eg.i saw a thing looking like a featherworm(as iknow it) and a "normal" worm what do they feed on?

HELP: Purple hammer

Posted: March 17th, 2011, 5:32pm CDT by Dane

Hey guys,

I got this single head of purple hammer coral about two/three weeks ago. But it just hasnt opened up properly since. So today I took out the magnifying glass for a closer look and I noticed some white tissue on the one side that was slightly deflated.

Took it out the tank to try and get a proper look - when it was in the tank I noticed the polyp/tentacle that was closest to the white tissue almost "flinched' and deflated, and then re-inflated. So I thought maybe a wierd nudi or something nibbling it.

Tried to pull the white tissue off with tweezers, but its just mush. I see no sign of purple or brown jelly. Do you think it just took a knock during transport? And if so is there any chance of recovery? Note - it is fully retracted in these pics as I've just poked it - normally it is slightly open - just sticking out a few mm, and slightly inflated.

Thanks for the input all.
Dane

Apologies, very difficult get a pic of.

RSM 130D + Livestock + Equipment + Extras for sale: JHB - West Rand

Posted: March 17th, 2011, 3:45pm CDT by superfrog

Full system sales or multiple items for sale.Thread title:

RSM 130D + Livestock + Equipment + Extras

Location:

JHB - West Rand

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection only

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

Hey guys

I am selling my entire RSM nano setup as I just won't have the time in the coming year to maintain it correctly. I would prefer to sell all in one go but if nobody wants the whole thing then I'll sell separately after a week or so...

In the meantime I'll provide the individual item list and prices.

Price of the entire setup (EVERYTHING INCLUDED) is R8500.
See below for what's included.

All sales for collection only in the JHB West Rand Area (near Clearwater Mall)

Tank

RedSea Max 130D - 130 Litre Nano (not a scratch on it!) with black RedSea cabinet stand
6 months old

Tank lid modded to include LED lit cooling fans

Stock RedSea skimmer included

Jager 250w Heater with temperature callibration

Stock RSM 50/50 T5 power compact lighting (lamps are 2 months old)

Stock LED moonlights and heat extraction fans integrated into hood

Integrated Stock cooling fan on back of tank

Integrated stock power distribution and timer switches

Stock Red Sea Return Pumps (600 lph each i think)

The tank is in excellent condition

Will throw in the test kits (see below) for free

Can provide pics
Asking R4500 for the tank.

Livestock
Kenya Tree Large (2 Trees) - R150 dibs toffees

Galaxia Large (Bigger than a fist) - R300 available

Torch Lrg (about 10 heads - its huge!) - R300 dibs rakabos, gaboon

Kryptonite Green Candy Cane Medium - R80 dibs angamia, flaming-angel

Hammer Green & purple (2 Heads splitting into 4) - R80 dibs angamia, flaming-angel, toffees

Tubeworm (purple with white stripes) - R60 dibs toffees

Tubeworm (white with brown stripes) - R60 dibs Jeann1

Coco Worm (Orange) - R300 available

Open Brain Coral (Pacific Rose - red) - R300 dibs Tony, Jeann1, angamia

Florida Ricordea Lrg (Orange, 2 mouths – splitting into two, this thing is a huge ric!) - R280 dibs jaquesdp

GSP on LR (lumo green!!!) - R40 dibs angamia, flaming-angel

Blastomussia (Red, about 5 heads) - R300 dibs Tony, Jeann1

Percula Clownfish - R60 dibs jaquesdp, mariusmeyer

Percula Clownfish - R60 dibs jaquesdp, mariusmeyer

Bicolor Blenny - R100 dibs jaquesdp

Sixline Wrasse - R100 dibs jaquesdp, toffees

Cleaner Shrimp - R40 dibs jaquesdp, gaboon, mariusmeyer, flaming-angel, toffees

Fire/blood Shrimp - R130 dibs jaquesdp, toffees

Blue Legged Hermit - R40 dibs jaquesdp

Blue Legged Hermit - R40 dibs jaquesdp

Red Legged Hermit - R40 dibs jaquesdp

Red Legged Hermit - R40 dibs jaquesdp

Fungia (brown, yellow and green color) - R40 dibs angamia

Yellow and Red Gorgonia (white polyps) - R80 available

Yellow and Red Gorgonia (white polyps) Small - R40 dibs angamia

Sand sifting star - medium size - R80 dibs jaquesdp, toffees

Can provide pics on request.

Live rock
I remember having bought about 15 kg but can't be sure.
So I'm gonna say it's 13kg @ R79 per kg.

The rock is a mix of Kenyan and Indo, a little bit of GHA. NO AIPTASIA AT ALL.

If someone buys the whole lot you'll get about 2 kg for free in there as well plus I'll give it for R69/kg.

Substrate
CaribSea Fiji Pink Sugar fine aragonite
about 15kg
R200 dibs spike

Test kits - includes:
Salifert Ammonia

Salifert Alk

Salifert PH

RedSea (Full kit)

RedSea Pro (Full kit)

The Salifert kits have been used a bit. The RedSea kits are pretty much new.
All for R100 or free to whoever takes the tank. dibs toffees

Refractometer
ATC Refractometer
New in hard case with prism cloth and callibration screw driver.
Manual included
R600 dibs Taariq

DIY ATO (can be used as ATO or for parts)

Parts list:
Pump

Tubing

3 Float switches

20 Litre Clear Reservoire

LED warning lights for low reservoir level (red) and good reservoire level (blue)

Lighting hub (hub switch control for the lights)

Can provide pics
R650 dibs spike

Pumps, etc.
Sun Sun 3000 lph pump - R50

Seio Prop 320 - R50

Via Aqua (2000 lph i think) - R100

Coral Feeder (turkey baster style) Large - R20

Coral Feeder (turkey baster style) Medium - R10

2 Veggie feeding clips (for seaweed, etc.) - R10 each

Will clean up any equipment currently in use
Or take all for R200 dibs mariusmeyer, maxisoft

Supplements

Includes:
Brightwell Reef Code A+B (20% used) - R80

Brightwell Magnesion (5% Used) - R50

Brightwell PhytoGold M Small bottle - R20

Brightwell ZooPlanktos S small bottle - R20

Brightwell PhytoGold M Large bottle - R50 dibs toffees

Some Food (Frozen, Flake and Pellet) FREE to whoever takes the supplements

R200 for ALL the supplements. dibs angamia

OR TAKE EVERYTHING (TANK, LIVESTOCK, LIVE ROCK, ARAGONITE, EQUIPMENT, DIY ATO, SUPPLEMENTS, FOOD, REFRACTOMETER, PUMPS, ETC) FOR R8500.

email aadil.seedat@gmail.com

Notes:

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There are hidden monsters in my tank....

Posted: March 17th, 2011, 3:08pm CDT by Christy

Help please!!

Rather frustratingly I managed to get two photos of my monsters and then destroyed the media card on my camera... which is very irritating because both of my monsters are VERY ELUSIVE...

Despite having watched my tank solidly for over a month I've only seen each once (bearing in mind that it is a small tank with only 3 rocks, and that my monsters are massive) is quite something...

MONSTER 1: Huge crab type thingy

From nowhere, I refocus my eyes which are straining to see a 1mm long invertebrate and notice what I can only describe as a tarantula on the other side of the rock. He then escaped into a crack where I could only see his legs. His span must be about 15cm, his legs are very thin and pointy, with bright red, black and white stripes / bands. He does not have noticeable pincers or claws and he is bloody good at hiding in tiny cracks and holes despite his enormous size. I've been stalking him since I first saw him to no avail. He must come out at night only. I've done lots of image googling, but can't see one like him. If he's going to be the biggest lifeform in my tank I feel I should try to find out a bit about him.

In the meantime I have written him a poem:

Last night I was staring at my tank
And then I saw monster of great RANK
It was a crab, a crab I saw...
It was 9 inches long, and 9 inches tall!!

Where did it come from...
Where did it go???
I confess that I really do NOT KNOW!!
The monster sat there on my rock
I confess that it gave me a terrible shock

Then of to my bedroom I did run
To get my camera and have some fun
I galloped back I fast as I could
I slipped and I cornered on slippery wood

I reached the glass and let off a shot
But that damn crab, he would not be got
And then I spied right deep in a crack
Spiky red legs poking out from the back

MONSTER 2: Mysterious Black Tentacle with Electric Blue Stipes

Suddenly noticed this 5cm long black smooth 'tentacle' or maybe someone's tail poking out of a hole in my rock. it had a colourful band near the end, white then powder blue, then white, in a zig zag, about half a centimetre from the end of the 'tentacle' ... the end of the tentable ended with a wedge, that has a slight 'v' cut into it, but was otherwise very smooth. It then went back inside and I've never seen it since. Maybe it's a fish?? Maybe it's a coral, but then why would I not see it again?

Anyhow:

I'm only just going through my first ever nitrogen cycle so having huge monsters in my tank was not really the plan, however my water is still testing clear for ammonia, nitrates, nitrates and PH / specific gravity remain stable... my minor algae bloom is clearing up nicely - so hopefully we're stable...

I would be extremely grateful if anyone could help me identify what my monsters are so that I can look after them. It would be really sad if they were starving?? ...

Thanks!!

Christy.

Dsb help

Posted: March 17th, 2011, 2:59pm CDT by Xereo

Well ive gotten very irrated.
Ive Gone to 3 x Toys R Us. and non of them had stock of play sand..
Can i just go to the beach and take from here ?

Rocks changing colours? Sign of GHA? CYANO? etc

Posted: March 17th, 2011, 2:46pm CDT by flamming angel

Hi all

My rocks seem to have been changing into alot of colours lately. Patches of green, some areas red (with slime but very lite and some with out slime). No real evident of GHA or anything else but just wondering if this is the start of a disaster. All info will be much appreciated.

Parameters are fine expect Alkalinity at 9.3. Trying to get it down tho.
Ligthing is about 9 hours 1 blue T5, 2 Actinic, 1 white. Put my 150w MH now again for like 2-4 hours.

Also running activated carbon and purigen.
Tank running for about 3 months.

Seems like i covered everything. PLease let me no.

Thanks

My new tank design - Any advice

Posted: March 17th, 2011, 2:38pm CDT by Bonzai

Hi everyone

I designed this tank after having some trouble with a tank that was build for me which had alot of hassles. I also have a 2 ft Jebo nano which house some clown and 2 x tangs and inverts, but I would like to convert it just to clowns.

Here's the design I'm thinking of, the corner sides at the back is 800mm x 800mm and the height is 500mm, Water level at 375mm.

I still need to design the sump. Any suggestions/advice?

Do I pull the Trigger?

Posted: March 17th, 2011, 2:29pm CDT by mytank

Starting to formalize my ideas around the type of tank, fish and corals in my tank. I am really liking the coral idea for my tanks.

Since I am considering a Cube tank I have been reading the Cube threads Mekaeel's 1m Cube SPS Reef Tank - Page 16 - Marine Aquariums of South Africa. One which is specifically interesting and it's around TRIGGERS:

Niger Triggers - Reef friendly
Clown Triggers - Reef munchers
Piccaso Triggers - Not sure

So the "formal" docs I read say NO to triggers and corals, the forums and reviews on some of triggers I read says they pretty good with corals.

What your experiance?

base rock durban or capetown

Posted: March 17th, 2011, 2:29pm CDT by mupwi

hi im looking for some baserock for my tank can colect in durban or ill be down in capetown the first or second weekend of april all the baserock ive seen sofar is almost the same price as the fully cured liverock I have so looking for somthing cheaper

seargent major for sale: Durban

Posted: March 17th, 2011, 2:20pm CDT by mupwi

Fish for saleCommon Name:

seargent major

Scientific Name:

-

Size of fish

+-30mm

How long have you had the fish?

3months

Is the fish eating?

yes eating flake food and the ocasional piece of fish when I go spearing

Shipping or Collection only:

colect or deliver in durban area

Your location.

Durban

Price:

free to a good tank

Photo's:

Notes:

this fishie was the first inhabitant after my cycle but now that I have started ading other fish (smaller) it is getting agro towards them so I have sumped it for now but I would prefere to not confine it there for the rest of its life hopfuly somone with bugger fish would be able to take it. even willing to deliver it anyware in the greater durban area. has great charictercheck you out when you come neer the tank

seargent major for sale: Durban

Posted: March 17th, 2011, 2:14pm CDT by mupwi

Fish for saleCommon Name:

seargent major

Scientific Name:

-

Size of fish

+-30mm

How long have you had the fish?

3months

Is the fish eating?

yes eating flake food and the ocasional piece of fish when I go spearing

Shipping or Collection only:

colect or deliver in durban area

Your location.

Durban

Price:

free to a good tank

Photo's:

Notes:

this fishie was the first inhabitant after my cycle but now that I have started ading other fish (smaller) it is getting agro towards them so I have sumped it for now but I would prefere to not confine it there for the rest of its life hopfuly somone with bugger fish would be able to take it. even willing to deliver it anyware in the greater durban area. has great charictercheck you out when you come neer the tank

Exchange rates

Posted: March 17th, 2011, 2:10pm CDT by Duimpies

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light on or off????

Posted: March 17th, 2011, 2:04pm CDT by johannes rall

What do you guys recommend should I leave the light on or should I put it off while the cycle is in process.

Star polyps frag for sale: Bothasig CT

Posted: March 17th, 2011, 1:37pm CDT by Muz

Single frag for saleCommon Name:

Star polyps

Scientific Name:

-

Size of coral

covers about 3 or 4 small rocks

How long have you had the coral?

a few months

Shipping or Collection only:

collection

Your location.

Bothasig CT

Price:

Swap

Photo's:

I have a ton of this stuff that grows really well in my tank, wanting to swap for mushrooms or LPS frags, anything. Jsut to get some variety.

Notes:

-

Spearfishing?

Posted: March 17th, 2011, 12:51pm CDT by Slummies

Hey guys!

I have recently got into spearing! i love the ocean and love fish so i thought it would be cool.. well. i was wrong! ITS BLOODY AWESOME! wish i got into it earlier. now with winter on the way, i dont have to hang up my mask i can go shoot some FREEEEESH FFFIIIESH!

on my 1st dive ever, i only shot two little banded galjion! very stoked with it. one was 30cm other was 34cm!

going to TK this weekend and my spear is with me!! so amped to shoot something bigger. i have seen some black musclecracker but to much of a noob to shoot em. they just dart away to quick!

Leker man! so any other spearos out there?

sump - the sand

Posted: March 17th, 2011, 12:34pm CDT by Duimpies

Hi guys

how deep must the coral sand be in the sump ?
Would 10cm be deep enough or to deep ?

Was thinking of having the skimmer in first compartment with overflow inlet, 2. then live rock , 3. then sand bed , 4. then live rock , 5. then pumps

Would that be good enough?

Kind regards

Action Plan - please advise

Posted: March 17th, 2011, 12:19pm CDT by JDA

Hello all,
Ok so things are going slow, but my excitement racing!

Want to get new tank, and start up on marines, where I left off 5 years back.

What size tank should it be? I ould love a 2m+ tank, have not decided yet on buying one with a cabinet, or having one built.

What equipment can I start buying already, skimmers, lighting, sand etc
Want to do this DIY as I love doing this type of thing.

Please advise

Info Required for new system

Posted: March 17th, 2011, 10:40am CDT by JDA

Hi all,

Nice to be here.

I am not so new to marines, but been out the game for a few years.
So the boss (wife) and I have purchased our DREAM HOME with ample of space, and have been told that I am more than welcome to start up a new marine aquarium.

Had one 5 years back with success but sadly had to give it up due to time constraints and lack of space. Was a stunning modded 2m tank with sump etc. In those days corals were hard to keep, and coral care products were hard to come by. So i had really only a rish only tank with the odd coral. (cant even remember the names sorry.)

My oh my, i see times have changed in this hobby, and products have improved vastly - so i guess it will be easier to get one up and running again.

We will be moving into the new home end of April, but I am one of those that likes all the info and planning is essential.

I am in no rush at all, and am getting bits and pieces together so long, and want to do this the proper way - even if it takes me the rest of the year before i put fish in.

So any suggestions on what, where, how? I want the system to be user friendly, easy to clean and maintain, and stunning on the eye! I want visitors to stand in awe when they see it everytome!

PLEASE, any ideas / suggestions would help greatly.
My first most important questions are - bought marine tank with cabinet (wife likes this idea) or built tank from scratch

I have not really gone into thought on my location, but what I would LOVE is for the tank to be inside, and all the sump and equipment to be outside in a neat built housing of somesort, but worry about the cold winters of Pretoria and hot summers

Excellent Artictle on Bacteria populations on a natural reef and our tanks

Posted: March 17th, 2011, 10:18am CDT by durleo

Feature Article: Bacterial Counts in Reef Aquarium Water: Baseline Values and Modulation by Carbon Dosing, Protein Skimming, and Granular Activated Carbon Filtration — Advanced Aquarist's Online Magazine

Skeptics, here's the proof that LED grows colorful SPS's

Posted: March 17th, 2011, 10:17am CDT by dallasg

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=1991180

Att: Cape Town members

Posted: March 17th, 2011, 10:12am CDT by 459b

There will be another meeting next saturday (26th March) at Monde's house in West Beach. All are welcome.
Details have been posted/discussed in the Cape town Reef Junkies Social group. I tried to invite as many cape town reefers as possible, but obvioulsy i have missed a few people out (my most humble apologies of i left you out). If you want to join the scial group, select the "community" dropdown menu and then click on " social groups ". Then click on " Cape town reef junkies ".

As a member of the group you will be alerted of any news in the notification bar on the top right of the home page, the same place you see notifications for new messages, friend requests etc. Getting used to this will take a bit of time but should be a more reliable way of keeping track of local events.

Who would be interested in live phytoplancton

Posted: March 16th, 2011, 7:54am CDT by Tony

Hi All

I am not trying to hawk anything here but I have a friend who is culturing live plancton. He has nannochloropsis occulata and isochrysis galbana, which are used to raise fish fry and crustaceans and I would like to know if there is a market for these products in marine aquaria before he goes ahead on a mass production sale?

I am only asking to get a feel of the demand if any.

Tank for sale for sale: Centurion

Posted: March 16th, 2011, 12:41am CDT by Prash06

Hardware for saleThread title:

Tank for sale

Location:

Centurion

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection

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

Hi

I've been doing alot of thinking and I've decided to put my tank up for sale. Including the sale is the stand, "sump" (will explain later) and any livesand or plumbing in the sump included. Unfortunately there are a few snags with the tank, one being a small chip on the bottom. The original owner (I'm not the original owner) got the tank with the chip and it didn't break for the past 4 years of ownership. The chip is fixable if there is any worry (a plate stuck behind the chip is just one idea) however I've decided to go for a new tank since I got still a bit of cash remaining in the budget after buying another dudes setup.

Here is the link if you wanna take a look at the discussion and pictures:
My new marine venture-started out not so good - Marine Aquariums of South Africa

Tank dimensions (L x W x H): 1220mm x 450mm x 650mm (water level 540 mm)
Eurobraced quite heavily from the looks of it
Glass thickness: 5mm
No visible scratches on the glass (just dirt)

Includes stand
broken sump
2 dustbin DSB's (Each dustbin takes about 80L of water)
Plumbing (obviously)

Any takers? I'm asking a R1000.

