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**** you eskom!

Posted: July 8th, 2011, 10:20pm CDT by gaboon

Nothing like getting home on a Friday night after a few beers to find out power has been down since 07:30 this morning, the tank is ice cold, clowns look pale and not much happening in the tank. Return pump was still running through the ups but managed to organise a little gennie from an ex reefer up the road, hooked up the 2 jäger heaters and the return so hopefully all will be ok tomorrow, set my alarm for 2am to refill the gennie. Viva new SA!!!
Need help: Tang hurt my anthia

Posted: July 8th, 2011, 7:50pm CDT by Tremayn

M fish are in quarantine at the moment. Looks like the tang and anthia were fighting as the tangs mouth was hurt and the side of the anthia was red. TOday the wound on the anthia looked swollen. Now the anthia is kinda laying on its side but its still alive.. I hasnt been eating today. Is there anything that I can do? Thanks guys
Premixed Salt Water Question

Posted: July 8th, 2011, 6:00pm CDT by 3chelon

Hi guys

I was just wondering, when you premix saltwater and store it in a bucket for future use, is it sufficient to have an airstone and a heater running in the bucket? and can the bucket be closed or does it have to be open?

Thanks
Ola

Posted: July 8th, 2011, 5:57pm CDT by Relborg

Hey

I come from MASA's sister site..
Have only been keeping FW for about 8 years now I think. I Am wanting to make the move accross the huge devide into SW so only reading and resaerching at the moment ....

but so far it seems to be a HUGE difference :y13:

I am considering converting my FW 340l with 130l sump but will see if I do that or purchase new

Well thats me
Grant
Bio Rock for sale: Pretoria East

Posted: July 8th, 2011, 5:51pm CDT by brandonb

All other livestockCommon Name:
Bio Rock
Scientific Name:
....
Size
15 kg
How long have you had it?
3 years
Shipping or Collection only:
Collection ASAP
Your location.
Pretoria East
Price:
R 350
Photo's:
...
Notes:
Hi guys the tank was rescaped today and I took out all the biorock..

Most of it looks like live rock with algae and coralline on it. Its has been with liverock for 3 years in the tank.

I am keeping in a polystyrene box (dry) so if anyone is interested please fetch it ASAP before most of it dies off.

I am selling it all together (15kg)

Thanks
Brandon
ID needed on some locals

Posted: July 8th, 2011, 5:28pm CDT by 2time

Hi Guys

I need a ID on these guys please.

The two on the left are hermit crabs and a snail on the right. Is that a cushion star?

Are they safe to put in the tank?

TIA
Nano frags made

Posted: July 8th, 2011, 4:59pm CDT by Oceanson
EVERY WEEKEND WE WILL BE RESIZING CORALS!!!
- Saturdays and Sundays on premises only
- Any coral of your choice that can be resized we will resize for you... ;)
- The prices range from R60 - R150 per frag depending on the species and size
- GOOD DEALS MADE FACE 2 FACE :thumbup:
For any further enquiries dont hesitate to call us on 021 552 7553 send us an email to oceansoncpt@gmail.com

OCEANSON AQUARIUM
a lot of bristle worms

Posted: July 8th, 2011, 3:51pm CDT by iggy

hey guys

i have got a lot and by that i mean a lot of bristle worms in my dt, at any given time you can see about 10 -15 on the lr.

is this a problem or should i just leave them in peace? is there any thing that can eat them?
BORING clams @ PERKY PETS

Posted: July 8th, 2011, 2:56pm CDT by JsPLAYn

So I jus purchased my 1st clam from perky pets an its a BORING clam

DANE SAID SO:whistling:
Tunze Nano wavebox -Double wave or single wave.... That is the question!

Posted: July 8th, 2011, 2:02pm CDT by williet

Hi All

I have recently got myself a secondhand Tunze Nano Wavebox.
I am a bit confused I know on a 2 m I am streching it but after calculating I found my Volume only to be 660liters. So I think it will be ok. If I have it on its minimum, I have this awesome double wave the waves in both directions Horizontal and vertical. When I set it to 1o clock on the dial I get a single wave moving the volume of water uniformly left to right. Now my question Double wave or Single wave - which is better ???? From What I could see last night the single seems to have the polyps move more with it but has about a 1cm wave ? The double creates a crazy flow inside the tank 2 cm wave.

Please I need some help on this one ?

Cheers
Willie
Alergic reaction to mini anemone

Posted: July 8th, 2011, 1:55pm CDT by Tiger eye

Hi hi never thoght it would hapen.
I bought a mini anemone yesterday and put it in my tank. This morning when I woke up my eye was hurting and swolen like somebody punched me in the eye and I had a terebel headace so I went to the chemist and they confurmed I had a alergic reaction to my mini anemone and gave me some antyhistomine. I'm feeling better nou but won't under estamate these guse again.
1,2 m complete mixed reef tank for sale: athlone

