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Parameters Stable enough?

Posted: September 7th, 2011, 7:42am CDT by ChrisNell

I started logging some parameters 2 months ago, on a weekly basis. Alk dosed with topup, rest on a daily basis. I adjust the weekly dosing based on the weekly measurements. Is this stable enough?? I see temp creeped up as summer starts.

DatepHTempSalinityAlkalinityCalciumMagnesium24 July 20118.526.8378.6360105031 July 20118.425399.5380135007 August 20118.425.9357.7400123014 August 20118.427348.8380117021 August 20118.226.2358400128028 August 20118.326.9357.7400126004 September 20118.427.93574001270
My power head looks like it's rusting... could it be?

Posted: September 7th, 2011, 4:24am CDT by Dlaria

My power head looks like it's rusting... could it be? I've only had it in there for 2 months. If it is rust, what do I do? Pitch it? I'll be so mad if it only lasted 2 months!

Never mind. It wiped off. :p
CW`s second reef

Posted: September 7th, 2011, 1:05am CDT by CW

Hi there PPL

CW`s back.:thumbup:
Ive decided to build another tank since i got a 6mm 1220x500x440 tank for free and a 5mm 915x320x380 for FREEEEEEEE.

Bummer was both tanks had a cracked bottom. MMMM sounds like some adult movie. hehe

Well then.
Ive striped both tanks and already got the new bottom 8mm for the 1.2m (DT)
Still need to get the 6mm bottom for the 915mm sump. Ill order it tomorow.

Then ill also have to get my silicon (BLACK) and i also need to get the rest of the glass i will be bracing the DT with and dividing the sump chambers.

Oh ja, also have to build a stand.

The one reason im building a second setup is cos i want to brake down my current setup to tile the lounge and either sell it or just rebuild the DT with new glass and different overflow or ill sell it and build a cube. mmmm dono yet.

Second reason im building this tank i cant tell you yet.
You will just have to wait ppl. Sorrryyyyy:tt2:

So heres some pics.

Sump glass nice and clean.

DT glass also nice and clean and new 8mm bottom in front

The two cracked bottoms.

Cleaning the Ts2

Octopus OTP-2000

And thats it for now ppl.

Cya
NFP 509 Nitrate Filter

Posted: September 7th, 2011, 12:46am CDT by ADVdiver

Hi all just thought i should share this with you we recently did a upgrade on an aquarium and installed a NFP 509 Nitrate filter on an aquarium of 600L along with a 32ml per minute feed pump.

The system already had Aquatronica with redox probe and we also added a A/T dosing pump to feed the denitrator with the nitrate fluid as well as adding other additives.

Placed the probe in the reactor hooked the 32ml dosing pump onto the inlet to the reactor and draws water from the sump, used one dosing pump from the A/T to feed the nitrate fluid. Filled the reactor with aquarium water. Plug all in, did a little programing.

Calibrated the redox probe set it to switch at -250mv (@-251 switches on and off @-249)
Set dosing pump to feed 3ml nitrate fluid per 24hrs.

This was done on the 27/08/2011 nitrate level was 24ppm using the H2Ocean Nitrate test kit (high range test) and on the 6/09/2011 the level was 1ppm using the same kit (low range test). This is the lowest the level has been since the aquarium was started over 1 year ago.

Big Up To D-D :yeahdude: on a top quality product that does what it says it will.:thumbup:
anyone using an Eboost pump?

Posted: September 7th, 2011, 10:05pm CDT by leslie hempel

i saw these atwork today and wondered if we could use them for our application?

its an extreemly intellegent pump and price is around R4k we somehow got 8 @ R2kea

[www.obartpumps.co.uk]

im waiting for my buyer to get back to me about their opinion on it being saltwater compatable.. Grade 304 stainless so im sure it should be..
Cable clean up !

Posted: September 7th, 2011, 9:48pm CDT by Skumbuza

Ok so i dunno about u guys but the electrics around my sump was just getting outta control.
Here's something i tried out & works like a bomb !

The Mess !!!!

Installed a distribution board & powered it from the plug socket.