Notes:

-

Various corals for sale: Cape Town

Posted: March 16th, 2011, 11:02pm CDT by Xereo

Various corals for saleCommon Names:

Goniopora

Scientific Names:

-

Size of coral

Tennis Ball Size

How long have you had the corals?

-

Shipping or Collection only:

Collect

Your location.

Cape Town

Price:

Msg me or trade

Photo's:

Well i got this as a gift from my Gf for my birthday.
But me being stupid not looking into how hard they are to keep.
Had it 3 days already, its 100% still but not taking any chances as im a novice.

Willing to Trade for Zoas or can be sold, as i dont think the sponsor would would take it back

Thank you all let me know
:thumbup:

Notes:

-

eish...so many thoughts/arguments/you dont know what you getting yourself into

Posted: March 16th, 2011, 10:57pm CDT by prometheus

hi all.

i've had some good and bad experiences to date with regards to advice about keeping a marine tank. "Do you know how much this is going to cost you?", "Are you sure you want to go with (type of tank here)", "You are getting into a very expensive game", "What skimmer are you using", "You are Okay without a skimmers", "if you use this tank you willl have a nitrate problems, all my customers do"," you will be fine, just do water changes"," you saw my 2nd hand tank, you dont want it, I have to hear from MASA, nice one" (I sent an email of apology, tried to call with my reasons of not wanting your tank but no answer, I never offered any confirmation that I am taking your tank), I'm sure you are reading this, you know who are.

Anyways, there you have it. I was so excited about getting a marine tank, saved for years, and now all this. Guys whats going on.

Well, to all the naysayers, I am getting my tank :)

Will be filling water, add salt, let the external canister filter run for about a week, do tests then what????

oh and pardon me for my absolute ignorance in your otherwise brilliant world of knowledge...(yes negative but I am annoyed)

Change to LED

Posted: March 16th, 2011, 10:57pm CDT by Immo

Ok, so i want to change up my lighting and want to know from the experts what you guys think/This is what i have found...Cost is around R1200

225 White + Blue LED Aquarium Grow Light Panel Plant Growth Lite, 2501w+b
50% Blue + 50% WHITE 225 LED Aquarium and Grow Light Panel

PRODUCT INFORMATION
DESCRIPTION:Quality built 50% Blue + 50% White 225 LED Aquarium and Grow Light Panel This 12 by 12 inch LED panel has 225 super bright LEDs.

FEATURES: Solid state, Cooler running, High efficiency, Wide angle, 50% blue + 50% WHITE LED Aquarium and plant light.

BENEFITS: This panel has no ballasts to burn out like other aquarium or plant lights. It runs at a warm temperature rather than very hot which is common with most other inefficient plant lights. This more controlled running temperature reduces water evaporation and keeps rooms with tanks and plants from getting uncomfortably hot in the summer months requiring additional air conditioning. They save electricity dual fold. This state of the art WHITE LED panel tank and plant light is extremely energy efficient paying for itself many times over each year in electricity savings. It saves 50% to 90% in energy consumptioncompared to incandescent bulbs or fluorescent tubes. Wide angle projection insures uniform coverage. This specialty 50% blue + 50% WHITE LED Aquarium and grow light panel is designed to allow you to custom tailor the light spectrum for maximum growth and breeding condition.

These LED light panels are perfect as all year permanent Aquarium and Plant lights for Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles, Mammals, Insects and Plant tanks and benches.

Specifications:
Body material: Thermoplastic
Circuitry board material: Diecast Chrome
225 Super Bright LEDs 112 Blue, 113 White
Color: WHITE 6000-7000K Blue = 450 nM

Working Voltage: 110V (Plug in To North America Standard Outlet)

back of your tanks color

Posted: March 16th, 2011, 9:20pm CDT by mytank

I have noticed there are two primary colors used for the back of the tanks color. Blue and black. Pet stores seem to prefer blue.

Is it personal preference or do the two colors do different things i.e. Blue brings out color black neutral?

Tk this weekend

Posted: March 16th, 2011, 9:17pm CDT by Slummies

Going to TK this weekend. super amped and excited since have been hearing some good news from up there! but also heard that umtata mouth has come down??

going with the wife and spear, collect and just get out again!

anyone been to tk this season?

Anyone tried these yet?

Posted: March 16th, 2011, 8:33pm CDT by Meneer

They go for around R40 bucks

Have no Idea what their rating or light frequency is....

Just starting a tank, nothing but freshwater and a pot to light up in the tank.

Light was placed in the centre of the tank....

Side

Front

If I put 10 of them on my 1.2, it will cost R400.

Then just add some actinic etc....

Have no idea what will grow under it. Was just thinking......

Progress on my 2 month old cycling tank :)

Posted: March 16th, 2011, 8:32pm CDT by Xereo

Well its my Bday on this comming Sat and my Gf got me my First Coral :)
Yay it looks so awesome :)...

Well have a look and maybe tell me what it is lol :)

Clarks Clowns, Clown Wrasse and Picasso for sale: Cape Town

Posted: March 16th, 2011, 8:12pm CDT by Jimbo

Fish for saleCommon Name:

Clarks Clowns, Clown Wrasse and Picasso

Scientific Name:

-

Size of fish

8cm

How long have you had the fish?

2 years plus

Is the fish eating?

Very well

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection only

Your location.

Cape Town

Price:

R200

Photo's:

Notes:

Hi Guys,

I am getting rid of more fish out of my anemone tank. They are all very fat and healthy.

PM if you would like more details. Prices are as follows:

Pair of Clarks- R300
Adult clown wrasse as per picture- R200
Large Picasso- R200

Cheers,

Jimbo.

Unknown Hitchhiking "Anemone"

Posted: March 16th, 2011, 7:55pm CDT by Nsteyn

Hi guys

Need some help with the below.
I think it is a type of Anemone, but have no idea what. It moved twice, that is how I spotted it, but seems to be satisfied where it is now ... at the top, in the flow.
I suspect it was a hitchhiker from some corals and LR I recently got, but have no idea what it is.

Hope someone can help

Tnx!

Niel

Razer Board

Posted: March 16th, 2011, 7:25pm CDT by ReefMaster_SA

Hi Guys

I got a 1 and half month old Gaming keyboard
Its called a Razer lycosa
Its 1ms response time gaming board with touch sentsive pads ,comes
with a drivers CD its a usb port and sound ports

I am selling it , I paid R750 at a pc shop
I am asking for R450 it inculding shipping
or
Pick up

Regards
Reefmaster

Wanted 24w t5 light unit

Posted: March 16th, 2011, 6:19pm CDT by Renier

Hey guys

looking for a 24w t5 unit for a small nanno 500 x 500 x 500 tank, 2 or 4 tube

who sells them these days?

wanting to keep softies zoas rics mushrooms and maybe eventauly a small plating monti

leds are to expensive for now

and MH will lead to heat isues

thanks

I am having trouble - choosing

Posted: March 16th, 2011, 5:47pm CDT by mytank

So I have been living on: Aquarium Fish: Tropical Freshwater Fish and Saltwater Fish for Home Aquariums

I am trying to get a mix of what I want in my tank. I don't have a clue I want all of them!

Wow how did you guys choose :)

Also can different live rock (from Fuji, Kenya etc) live together?

I so want to start but keep slapping myself over the wrist. I almost want to buy a bit of equipment or two a month :)

HELP!

1st pic

Posted: March 16th, 2011, 3:48pm CDT by johannes rall

ok here we go here is the first pic starting of my marine tank. NOT MUCH BUT GETTING THERE,UPGRADE SOON TO FOLLOW.

Emerald Crab

Posted: March 16th, 2011, 3:19pm CDT by Boegie

I am so chuffed, but still cautious at the moment. Last night I done some night shift, checking what is cruising in my tank in the dark. Well, I found this crab, about 2 cm. Got black claws and harry legs.
Thinking the whole day, how am I going to get rid of if, by building a trap in my head.

After deciding to check some videos out again, I came across this one, from mr saltwater tank about cleanup crew. And there it is, looking about the same -an Emerald Crab - wow - they are good!!

What is your experience with Emerald Crabs? Did they eat any coral?

YouTube

YouTube

Check out my catfish...

Posted: March 16th, 2011, 3:15pm CDT by maxisoft

Haha... Lets see how many of you I catch out....:devil:

Coral & Fish Collecting

Posted: March 16th, 2011, 3:02pm CDT by maxisoft

Hi Guys,

Going to the coast in a month, and wanted to know "FROM THE EXPERTS" what is a safe way of bringing back livestock from Durban to Jhb? I have read @RiaanP mention a few times and I quote "Trick is to get it back to Jhb" What is the trick?:blush:

OverFlow mod

Posted: March 16th, 2011, 2:55pm CDT by Alias

Hey,

LFS recommended a pipe overflow in the corner of my tank but as its a small tank i think it will cheapen the display.

@RiaanP suggested mod 2 in this image:

with this mod:

Quoted: "A change what I would make is to have it wider (200mm), and the outlet offset towards a corner. Another hole, almost at the top, offset to the other side. Have double plumbing down. Bottom outlet controlled with ballvalve. Top outlet is an emergency outlet, just straight down. If anything do block the ballvalve, at least you will not flood your display. Having double outlets, means that number 2 is the best option."

This i like but have a few alterations that i wanna run passed the experienced guys.

If i take the exact same idea as number two but on the outside of the tank and cut a grove in the top of the tank to get the overflow into the slimline on the back and then make the external "box" out of perspex and drill the double holes would this give the same effectiveness?

then it wont be in the tank at all and will be hidden on the back if i paint it black.

How much noise does a overflow like this produce? and how hard is it to clean?

Your input would be great.

Power of the Silver Ceiling

Posted: March 16th, 2011, 2:36pm CDT by Oceanson

Hi all reefers,

Silver Ceiling is the top of the range, T5 Unit made in China.

The Chinese website of the Silver ceiling gives you an in depth view of how powerful the unit is can be compared with the German unit make of the T5 Unit ( they all use ATI lamp and Gieseman lamp)

The day on the top of the pictures show the purchase date and you'll be able to see how the SPS grows.

Here is the link:

http://www.cmfish.com/bbs/viewthread...ge%3D1&page=21

For any further information phone us on 021 554 0340

Oceanson Aquarium

Tank running

Posted: March 16th, 2011, 2:14pm CDT by johannes rall

Just finished filling tank with water and putting the liverock in now for the wait

Advise on what to feed Soft corals?

Posted: March 16th, 2011, 12:48pm CDT by Xereo

Well As the heading says..

What must i buy to feed my softies?
Dont have many so dont need massive amounts.
ZooPlankton?

Whats the prices of a small bottle?

White sand

Posted: March 16th, 2011, 12:23pm CDT by Alias

Hey,

Was wondering what substrate is used to get that really bright white look? been told to use crushed coral but i want that white look.

Mike

Wanted - small bioballs

Posted: March 16th, 2011, 11:58am CDT by RiaanP

I want some of those small bioballs for my quarantine setup.

I can even swap some normal size for smaller if needed.

Thanks

Mandarin fish

Posted: March 16th, 2011, 10:45am CDT by CW

Hi PPl

Just wana know.
a Mandarin fish, when is it safe to add one in my tank?
Or maybe 2?

And how mutch are they round about?

Cw out:thumbup:

REefTEK TS2 R1200 as new for sale: cape town

Posted: March 16th, 2011, 10:30am CDT by JsPLAYn

Hardware for saleThread title:

REefTEK TS2 R1200 as new

Location:

cape town

Shipping or Collection only:

collection

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

5 months old an skimming like crazy, perfect condition, but unfortunately got a bigger system an bigger skimmer so this 1 has to go...... SIERAAJ 0768674930:(

Notes:

-

Wanted - bioballs

Posted: March 16th, 2011, 9:59am CDT by lIghty

Hi all

Dont laugh, but I'm looking for bioballs. If you perhaps have some lying in the back of you garage and are willing to let them go, Please let me know. I'm looking for about 4-5 checkers packets full.

Thanks

Justin

Neil Diamond ticket PE

Posted: March 16th, 2011, 9:54am CDT by Boegie

I have an extra Neil Diamond ticket to the Port Elizabeth show on the 8th of April.
My son's girlfriend is not going any more.
Price = R890
A few rows from the front.
These seats have been sold out long ago.

Note to mods: If you do not like the picture, please pm me and I will take a picture of the ticket tonight.

cheato needed in pta

Posted: March 16th, 2011, 9:42am CDT by victor du plessis

Morning can someone please help me with some extra cheato in pta
Thanks

what is your areas TDS reading?

Posted: March 16th, 2011, 9:37am CDT by RiaanP

Let us see who in South Africa got the best Tap water.
Please list your Area, and your reading.

Sea Hair

Posted: March 16th, 2011, 8:44am CDT by Deon07

Sea Hair - Are the purple spray toxic? My sea hair got stuck behind a blower and when I released him he sprayed purple ink. I took him out asap and put in another tank. Are my fish safe or not?

Getting a quote from Dory Pets

Posted: March 15th, 2011, 11:47pm CDT by Kender

Does anyone know if Dory pets still exists, and if so is Lanzo still the ons to contact. It seems they ignoring me :(
Their website seems to be inactive as well.

Chiller distance to tank.

Posted: March 15th, 2011, 11:15pm CDT by Munky82

Hi guys.

I saw a thread or two with the same issue but couldn't find anything now. And can't remember what the verdict was.
Planning my next tank but got a bit of a problem.
Want to put my chiller outside (not next to my bed again) but the distance to the tank would be 5-7m.
The plumbing will be able run virtually level.
Can this be done ?

Closing down: 1.2m Tank for sale: Pretoria

Posted: March 15th, 2011, 10:41pm CDT by Jhavenga

Full system sales or multiple items for sale.Thread title:

Closing down: 1.2m Tank

Location:

Pretoria

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection

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

Tank: 1200mm (l) x 500mm (h) x 450mm (w) (+/-270 litres). The tank has nice, rounded corners and comes with the following:
- A canopy including 3 x 30w T8 tubes;
- Corner to corner slimline overflow (done by Idol Marine); :thumbup:
- Plumbing (overflow and return);
- Brand new 3 compartment sump (from Dorry Pets): 900mm (l) x 450mm (h) x 350mm (w); 8mm bottom glass ;)
- Cabinet. The cabinet has a little water damage because my previous sump cracked and therefore I suggest that the wheels on the cabinet be taken off so that the cabinet is fully supported (the cabinet has 6 aftermarket wheels); also the bracket on the one door needs to be screwed on properly; :whistling:
- Black PVC/perspex? type removable back-cover; ;)

Asking price: R3,000.00

Notes:

-

starting thread on chops behalf

Posted: March 15th, 2011, 10:03pm CDT by toppdogg

Hey guys
just thought i would share went to chop's place tonight to get some frags and while i was there i thought i would take some snaps and a vid of the mans tank
all i can say is photos dont do it justice it needs to be seen in the flesh
tank is totally awsome and chops dude you need to start a thread anyway here are some photos will upload vid in a bit

and last but not least the FTS
just my luck as i took thr FTS one of the halides turned off as tank was getting ready for bed
dude well done on an awsome tank livestock is huge and corals are growing over each other your tank :yeahdude:
:thumbup:

and here is the vid

YouTube - chops marine tank video-2011-03-15-18-49-44.mp4

YouTube - chops marine tank video-2011-03-15-18-49-44.mp4

Wanted

Posted: March 15th, 2011, 8:16pm CDT by poiromaniax

Hey all,

i have no idea what these are called but i am looking for a set of them, Im sure someone didnt use theirs?

Thanks!

Question regarding GFO

Posted: March 15th, 2011, 7:46pm CDT by gaboon

My phosphate reactor started leaking 2 weeks ago so turned it off. Only received the new O-ring today so will the GFO left in the reactor still be ok? I'm sure it would be but just making sure.

Thanks

Looking for 2500l/h return pump cheap - Cape

Posted: March 15th, 2011, 6:04pm CDT by Meneer

Will get a decent one as time goes by....

Am in Northern Suburbs....

KH Low

Posted: March 15th, 2011, 6:00pm CDT by ThaneF

Hi guys/gals

I was testing my KH and it's at 5 :whistling: which is a bit low... I currently dose brightwells reef code B whick is supposed to bring up the KH as well but maybe it's not enough?
I have read that you can use bicarb soda with RO water... but I have a nano with a chiller and I don't loose much water at all. Can I take out 500ml of water - add a quater teanspoon bicarb and drip that salt water back in - slowley with the ATO unplugged... can I do this or muct I use RO?

Idol marine guest speaker

Posted: March 15th, 2011, 2:31pm CDT by Bob the (reef)builder

Hi All,

On Saturday 19 March morning at 10am we will have a guest international speaker,Erick Vandenbrande from Ocean Nutrition Fishfoods.

He will address any nutrition or food based queries any of
us may have.

Please come and support him and get any nutritional questions answered across the flake,pellet,nori and wide
frozen food options we have to feed our prized livestock.

We look forward to seeing you,
Cheers for now,
Idol Marine Crew.:thumbup:

1.5 m x 600 x 800 Tank Setup for sale: Witbank

Posted: March 15th, 2011, 2:23pm CDT by Jeann1

Full system sales or multiple items for sale.Thread title:

1.5 m x 600 x 800 Tank Setup

Location:

Witbank

Shipping or Collection only:

Collecting

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

Notes:

Hi.

I am selling this system - the sale will only be in 4 weeks , unless someone wants now, and the offer is reasonable..

So here are some pics..

This tank is not drilled, and that is the main reason for selling - buyer should have it drilled and corner overflow built - should not be to much work once empty.

Tank size is 1.5 x 600 x 800 , water level on 700 and 100 for lighting in top.

Included in price is :
Sump and stand as in pictures
8 x Reeftek 54w T5's : 2 x blue, 2 x atinic, 2 x 10k and 2 x 12k all with alenoid reflectors..
4 x 54w double ballasts.

Asking price is R6500 , but negotionable..

dosing iodine

Posted: March 15th, 2011, 2:18pm CDT by dropzone newbee

how often should you dose iodine ?
could too much dosing be super bad for sps ?

reef oct XP 5000int cone 2400litres

Posted: March 15th, 2011, 2:05pm CDT by JsPLAYn

Hey guys, so taking delivery of my skimmer tomorw hopefully, any guys/gals who has experience with this skimmer (good or bad).... Please fill me in as I couldn find any real reviews... All replies would be appreciated:whistling:

items for sale for sale: East London

Posted: March 15th, 2011, 1:53pm CDT by leslie hempel

Hardware for saleThread title:

items for sale

Location:

East London

Shipping or Collection only:

Shipping or collection

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

Vortech MP40w R3000

OR3500 R800ea

airblower R450

New AM Cal Reactor Body R1800

PH meter incl probe (may need replacing) R750

Notes:

post commitment to purchase here here or pm me if you interested.

cheers Les

Fibre Optic Lighting

Posted: March 15th, 2011, 1:24pm CDT by Pads

Wouldn't this be an absolute pleasure to have this sort of lighting on our tanks.

SUNLIGHT DIRECT

A receptor that channel natural sunlight into the fibre optics and out in the form of a "light bulb", the receptor also pivots on one axis to track the sun's movement.
How awesome!

Dog Fish

Posted: March 15th, 2011, 12:13pm CDT by Deon07

I recently went over to Fish Only and bought a Dog Fish, pretty interesting fella. My Cow fish was gone after a day, could it be him? He is not aggressive to the other fish at all, but he is the only one big enough to "eat" a cow fish. If he will eat my other fish I would rather take him out.

