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DT cracked!!!

Posted: September 11th, 2011, 12:55am CDT by Theo

Hi all

Came home on Thursday just to find my DT cracked on side panel!!!:eek: Phoned the guy who build my tank and said he will only be back this wednesday and then he'll come round to fix it. The crack is on the side panel, going from the bottom, making a half circle and ending at the bottom again... I've siliconed a piece of glas over it and so far so good.

The problem is this, the DT is 500l, and I haven't got enough bins to put the SW and rocks in to empty the tank so the guy can remove panel to fix it.

Is there anybody in Pretoria area that I can maybe borrow some bins from... Please people, I beg of you.:whistling:

Thanks in advance

Theo...
Agea help needed

Posted: September 11th, 2011, 11:52pm CDT by akhannay

Hello reefers... i have had my tank running for almost a year now. there is no algea in the tank except between some polyps and zoas! now i dont know wht this algea persists and the other algea in the tank disappeared?

My question... how do i remove the algea? i cant brush it off cause it will kill the polyps. Whats the best way to kill this green hair algea, its stunting the growth of my coral as they cannot open fully.

any help will be appreciated... :)
Detritus removal?

Posted: September 11th, 2011, 11:09pm CDT by Fishman

Ive got quite abit of detritus on my sandbed and on the bottom of my sump. Just wondering how u guyz remove this. Ive heard its bad to disturb your sandbed...can anyone clarify this?
Hello

Posted: September 11th, 2011, 9:13pm CDT by Sonnys

Hello! All I just stoped by to check on Albino percula clownfish;to find out if and when they will come to america.
Unbelievable Nano!!!

Posted: September 11th, 2011, 8:55pm CDT by Fishman

This has got to be one of the most amazing nano's ive ever seen! I dare u guyz to try something lyk this...

Justin Parcos 9.9g SPS dominated nanoreef | NanoReefBlog
Help with filtration design please

Posted: September 11th, 2011, 8:30pm CDT by Michael B

Hey folks, please help busy designing a new tank (yea it is that time, time for an upgrade) and the more research I do on filtration the more confused I get LOL.

Tank size will be 1,500mm x 1,200mm x 600mm mixed reef, but SPS dominated. Priorities are a stable system & LNS

1. Live Rock Filtration
Live Rock minimal in display (i.e. just enough)
Live Rock in Sump to supplement minimal LR in display

2. Phosphate Control
Refugium (with reverse lighting) lots of Chaeto only, with a phosphate reactor & dosing Prodibio
OR
NP Pellet reactor (i.e. none of the above as I understand it?)

3. Ca, Mg & Alk Stability (supplemented with a Kalk Stirrer)
Calcium Reactor
Or
Dosing pumps

Also going to have
Carbon Reactor

Please let me know your thoughts on each point & help me make my decision LOL

Thanks in advance

Michael B
Help with fox face please

Posted: September 11th, 2011, 7:24pm CDT by Tremayn

Need some advice

I bought a nice fat fox face today. It was super active and happy in the guys tank. He put it in the bag for me and it went all off colour (thats normal I hear when they are stresses) and it was breathing heavy. I put the bag in a poly box then drove for 30min to home.

I pegged the bag in the sump and saw the fish was laying on its side and still off colour. I took out a small cup of water and put some in. I did this for 2hours every 30min. The fish was still laying on its side and breathing very heavy in the bag.

I put the fish in the tank and it slowly swam down and is now laying on its side at the back of the tank and still breathing heavy.

Is this because of too much stress? Is this normal with a fox face? I know they are a bit odd.. Is there anything I can do?
Aquamedic Pendant: 150w halide + actinics for sale: Sandton

Posted: September 11th, 2011, 6:22pm CDT by Craig
Hardware for salePhoto's are compulsory.
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Thread title:
Aquamedic Pendant: 150w halide + actinics
Location:
Sandton
Shipping or Collection only:
Collection only
Photo's and description/list of items for sale:
Aquamedic Lighting Pendant

1x150w 14k (IIRC) Aquamedic halide - the original bulb the unit came with
2x24w blue Aquamedic actinics - also original bulbs
Self-contained unit

About 4-5 years old. Only used for about 3 months before I disassembled my setup and has been in storage since. Fired it up today to check everything works okay. The unit is in excellent condition.

Asking R1000.

Top:

Bottom:

Actinics (sorry about the photo quality):

Halide just turned on:

Notes:
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600x450x450

Posted: September 11th, 2011, 12:46pm CDT by Robgurr

Howsit,
So my mates have convinced me to start a thread about my tank, I'm more into reading about everyone else's tanks..hahahaha

Anyway, its a fairly new setup...the rock was transfered from another tank of mine and 50% of the water as well so it was pretty much all cycled when I made the change to the new tank which was nice.

Here's a couple of pics