Give u an idea on what it looked like afterwards. Made so much more space under there !
Started building a cabinet around the tank.
Came out pretty neat !
Now i need to get some time to do the top !
Skimmer Issues

Posted: September 7th, 2011, 9:40pm CDT by Skumbuza

Hey guys,

My tank has been running lekker from the word go. Keeping up with parameters.
4 Months down the line i'm battling with my skimmer.
When i look at the cup, it's full of "almost clear" water (slightly green). Apposed to the sludgy dirty green. Ok so it's filling faster than it should, but when i clean the cup & place it back, the bubbles are at the right level. 12 hours later, i'm back to the same point.
What's causing the bubbles to rise intermittently like this ?!

;) My pride & joy: ;)
Will the lions chomp the shrimp?

Posted: September 7th, 2011, 9:07pm CDT by herkie

Jeaques caught a beautiful cleaner shrimp, will the lions eat it or should he put it in my tank?
Urgent help needed Found Husky today in Goodwood

Posted: September 7th, 2011, 7:23pm CDT by Electrician24

Any body that can help me find his owner pm me please. I have 2 dogs of my own and need to find owner asap otherwise have to take to SPCA. Not by choice
ID Please

Posted: September 7th, 2011, 6:04pm CDT by SliverZA

I just bought a toadstooll and am busy aclimating it, I saw this little guy climbing the bag. Is he safe or should he be flushed?
Tube worm

Posted: September 7th, 2011, 5:54pm CDT by Marine1

I would like to know if there is a problem with my tube worm as the feathers have got much shorter, I have nothing in the tank that could be eating it, the feathers were long and beautiful and four days ago I noticed they were shorter , thinking he wasn't fully opened but he is.

Is there a problem with him or do they shed the "feathers"????????
Coral Request: The Red Tree Gorgonian is also referred to as Red Finger Gorgonian

Posted: September 7th, 2011, 5:50pm CDT by mytank

Please can one of the sponsors specify if they have this or can order this for me:
The Red Tree Gorgonian is also referred to as Red Finger Gorgonian, or Red Sea Rod

Info can be found here
Sexy zoas!

Posted: September 7th, 2011, 5:25pm CDT by Tremayn

@Loki @rakabos .. these are the zoas I told you about. Eat your heart out! lol

These are some vietnam zoas that I was given to try and save for them. How do you manage to screw up zoas so badly and in only 1 week?? I have never seen zoas in such bad shape! I got them in my DT now

At the moment they are improving but I dont think that they will be 100% .. So far I have seen a few zoas opening slowly after 1 day in my tank..

Loki, you know where these came from ;) (NB these are not from Loki lol)
Price anouncement

Posted: September 7th, 2011, 4:19pm CDT by Nemos Janitor

When the concept of Triple Five Aquarium Solutions was formulated we decided that one of the key factors to the success of the D-D brands in South Africa would be competitive pricing and a comprehensive range of products. We wanted to be able to supply product at prices available from overseas online stores and very close to the recommended UK price.

We have structured our recommended pricing accordingly and give examples.

Example skimmer.

Our recommended retail price on a Deltec APF600 skimmer is R4304.72
D-D are in the process of updating the skimmer prices. So lets look at an ex sponsors pricing from their web site.
Their price is EUR 365.00 plus shipping

So if one wants to import themselves then we can assume the following.
EUR 365.00 = R3650.00 if the exchange rate is R10.00 to the EUR
vat on R3650.00 = R511.00
Total price if bought on line= R4161.00 + transport.
If bought from a SA retailer that stocks our product R4304.72 recommended.

Protein Skimmer Deltec Skimmer, Sewatec.de,Protein Skimmer, Deltec Skimmer,

Example Giesemann globe

Our recommended retail price on a giesemann aquablue+ 54w globe is R309.28
D-D price is 21.49 pounds
British pound 21.49 = R257.88
Add Vat and the price to import from the UK is R293.98

Aquarium Lighting | T5 Lighting | Deltec Skimmers | The Aquarium Solution

Example D-D ro unit 50 US gpd
Our recommended price is R1227.61
D-D price is British pound 89.99
British pound 89.99 = R1079.88
Add VAT to the price to import from the UK is R1231.06

50 Gallon RO 50 Unit | Deltec USA | Phosphate Removers | The Aquarium Solution

So from the above the consumer and retailer can clearly see that Triple Five Aquarium Solutions is relisticaly pricing their products.