Please tell me if anyone had similar problems

800x800x600 Cube for sale: Norwood Johannesburg

Posted: March 15th, 2011, 12:11pm CDT by jumboswart

Full system sales or multiple items for sale.Thread title:

800x800x600 Cube

Location:

Norwood Johannesburg

Shipping or Collection only:

Will move in the Johannesburg area

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

My entire system except LR and Live stock for sale.
Included:
Tank 10mm starfire glass with skinny overflow(Built by Idol Marine)
Metal stand powder coated
Cabinet
Return pump
2 x Vortech MP10W ES pumps
SK3 Skimmer
Calcium reactor without co2
Nitrate reactor
Carbon reactor
Lighting in hood 2x LED and 1 x 150w MH
All Plumbing and electrical

Location:
Norwood, will get Idol Marine to move to your place in Johannesburg only, at my expense

Tank is less than 6 months old, selling due to upgrade

NB Profilux not included
R20 000 or make me a decent offer

Notes:

-

Anyone have some spare chaeto in Durban?

Posted: March 15th, 2011, 12:02pm CDT by hermie

Hello, does anyone in the Durban area have some chaeto? :)

water change

Posted: March 15th, 2011, 8:29am CDT by johannes rall

Hi people i just want to know?If my tank is busy cycleling should i do water changes like normal

New Oldbie

Posted: March 14th, 2011, 11:40pm CDT by Mrs Reefcraze

Hi, these are my first photos, of my ocean. The tank is 3m x .5 x .5. Has been going for about 18 months.
http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/...e/IMG_0224.jpg
http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/...e/IMG_0237.jpg
http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/...IMG_0206-1.jpg
http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/...e/IMG_0252.jpg
http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/...IMG_0230-1.jpg
http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/...e/IMG_0260.jpg
http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/...e/IMG_0225.jpg

70w mh wanted

Posted: March 14th, 2011, 10:07pm CDT by Dale6

looking for 2x70mh and/or bulbs?

Dsb and Carbon

Posted: March 14th, 2011, 9:55pm CDT by maxisoft

I have just started running Carbon on my 4ft and after one day, I see a vivid change in my system. I have read the threads on this subject and although there have been some conflicting discussions, it remains a grey area somehow.

In our tests, we consider testing everything except organics which consist of proteins, fats, carbohydrates and hormones. All of which are controlled by the use of activated carbon.

I came across this url: http://joejaworski.wordpress.com/200...k-need-carbon/ which was quite informative.

Your comments?

How often does one change and add water

Posted: March 14th, 2011, 9:16pm CDT by mytank

Title says it all. How often does one change the water and or add additional water mix?

What am i missing trying to get a.sense.of.the maintainer cycles. I sometimes travel for two weeks at a time and don't want to harm investment

March 2011 meeting

Posted: March 14th, 2011, 8:54pm CDT by Roadblock

The march 2011 meeting will be held at DUC on Tuesday 29 march
at 6 pm for 6:30 pm. Please guys let's try get some no's this time!
I have arranged for one of the ORI scientists to give us a talk on corals,
and we need to elect a new commity for 2011!
SO LET'S MAKE THIS WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks
ROADBLOCK

Canon 1000D DSLR

Posted: March 14th, 2011, 8:43pm CDT by ESP

Canon 1000D Digital SLR camera with an upgraded 18-55mm Canon IS lens, battery, charger & manual. R2800. Call 082 5321299.

fresh water vs. marine

Posted: March 14th, 2011, 8:04pm CDT by mytank

Just wondering did this ever cross your mind when you entered this hobby?

Why did you choose marine over fresh watet? Fresh seems cheaper and less hassle.

what made you guys choose.your tank type

Posted: March 14th, 2011, 8:02pm CDT by mytank

Hi all,

I am in my research phase of my marine aquarium adventure and have noticed.as obvious as it seems (it wasn't to me at the time), one needs to choose the tank type.

Main aim is to have the most colorful, wired and wonderful creatures in my tank. What are those? How did you al choose creatures?

I see predator tanks are not big is that because they more difficult to keep?

Newbie Questions

Posted: March 14th, 2011, 7:39pm CDT by Alias

Hey all,

Been reading a lot on the forums trying to get my head around this. First off, thanks for the great resource. great place for a new comer to find info.

So I was looking at our local shop with my gf who has a fresh water set up and saw a really nice small (nano?) marine set up which, as a scuba diver, really interests me. I don't really have the space or money for a 4 - 6 footer tank nor do i have the experience so the idea of a nano tank sounds great. The one in the shop was roughly 55 litres and had live rock and a few fish, but what really interests me was the lion fish. Would be really cool to have one of those in my proposed setup. I bought a 60cm x 30cm x 30cm (54L?) off a friend for peanuts so hoping to convert that to the setup i want. if i cant then i will have to look into fresh water.

I've been reading all the starter guides and different threads about skimmers and sumps etc but would like to ask some questions anyway just so im clear. I basically want to convert it so a break down on the recommended equipment would be awesome.

This was a freshwater tank and i assume i cant use the same filter? What filter/pump setup should i look at to start?

For a tank this size would i need to run skimmers/sumps/ etc? are these standard pieces of kit for any marine tank?

The end goal would be to be able to keep maybe 3 - 4 fish with corals and live rock with a nice CUC team with a few shrimp. although im not sure if a small tank can sustain that much life? if not then maybe a mantis tank?

I know really big tanks take a lot of work but was reading on the forums about smaller tanks being less maintenance. is there any truth to that? its not so much a time issue as a financial one.

Looking to start somewhere and build up to something quite nice to display. Any input would be great.

here is a pic of the tank im getting

Obviously needs a good clean but i will handle that.

Thanks,

Mike

Lighting Change

Posted: March 14th, 2011, 6:09pm CDT by Easy Tiger

A week ago I changed my main 150wMH lightbulb from a 10k to a new 20k. The fish look great in the more blue tank, but all corals have been closed ( except for the open brains at the bottom of the tank) since. It's been a week now I would have thought the corals would have adjusted by now?

I am supplimenting with T5's too.

Any ideas? Should I be changing light cycles or moving corals away from direct exposure to the new coloured light?

closing down mi tank for sale: bryanston randburg

Posted: March 14th, 2011, 5:11pm CDT by boetie

Full system sales or multiple items for sale.Thread title:

closing down mi tank

Location:

bryanston randburg

Shipping or Collection only:

collection

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

1 live rock needs to go before i sell any live stock so here it goes 70 kilo Indonesian live rock R70 kilo
picks and prices of fish will come when live rock are sold
2 x yellow tangs 1 large 1 medium
3 x regal tangs
1 x birds wrasse
1 x Picasso trigger
2 x Hamburg damsels
1 x large velvet damsel
1 x lawnmower blenny
2 x sea urchins
1 x Hawaiian lobster
And much more but would like to keep others in a boyu tank so if somebody has one that he wants to sell let me know thanks

Notes:

Change of plan - advice needed.

Posted: March 14th, 2011, 4:50pm CDT by Meneer

Originally I was planning to convert this 48l Buyo to a marine....

I am gonna put this one on gumtree towards some equipment for the new tank.

I bought this 1,2m from JsPLAYn

With sump

I was thinking of adding a refugium as the sump is quite big.

I am planning on supplying water to the refugium with an extra small pump, as I believe they do not want a very high flowrate.

Would this be a waste of time or bad idea?

This is how I plan to change the sump. The blue is the existing size and layout.
Yellow - the refugium I thought about adding

Regarding the return pump. What size should I get? The tank is 120x45X45.
I know a to high flowrate could cause sandstorms in the DSB, which I do not want.

My total volume of water before stocking should be around 380 litres

Any suggestions or advice?

New Tank - 1.6 m x 750 x 800

Posted: March 14th, 2011, 4:24pm CDT by Jeann1

Hi.

My current tank was built by a guy that does not drill tanks, and I have to run a filter in my tank to remove loose particals.. there is no problem with this, as it works, but I want a marine tank that works like it should.

So I am having a replacement tank built for me..

I want some advice on this setup, from overflow boxes to sump setup and most importantly, how will I move everything from my current setup to the new setup without causing major cycles..

Below is a proposed drawing of the new tank. 1 with a coast 2 coast idea, and 1 with a centre overflow box..

- Normal Centre Overflow

- Coast 2 Coast Idea

Lighting on this is also something I want to talk about, what do I get? A MH unit?

A T5 unit with moonlights?

Also, sump design? DSB and so on...

I really want this to be a complete setup that I do not have to worry like the 1 I have now.

Any advice welcome..

Anyone wants a mantis shrimp?

Posted: March 14th, 2011, 3:52pm CDT by Tremayn

Finally caught this mantis shrimp after a month! Does anyone want him? I just have it in a little container. Would like to get rid of it asap. It is about 2cm long

Looking for Co2

Posted: March 14th, 2011, 12:37pm CDT by Lizid

Hi there guys I am looking for a Co2 system, if any one has one laying around please let me know...

Zoanthens frag for sale: brakpan East Rand

Posted: March 14th, 2011, 12:36pm CDT by animalia

Single frag for saleCommon Name:

Zoanthens

Scientific Name:

-

Size of coral

+/- 60 mm in dia 40-50 heads

How long have you had the coral?

quite long

Shipping or Collection only:

collection only

Your location.

brakpan East Rand

Price:

R100-00

Photo's:

"Nickerball" Zoa

Notes:

-

New tank set up, question about non-cycled water

Posted: March 14th, 2011, 11:44am CDT by Sammy

Hi Guys,

Got a question about non-cycled RO water mixed with synth salt mix.

Heres the deal, I have a fully cycled system up and running, DSB, Mature LR and mature substrate.

I would like to transfer all these into my new tank, BUT BUT BUT i want to fill this new tank up with fresh RO and salt mix.

So everything will be mature just besides the water.

My question is, will I need to cycle again for another 4 weeks ???

Magnesium for Calc Reactor

Posted: March 14th, 2011, 10:51am CDT by brentv

Hey Guys,
what is the best way of adding more magnesium to either the calc reactor or direct to my tank. It gets depleted pretty quickly with all my corraline, sps and lps?

Bacterial Counts in Reef Aquarium Water: Baseline Values and Modulation by Carbon Dos

Posted: March 14th, 2011, 10:31am CDT by dallasg

A must read for those interested in the biology of reefing Feature Article: Bacterial Counts in Reef Aquarium Water: Baseline Values and Modulation by Carbon Dosing, Protein Skimming, and Granular Activated Carbon Filtration — Advanced Aquarist's Online Magazine

Kiddies MX Gear

Posted: March 14th, 2011, 9:49am CDT by FransSny

Been to small for my son for quite some time...so letting go . All the goods is basically brand new, worn a few times but no serious falls etc)

O Neil MX Boots (size 2 US)
CAN Helmet & Goggles (would suit child up to 7/8 I guess)
CAN chest protector
Elbow guards

R 1200.

Shipping at buyers expense.

Also might have a pair of O Neil knee guards ...just need to find them

Post a for sale thread

Posted: March 14th, 2011, 9:47am CDT by zs1adc

Hi.
I'm would like to post a for sale thread but when I do so I get a message "There are no forms". Please let me know what I need and where I may be going wrong.
Thanking you, Reg.

Why we are our own worst enemy

Posted: March 14th, 2011, 9:35am CDT by dallasg

here is a link to RC thread about how we as reefers make things more expensive ourselves

I wish my Angel would eat your designer named zoa's - Reef Central Online Community

Check this for variety

Posted: March 14th, 2011, 9:29am CDT by dallasg

Zoas pages LE RARE ULTRA zoas palys for sale (page 1)

Profilux + Inverter

Posted: March 13th, 2011, 10:17pm CDT by Ross

Hey Guys, was not sure weather to put this under this forum or power cuts. Suppose it fits in both.

I run my system with a Profilux. With winter coming and also just the fact we have such an unreliable power system here in SA I want to figure out how to get an inverter setup running.

I currently use a non pure sine wave if that is how you put it inverter with 2 sun sun in the tank running off 4 12 volt gel batteries if the power goes out during the night. This is a manual setup and somebody has to be here. During the day there is no problem as I run a gennie. (Dont think the neighbors would like me to run that thing all night).

The best option would obviously be to put the inverter ( will be looking to get a pure SW with deep cell batts)before the Profilux and if there is a failure, everything keeps running but that is a lot of watts to drive and I can not afford that kind of battery power. What I would like to do is run the Profilux and in some way have it just run some of the equipment like the return and maybe a VorTech.

Is there a solution for this that anybody knows of. Maybe a serial type connection to the Profilux from the inverter. (Vatos I reckon you would probably have the best ideas about this)

The only other option I can think off is to get another digital power bar for the Profilux and have the equipment I want to run in the power failure on that bar and let the inverter setup put power into that bar only (and maybe keep the Profilux running)

Ta,

Ross

sun coral has not opened

Posted: March 13th, 2011, 2:09pm CDT by ashley100

My sun coral has not opened even once since i got it i have had it for about 4 weeks.
I read that whole story about sun corals.(tubastraea sp everything you want to know). All i got out of it is that my sun coral is going to die (If, after several days and nights (sometimes a couple of weeks) of "wafting"the polyps still fail to show any sign of opening, its possible that the coral may no longer have sufficient energy remaining to expand, as a result the slow process of starvation will begin, along with tissue thinning and recession, eventually leading to death.)

here is a pic and my water conditions
i have the sun coral in a shady spot good or bad.
water temp is 25-26
salinity is 1.025
ph 8.3
po4 0.1mg/l
no3 25mg/l
no2 0.1mg/l
nh3 0mg/l
alkalinity 6

To I Start or Don't I start

Posted: March 13th, 2011, 1:21pm CDT by mytank

Good day all,
So I have been wanting to do this for a while and took some advice that I read on one of the forums here. Knowledge is your best friend. I have some questions though which are lurking in the back of my mind before I will pull the trigger on entering on this (what seems to be) very satisfying yet time consuming hobby :)
So firstly I went ahead and read as much as I could around the beginners list, everything from:

1. How to choose your type of tank Fish Only or Reef tank
2. The size and type of tank
3. How to cycle and the art of patience around cycling of your tank. Really enjoyed the one comment every time I hear this I imagine a big glass tank on a bicycle
4. The different types of filtration, nutrients and tests one can do and should be doing

All of which I found off one post and a different site too:
Post: [www.marineaquariumsa.com]
Different site: [reefmaniacs.com]
So the questions I have and hopefully one will forgive the fact that I am new to this hobby and might get things in the wrong order or totally sound like I am from Mars while you all are from Venus.

Questions:

1. Location (geographical) Reading around all the different requirements of changing water, how important (or rather preferred) pure salt water from the sea is better than actual man made salt water when you are creating or changing the water in your tank. I started to think, I am in Gauteng Broadacers / Fourways area to be precise. When I checked with Google maps I am at least a few hundred KM away from the closes sea. Wanting to do the best possible for my tank how does this influence others in this area. Where does one obtain pure sea water what the costs are of say 20L of this pure salt water. Am I being naïve and can I actually be making the salt water with salt from a LFS which is close to the real thing?

2. Does the Gauteng region have a good spread of LFS that have QUALITY stock not diseased, battered, and dying or even illegal stock? Or will I have to make trips down to the cost?

3. I want to have this tank in my lounge and make it the center point of the lounge. Looking at members photos and setups firstly WOW they look phenomenal Secondly WOW it looks messy. My real question is, are these because (most of) the setups being DIY, can I buy a rig already made?

4. Noise levels I appreciate that in this environment we are circulating water, skimming bio degradable matter, filtrating air and moving water around. My house is not the biggest (160 Squares) and the lounge is conveniently located next to my main bedroom. My question is how is the noise level? Will I be sleeping next to the ocean or will it be reasonably pleasant to hear the circulation of the water?

5. A few things I am still trying to figure out:
a. A Reef tank You can still have one or two fish in it i.e. some clowns, prawns etc?
b. A Fish Only tank You cant have any anemones live rock?

6. The dilemma of choosing
a. This is where I need some advice I like both (Reef only and Fish Only). I like the allure of the reef and that being the center piece but at the same time I really like some of the color and personalities of the fish that go with it.

7. I have a three meter wall where I am planning to put this.
a. Gets no direct sun light
b. The tank will be against this wall
c. How do I pick things like size and volume
i. I dont want an aquarium I am going to have to charge a fee to enter my house to come experience but at the same time all the articles I read, the advice of a small marine tank is to try stay away from it as it can be (or even is most definitely) more difficult to maintain and keep your fish LR alive.

8. Will this hobby turn my house into a live pet shop? I understand that one has to keep things like food in the freezer, a well-kept testing cabinet with the required testing tool kits, some chemicals (where needed) for the water. But is the house going to morph into a place that I store 5L drums, spare tanks everywhere to nurse sick fish / or anemones.

9. Electricity this area is well known for its electricity failures and the last thing I want is a electricity failure that wipes my well cycled tank out and I have to start this all over again. How do people out there in electricity challenged areas take care of their tanks?
a. What are we looking at on average electricity consumption (guestamate is fine :) just want an idea).
b. I have just noticed - [www.marineaquariumsa.com] which is specifically around Power Cuts is everything I need to know there?

10. Weather conditions: I am not sure about other parts of the country but here in Gauteng when its summer it get extremely hot, the fact I have almost every gadget under the sun doesnt help with the heat in the house either. When its winter in Gauteng it gets mighty cold. Is this something that is solved with having to have a chiller and a heater at the same time? Is it not really an issue?

I know these are a lot of questions, but one of the themes that kept on being imprinted in my brain, from the articles I read was be sure you have the time to do this, the budget and know what you are doing.

I dont want to be unfair on the life forms in the environment I will be creating and want to make sure I am capable of dealing with this hobby before embarking on something that will only result in me killing off the entire tank and losing interest because I was not prepared.

The reasoning behind the questions is to make sure that this is the right fit; I have a good understanding and if there are things I have missed out please point them out. If this isnt a good fit maybe I will look at fresh water tanks or none at all.

Thank you for your time and this great forum where I have had the time to read a lot and learn a lot. Looking forward to your answers.
New tank.

softies and lps frags wanted

Posted: March 13th, 2011, 10:29am CDT by toppdogg

Hey guys
looking for any softies and lps frags seller must be willing to ship please i will pay for shipping as there is nobody in P.E selling

Cleaning a Skimmer

Posted: March 12th, 2011, 8:21am CDT by chas84

Hi everyone, I notice during the last week or so my skimmer (Aqua Excel with Hailea pump) stops making bubbles. First thing that came to mind was saltscreep maybe blocking the silencer, so I took it off and still no bubbles. I removed the airline tubing and blew into it to clear. Made bubble for a few days then stopped again.

I'm thinking I should take the skimmer out today and give it a decent clean, just want to check if any of you have had a similar thing happen and what's the best solution?