Posted: July 8th, 2011, 1:49pm CDT by Mogamatseraajregal

Full system sales or multiple items for sale.Thread title:
1,2 m complete mixed reef tank
Location:
athlone
Shipping or Collection only:
collection only
Photo's and description/list of items for sale:
i have decided to upgrade/start over and have gone full circle with this tank

everything except big monti is included in deal

metal halide 250v pendant type
t5s 4 x 54 watts ans 8 led moonlight
needle wheel cone skimmer rated to double 1,2 m(550 litre tank)
test kits ,all corals live rock fish etc.
fuidised bed filter large-(used as phospate rector)
tank and stand
sump(with mature dsb of aragonite)
return pump
powerheads
plmbing etc
fish(yellow tang regal tang,unicorn fish damsels
1 pair of breeding clowns(lay eggs evry two months
sps corals and softies
this tank is running at ZERO NITRATES AND PHOSPHATES FOR A LONG TIME

the lighting alone cost me R5000.00
sps frags and colonies cost me R3000.00
fish all cost me r1500.00
tank and stand cost me R1000.00
live rock approx 20 kilos R2000.00
assortment of softies R2000.00

I amasking for neg R5000.00 all inclusive except for large monti on left hand side of FTS
want to sell system to a single buyer

call me 0720524071

Notes:
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my new 6ft reef tank

Posted: July 8th, 2011, 12:51pm CDT by cswhitehead

i bought magmans setup. its 1830x610x610 display and 1450x430x330 sump.
having a hard time scaping the tank though. so will upload a pic or two once im reasonably happy with the scaping.
July meet - Cape town

Posted: July 8th, 2011, 11:55am CDT by 459b

The next Cape Towen meet will be held next saturday (16 July).

Details can be found here : Marine Aquariums of South Africa

See you all there!
Not Algae but def nuisance

Posted: July 8th, 2011, 11:34am CDT by Donovan

Ok so i jnow that it isnt Algae but i am at my ends i have had it AIPTASIA
So basically i want to eradicate aip tasia in my system 3 weeks ago i spent the weekend nailing every piece of aip i could find or see in the tank i used Aip X it was fantastic my tank looked good and i was pleased now i have small Aip growing in my sand bed i have small and large growing on every piece of liverock including the one or two pieces on the stem of my Pincushion
so here is my plan i want to remove all the sand out of my tank with the live rock chuck it into the sun for a week or so, rinse thouroughly with RO then set up a bucket to reseed the dead rock for a couple of weeks
there is just to much Aip for even peppermints to take on
I do know that i will lose all life that was on or in the rocks including some cute little sponge things but when a rock has 30 to 40 Aip on it what can you do
Now i am sure that the fish and Nennie will be fine running in the tank with the sump filter going i mean people do have FO systems

CAN ANYONE OFFER ANY OTHER ADVICE FOR THIS I AM FINISHED
What competition???

Posted: July 8th, 2011, 10:59am CDT by viper357

I'm in the mood for a competition to celebrate our 5000 membership. :)

Any idea's what sort of comp we can have? Or perhaps just a raffle type of thing where to enter you just need to upload a FTS or something? Let's hear some ideas.

Prize wise I was thinking of maybe buying a refractometer, a bucket of salt and maybe some additives or foods for a nice little first prize hamper.
Hello Folks

Posted: July 8th, 2011, 10:20am CDT by Rors

Hi Everyone

My name is Rory and I have been keeping fish for the past 15 Years started with Cichlids which are awsome lil fish, they currently live in a 310L Sun Sun tank, with External Canister filter. Tanks has been running for the past 3 years.

I recently jumped into marine roughly a year ago with a Boyu Nano tank, once the addiction kicked in I purchased a Red Sea Max 130D, the tank is fantastic! I have been running the tank since March this year and it is coming along nicely.

Red Sea Max500 here I come!!! This all thanks to the guys at Wild On Pets, who have been exceptional in dispensing there knowledge and guidance.
Fish id please

Posted: July 8th, 2011, 9:48am CDT by Charl_Stanhope

Hey guys.

can you please id this fish?
All those with 1.2m tanks....

Posted: July 8th, 2011, 9:29am CDT by Meneer

I would like to get an idea of the evaporation rate you guys have..

At this stage it looks like I'm having about 5-8 litres a day.

Seems that when I have a lot of surface movement, the evaporation rate goes up.

I also had 4 10cm fans runnning in the Top to keep the lid and light areas dry. I now have 2running, and is considering having only 1 running.

How many litres a day/week do you guys have to top up?
Auto Ro and dosing

Posted: July 8th, 2011, 9:20am CDT by Xereo

Wanted to know if there would be a problem with putting purple up,reef booster, trace elements all into my container of Ro water when it auto tops up?

Or is the doses to little? my evaporation rate is about 5l per day.

Also can i dose my pre-made food with herbatana?

Any input would be great.

:thumbup:
Dorrey's TL550 Tank progress

Posted: July 8th, 2011, 9:05am CDT by Dorrey

Just thought I'd share my progress here and post some pics as I go along with my new tank setup.

Found a nice spot for my TL550 and then started to clean it out a bit before adding sand water and live rock. I bought the tank second hand so just to be safe I rinsed everything off and let it dry thoroughly before putting pump, heater, skimmer, uv light back into the tank. Started to wash my sand last night, rinsing and rinsing and rinsing some more just be make sure I remove all the dirt that could be stuck in it.:P

As a result I have broken 3 nails in the process (LOL):eek: I guess as a woman my hands are just not used to so much water and hard labour. ha ha ha ha

I added the sand to the tank and decided on a bed of 3 cm's. Getting my SW tomorrow and adding and then starting up the cycle.

Will keep u posed and add some pic's soon.