Where can D-D products be obtained from?

All of our products are available from selected LFS. So ask at your LFS and if they do not want to help then contact us and we will put you in touch with a LFS closest to you.

Triple Five Aquarium Solutions, bringing quality European products to the South African hobbyist at international prices.
Strange Worm.

Posted: September 7th, 2011, 1:23pm CDT by Mc

Found this worm crawling on my glass today.
It normally sticks it tentacles out of the rock, but never seen it out.
It looks llike those stringy things are part of its head.
Maybe some kind of a spaggeti worm?
Is this what I think it is?

Posted: September 7th, 2011, 12:14pm CDT by MavrickFDT

Is what I think it is, and is there a easy way to get rid of it...
Urgent help needed Dottyback & Damsel Problems

Posted: September 7th, 2011, 12:14pm CDT by BoyuNano

Okay I've got a Boyu Tl450 with a fire shrimp, a damsel and a dottyback

I added the dottyback yesterday and it gave the damsel and the shrimp a bit of grief, the tank seems to be settled but my damsel is in huge distress. It doesn't want to move from the corner of the tank, it won't even come up for food anymore.

The damsel had a bit of colour during feeding yesterday but today it's just sulking in the corner.

Is this a recoverable situation? What can I do? Was it a mistake to put more than one fish in my Nano?
hammer coral

Posted: September 7th, 2011, 11:41am CDT by Daneo

hi guys
I really need really need some help with this, but about a month to a month and a half ago I brought a hammer coral but I have been watching it deteriorate and is looking worse. my water elements are all good and my lighting is too, any ideas!!!!! ,i also have bubble coral that are really looking good so I cant put my finger on it please please help it will be appreciated .
:(:(:(
The Shark attack thread

Posted: September 7th, 2011, 11:20am CDT by leslie hempel

well seeing as they are now a common occurence i thought i should start a thread about it.. even if to just keep people planning coastal holidays aware of whats happening..

here is the latest 6 Sept 2011
Saffa on Shark Death
Price fixing

Posted: September 7th, 2011, 11:07am CDT by zayd

Hi Guys

Having been an aquarist for 5/6 years now and having setup 3 tanks, I notice that price fixing is a huge problem. We have a large distributer in SA representing several brands that enforce "recommended" selling prices.

I have recently pointed out to some local retailers that another retailer is offering the product at a cheaper price than them only be to told that the cheaper retailer's price is wrong and the website is being teared down.

Is this practice not breacing our competition law? I would like to submit a complaint to the competition commission as the retailer should be able to sell at whatever he price he chooses to.

What do you guys think?

Regards

Zayd
worm?

Posted: September 7th, 2011, 9:48am CDT by Boyu TL 550

morning guys!
woke up this morning switched on my lights and found this guy(pinkish, about +-2cm) racing all over the place in my tank i managed to catch him and had to wait like 5 min to calm down before i could try take pictures. is he safe or should i keep him out my tank?
help with dark brown algae pls

Posted: September 7th, 2011, 8:54am CDT by roderigo

Some info tank has been cycling for about 12 days now and about 4 days ago I started getting brown algae on my sump glass where there light is close to the cheato I know this is normal during the cycle but just want some tips so I don't let it over run my tank I've got none in my DT cuz I'm cycling with the lights off only put it on to see how the tank is doing max 1h a day . Took an old sock of mine and cleaned off the brown slimy algae on the glass but there is still a bit on the sand witch I left alone .
Only keep a sump light on from 6am to 9pm for the cheato .
1 what tips can you guys give me?
2 should I leave my dt light off for now?
3should I clean the glass when I see the algae or just leave it be ?

This is all I can think of for now