T5 Waterproof endcaps for sale: Crawford, Cape Town

Posted: March 12th, 2011, 10:39pm CST by irshaad

Hardware for saleThread title:

T5 Waterproof endcaps

Location:

Crawford, Cape Town

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection only

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

Notes:

4 x Brand new T5 Waterproof Endcaps - R80

Stuff for sale, hardware and livestock for sale: Fouways Gardens

Posted: March 12th, 2011, 9:03pm CST by mnd123

Full system sales or multiple items for sale.Thread title:

Stuff for sale, hardware and livestock

Location:

Fouways Gardens

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection only

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

Fourways Gardens, COLLECTION ONLY

Hey all, got the following for sale:

Frag tank and sump (tank 900lx350wx250h has a second chamber with overflow R1000
TS1 Skimmer R750 (pump is new)
Hailea 1/2 HP chiller R3500

Livestock
26.5kg well matured biorock, is about 3 years old R25/kg
Lots of Good quality Kenya and mixed LR, all about 5 years old, lots of life.
- 20KG with mixed life (some palys, some zoas) 75/kg
- 1.5kg with lots of green palys R150
- 3KG with beautiful green shroom and palys R450 (bout 10 shrooms)
- 4.5KG with green monti R400
- 3KG with awesome 10-12cm Evil Eye Chalice coral R1000
- incredible Green Brain, had this guy 4 years, must be close to 20cm across
(make me an offer)
- Green and Red Brain, about 10cm (make me an offer)
- Red Tooth coral, awesome has 6 mouths 15cm (make me an offer
- Candy Acan, incredible colours, 10cm (make me an offer)
- Hot Acan, 5cm (make me an offer)
- Smallish Frogspawn R200
- Medium Frogspawn R300

Notes:

-

Id Please...

Posted: March 12th, 2011, 6:06pm CST by maxisoft

Regarding Frags

Posted: March 12th, 2011, 5:22pm CST by Meneer

It is the first time I see that you can get frags for sale:blush:
(Been out of the scene too long)

OBVIOUSLY it will vary, but how much can one expect to pay for frags? (more or less)

ID for this tiny pink crab please.

Posted: March 12th, 2011, 4:52pm CST by Munky82

Hi.
I found this dead crab or crab-peeling in my tank today.
Hard to get a decent shot. Close to the glass and auto focus isn't my friend.

If this guy's still alive in my tank does he pose any danger ?

Acro Crab

Posted: March 12th, 2011, 2:42pm CST by jaquesdp08

Just came home a saw a little crab nipping around at my one Acro, looks almost whitish,brown couldnt see if it was a hairy crab or not.. should i search for it and kill it ?

Ragarding a Durso..

Posted: March 12th, 2011, 1:07pm CST by Meneer

What is the purpose of a Durso?

Is the sole purpose to get rid of the noise the overflow will make?

PL vs T5

Posted: March 12th, 2011, 12:22pm CST by fly*

So for my current hood build for 600 cube, i've decided to go with 2 x 36w 90 degree B+W PAR38 LED units and 1 x 36w 60 degree PAR38 LED B+W. To supplement them I can go either 2 x 36w PL (actinic and white) AKA the JBJ24 old light rig or 2 x 24w T5 2ft Reeftek 10000k.

For the supplement lighting which would be better? 36w PL or 24w T5's ??? I need to buy the reflectors in the next few days. I'm leaning towards the PL's tbh.

Urgent help needed Spinning naso

Posted: March 12th, 2011, 10:45am CST by student

So a hour or so ago my Naso was perfect as per norm, went to go feed them a min ago to find him swimming on his side/Almost upside down and was like what!!!!!? Chucked in some brine and he ate but was spinning around!! He can't swim straight or up right! I would guess it has something to do with his swim bladder but what could've happened to damage the bladder??
And what do I do now??
Thanks

Identify this wrasse for me

Posted: March 12th, 2011, 10:18am CST by ziyaadb

saw it at VIP couple weeks ago, I want one, but QT is not setup as yet so once QT is setup i want one

New Shipments

Posted: March 12th, 2011, 9:59am CST by Naiema

We landed 2 shipments this week. :) Tangs Galore! ie: Atlantic Blues, Yellow, Regals, Kole and Lipstick Tangs. Also Powder Blues, Queen Angels,Royal Grammas, Ricordias, Blue and Red Legged Hermits, Pepperment shrimps and Ricordias. Do call us on : 0217122534/0826368990.

Fish give away

Posted: March 11th, 2011, 7:55am CST by CW

Yes ppl

Yes reefers.
Im giving some fish away.

I would have liked to trade but i caught these convicts on my holiday last month.
Ive got 4big convicts about 30mm to 55mm in size.

Iv only got a 300l tank and i dont wana get paranoid but it looks like the big ones are giving my little convict (R5 coin size) some hassles.

Im only thinking about giving the two biggest ones away but maybe all 4.

SOME ONE FROM PTA I THINK SAID HE WILL TAKE TO.
Cant remember you name buddy cos ive cleaned out my messages recently.

So please ppl.
Im gona give two to him first.
Please be honest ppl.

Cos id really like to give that guy 2 of them first.

So lets get started.

Cw out:thumbup:

Language follow up

Posted: March 11th, 2011, 7:42am CST by CW

Hi daar alle Afrekaanse "reefers"
Hierdie is net n opvolg op Mandarin se "post" op "language"
Wil maar net uit interesantheids onthalwe kyk hoeveel mense op masa
afrikaans is.
Mods ons will nie baklei nie. Hierdie is maar net n opname vir die interesanthied daarvan

Hi there all Afrikaans reefers.
This is just a follow up on Mandarins post on language.
Just wana see how many afrikaans ppl there is on masa.
Mods we dont mean any harm, this is just for interest sake.

Cw uit:thumbup:
Cw out:thumbup:

Let the games begin:lol:
Laat die speletjies begin:lol:

2nd Hand Juwel Rio 400

Posted: March 11th, 2011, 10:07pm CST by justin

Hi

I've managed to find a 2nd Rio 400 and wanted your opinion/guidance on this buy. I was all set to get a new Rio 240 (I am sticking to the Rio) as I already have one and am happy with it. The 400 has no filter media or pump and I was looking at using a Tetra EX 1200 cannister for now until I get more experience

please could you provide any suggestions/warnings/advise in this purchase.

of course I am a noobie and would need a helping hand.

thanks in advance.

1.5m Tank, Cabinet & Sump for sale: Cape Town

Posted: March 11th, 2011, 8:57pm CST by ESP

Full system sales or multiple items for sale.Thread title:

1.5m Tank, Cabinet & Sump R2800 neg

Location:

Cape Town

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection

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

1.5m (l) x 50cm (w) x 70cm (h) on cabinet built around a stell stand & 1.2m x 45cm x 45 cm sump. Perfect for marine or freshwater. Call 082 5321299

Notes:

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Monster LED's

Posted: March 11th, 2011, 6:07pm CST by herkie

I have been looking at this and it seems to me as if this can work if we can add some blue.
Access Denied
If the link does not work look at Solar Technologies

frags wanted

Posted: March 11th, 2011, 4:39pm CST by cswhitehead

im looking for various types of frags but the thing is you guys must be willing to ship to richards bay obviously at my expense

looking for softies

Posted: March 11th, 2011, 4:12pm CST by Tremayn

Hi masaonians!
Looking for zoa's, mushrooms, ricordea florida and GSP frags in JHB. Let me know what you have :)

face book vs fish book

Posted: March 11th, 2011, 4:07pm CST by jaco coetzee

Ok for so long I've been trying to get my wife to limit her face book time...and just now she came walking past remaking are you busy with face book? and I replied no Im on the forumwell she said Fish book then:eek:

Now what to do?...give her-her face book time back.?:1:

I'm thinking of starting a Fish Book like Face book...surely many a fish lover and or keeper in the world out there that would join...maybe MASA can help me...?:thumbup:

face book vs fish book

Posted: March 11th, 2011, 4:01pm CST by jaco coetzee

Where to get T5 Giesemanns

Posted: March 11th, 2011, 11:37am CST by jaybeepee

Hi Guys,

Where is the best place to get these in JHB in terms of stock avail and price?

Cheers
Jason

tsunami hit Japan

Posted: March 11th, 2011, 10:46am CST by lIghty

Hi all

News just out, a tsunami wave about 9m has just hit Japan after a 8.9 mag quake. 8 confirmed dead, but number to rise without a doubt.

It's now also moving towards Taiwan, Philippines, Hawaii, Indonesia and even Australia.

Calcium reactor for sale: Cape Town

Posted: March 11th, 2011, 10:44am CST by eddiead

Hardware for saleThread title:

Calcium reactor for sale

Location:

Cape Town

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection/Shipping @ buyers cost

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

- Reef Octopus Calcium reactor CR-140 R1,800.00
chamber 140mm diameter
OTP-2000 pump
rated @ 1,200L
- 5 kg CO2 bottle R 900.00
Full (I've used it for 3 months)
- CO2 regulator & solenoid R 770.00
- pH electrode R 650.00

Notes:

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Want a brakish eel :)

Posted: March 11th, 2011, 10:06am CST by shel

Hey there everyone :)

I have two tanks, one fresh and one brakish.... My dream is to have a moray in the brakish but none of the pet shops seem to stock them, they say they will order some and get back to me, but 3 months later and i still dont have a eel:(

I anyone cud help me out i would much appreciate it :) cant wait for one anymore lol :)

Loves shel!:thumbup:

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Hey!

Posted: March 11th, 2011, 9:34am CST by blueworld

Hey Guys, Im Jamie. Im from Calgary Alberta. To be honest im researching different plumbing options for my new tank and you have some threads that look promising, but what the heck ill drop in here and let you know what im up to.

I currently have a 60 Gallon soft coral reef, with a maroon clown, lawnmower blenny, snowflake eel and a female blue devil damsel.

Im now building a 150 gallon one piece euro-braced 4 feet long 3 feet deep and 20 inches high, with a 45 gallon sump. its going to be a LPS dominant tank with SPS up top and a frag rack in the sump. The stand is going to be 28" tall, giving the whole tank a combined height of 57" just shy of 5 feet.

Thanks Everyone
Jamie

T5 - Mixing wattages?

Posted: March 10th, 2011, 11:30pm CST by eric.f

I have a SCHAWBE electronic balast (T5) - Says it can do 2 * 39 W or 2*24 W
I am presently running 2 * 24 W .
1. Would it be possible to run 1 *24 W & 1 *39 W together on this ballast?
2. Would connections have to change?
3. If not possible would connections change for 2 * 39 W?

Any advice wound be appreciated.
THANK:thumbup:S

Dont You All Agree

Posted: March 10th, 2011, 10:30pm CST by Xereo

I think Our Sponsors should offer us frag Tanks in their shops like this :)

Wanted:Crushed coral or arognite

Posted: March 10th, 2011, 8:29pm CST by Tropicalboy

Hi

If anyone has crushed coral or arognite for a good price , please let me know.
Im in JHB
Thanx in advance

Horseshoe worms - how to get rid

Posted: March 10th, 2011, 7:01pm CST by ziyaadb

So a mate in my area has what he believes to be horseshoe worms, he says that they have killed his torch coral and are filled up in his tank. No pics from him and i never see it as yet. Its a newly setup tank as he drained it and filled it again(initially filled with tap water) anyone know how to kill these pests?

he says that they have filled up his back glass and cover his entire tank. its a 1.5*70 tank so quite large.

he identifies them as white dots/thingies

New Hardware full range in stock

Posted: March 10th, 2011, 5:42pm CST by lanzo

Hi Guys

We have stocked up on the new products that come in :

Seachem's new Elite Products- AQUAVITRO
BRIGHTWELL SMALLER SALT's
and many many more

Here with some pictures:

Here you can see that we carry the full Marine range

Aqua medic T5 power mod for sale: cape town

Posted: March 10th, 2011, 3:20pm CST by fleur

Hardware for saleThread title:

Aqua medic T5 power mod

Location:

cape town

Shipping or Collection only:

shipping at buyers cost

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

Hi all
I got the aqua medic T5 power mod with 6x39watt and it also has moon lights its 6 months old and in great condition, i got my new light unit and it is not in use anymore. willing to ship at buyers cost still got box ect.
The unit it 975L x 233W x 50H comes with 3 power cords one for moon lights and the other two for the T5.
This is one awesome unit.....
No dibs and its first come first serve, so who eva got the cash first.

Willing to let it go for R3600.00[IMG]file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/nickm/Desktop/light%202.jpg[/IMG]

Notes:

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General Reefing Video

Posted: March 10th, 2011, 2:28pm CST by Boegie

Now and then I surf on YouTube to check some reefkeeping videos out. I thought it would be great to share some videos with you.

YouTube - Polyp Rock Mystery

YouTube - Polyp Rock Mystery

New shipment

Posted: March 10th, 2011, 2:15pm CST by Oceanson

Hi all reefers,

As promised heres the pictures aswel as the price list:

Remember all Marine Fish have a 14 day alive gaurantee and 50% cash back (terms and conditions apply)

1).

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New fish at idol marine

Posted: March 10th, 2011, 1:40pm CST by Bob the (reef)builder

HI EVERYONE:)

WE HAVE LANDED AN AWESOME AMERICAN SHIPMENT.

QUEEN ANGELFISH,ATLANTIC BLUE TANGS,YELLOW TANGS,
ROYAL GRAMMAS,FRENCH ANGELFISH.

GOLD,BLUE AND ORANGE MULTICOLOUR RICORDIA FLORIDA.

RED AND BLUE LEGGED HERMITS.

MEXICAN TURBO SNAILS.(A MUST FOR ANY TANK AS THESE
ARE THE ALGAE EATING MACHINES)

EVERY THURSDAY WE RECIEVE FRESH LIVE BRINE SHRIMP
AT R10 PER BAG.(EXCELLENT FOR DIFFICULT OR NEW
FEEDERS AND A TREAT FOR YOUR FISH AND LPS)

WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING OF SERVICE TO YOU.
SEE YOU SOON.
CHEERS.
IDOL MARINE CREW.:thumbup:

Angel for sale

Posted: March 10th, 2011, 12:51pm CST by Duimpies

Saw this add on gumtree , here is the link if any one is interetsed

marine fish koran angel - Pets, other pets - Gumtree Cape Town Free Classifieds

Who builds tank in the JHB area

Posted: March 10th, 2011, 12:37pm CST by Jeann1

Hi.

Who in the JHB/PTA area builds custom tanks? I know all the sponsors do, but who else can i get quotes from?

olive white black and blue fish

Posted: March 10th, 2011, 11:43am CST by erle_vaughan

hi o's... could someone ID this fish for me.

looks like it could be a damsel type fish

Angels-which corals are safe

Posted: March 10th, 2011, 11:33am CST by NeilSmit

Hi guys

I'm starting a new tank, if had 1 for almost 2 years now.
With the new tank I would like to get an emperor angel.
Which corals are more prone to be safe with them?

Thank you in advance
Neil

List of zoanthis predators

Posted: March 10th, 2011, 10:38am CST by rakabos

Interesting link i came across and wanted to share...

CoralPedia.com :: PREDATOR - Asterina Starfish!!

Starting of.. once again....

Posted: March 10th, 2011, 9:47am CST by Meneer

Hi guys

I am from Brackenfell, and my previous tank was a 1,2 which I had about 12 years ago untill I had a huge short circuit and a little fire dripping plastic into the water killing off just a bout everything :eek:

I plan on putting up a 2meter tank later on once I settle permanently in Langebaan, but for now I want to set up a small FOWLR system.

I have this tank, on a the cabinet it came with which my son stopped using for guppies. :P
I can not the remember the brand of the tank.

The dimensions is H36 x W57 x D25, so I assume around 50 liters

I was thinking of putting a sump in the cabinet, And get ting rid of the little Black "filtration" system that is build in, and obviously I will have to modify the lighting system which is built in.

Any suggestions on what compartments I will need for the sump? Obviously I will need to get a skimmer in there.

Believe it or not, I still have a 1000 and a 600 Blueline Hydea powerheads that still works after 15 years :tt2:

Any suggestions or advice will be appreciated.

BTW - for those in the cape.... Is SAMS the only proper place for stock and equipment, or are the some in the Northern suburbs as well?

Coral dip?

Posted: March 9th, 2011, 9:41pm CST by Tremayn

Hey guys, Im looking for a nice coral dip. How is Coral Rx? Anyone used it? I want the dip to basically kill everything except the coral lol. No hitch hikers, algae etc

Anyone used this salt or heard of it?

Posted: March 9th, 2011, 9:31pm CST by Tremayn

The LFS had this salt. 20kg for R470. Did anyone use it before of have you heard of it? This is the website Aqua-pro Aquarium

These are the pics I took

They also had live crushed coral substrate (same brand)

Language

Posted: March 9th, 2011, 9:24pm CST by mandarin

Toooo all the best reefers on this beautifull planet.
I'm not happy at all, but this issue sticks in my mind and sometimes i would like to express myself but the words don't come right,because i'm Afrikaans speaking. The MODS state that there is alot of international people that is part of our forum and that they must stick to English because they wouldn't anderstand.:biggrin: Goeie genade this is OUR forum MASA.Why must we always translate. I've been at tooooooo many reefers homes and they speak my language, thank you soooo much.
;);););););)
You can Axe me i dont'nt mind, I'M a happy reefer just my 1.200000K

Id these corals please

Posted: March 9th, 2011, 9:20pm CST by Tremayn

I was at the LFS the other day and saw some new corals.. These look like NPS to me, but the guy was saying that they need light.. They dont know crap pretty much lol but I still want to know what these are

Pulsing Xenia frag

Posted: March 9th, 2011, 7:28pm CST by brandonb

Hi

I am looking for pulsing xenia and kenya tree frags in the PTA/JHB /east rand region

To giveaway:biggrin: or sell

Thanks
Brandon

Frag Tank

Posted: March 9th, 2011, 7:18pm CST by brandonb

Hi

If I was to set up my Boyu TL 550 will it make a nice frag tank with standard lighting? (or with the extra bulb in the hood mod)

What will I be able to frag and grow out in there ?

Thanks
Brandon

Urgent help needed Fear that Nennie is going to die

Posted: March 9th, 2011, 6:57pm CST by Immo

Need some1 who can look after my neenie for while... I fear that it is gonna die...

I'm in the Durban Area.....

Dont want this beauti to get lost.....

1250x600x600 Tank and 2x 4ft Light Units for sale: KZN

Posted: March 9th, 2011, 6:22pm CST by DudleyD

Full system sales or multiple items for sale.Thread title:

1250x600x600 Tank and 2x 4ft Light Units

Location:

KZN

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection

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

1250x600x600 tank 10mm glass euro braced galvanised stand and 1000x500x500 sump. Fitted with flush pipe. Corner overflow. Wrap around cabinet needs work.

Two T5 Lighting units 10 months old. 3 Plugs three switches and moonlights.

Tank R2000

Lights R1600 each

Got a new tank so have to make space.

Notes:

Tank only..

Tap Water

Posted: March 9th, 2011, 5:59pm CST by Xereo

Whats so bad about tap water.

I set some tap water aside for a couple days.
and now i have tested the water.

NO2 = 0
NO3 = 0
NH4/NH3 = 0
CU = 0
Cl= 0

I dont see whats so bad about tap water.
Please help me understand

New shipment

Posted: March 9th, 2011, 5:37pm CST by Oceanson

Hi all reefers,

Heres a little sneak peak of what we have in our latest shipment :biggrin:

REMEMBER ALL MARINE FISH HAVE A 14 DAY ALIVE GUARANTEE!!!

Sargassum Fish:

Pinktail Triggerfish:

Do any of you reefers keep a Sargassum Fish and have any experience with keeping them?

All feed back is welcome:thumbup:

The price list aswell as the pictures will be up tomorrow

Contact the shop for any further queries on 021 554 0340

OceanSon Aquarium

Quality of Two Oceans water

Posted: March 9th, 2011, 5:06pm CST by AndreM

Hi there,

I'm very new to this hobby, so apologies for the many questions!

Instead of investing up front in an RO unit and buying salt I'm considering getting water from an alternative source. I will probably get an RO unit eventually, but can't buy everything all at once.

One option is to buy the water from an LFS (at around R1/l), or getting it from the 2 Oceans Aquarium as a member benefit (Members – Two Oceans Aquarium Cape Town, South Africa)

Is anyone currently using this option and willing to answer some questions?

- What is the water quality like from the Two Oceans Aquarium for use in your own reef aquarium?

- Would I be able to use this water directly for starting a new tank? And then also continue to use it for partial water changes after the tank is established?

- Can I store this water in plastic drums, and for how long before I use it?

- Does it need to be treated with an additive of some sort?

Any other alternatives? I read that some guys harvest their water from the ocean, but I don't particulary want to wade into 2m deep freezing cold water :)

Disount Day @ Perky Pets-Sat 12/3

Posted: March 9th, 2011, 4:47pm CST by Perky pets superstore

Hi all.

We are having a discount day on Saterday !

All corals are less 10%, and once you buy a coral you are entitaled to 10% off all other stock.

New stock you might be interested in.

NEW:Aquavitro primium aquarium supliments from Seachem.
Ballence - Raises p.H without effecting calcium or Alk
Eight Four -Buffers pH of 8.3-8.5 and raises carbinate Alk
Fuel - concintrated optimised blend of ionic and bio availible calcium.

The reef and marine Aquarium Magazine (128 glosy page A-4 size )

Prodibio Bio digest
prodibio Stop amonia.
Prodibio Biotim.

Thick purple Frag glue.
ceramic frag discs.
Coral cutter.
500g NP Pellets.
Matrix media.
Seachem am stop.
500ml phosgaurd pellets.
600g reef builder.
500g reef buffer.
Purple up.

Giesemamn powerchrome 15000k 54w tubes
Giesemamn powerchrome Aqua pink 54 w tubes
We are now using these tubes for our corals and it looks awsome !

Double 54w Odassy light units
Boyu WM3 wave maker on special for R1350.00
Red Sea Berlin extra lenth Protien skimmer on special for R2495.00

All sallifert tests.

Now for some pics

Special also off this Pest anenamy ( too big for our tank )

Many thanks
David

500L Tank for Sale: Randburg

Posted: March 9th, 2011, 1:58pm CST by Warr7207

Hardware for saleThread title:

500L Tank for Sale

Location:

Randburg

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection only

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

Display Tank: 1500 x 650 x 600mm, 500L with corner overflow
Sump: 800 x 450 x 400mm, 150L with DSB. Has auto-top up chamber. Dark wood Cabinetry with lid.
Insanely braced everywhere.
PRICE: R 2000.00

http://www.marineaquariumsa.com/imag...d6ca48e8ce.jpg

Notes:

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OCTX 200/BM 150 or better skimmer

Posted: March 9th, 2011, 1:26pm CST by Falcon

Hey guys I'm looking for a
octx 200 or
bubble magus BM 150 or
any better skimmer for sale.....maybe a cone?

Willing to pay R1600 for those mentioned above but if you have something better on offer let me know.

Thanks

what i had to face today to collect one drum of seawater

Posted: March 9th, 2011, 12:45pm CST by mandarinman

its a hard job but ya gotta do what you gotta do lol

Testing and dosing iodine

Posted: March 9th, 2011, 12:35pm CST by gaboon

I didn't want to hijack butcherman's thread, but have been reading up on iodine/iodide for a week now and the consensus seems to be that it is very hard to test accurately. I've been dosing the recommended amount of microbe-lift iodide for about a month and still not getting a reading on the salifert iodide test kit. I cant tell if I have other forms of iodine/iodide so what is the best way to safely dose?

I have a bit of chaeto and an algae scrubber in the sump.

My main purpose here is to improve colour in the SPS, especially in the blues and pinks.

250w mh

Posted: March 9th, 2011, 12:01pm CST by poiromaniax

Hey guys,

I am desperately looking for a 250W luminarc style MH (doesn't have to have a bulb)

Does anybody have one that they wanna get rid of?

Thank

Cheato wanted

Posted: March 9th, 2011, 10:44am CST by Kender

anyone have some cheato for me in Pretoria, also like to know about DBS starter kits

Lighting

Posted: March 9th, 2011, 10:42am CST by Duimpies

Hi Guys , looking for some advise on lighting
What lighting package is good for a Marine Tank of this size
Tank size is 600L x 500W x 600H
Baring in mind i want to keep some soft corals + fish, shrimps + hermits extra

Needlewheel or Pinwheel?

Posted: March 9th, 2011, 10:25am CST by Johan van Aardt

What is better? Looking at my different options.

Night Diving at the Shoal

Posted: March 9th, 2011, 8:43am CST by Nemos Janitor

Got an opportunity to do a night dive on Aliwal shoal on Friday. Permission has been obtained so it could be quite exciting. I am told that night diving on the Shoal is quite rare. Anyone done it ?

how to get pod growing

Posted: March 8th, 2011, 7:44am CST by Keeganp

Hey there,
Does anybody have any secrets on how to get pod's to start growing?
Copepods
Amphipoda
and so on.

Thanks

Anyone have a spare sump in CT

Posted: March 8th, 2011, 12:56am CST by Sammy

Hi Guys,

I'm setting up an extra tank in my spare room. dimensions :100x30x60.

I'm looking to add a sump below, if you have anything lying around I will put it to good use.

Preferable sump size 60x40x40, any amount of chambers ?

Please let me know?
Cheers

New products - first time in s.a

Posted: March 8th, 2011, 10:39pm CST by The Waterboy - Marco

hello all our fellow reefers:

We have received a new shipment from the US. Stock from the following suppliers have already been received:

Seachem
Brightwell Aquatics
CaribSea
EcoTech
Boston Aqua Farms
Ocean-Vu
Boyd's Enterprises

call us on 082 879 39 43, deal with us direct for unbeatable deals

The following products are new:

Seachem

secret range - please call for details - 082 879 39 43

StressGuard 250ml
Polyguard 10g
Kanaplex 5g

Brightwell Aquatics

Macrovore 250ml & 500ml
FerroxiPhos-G 300g, 600g, 1,200g, 4,800g............(awesome ferric oxide product)
Clarifi-SW 250ml
Clarifi-FW 250ml
FlorinBacter
NeoMarine 16G & 50G pack sizes............if you could not afford the big neo marine salt and were missing out...........now you can!

CaribSea

Texas Holy Rock Show Pieces (45cm+) available on special order

Boyd's Enterprises

Mini Chemi-Pure Elite 88g
Chemi-Bags (2pc pack)
Vita-Chem Marine 456g
Ocean-Vu

Maggie Mufflers w/ 32 & 40mm adapters
no more noisy overflows!!!

Boston Aqua Farms

Coral Cutters & Scalpels

Glues & Putties

Reef Plugs & Discs

Soft & Stony Coral Propagation Kits

there are 2 new products which should be available shortly - Reef Pearls & N/P Pellets in a new 250ml pack size.

5ft x2ftx2ft old tank

Posted: March 8th, 2011, 8:58pm CST by aaron1969

Ok here goes my set up at momment is a 5ftx2ftx2ft seashell tank with 2x corner weirs and two returns equipment as below

2xmp 40 vortecs
sacrean skimmer
korrela calciumreactor
aqua medic PH computer
arcadia 250x2 halide pendent with 2x antic tubes
sump with deep sand bed and some super weed
1x phosban reactor
1x carbon reactor

IM doing new set up as i am not happy with flow around tank

New setup

all as above equipment
1xGHL profliux 3 computer
1xghl 5 fan breeze
1x4 ghl doser 1 doser to be used as auto top up
GHL vortec card
ghl 2x sim sticks
1x 1800 seqaunce pump for closed loop
1x ehiem compact for sump return
pics to follow

Reef scaping

Posted: March 8th, 2011, 8:35pm CST by aaron1969

Hi does anyone know a good site or thread to give me ideas on my new 120 gallon tank :tt2:

Hello from the uk

Posted: March 8th, 2011, 8:32pm CST by aaron1969

Just like to say hello to you all and let you know about me .I have been keeping tropical fish for 15 years and the last four years marine and what a learning curve it is lol.Hope to help people as well as get help.I will start a tank thread up as i am in the process of seting up my 2nd 4x2x2 tank .

Yellow and black fish with growth

Posted: March 8th, 2011, 6:33pm CST by erle_vaughan

Hi

I caught this fish this afternoon.

Can someone ID it please.

also... it has this pink growth on it. if it is hazardous, can i fix him or should i just go put him back?

sorry about the kak pics but he is still in his plastic tub.

Mystery of the disappearing fish

Posted: March 8th, 2011, 4:59pm CST by FransSny

Ok , as most know I am not running a tank at the moment (built already but just not getting around to it) but I am posting to get some input why fish might mysteriously "vanish"

The tank in question is mature, well stocked and maintained, the only fish this seems to be happening to are smallish in size (goldie size) and this suggests a predator of sorts....but on the other hand small clowns are being left alone

I was thinking crab ? No carpet nennies etc in the tank.

Any input would be appreciated.

Posting in for sale

Posted: March 8th, 2011, 4:34pm CST by kgem

I cannot post in the, hardware for sale/swap forum.

Sea water or Self mixed water

Posted: March 8th, 2011, 3:34pm CST by Duimpies

Hi guys, being that i live in cape town , i have access to get water at the Aquaruim or should i rather mix my own water ?

Coast To coast and drilling a tank

Posted: March 8th, 2011, 3:21pm CST by Jeann1

Hi.

I want to have my tank drilled - I am having endless problems with the syphon idea that the builder of the tank made.

So what I would like to know is - where is the best and safest spot to drill a tank?

I am planing a c2c idea - something like this -

Tunnels on each side should give you that flowing effect they will be 650 x 50 and the front piece 650 x 30.

the center pice will be 180 x 180 and front pieces 180 x 160

Yay or Nay ?

Urgent help needed Leathers sulking of unknown cause

Posted: March 8th, 2011, 3:02pm CST by ml

Hi all,

my leahthers are sulking for thte last 3 weeks or so the open up for a day to shed and then close right back up. I have changed nothing in the last month. I just added some PO4 remover and active carbon. I added a algea tank 2 months ago the change cant take that long

Please HELP it doesnt look good when all my leathers are sulking. No other stock has been added to my tank. I have got corals and they are doing good is just my leathers.

Pictures.

Algea tank running on the same sqedule as on the main tank is this wrong

Kind regards
Mornè

The Garage Tank

Posted: March 8th, 2011, 2:50pm CST by AfricaOffroad

So I have this little 4ft running.
Its serving a multitude of purposes - holding tank for fish that cause trouble in the DT(PB,Foxy and Blue Damsel) boarding house for friends fish and general quarantine and treatment.
6 fish in it at the moment:
powder brown
foxface
cleaner wrasse
purple tang
blue devil
jewel wrasse
and an illusive mantis shrimp

Holds somewhere around 400L, couple of T5 tubes for lighting and a small sump with heavily over rated skimmer.

Tried to make it as maintenance free as possible, so its got a 30L ATO plumbed in and an Eheim autofeeder.

Green star polyps

Posted: March 8th, 2011, 1:36pm CST by flamming angel

Howzit mates

Any kind reefer out there has some of the above they willing to sell, donate;) ...etc.

please let me no, will be much appreciated.
Thanks

Best fish for 200l tank

Posted: March 8th, 2011, 1:23pm CST by Duimpies

Hi Guys , what would be the best fish for a 200l tank ?
Not sure weather i want a reef tank , or just a fish only tank( with live rock )
Tank is a cube + sump
600l x 500w x 600h
your views will be ppreciated

Metrolight HID250w

Posted: March 8th, 2011, 12:47pm CST by Suhayl

Hi, does anybody have a Metrolight electonic 250w ballast. My Aquamedic Sunlight has one blown ballast that needs to be replaced.

Chiller Question

Posted: March 8th, 2011, 12:20pm CST by zayd

Hi Guys

Need help with my chiller setup. It works well but I think there may be a problem because either the flow is too low or the chiller is getting too hot outside. I have it covered in a plastic dog kennel with loads of holes to vent the hot air.

I have set the temp to 26, so when the temp in chiller gets to 27 it switches on and when the temp drops to below 26 it switches off. My problem is that it is constantly switching on and off within minutes.

The chiller switches off when the temp gets to below 26 (tank temp is always in the range 26 to 27). Then within a minutes the chiller temp rises (sometimes to 28) and it switches on. Within minutes the temp is reduced to below 26 and the cycle continues tike this. During this time the tank temp is very stable and below 27. I would expect that the chiller should not switch on.

Chiller feed is split from return pump in sump and from chiller goes directly to display tank.

I hope I made myself clear above.

Thanks in advance.

New-Be

Posted: March 8th, 2011, 12:13pm CST by Duimpies

Hi Guys
Ive got a little TL450 with about 7 Kgs of live rock , some snails(came with the live rock ) one blue and yellow damsel and 4 mollies that i used orignally to get the tank up and running.

Ive quickly grown out of it, as its a little to small(cant keep anything in it). Thus i strated a new set up .

Tank
Length : 610mm
Width: 500mm
hight 600mm

Sump
Length : 500mm
Width : 350mm
Hight: 400mm

I dont have the space to go bigger

I am still decieding on what to keep, reef with soft corals or maybe just fish (preditor tank).....

Regards

Clean Up Crew - DBN

Posted: March 8th, 2011, 11:38am CST by Immo

Hi guys.

Im looking for a clean up crew in Durban....

Must be Reef Safe

A fair price

Posted: March 8th, 2011, 11:21am CST by williet

Hi all

Someone offered me a 5ft tank(150x60x60) which it is not new (stand is though) but comes with skimmer, t5's, 2xhalides. He is also giving me the Sump , powerheads, LR and Live sand and live stock. He wants me to make an offer. What price would you guys think is fair? Note that it does not have a cabinet and the system is very mature ( I recon about 6 years old)

I am not sure. Please help?

How to insure your aquarium...

Posted: March 8th, 2011, 10:12am CST by Jaco Schoeman

Guys, many of you can recall I "designed" a product for insuring your marine aquarium and hardware against certain losses. I did alot of research, and put alot of effort into the product, but the demand was too low, so the product died a horrible death... :P

In the meantime I have done some more research, and I found that in essence, your normal household contents insurance policy should cover it - regardless of the insurer...

Now one thing that you have to understand, is that even though Insurance Companies does know alot about insurance, they know VERY little about insuring aquariums. It is a very unfimmiliar territory for any insurer in South Africa.

I have heard of horrible stories where insurance companies just do not pay out really as a matter of it being an unknown risk, and they are not knowledageble enough to handle it. On the other hand I have heard more terrible stories of crooked clients that has a R30000 loss and claims for R150 000 tanks, and the insurer pays out also due to ignorance.

SO, this thread is here to help you to help your insurer - insure your aquarium correctly if you need to do so. I am not gaining anything from this, and I am not selling for any insurane company, this is purely to help reefkeepers make sure that they don't get a nasty surprise when they claim. Do not think or presume that you are covered - you will be surprised. Also, I am a registered FAIS complient broker so I am (legally) allowed to give yout this information. This is not at all advising you, as you really need to just read through this, get a better understanding and let your insurer / broker do the rest.

Technically, once you have sorted out this insurance cover for your tank, your premium should stay the same or increase slightly, with a few rands only, so it really is worth doing.

So...

First some terminlogy you should know:

INSURER: That is the insurance company i.e Hollard, Santam, Mutual and Federal etc.

BROKER: That is the "middleman" that is there to assist you with insurance advice and insuring your needs correctly.;)

HOUSEHOLDERS cover: Insurance on your home contents. If you were to remove your roof, flip the house upside down and shake it; everything that falls out is household contents. TV's, home theaters, crockery and tables etc. are all householders.

HOME OWNERS cover: This is insurance that covers the actual structure and all fixtures to your building. Fixed carpets and tiles, wooden flooring all form part of this cover.

ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE cover: This covers you agains accidental breakage against items in you home. For example, your maid cleans and has to move the 150kg wall unit to clean behind it. Then it flips, and your R70 000 3D LED TV falls and breaks. This is a classic case where accidental damage can be claimed for.

ALL RISK items: These are items that you normally can remove from your house and take with you like laptops, cellphones, i-Pods etc. I would like to mention (as this will be important later in the discussion) that All Risk cover has no limit to address, and has no real peril linked to it. It is also rated at the highest rate for this reason, but offers the most widespread cover...

PERIL: A physical loss / risk occured due to fire, theft, accidental etc.

RATING: All insurers calculate premium like this: Value of item x rate / 12 = monthly premium. Just as a matter of interest, your car is normally calculated at around 4.5% - 8% where as your laptop is calculated at about 12% (just as an indicator.) These rates are determined by very clever people who calculate loss statistics and risks etc... Rating will apply a little later, hence my explanation of it.

CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS: This is damages that occur after a loss has occured. Example is that the loss is a burst geyser, but the consequential loss is the cupboards are all swolen, carpets are vrot etc.

PROOF OF OWNERSHIP AND SALVAGE: Please remember that in any claim, you need to prove that you had the item you are claiming for. You cannot write off a Tazz and claim a Ferrari. Same here. If you cannot prove that you owned a Profilux unit, then they will and cannot pay out. Keep your slips (even if you hide them form your wife like I do) just keep them so you have proof of ownership. Once a claim is settled, the item belongs to the insurer, so do not sell your broken tunze impellers to other reefers - this is now property of the insurer, and they will arange for collection of such goods.

So, now that you all can become insurance brokers :lol: let me give you some tips as to making sure you are covered.

MOST IMPORTANTLY is having everyting in writing from the insurer / broker. If you insured through a direct insurer like Outsurance or Auto and General etc. please make sure that you write down the date, time and consultant you spoke to. All of these insurers are voice logged, and you can then, if a problem occures, go back and request them to revert back to the conversation on tape. File this proof of the discussion - trust me, it will make or break the claim later.

Steps to follow:

Hello, introduction post

Posted: March 8th, 2011, 9:45am CST by AndreM

After registering I received a message suggesting I post here to introduce myself, so here goes:

I'm completely new to marine aquariums. I used to have a freshwater aquarium when I was still at school, but that was a very long time ago!

A friend of mine told me about his 1.2m marine tank and got me interested. The technical aspects of a reef tank really appeals to me.

Not quite sure what I want to do yet - I'm just soaking up information so far and looking at all the interesting setups here on the forums.

Professionaly I'm an IT Network consultant. My hobbies include anything computer related, hardware and software. I also dabble in microcontroller electronics and juggling.

Shrimp

Posted: March 8th, 2011, 9:15am CST by Xereo

Whats the Best Shrimp to get for my new tank?

My poor empty tank

How to kill a palythoa?

Posted: March 7th, 2011, 7:47am CST by rakabos

Hi guys

I have this rock with awesome icecap type zoas on it. Problem is there were some palythoas on also and they seem to be taking over the rock. So i need to find a way to kill or remove them paly's

Dont laugh but ive tried aiptasia X and it didnt work, those would be the semi-closed ones lol. So my next option is using a stanley blade to slice them off. Would i need to treat the rock afterwords like an iodine dip perhaps or wouldnt it be needed?

Cheers

How to kill a palythoa?

Posted: March 7th, 2011, 7:47am CST by rakabos

Cheers

Help With New Nennie

Posted: March 7th, 2011, 11:55pm CST by Immo

Hi Guys

I just purchased a nennie from my LFS. Looked very healthy...Brought him home, popped him into the tank and he was lookin awesome....woke up this morning and almost fell over. He had shrievelled up to almost nothing.

Then around miday, the misses called me and told me it was back to life.....Get home from work and sure enuf, it looks awesome again....

it's now 11.54pm and boom, he has shrievelled up again....I have 2 small occi clowns hosting it.

Frags

Posted: March 7th, 2011, 10:17pm CST by Xereo

Anyone got any Nice and Easy Frags to sell or give away to a poor new reefer.
:)

Thank You

Wanted: Turbo Snails / Hermit Crabs

Posted: March 7th, 2011, 9:13pm CST by Christy

Hi there,

Looking for a clean up crew - I'm based in Cape Town... :-)

Hi to all....Im New

Posted: March 7th, 2011, 8:53pm CST by Mayhem1

Hi guys

A BIG YES, the bug has bitten. Absolutely brand new to the marine world, but thanks to this site i have already learnt alot. But still have, and would like some input from the people with the experience. There is a possability that i might be getting transfered to beautiful CAPE TOWN, so my setup will be on hold until i know whats happening. My younger brother on the other hand is ready to go. So here are the specs. What he's looking on getting and what his planning on keeping. If you guys could maybe give your opinion on what you would get.(keep in mind we still noobs)

Some more info:
Planning on fish only with live rock .
DT SIZE: Only 3ft 900l x 320w x 420h (about)
SUMP SIZE: 3ft Same size
Divided into 3 chambers, what would be the best think to put in
the middle chamber for this setup

RETURN PUMP: Not sure what size to go for. Would 2500l/ph be enough?
SKIMMER: Looking at either the Boyu WG-524 (rated 150-300l) or
Reef octopus NW-100 (rated 400l) or is there anything else in
that range.
DT FLOW: Seio M250 flow pump 1000 l/h or should we go bigger ( anything else similar) X2
LIGHTING: Not a clue, lol, T5's dont know how many needed or watts or K
HEATER: Jager between 200 and 300, not sure

Thanks alot guys, Really would appreciate the help and time. PS. Will post pics up of the build. :thumbup:

additives for new tank

Posted: March 7th, 2011, 8:31pm CST by Timone

Hi,
Starting up my new tank and would like to know what i need to add to the water to start the cycle.
I have some live rock and base rock.
What else do I need.

Urgent help needed sps bleaching

Posted: March 7th, 2011, 7:50pm CST by butcherman

Hi guys

Got home from work this afternoon, and my pink poccilipora seems very white and the plolyps are hardly extended.

ph 8.2
sg = 1.025
temp 26.5 degrees
ca = 460ppm
mg = 1300ppm
Kh = 5.5 dkh (slowly raising this)
nh3 = 0ppm
no2 = 0ppm
no3 = 5 ppm

The only thing i have changed is i dosed special blend on saturday.
Also run aqua medic po4 remover.

There are also 2 pin chusions, gsp, and a few zoa's and mushrooms.

I have had this frag for 6 months.

I have added active charcoal incase.

Any comments or ideas?

Good and safe snorkeling spots around Durban

Posted: March 7th, 2011, 6:25pm CST by crazyerick

Hi all,

I am on a month leave and saving up for my first marine tank. In the mean time I decided to go snorkeling and see what is in our local waters. Been enjoying Umdloti rock pools. My Mrs always comes with but she gets a bit nervous in places.

So which other spots are good for snorkeling. I see some guys mention Umhlanga, but where about? Water always looks pretty unforgiving.

Lastly any good tips for snorkeling? We stick to low tide or about an hour before.

Been loving it so far!

Cheers,
Erick

Lets talk White spot - prevention and cure

Posted: March 7th, 2011, 5:34pm CST by ziyaadb

Guys 1st of lets keep it civil. DO NOT let your temper get in the way and lets hear each other out.

Lets discuss:
QT
QT fish that have the disease
Treating with Miracle cures i.e garlic, herbtana ect
Anything else that you can contribute

Where to get those bags for carbon?

Posted: March 7th, 2011, 4:36pm CST by flamming angel

Afternoon all.

Any one know where i can get those bags that are good for carbon. Any size is fine, just that the carbon must not come out.

Looking in jhb.

Thanks

boyu wm4 magnets

Posted: March 7th, 2011, 3:58pm CST by malooda

hi

i need the magnets for my wm4 boyo wavemaker i need two

thanks

500w Halogen FloodLight

Posted: March 7th, 2011, 3:27pm CST by Xereo

500w Halogen FloodLight on a Frag tank a good Idea? :thumbup:

Pin cushion not extending

Posted: March 7th, 2011, 3:22pm CST by flamming angel

Okay so i no that these do shed and only until they do that will they be fine.
However mine hasnt been extending full for some time. Like just a lil opens. I took some putty and stuck the base to a rock. Will this affect it. Any advice on what i can do. It is in a good flow area, all parameters are fine and i have a 150MH and 4 t5's for the lighting.

thanks

Marine fish tank aka dear brother

Posted: March 7th, 2011, 3:10pm CST by Cassim

I have been researching the prospect of setting up a marine fish tank for some time now. My sister has been on the look out for a decent set up for me (seeing that she lives on the coast). She has allowed me to kindly post her thoughts (taken from her blog) on the her experiences with tank search thus far !:P

Cassim

My other beloved-my brother is trying to set up a fish marine fish tank and I decided to get him two Nemo clown fish which cost R100. It seems every site I read or research I did advocated that getting freedom in Libya is easier than setting up a marine fish tank.

1.There are those fanatics-strangely these are mostly men who are structural engineers who create mini water worlds in their homes with thousands of rands stock, pumps,heaters, salt filtration, whale song music for the fish etc. This is the die hard who spends his retirement package on a fish tank that could die overnight. By the way, coral-yes live coral costs R300-R1000 a kilo!

2. Then, there is the obsessive fanatic who reads every thread posted and posts pictures of his fish, coral, snails and child-never a woman because the fish and tank is superior. He never goes on holiday and has 2 back up generators.

3. The fast fashion pundit. Since its a house in Clifton, darling, there has to be something exquisite for dinner table discussion. This guy has one gorgeous tank with all equipment in the basement parked next to his Ferrari 458. He hires other people to maintain his tank.

4. The start up who buys a Boyu tank for R3200 and tries to sell it on Gumtree for R5000 when he is fed up.

5. The avid hobbyist. He will sell his tank and fish for half price for someone who appreciates his beloved fish. He is an up grader. He has cute names for his fish such as frog skin, polar bear etc and insists you call them that when he sells you the tank.

6. The hit and miss. This guy irritates all the fish fundi because his tank set up is R80 and he just leaves his tank for a year untouched and he comes back and has the most beautiful coral, snails, fish etc, with little or no intervention.

7. The rabid dog. This guy is rabid and has an opinion about everything-but he does not even own a marine fish tank

8. My brother-the analyst. He has wanted a fish tank for ages, but in the end his sister and wife will have to look after him and the tank! (Just kidding, bro)

Various frags for sale: Crawford, Cape Town

Posted: March 7th, 2011, 1:05pm CST by irshaad

Various frags for saleCommon Names:

Frogspawn, Purple electric Shrooms

Scientific Names:

-

Size of frags

-

How long have you had the frags?

Mother - 2 years

Are the frags mounted?

Yes

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection only

Your location.

Crawford, Cape Town

Price:

-

Photo's:

Frogspawn - 6 heads - 10cm - R150 - ONE ONLY

Five purple shrooms (largest 4cm, the rest 1cm) on one rock. Small shrooms are the electric type (see bottom left of above pic) - R60 - ONE ROCK ONLY

Phyto2 product trial at Exotics

Posted: March 7th, 2011, 12:40pm CST by calvin@exotics

Hello all

Some great news:

We have received a trial shipment of Phyto2 from the States

Phyto2 is the high quality phytoplankton supplement for the marine aquarium. Featuring multiple species and cell sizes Phyto2 provides the highest nutrient value in a live planktonic food for clams, corals and invertebrates.

What Is Phytoplankton & what does it mean to your aquarium?

Phytoplankton is a free-floating, microscopic plankton that exists naturally in the oceans, lakes, and rivers of the world. Phytoplankton, which are the bottom of the food chain, make up the primary food source for marine corals, claims, and filter feeding invertabrates

What does this mean to you?

In a closed system, such as a home aquarium, food sources are limited to what is added to the tank. Considering the needs of the various life kept in the system, a regular source of food must be added to mimic the constant availability of food in the ocean.
A must for any reef hobbiest!

Why Choose Phyto2? Who Manufactures It?

Phyto2 Phytoplankton is produced by marine biology professionals specifically for the home aquarium. We have taken into consideration the needs of the average home aquarist and produced a product that will provide the longest shelf life at the highest nutritional value for the most reasonable price. Keeping this in mind we are constantly refining our processes to create better and more convenient products. It is our goal to bring you the best quality live planktonic foods at the best prices so you can enjoy your hobby.Other Phytoplankton producers would like to intimidate the laymen with vague threats of unexplainable tank crashes and unexplained terms like cleaning or washing.

Phyto2 is cultured in Sterile nutrient rich seawater. It is grown out to the point where it is at its highest nutritional value and the seawater contains the least amount of nutrients. As such our harvest is already a "clean" Phytoplankton. Next the product is allowed to settle and as much culture water is removed as possible and replaced with Sterile seawater. This eliminates the probability that fertilized culture water can foul your aquarium.

Maroon clown fish for sale: paulshof

Posted: March 7th, 2011, 10:59am CST by flamming angel

Fish for saleCommon Name:

Maroon clown fish

Scientific Name:

-

Size of fish

7 - 8cm head to tail approx

How long have you had the fish?

2.5 years

Is the fish eating?

yes - flakes, live and frozen

Shipping or Collection only:

collection only

Your location.

paulshof

Price:

Reasonable offers or swaps

Photo's:

Howzit ppl

My clown is up for sale.
He is not agressive with the other mates in the tank.

Reasonable offers or to swap for what you have. Pm or post in the thread.
Collection only.

Thanks ppl

Notes:

-

Hi guys so exited

Posted: March 7th, 2011, 10:42am CST by jack

Hey there i just bought me a new boyu TL-550.

I do keep some fresh water fish like discus, gelden deacons and so on. I got a little bored with the same old and decided to buy me a marine tank, but know absolutely nothing about salt water fish so ive got a friend working at a LPS that's going to help me put it up.

I have seen allot of nice tanks and understand it takes time for a tank to show nicely.
Thing is i just found out i am going overseas for a while(will be back before xmas) and i want to let the tank run so it can mature, that when i come back i can just add fish and so on. If anyone could help me out by telling me or even coming to my house and showing me what kind of corral and live rocks to buy and where to buy them at the best price, or(i dont know if its the same with saltwater coral as with fresh water plants) you have a snip off i can buy to grow myself.

As i said i have never done this and really need some help and advise please.

I will have someone that will come and do water changes from time to time and feed what ever needs to b fed as my fresh water fish still need to be looked after.

Please anyone who knows the hobby well and is willing to help, i live in stellenbosch near opskop, any help will b much appreciated.

Thank you
Jacques:1:

082 3022 348

Is this Majano?

Posted: March 7th, 2011, 10:25am CST by gMAN

So these guys (3 of them) were tucked away between my zoa's and i assumed they were paly's but this morning they were fully opened and are looking more like majano's, can somebody confirm?

Metal Halides, T5's & Seios for sale: Durban

Posted: March 7th, 2011, 9:47am CST by Wolve

Hardware for saleThread title:

Metal Halides, T5's & Seios

Location:

Durban

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection

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

Lights 2 x 250 watt metal halide with awesome reflectors - i have just replaced the iginitors as well. will include 4 x 250 watt single ended bulbs 2 x 14000 K and 2 x 20000 K. 14K 8 months old, 20 K 6 months old. hood also has 2 x 54watt actinics with waterproof end caps and reflectors - R 2200

Pumps - Polario 22 000 L/H with new controller no issues had with this pump R 2200
Seios - 2 x M1500 with magnet mounts - R450 Each

Notes:

-

FLUVAL 305 canister filter BARGAIN for sale: rondebosch east-cape town

Posted: March 7th, 2011, 8:59am CST by JsPLAYn

Hardware for saleThread title:

FLUVAL 305 canister filter BARGAIN

Location:

rondebosch east-cape town

Shipping or Collection only:

collection

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

FLUVAL 305 canister filter Good condition as new, with box an instruction dvd , giveaway price R1000..... Sieraaj 0768674930*(Rondebosch East)

Notes:

-

Long Tentacle Plate Coral

Posted: March 7th, 2011, 8:55am CST by Quintonv

Guys i just have a quick question, How do they get bigger?

Meaning do they first open up a piece of new coral( white ribbs) and the grow the meat and tentacles over it?

JEBO quadplex HANG ON SKIMMER 250litre for sale: rondebosch-cape town

Posted: March 7th, 2011, 8:45am CST by JsPLAYn

Hardware for saleThread title:

JEBO quadplex HANG ON SKIMMER 250litre

Location:

rondebosch-cape town

Shipping or Collection only:

collection

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

Jebo quadplex protein skimmer, as new with box rated for 250litres,,, hang on or insump.. R450 plug an play ......Sieraaj 0768674930 (Rondebosch east)

Notes:

-

BARGAIN 1.2 FULL SETUP R1500 for sale: rondebosch east

Posted: March 7th, 2011, 8:34am CST by JsPLAYn

Full system sales or multiple items for sale.Thread title:

BARGAIN 1.2 FULL SETUP R1500

Location:

rondebosch east

Shipping or Collection only:

collection

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

..... 1.2x450x450 display tank with smoked back glass corner raised box overflow an glass slide lids, on a 950mm high 25 mm square tube galvanized stand an firm table top ,hosting a 1.2x450x420 sump with 3 divisions an all plumbing, very neat setup for bargain price of R1500,.... Sieraaj 0768674930*(Rondebosch East)

Notes:

-

adding more substate

Posted: March 7th, 2011, 8:23am CST by cswhitehead

i want to increase the depth of my substrate i still have left over substrate. do i just rinse it and put it in or what? dont want to cloud up the tank or cause to much stress to my fish

please help with corals

Posted: March 7th, 2011, 8:14am CST by Donovan

Hi Guys and Girls

I need some quick help please

i have inherited 4 corals with a system i got
my problem is that they do not look very happy

i was wondering if there is anyone willing to come get them put them up
till i can figure out what is wrong with the tank before i loose them

1 x Frogspawn (not to big)
1 x leather pin cushion (+/- 15-18cm)
1 x bubble coral (8cm)
1 x not sure (+/- 20cm long)

if the person could come collect them and maybe bring a advanced test kit to test everything for me and advise what to do

the frogspawn has already lost 1 head

many thanks

PS i'm in JHB South
076-681-9938

Cyanobacteria, guess where they found some

Posted: March 7th, 2011, 8:02am CST by rakabos

Lol

Seems our poor tanks aren't the only sufferers of this!

"Dr. Hoover has discovered evidence of microfossils similar to Cyanobacteria, in freshly fractured slices of the interior surfaces of the Alais, Ivuna, and Orgueil CI1 carbonaceous meteorites"

http://journalofcosmology.com/Life100.html

How to bling up your Hermit

Posted: March 6th, 2011, 7:58am CST by maxisoft

Haha...

Hardware

Posted: March 6th, 2011, 5:50pm CST by Brandz12

Guys, anyone wanting to swop any power-heads or lighting for some fish?
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Shrimp (Razor) fish in a mixed reef tank

Posted: March 6th, 2011, 3:18pm CST by brentv

Some of my new little inhabitants in my Mixed reef tank
They cruise around nibbiling all the same little things a mandarin fish does!
Really a great addition if you have awesome live rock and are willing to feed a bit of live food now and then!:thumbup:

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Who has had good success with these little guys?

My Big move

Posted: March 6th, 2011, 9:22am CST by THE ANIMAL

Yes fellow reefers I never thougt that I will ever have to do this, but it so happend that my house is been sold so now I have to do the move thing. :driving:I now need some advice on ways to move my tank not to set my system back to much and not to lose my live stok. PLEASE!!!!:please:

NS: O and some advice on how to leef my wife white the old house::whistling::bigear:

Perky Pets new trading hours

Posted: March 6th, 2011, 8:39am CST by Perky pets superstore

Monday to Friday 8:00 - 5:30

Saterday 8:30 - 2:00

Sunday 9:00 -1:00

Thanks
David

Specimen Collection ......

Posted: March 5th, 2011, 6:10am CST by chikaboo

Hey there guys ..... I'm in Durbs area around the 11th of June for a wedding and I see that there's a lllloooonnnngggg weekend after that (17th June school holiday) and looking at the low tides ......

2011-06-17 4:26 AM SAST 1.88 meters High Tide
2011-06-17 6:49 AM SAST Sunrise
2011-06-17 10:39 AM SAST 0.23 meters Low Tide
2011-06-17 4:53 PM SAST 1.87 meters High Tide
2011-06-17 5:03 PM SAST Sunset
2011-06-17 10:59 PM SAST 0.34 meters Low Tide
2011-06-18 5:04 AM SAST 1.84 meters High Tide
2011-06-18 6:50 AM SAST Sunrise
2011-06-18 11:16 AM SAST 0.26 meters Low Tide
2011-06-18 5:03 PM SAST Sunset

Seems like favourable times and conditions for a get together and specimen collection .... I'm the juvies will be around too and if the sardines come round then at least you can have enough fish to fill the freezer .... What do your'll guys say ..... Pretoria/Gauteng members should hire a bus and get their butts down to the coast too for a mass MASA braai ... A little bit far but all those going south of Durbs are also invited ..... Heck all the way down to Cape .... would be nice to have mass meet!

Calcium reactor help??

Posted: March 5th, 2011, 9:57pm CST by Jinx

I have a saga controller with a solenoid on my reactor.As soon as the controller sets the gas on there is a sudden burst of gas before the flow of gas recovers....causing the ph to drop to low.
How can I stop this burst of pressure before normal flow returns???

Tank givaway!!!!!! Capetown

Posted: March 5th, 2011, 3:34pm CST by JsPLAYn

removed

Hawk fish ok with cleaner shrimp?

Posted: March 5th, 2011, 2:57pm CST by cswhitehead

I have a hawk fish in my tank and would like to add a cleaner shrimp, will the hawk fish be a problem for the shrimp?

Urgent help needed Xenias not pulsating?!

Posted: March 5th, 2011, 2:17pm CST by Mrabkin

Hey,

while i was away i had to get a friend to come and do a waterchange for me.

when i returned, my xenias and anemone had 'shrivelled' up and have been there for over a week.

my parameters are ok... i am lost.

thx mike

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Hi

Posted: March 5th, 2011, 1:49pm CST by Istio

Hi Reefers. New here....don't have a reef but hope to start one soon. Seems like the place to discuss local reefing :038: Thanks

Chaeto

Posted: March 5th, 2011, 11:10am CST by johanpm

Hi guys,

Anyone in the Sandton area have some chaeto for me please?

Thx

african clown's hosting spot

Posted: March 5th, 2011, 10:07am CST by Salti

I have an 230 lt marine aquarium. My stock consists of
The following 2 african clowns (pair) ,1small damsel,a blennie
Not sure what its called and then a foxface and my two shrimps
Consisting of a humpback and a big fire shrimp. My female clown
Tried to host at the back of the tank between the glass and the LR
For some reason my fire shrimp also made it his home now the clown
Is going nuts! What should I do?

Deltec AFP600

Posted: March 5th, 2011, 9:39am CST by Sammy

Hi Guys,

I've found someone that wants to sell me a Deltec AFP600 about 2 years old.

My system size in 350 liters including sumps and refugium.

Is there such a thing as skimmer being over powerful for a system.

Its rated for 1000L selling at R2000.

Your advice will be appreciated.

All Bacteria products are not equal

Posted: March 5th, 2011, 9:28am CST by FransSny

With the whole hype surrounding bacteria dosing going on now I thought I would share a few thoughts.

Firstly , when we look at biologically treating our tanks we need to understand that there is 2 ways of doing it.

1. Bio Stimulation

This is the adding of nutrients to stimulate NATURALLY occurring bacteria. This is normally achieved through the addition of a catalyst in the form of enzymes.Within the major enzyme groups one has to differentiate even more as each enzyme has its own function

The fact that enzymes are specific , not living and thus cant reproduce, and are not consumed during the reactions the do makes them not very effective as they are actually quickly washed out of our systems or "destroyed" by heat , additives etc.

Vodka is an example as it is a protein based enzyme.

2. Bio Augmentation

This is where we want to be !! This is the addition of bacterial organisms to ENHANCE the naturally occurring bacterial population. Why would we want to do this ? Lets first look at the fact that different bacteria functions under different conditions, ie aerobic , anearobic , photosynthetic , faculative (low oxygen environment) etc etc. Some even thrive in toxic environments.

It thus makes common sense to have different bacteria which can operate under different conditions, thus covering "all your bases" so to speak.

Why is bacteria better then ? They are living and thus reproduce, they produce enzymes which in turn metabolizes contaminants and they stay in the system :thumbup: Why then do I need to dose on a continuous basis you ask .....more about that later :whistling:

OK say what do I look for when buying bio augmentation products ?

1. Is it "food grade" (lack of a better description). This will ensure that it is free of contaminants such as coliform and harmful bacteria

2. How many bacteria is present per gram / ml. GENERALLY speaking , more bacteria per volume or mass will perform better.

3. Are any nutrients included in the bacteria package. This is VERY important as they will feed off this until they reach the organics they need to digest.

4. What is the optimum temperature & ph range under which the bacteria will operate, these ranges will affect the speed at which bacteria reproduces and the effectiveness.

5. This is probably the most important.
What strains of bacteria are you buying. The manufacturer should be able to provide this (at least what group they belong to), if they are not rather dont waste your money. Some products out there for example only contain one group of bacteria ie Bacillus sp, this would obviously make the results quite limited.

The more groups, genus and species contained the better results you wil achieve.

6. Track record of the manufacturer
Make no mistake there are a lot of "snake oils" out there. And to be quite honest, some of them you can grow in your own back yard so its imperative that you choose a manufacturer with PROVEN results. Just saying its used in this or this industry is pissing in the wind IMHO

7. Choose the correct product for the correct problem. There is no use in adding a bacteria strain (or enzyme for that matter) to try and correct a problem for which its not designed / developed. Thus , in short , know your enemy.

I hope this helps new guys in choosing the right product and not just wasting money because the manufacturer has a good marketing strategy.

Just remember that results will ALWAYS vary as these are living organisms operating under a wide range of variables and this needs to be taken into account and monitored on an continuous basis.

Happy bugging ;)

Ive got CRABS

Posted: March 4th, 2011, 7:32am CST by Toolboysa

HI All

So I got a few crabs with my live rock. About 20kg of live rock from what Ive counted Ive got at least 15 crabs. So the trap method is going to take to long. And Ive got 1 monster crab

Ive read of two other methods. I just want to know if anyone has tried them and how effective were they.

1. Put live rock in a dark container (no water) with a wet cloth over and leave for about an hour. Science behind it is that the crabs will leave the rock looking for water.

2. Put Live rock in a container with a SG of 1.040 for a few moments. Ive got what looks like small cluster of very small zoa's with a green centre on one piece of live rock would this this method kill the zoa?

This method will also get my bristle worms out but I could net them out and return them to the DT

Thanks

Urgent help needed White spots

Posted: March 4th, 2011, 12:01am CST by Immo

ok so was having a look @ my tank now 12am...

Noticed that my Lanvender Tang has a few white spots on him....tried to catch the little bugger but he keeps hiding from me....

WHAT DO I DO????? Is there ne1 near me in Durban that can help...im in the Overport / Morningside area.....

sump return pump (5000 ltrs p/h)

Posted: March 4th, 2011, 10:30pm CST by coralline

Hi,

I'm looking for a sump return pump that consumes less than 100W whilst still able to push 5000(or up to 6000) ltrs p/h, oh yes - and I'd prefer to not pay an arm and a leg:P.
I know how good the water blaster pumps are, but they're pretty pricy.

I'd like to get hold of a New Jet pump at this strength, as they also only use around 60W! Hailea pumps are good value, but thristy on Electricity

Anyone have any spares?:blush:

Thanks:thumbup:

Wanted-1.8m or 2m tank

Posted: March 4th, 2011, 4:24pm CST by maj

Hi peeps,

Im looking for a nice 1.8 or 2m tank,pref not higher than 650.
With or without sump,no stand needed as it will be inwall setup.

Let me know i fu know of anyone selling

thnks

Skimmer

Posted: March 4th, 2011, 1:35pm CST by clown

Hi All,

I am looking for a better skimmer for the boyu TL450 (50lt).
Any one have a upgrated skimmer or any skimmer that will fit the biyu TL450.

Every ones assistance will help me. :thumbup:

Looking for tank

Posted: March 4th, 2011, 1:34pm CST by brandonb

Hi

I want to upgrade but looking for a tank thats not too expensive..

Size

L - 150 or 160
W - 60 - 75
H - 50 - 65

I you anything close to this please let me know

Thanks
Brandon

Tank, Cabinet, frag tank & sump for sale: Weltevredenpark - JHB

Posted: March 4th, 2011, 11:06am CST by Adee

Full system sales or multiple items for sale.Thread title:

Tank, Cabinet, frag tank & sump

Location:

Weltevredenpark - JHB

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection only

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

So finally posting the end of an era for me....

Tank is centre braced, 10mm glass. Display tank length is 2m long x 60cm wide.

With stand, my custom sumps, and 60 x 60cm frag tank. All enclosed in a Meranti wood cabinet. Ample space above the frag tank to also store all your maintence goodies or even an ATS.

Includes 80kg of playsand for the DSB.

Asking R5300 for the complete set-up....excludes all livestock and hardware.

Comes with free "advice for life", I will assist you in geting your tank to one day look better than this:

Notes:

-

Sketch Up Application

Posted: March 4th, 2011, 10:26am CST by flappy

Hi All

Can anyone send me a link to download a sketch up program that I can use to draw up a potential tank with front,side views etc

Thanks in advance

sump division

Posted: March 4th, 2011, 10:14am CST by Zuna

Hey guys

i have to put three chamber in sump with the following measurements
(L) 900mm x (W) 400mm x (H) 400mm
what would the best dimensions be for each chamber. i would like the center to be the largest for the DBS

thanks

Stocking list for 2600lt tank

Posted: March 4th, 2011, 9:44am CST by Junz

Howsit guys,

I need some imput on the amount and type of fish /CUC i can add in the following tank.

I was leaning towards the following stock

10 x blue chromis
10 x Anthias
2 x Clown Fish
3 x Yellow Tangs
2 x Regal Tangs
2 x Flame Angel
1 x XXL Naso Tang
1 x XL Sailfin tang
2 x Golden Blennies
2x copperband butteflys
7 x bengai cardinals

1 x XXXL Sohal tang ( show fish )

40 x hermits
20 x turbo snails
2 x bristil stars
4 x cleaner shrimp
1 x blue cheek goby

Some awesome news for all Reefers

Posted: March 4th, 2011, 9:17am CST by Junz

Tank-Raised Tangs & Triggers Become a Reality

Tank-Raised Tangs & Triggers Become a Reality | Coral Magazine

shallow tank looking for it?

Posted: March 4th, 2011, 9:15am CST by jaquesdp08

hey, someone posted a thread yesterday or day before of a shallow tank that was about 30x30x12 inches, i cant find the thread again

Closing down: Equipment & Live Rock for sale: Pretoria

Posted: March 3rd, 2011, 12:18am CST by Jhavenga

Full system sales or multiple items for sale.Thread title:

Closing down: Equipment & Live Rock

Location:

Pretoria

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection preferred

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

I have the following up for sale as part of closing down my system (I had the saltwater setup for about 5 months, so most of the equipment is 5 or less months old - except for some stuff that I bought second hand):

Brand new sump, fetched it from Dorrypets this week - it has not been used. Dimensions: 90cm (l) x 35cm (w) x 40cm (h). Glass 6mm around, 8mm bottom. Asking price: R600.

Brand new imported Vortech MP40w with EcoSmart controller. Asking price: R3,850.

Good as new Reeftec TS3. I bought it new middle of December. The original pump was faulty, so it was replaced under warranty about a month ago. I only used the new pump for two weeks before my sump cracked. Therefore, the pump (OTP-3000) is basically new and the skimmer itself has been used for about 1 and a half months. Asking price: R1,900.

2 x 90 litre JoJo screwtop drums. The one has been drilled with two little holes a few centimeters from the top to allow for the auto top-up pipe to go through and for ventilation. Asking price: R175/drum.

Hailea HX-6510 pump (10w, 480l/h), used as auto-top up pump. Asking price: R150 (including the tube pipe in picture).

Auto-feeder. Asking price: R120

Buyo FP58-A submersible pump (41w, 2,500l/h) used as return pump from sump to display tank). Asking price: R300

SEIO prop 530 (2,000l/h): Asking price: R150.

Professional auto top-up. Asking price: R850

Aqua Marine reverse osmosis unit: R900

Standard 3ft tank with canopy (good as new): Asking price: ??? offers?

75kg's of Live Rock - Indonesian (R75/kg), Kenyan (R65/kg) & Unknown (R65/kg). And some free chaeto for a lucky buyer.

Other stuff:
1 x Dolphin 300w heater: Asking price: R100
1 x Aqua H2O heater: Asking price: R100
Aquatic window cleaner: Asking price: ??? offers?
Aqua H2O 2,000l/h powerhead. Asking price: ??? offers?
Seachem stability 500ml bottle (250ml left): Asking price: ??? offers?
Seachem Am Guard 250ml bottle (90% full): Asking price: ??? offers?
Marine pellets (both bottles 90% full): Aksing price: ??? offers?
Salifert test kits: Ammonia - R40, Nitrate - R50, Nitrite - R50, PH - R50, Carbonate hardness/Alkalinity - R50 or R200 for all 5. I have used these kits 14 times each (except for PH, which I used 15 times). They can be used for between 50 and a 100 tests each. They have therefore at least 2/3 left (except for the ammonia which I spilt once).
Alkaline KH buffer, 250g: Around 80% full. Asking price: ??? offers?
Aiptasia-X: Around 85% full. Asking price: R100.
Hydrometer & thermometer (2 in 1). Asking price: R30
Brightwell Aquatics NeoMarine salt. I mixed roughly 110 liters at 1.025 (therefore, 490 liters left). Asking price: R550
ViaAqua Internal power filter VA-F130 (800l/h): Asking price: R90

Notes:

The Live Rock needs to be sold before the last heater and powerhead can be sold.

Immo's New Setup

Posted: March 3rd, 2011, 11:31pm CST by Immo

Ok guys, here's my new setup

DS - 1220 x 440 x 440 (with a trickle Overflow)
Sump - 1100 x 400 x 400 (5 Divison)

Live Stock

SailFin Tang
Clown
Lavender Tang
Goat Fish
Convict Tang
Boxer Shrimp

LR - +- 30kgs

Corels - Not to sure, have about 5 diferent types

Lighting - 4 T5's 2 wht 2 blue

Also has 2 T8's Blue

I basically bought this setup as is from someone and now i'm learning more about it....

Here's the link to the pictures :

Pictures by ImmoSA - Photobucket

Have a look and let me know what you think....

Oh and by the way....the last two pics are of a slug of some sort saw it the other morning and just took a pic.....its like a purple blue colour....is this good or bad?

botha new setup

Posted: March 3rd, 2011, 10:02pm CST by botha

I am daniel botha, startng a new small fish only tank. I had a 9ft tank wich i packed away 1987.

Urgent help needed All my worms are out of the LR &on the ground?

Posted: March 3rd, 2011, 9:24pm CST by Mirage

I have a fireworm and about 20 briste worms all sort of hovering on the surface of my sand / aragonite?? They are alive, they seem stunned? My salt level was a bit high, taken it down to 1.022. My latest LR has a mass of star polyps which have all of a sudden started dissapearing? Like they are melting? And there is an orange colouring on the LR??

Urgent help needed fish stuck in overfolow

Posted: March 3rd, 2011, 9:09pm CST by lcornelius

I have posted this in the urgent forum , but it does not get accepted!
Admins please point me in the right direction, because this is urgent!!!!

Hi all,

I'm in JHB at the moment, and my wife (8 months pregnant) is looking after the tank.
One of my chromis is stuck in the overflow, how do we get him free?

I really need to help my wife, since I can't do a thing from where I am!

How to keep your tank clean

Posted: March 3rd, 2011, 7:25pm CST by maxisoft

Haha... how awesome is this?

ID from the dancing nano

Posted: March 3rd, 2011, 6:47pm CST by erle_vaughan

that is super cool, i really do like that tank.

Marine Aquariums of South Africa

can someone ID these for me?

i think this is the same as number 1

Should we be concerned about our nitrate reading?

Posted: March 3rd, 2011, 6:42pm CST by hermie

Hello all, we have just joined the forum and this will be our first post. We are newbies to marine aquariums and acquired our first system a week ago. We have a question about our nitrate levels but need to give some system details and background first...

We bought it second hand and here are some of the details:
It's a 4ft tank with a 4ft sump, it has a trickle filter and in the sump there is a protein skimmer and some crushed coral and sand. In the display tank there is a small amount of LR with a bunch of other various rocks (not 100% sure what it all is). There are also 3 powerheads but not sure what the output is. Anyway, when we bought it had one very old T8 light which was hardly lighting anything so yesterday we bought 2 T5 HO, 53W lights with reflectors.

The tank came with 2 clowns, 5 moonies, a blue star and we have since added a few hermies and nerita. To be honest we think this was all the previous owner was able to keep alive as he had no water tests and the tank looked like a green algae farm. He admitted to killing a lot of stuff during the 1 1/2yrs that he had it.

Here are the water details:

Temp - 27C
Salinity - 1.022 - 1.023
pH - 8
ammonia - less than 0.25mg/L

However we are concerned about the nitrate (have a look at the photo). When we collected the tank from him, we asked him how often he cleaned the trickle filter and he said never. When we did a nitrate test a few days ago we thought it was higher we would like and thought that the source may be coming from the extremely brown filter floss in the trickle filter. So we changed the floss but didn't touch the bioballs as we didn't want to disturb things too much. However, 2 days later the nitrate levels have still not decreased. Should we be concerned about this at the moment? We understand that the system has gone through a lot of changes in the last week and were not sure whether to leave things to adjust or whether a partial water change was needed? All the fish and other creatures look happy and are feeding well. Any advise would be much appreciated.

2 blennies, 1 tank.. Bad idea?

Posted: March 3rd, 2011, 6:08pm CST by gaboon

I currently have a smallish midas blenny but would like to add either a lawnmower or a bicolor blenny. The tank is 600L. Yay or Nay?

Zak's 4ft

Posted: March 3rd, 2011, 4:24pm CST by zak

Greetings MASA..

Wonderful place..My first crack at a marine tank(no pun intended), seeking all the advice possible. Thus far iv purchased a TS3 skimmer, Sicce 2.5 return pump, 4ft 270 litre DT.
My plan is FOWLR. Iv also got a standard 3ft which im gonna convert into the sump. The DT is on order, will post pics soon as it arrives.. Any suggestions on the sump before i start the build??

wanted: 3ft tank with stand

Posted: March 3rd, 2011, 4:24pm CST by ziyaadb

want 1 cheap anyone have 1 laying around?

new/old advice any thoughts

Posted: March 3rd, 2011, 3:43pm CST by Donovan

The fundamentals of maintaining saltwater aquariums and maintaining all colors of coralline algae. We ask that you do not think of your saltwater aquarium as a fish only saltwater tank, reef only saltwater tank or as a saltwater reef tank with fish. Think of your aquarium as a saltwater aquarium, period. In nature the marine animals all come from a well balanced system. This is how we maintain our saltwater aquarium water chemistry values with great success.Magnesium Values: 1250 - 1350 mg/L, Calcium Values: 380 - 450 ppm, Alkalinity Values: 3 - 5 meg/L or 8 - 11 dKH, pH Values: 8.1 - 8.4, Boron Values: 4.5 mg/L, Salinity Values: 1.026 SG or 35 PPT, Iodide Values: 0.03 0.06 ppm, Strontium Values: 10 and 15 mg/L. By keeping the above values stable and constant, using R/O DI filtered water, along with proper water changes, using a good protein skimmer, using carbon and or GFO media in a reactor, using 25 micron filtering bags and proper lighting for your corals. You will have a well balanced saltwater tank and you'll be able to grow and maintain good coralline growth and house any animal from the worlds reef systems and have them flourish. Try this method for 2 months and you will see a difference! Pass It On!

Play sand?

Posted: March 3rd, 2011, 2:22pm CST by Xereo

Can i use Play sand for my DSB?
or would you advise something else?

Silver ceiling unit with prices

Posted: March 3rd, 2011, 1:32pm CST by Oceanson

Hi all reefer
We are proud to pronounce Silver Ceiling T5 unit South Africa agent.This unit has high quality finished.(eg. stainless steel screw,aluminium case,Germany reflector, osram ballas, and hanging kit).

AVAILABLE UNITS:

Model
60cm (586*408*45)29w 6Tube (1.3.4.6 2.5) With lamp:3082;No lamp:R2902

90cm (886*408*45) 39w 6Tube(1.3.4.6 2.5) With lamp:3319;No lamp:R3079
(886*520*45*)39w 8 Tube(1.3.6.8. 2.7 4.5) With lamp:R3912;No lamp:R3592

150cm (1486*408*45)80w 6 Tube (1.3.4.6 2.5)
(1486*520*45)80w 8 Tube (1.3.6.8. 2.7 4.5)
(1486*632*45)80w 10 Tube (1.2.9.10 3.5.6.8 4.7)

60cm and 90cm incl Oceanson T5 lamp (only white 10000k and coral blue)

Optional. Timer unit which can control three aplications

here is the link

silver ceiling pictures by oceansoncpt - Photobucket

oceanson

Masa pms...

Posted: March 3rd, 2011, 1:14pm CST by Jaco Schoeman

Guys...

I have noticed a patern on MASA... I also see this at my childrens creche...

One moment all of the 2year olds are playing nice, then just before lunch and nap time, all hell breaks loose, and everyone bites and pulls hair...

MASA has the same problem. Notice how many "fights" are going on at the moment.

The patern I have noticed is that this all comes just after payday... I think the reason is that everyone bought something new, then post it on masa, then get their balls stepped on becuase they are cruel etc etc etc. Or, you bought something, and now you are on a thin wire about whether or not this thing is doing well etc. so at the slightest we get upset at anything.

Guys, please remember that today you are vloeking the oke, yet tomorrow you want to buy a coral or fish from him, or you want his help on something.

Niccolo Michiavello said: "Do not inflict the worst injuries to an enemy in your power, as tomorrow he might be your friend..."

So calm down, take a jog, and let out some testostarine. I am too guilty of this, but I try to stay calm. Poor Vatso had a huge run in with me once, and now we are cool, but let us rather prevent this fighting...

Featured System March 2011 - JD167

Posted: March 3rd, 2011, 12:23pm CST by viper357

Our Featured System for March 2011 belongs to JD167...

Congratulations on a well balanced system.

Click on the photo to read the full writeup with all the pics.

my new tank

Posted: March 3rd, 2011, 12:14pm CST by rogers

Hi my name is Rogers Govender i live in Verulam KZN
I have started my 1.800mt tank six months ago and is running very well
Looking foward for success storys

Kind regards
Rogers:thumbup:

Is he a keeper or not

Posted: March 3rd, 2011, 11:58am CST by Donovan

HI Guys found this in my tank

orange flatworm

Google Image Result for http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pbKM4qxmq4c/Sh6MvjgzAmI/AAAAAAAAJiw/LqGLVaxM9fM/s400/10.jpg

Disgusting Lfs

Posted: March 3rd, 2011, 11:10am CST by cswhitehead

This morning i went to a lfs and they have 3 anemones in there tanks lighting of the tanks is one t8. Really drives me mad when pet shops take in ls that they dont know how to care for. The same shop has kenyan live rock in a drum with roaches floating around in the water and want 150p/kg. They also have dead hamsters in the cages and dead freshwater fish floating around the tanks. Will not be going there again.

Hi all

Posted: March 3rd, 2011, 11:06am CST by bfreeman

Hi guys,

Glad to finally find a nice local forum that concerns fish:) Anyway thats out the way, now i have decided to put together a tank that i had stashed away in the garage, Here are the specs of what i am using, and would like to know what you guys think. Please bear in mind ALL equipment is BRAND NEW...thats right, i purchased it over the weekend. The only old thing is the tank itself, so here goes,

Tank = 2 foot (slightly deeper than a standard 2 foot tank)
capacity = Probably about 80L
Heater = 100L elite submersible
Air = A standard air pump (75L) and air stone.
Decorations:) = 1 x long fake plant, 1 x 1/2 KG drift wood, 1 x large rock, fine sand, 2 x small fake plants.
Position = against wall in lounge (not near sun light)
Light = standard 15W white tube (More than bright enough)
Lid = Standard plastic lid you see for sale in most shops.
Pump = Fluval 205

Here are the interior specs i have custom designed the fluval to have (Take note the Fluval 205 has 4 trays on the interior),

Bottom tray = Carbon
Lower middle = Carbon
Upper middle = ammonia remover
Upper tray = biological media that came standard with pump.

Please note pump flows from bottom to top. Is this a good setup inside the pump, or should i set the order differantly within the pump?

I will be putting in 2 parrot fish once i get paid:) I have also purchased some chemicals from natures petland, forgot what it's called as im not at home, which you use when setting up new tanks to automatically balance all the bacteria etc etc etc.

So, now my specs are out the way lets here how the setup will perform........ all opinions are more than welcome, as i want my babies to be happy:)

Any one use the Salifert calcium test kit?

Posted: March 3rd, 2011, 10:48am CST by flamming angel

Hi all

If any one uses the above test kit can you please tell me at which point do you stop adding the 1ml solution. Its says when the colour change form "pink" to "clear blue". When it first changes to blue the blue is not very clear. Do you continue adding until it becomes more clear or is that the clear blue they speak of. Let me no of your thoughts.

Thanks

New Shipments!

Posted: March 3rd, 2011, 9:56am CST by Naiema

New@ Sams Aquarium: Bi Colours, Coral Beauties,Eibli,Foxface,Clowns, Banggais & PJ Cardinals,Kleiniis, Racoons &Copperbands,Diamond Back Gobies, 6 lines, Selaris, Red tail ,Chromis, Damsels,Scopas, Saillfins, LipsticKs,Mandarins, Eels, Anemones, Shrimps ( Cleaner, Dancing, Fire and Coral Banded),Goldies,Puffers,Box , cowfish and more.:thumbup: Ph 0217122534/0826368990.

Bubble Blaster XP 2000 Cone for sale: JHB

Posted: March 3rd, 2011, 9:38am CST by ziyaadb

Hardware for saleThread title:

Bubble Blaster XP 2000 Cone

Location:

JHB

Shipping or Collection only:

Shipped at buyers risk and cost

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

Notes:

Selling for 4000.00 not Neg
need external as i am adding a refugium to my sump and need the space.

Bait Fish

Posted: March 3rd, 2011, 9:30am CST by Anemone

I know this topic has come up before, but I can't remember what Bait Fish is. Can someone help me out? Is it commonly (and safely) used for feeding your reef tanks? Is it used to feed anemones?

Is there any reason that it should not be used in reef tanks?

Egg Crate

Posted: March 3rd, 2011, 9:21am CST by Xereo

Anyone know where you can get a Plastic egg crate.
or even plastic mesh in cape town???

Bio rock

Posted: March 2nd, 2011, 11:23pm CST by leslie hempel

Guys i have a friend wanting biorock, hes looking to build 3 pinacles in a 2.4m x .800 x .800

if anyone has bulk at a good price please let me know. looking for nicley shape pieces..

we are also looking for approx 5kg of LR..more if the price is right. this will be used to seed the biorock.

im looking for genuine biorock not old baserock etc etc.

thank you

Closing down: Fish for sale: Pretoria

Posted: March 2nd, 2011, 10:57pm CST by Jhavenga

Full system sales or multiple items for sale.Thread title:

Closing down: Fish

Location:

Pretoria

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection

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

I've decided to call it a day - and first to go are the fish. I have the following available:

1 x Lemon Peel Pygmy angel - R300

1 x Coral Beauty Pygmy angel - R220

1 x Longnose Hawkfish - R175

1 x Midas Blenny - R175

1 x Tankbred ocellaris clownfish - R125

4 x Green Chromis - R40 each

1 x Regal Tang - R350

Notes:

All of the fish are eating well. And eish, it's tough to get decent shots of the fish :whistling:

Momo Racing Steering wheel ( PC )

Posted: March 2nd, 2011, 9:30pm CST by ReefMaster_SA

hey guys

I got a momo racing steering wheel with padels
for the PC

I hardly use it
asking
R600

will try to post pics tomorrow

ammonia

Posted: March 2nd, 2011, 6:32pm CST by Salti

I just want to know, I have cycled my tank for 2 months, when
The levels droped to 0 I added 3 small fish 1 damsel and 2 clowns ,no live rock
A month or so later I added 4 kg good quality LR and a blennie , which came with
The rock,and one fish I wanted from the very start a foxface, now what I want to
Know is what will happen to the ammonia. And how long will it take to settle again?

Thanx

Shane

Legal Issue

Posted: March 2nd, 2011, 4:00pm CST by Xereo

Need info.

Can i refuse to pay for an item that caused me 10k in water damage.
Due to Lack of good workmanship from the Company that supplied it to me.

And can i sue the company?

Or what ways can i go about it?

Ps. ive only had it for half a day

Carbon in a reactor vs Carbon in a bag

Posted: March 2nd, 2011, 3:41pm CST by flamming angel

Hello reefers

Okay i need some advice on which is the best and most effective way of having carbon.

Will carbon in a reactor be better then carbon in a bag placed in the sump. pros, cons? Let me no your experiences, comments and advice.

Thanks ppl

Green Algae

Posted: March 2nd, 2011, 3:38pm CST by Dirty Barry

Green Algae. I have lots of it. How do I get rid of it?

Nennie splitting

Posted: March 2nd, 2011, 2:31pm CST by cassie1

Hey guys,

So I had a little accident Sunday night. I accidentally touched the rock my bta was sitting on and the rock fell over a bit. So the little guy had to get such a fright that he completely split into 3 :(

So I have the mother with 2 little ones. The mother has made her way underneath a piece of lr as well as one of the little ones. The other one enjoyes the lighting very much. I felt so bad for causing this now.

My question is, must I turn around the pieces of lr to expose the mom of more light or must I just leave the 2 thats stuck underneath the lr until they decide what will be best for them and must I leave my lights on for longer. Its currently on for about 7 hours per day.

Thanks guys :)

Best skimmer for R2000

Posted: March 2nd, 2011, 10:48am CST by Falcon

Hey guys I have a question,please i need real experienced answers no fan boy type of answers from people that simply haven't used anything else.. :whistling:

What is the best skimmer available for around R2000-00?

The options I currently have are :

Bubble Magus bm 150 aquabee pump,
BM NAC7 CONE atman 2500 pump,
Aqua excel which is R400 more with two atman pumps model no. ae-1000.

This is for a 450lt heavy stocked set up with magnifica anemone, sps and angels,but budget wont allow for more expenditure than this on a skimmer.

Any suggestions which is the best option or any other skimmers better in that price range?

Thanks.

External Skimmer - DNW150/DNW200 Wanted

Posted: March 2nd, 2011, 10:27am CST by Andreas

Hi Guys,

I'm looking for a DNW150/200 skimmer or equivalent.

Thanks

Understanding Testing

Posted: March 2nd, 2011, 9:21am CST by leslie hempel

I want your opinions on the following statement

Test Kits are made to test perfect water conditions and if there is a problem with Cal for example it doesnt mean calcium is the direct problem

Nice clean debate on testing and the test kits accuracy and ability to evaluate if there is a problem.

In my experience of testing (which I feel is pretty extensive as I tested water almost daily when working at various LFSs) I tend to believe the kits we use cannot always accurately determine what the problem with our water is..(should there be one)

Take the scenario of calcium, magnesium alk triangle. By testing one of those values and finding a fault it doesnt necessarily mean the item tested for is the problem, but rather one of the 3 (perhaps all) are out of balance and hence the testkit is reading an inaccuracy?

I do believe testing is very important to keeping things stable and identifying a problem. But, and with opinions offered here im hoping to perhaps understand things a little better through another opinion..

Comments welcomed..

Ato and RO

Posted: March 2nd, 2011, 9:20am CST by Nsteyn

Hi Marco.

I am finally looking at getting a RO unit, but ideally i would like the topup to work directly from the RO.
I have however heard some horror stories about ato failing etc.

Do you guys have a "all in one" solution for this, or would you not go this route etc.

I have a 900l tank and do about 10% waterchanges per week, so that should also be accomodated.

What products, price etc ?

Tnx!

Niel

testing water

Posted: March 2nd, 2011, 9:03am CST by johannes rall

Ive put these rocks in freshwater for about 2 days now by the weekend I want to test the water.What must I ask the LFS to test for?

MICROBE-LIFT/Special Blend & Microbe-lift Phosphate Remover

Posted: March 2nd, 2011, 8:55am CST by dallasg

Hi All!,

so i have a tank that was doing well and then phosphates and nitrates started to go out the window, phosphates were 2.5ppm and nitrates over 50ppm, so i tried water changes etc and no avail, but got hold of some of the above products on sunday and started adding, i am not one for water changes so i must say when i did the tests on monday eve, WOW my phos went down to 0.03 in 24 hours, i used salifert and seachem kits to confirm and my nitrates are also heading down, 30ppm.

these 2 products i recommend everyone keep, the bacteria had a pungent smell, but will def be using this all the time, and the phos remover is perfect for emergencies, maintenance and in my little nano's and breeder tanks.

heads up to Peckoltia and Henk for a great product!

Skimmer Set-up

Posted: March 2nd, 2011, 8:15am CST by Dawie22

Howsit Guys,
Great forum you have going here.

I bought a 2nd hand set-up. The guy was running the skimmer from the uplift pump. After this pump started making some strange noises, I decided to buy a new uplift pump and smaller pump for the skimmer. Its a Boyu Skimmer and Seio 1800LPH pump. When I however connected it, the skimmer was no longer skimming/bubbling. The water just fills the skimmer and flows into the cup (top). No bubbles/foam at all. I tried the old pump (4300 LPH) and a power head which did not help. I also connected a ball valve, thinking that the flow might be too high which also didnt help.

Has anybody had similar issues? Do I need a new skimmer?

Thanks
Dawie

Various frags for sale: Port Elizabeth

Posted: March 2nd, 2011, 8:09am CST by Munky82

Montipora frags for swop/saleCommon Names:

Brown/red + Green Montipora

Scientific Names:

-

Size of frags

Brown frag is +-90mm diameter, Green 70-80mm diameter

How long have you had the frags?

over a year ?

Are the frags mounted?

Yes

Shipping or Collection only:

Will transport within the PE area (if I can take a look at your tank)

Your location.

Port Elizabeth

Price:

Variety is the spice of life. Swop or make me an offer.

Photo's:

Excuse the quality. Took a quick pic this morning with my phone.

The two frags are mounted on two separate pieces of LR.

Notes:

-

Wanting a red fish but don't want a ton of aggression. Help

Posted: March 1st, 2011, 11:16pm CST by Hannah

My grandma and I have a 40 gal tank with lots of live rock and pretty much basic lighting. We currently have a goby, a sailfin tang, a medium sized clown fish, and blue damsel. We are not wanting a new fish any time soon because we just lost our smaller clown for some reason (the saline seems to stay high no matter how many times we add fresh water) and the man in town who "knows" what he is talking about sold my grandma a yellow tang and the sailfin tang together even though he knows what kind of set up we have and should have known they would fight to the death.:eek: Now we are looking to outside help. We want a red fish I know the flame angel is red and does not get really really big but I am concerned it may be too big for the amount of space left in the tank, and it is a little aggressive isn't it?? Also, we don't currently have a protein skimmer we have a "stretch hex" and it has proven nearly impossible to find a skimmer to fit it. ANY help would be appreciated. Thanks!

My new build- T5 lighting

Posted: March 1st, 2011, 9:22pm CST by Jimbo

Hi Guys,

I am starting a new tank which will hopefully be up and running soon so I can post some pics.

Details:

1.2m L X 700m W X 600mm H (starfire glass)

Lighting:

Aquamedic T5 unit 6 X 54 watt plus LED moonlights (awesome unit)
Bulbs

All Giesemann

2 X Aquablue plus
2 X Actinic plus
1 X Aqua pink
1 X Pure actinic

Skimmer:

Deltec APF 851

That's it for now.

Cheers,

Jimbo

Vortech MP40 for sale: Cape Town

Posted: March 1st, 2011, 9:04pm CST by Jimbo

Hardware for saleThread title:

Vortech MP40

Location:

Cape Town

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection

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

Notes:

Hi Guys,

I am selling one of my Vortech MP40's in perfect working order for R2 500.

Cheers,

Jimbo.

Durban???? Were to get Fish and Corel from ????

Posted: March 1st, 2011, 8:59pm CST by Immo

Hi guys was just wondering were in Durban can one get fish and corel from,besides the 2 known LFS....Wont mention any names but they are both in springfield

Sams aquarium utterly useless

Posted: March 1st, 2011, 7:10pm CST by Xereo

Well at this moment in time i am not a very happy man.
Had a Sump made up by Sams aquarium.

Well Lets Break it down whats wrong with this Shop.

They Dont keep you up to date on whats happening.
They Charge you high prices for cheap equipment.
They Dont backup anything they sell.
And they sell you stuff you dont need ( learnt many a time from this )

well lets Get to the Sump issue.
well this is how it started.

Well the Sump was made. And first off i had a problem.
A divsion was scew which i was not happy about. So i questioned it.
I was then told it has set and ther eis nothing they can do about it.
and if they try to take it out, it will break and the guy making the stuff
will have to pay for it. ( Do I REALLY NEED TO KNOW THAT? )
Im a soft guy so i just left it. seeing sam already pays slave rates.

Well my Good deed didnt come un punished.
I have now arrived at home and decided to set my sump up
i was told this thing is Solid and is good to go. ( YAh )
So here i am. getting all my salt water ready.
add buffs, and getting it to the right temp. ( all is well )
so i fill the sump up the water. and then decide before i continue let me go buy some smokes..

you can all guess what happend..

Yes i came back 20min later with the water everywhere.

So im very angry at the moment.
Besides my carpet being F*cked. my Pc has now been water damaged.
no stress only 7k +

All i can Say Sams Staff is utterly useless , and the build quality is useless.
And i tell you now. you wont wanna be Sam when i get there tomorrow.

Peace out

Tank, stand and sump for sale: Sandton

Posted: March 1st, 2011, 6:33pm CST by johanpm

Hardware for saleThread title:

Tank, stand and sump

Location:

Sandton

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection

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

Tank, stand and sump for sale. R1000

Tank:
1500(l)x600(w)x800(h) in 12mm glass. The tank has a double bottom, which needs to be replaced.

Sump:
900(l)x330(w)x390(h)

Stand:
1m high. Rusty.

Notes:

-

WANTED: TS2 Skimmer

Posted: March 1st, 2011, 4:21pm CST by Sammy

Anyone got a second hand TS2 skimmer for sale in CPT area?

Please let me know

marine Aquarium books

Posted: March 1st, 2011, 4:02pm CST by robertkukla

hi to all has anybody got any marine aquarium books for sale

thank you in advance

Live Rock for sale: Durban

Posted: March 1st, 2011, 2:49pm CST by Wolve

All other livestockCommon Name:

Live Rock

Scientific Name:

-

Size

Various

How long have you had it?

3 years - previous 8 years

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection

Your location.

Durban

Price:

R100 per kg

Photo's:

have a 30 kgs of mature, cured live rock , mix indo/ kenyan.

asking R 100 per kg, i have paid up to 175 per kg for most of the rock. reason for selling is im moving and just dont have space.

Notes:

-

Copper Jewelry

Posted: March 1st, 2011, 1:46pm CST by Munky82

Hi people.

I dumped all my copper jewelry in fear of killing my inverts and corals.

But I've seen someone from a lfs on two separate occasions wearing a copper bangle while taking corals/invertebrates out of their tanks.:eek:

Am I missing something ?

Time for Coral..?

Posted: March 1st, 2011, 8:23am CST by belindamotion

My little Tank has been going for about 5 weeks...I actually want to wait and still add Cured/Seeded Live Rock but Hubby is getting tired of looking at a Algae Tank, to the point that he has once removed my Algae from my glass panels...:nono: ..do I have to much Algae..? Even I'm starting to think it might be too much:(

Is it natural for that pile up of Algae attaching to my Powehead..?:blush: I'm also worried about the Copepods I discovered in my Tank..won't they just multiply and "infest" if there is "no one" around to "munch" on them..? As some of you know I have a baby Brittle Starfish that came with my LR, but not sure if Adam is still alive as I haven't seen him since the first day...!!:eek:

So...am I getting to much Algae and time to introduce my 1st Coral...? Hubby wants a splash of colour now haha :rofl:...sorry Cured LR...COMPROMISE...

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