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Some tiny creatures living between the detritus in my sump

Posted: October 4th, 2011, 1:30am CDT by LikesFish

Diatom

Diatom and two unknown objects

Unknown animal

Another unknown animal

Nematode

Amphipod

Syllidae worm

Harpacticoid copepod

Flatworm
Seriatopora caliendrum under blue LED's showing the fluorescence

Posted: October 4th, 2011, 1:12am CDT by LikesFish
Frag tank

Posted: October 4th, 2011, 9:15pm CDT by Fishman

So i was gonna build a frag tank this weekend but i thought i'll just help someone clearing the clutter ;) i know someone must be having a tank they need to get rid of. Preferably a 3ft'er. Thanks
My TL550

Posted: October 4th, 2011, 7:16pm CDT by Sxcshady_zn

here are a few pics of my tank, hope the quality is better than the previous pics:blush:
starting a cube

Posted: October 4th, 2011, 7:03pm CDT by luke mac

hi all, i have decided to shut down my current running tank, simply because ive always wanted a cube, and because i was battling to keep this current one to always look good had alot of problems with cyno ect, read some more and more and broke it down to the lights been underated and the skimmer and water current.

I now have bought a 800x800x600 cube, water at 550, i have got a 150w halide 14000k BLV globe, and 4 t5 24w tubes, 3 coral star sylvania and one reef teck.
sump is 700x500x500, with a reefteck ts2 skimmer rated to 600L, a aqua medic nitrate reducer, aqua medic phosphate reactor, and a DIY carbon reactor.
sump has two chambers one for the reactors and skimmer other for LR and then the return pump.

the lighting unit i have made myself, i have bought some good reflectors for the T5s.

please comment as i really like to hear more ppls opinions :thumbup:
tube nennie

Posted: October 4th, 2011, 6:51pm CDT by llandlo

Help my tube nennie has been retracted for a week and when I whent to see if it was still alive it poped out of its tube...and now its settled on sand...BUT it seams to be eating things out of the current?what should I do?
Banggai Cardinal

Posted: October 4th, 2011, 5:59pm CDT by Clarkie

Hi, Does anyone know how to tell the gender of banggai cardinals?. Internet seems sketchy with ways of determinig the gender.
Great customer service

Posted: October 4th, 2011, 4:08pm CDT by mytank

I must be one of the most difficult and @n@l customers, but when it comes to being treated well I don't hesitate to give credit where it's due. @wild on pets has been fantastic to me. I went to NYC for the weekend on my way to some business in other parts of the USA, checking my cell I see a twitter message that they have new stock. I phone Sydney (excuse the spelling if I get it wrong!!!) who owns @wild on pets he knew who I was (I do buy a lot from them) explained what they had and gave advise on what to get.

So I phoned the GF and sent her with a shopping list to @wild on pets. When she got there he was waiting for her and she ended up getting completely the opposite of what I wanted which I totally don't mind :) she did get my mandarin though :) and better corals than I actually chose - the wonders of gfs @wild on pets is honest and often helps me out with the little things which count. Even though I got a million calls from the GF trying to puesuade me to get some stunning SPS (she was sending pics via bbm) Sydney @wild on pets was on the net and in his book making sure I had all the info needed to make the call I needed to make. He understood I was overseas actually on boat and knew that I had no other way to make the call unless I had the info he dug up for me. I even got bbm pic's of the text in the book.

All I got to do is ask him for anything and BANG it happens.

To Sydney, Brin and the @wild on pets crew well done guys you have taken on @n@l customer and made him a loyal @wild on pets customer. I would def recommend @wild on pets to anyone in the community and is my first port of call when I need something. I will drive out to them +- 30km one way just to go see what's available and have a reefing chat with the guys.

Sydney (@wild on pets) still waiting for that iodine test kit though :D
Worm ID

Posted: October 4th, 2011, 3:37pm CDT by crispin

i found this fella in my overflow section, feeding on dead snails...anybody with an id, i sumped him now and he's a good 6-8cm which is a sizeable thing in real life.....

i took him to be a 'fire worm' which i think is just a relative of a bristle worm....i dont play in my sump that often so he can live there and i'll just watch out for him....
[FS]: Frag tank for sale: Randburg

Posted: October 4th, 2011, 1:46pm CDT by teez

Hardware for saleThread title:
Frag tank for sale
Location:
Randburg
Shipping or Collection only:
pick up only
Photo's and description/list of items for sale:
Hi,

My frag tank with stand is up for sale, with plumbing from the outlet only. the tank is made out of 10mm glass.

will take measurements this afternoon.

asking R550.
Notes:
- PM or email if interested.
Clean up for Big Move

Posted: October 4th, 2011, 12:55pm CDT by Big Blue
Location..... Little falls JHB
Collection

Need to clear the following items up as I am relocating , will be shutting down my system soon to.

Junk Yard Sale....

Pls note that I have marked the levels of contents in the bottles with my brightest Pink cutex( on the o/side) for you to see the levels.
I am stating the size of the bottle as a referance, the actual contents is marked.
1. 1kg Activated Carbon....Not used
2. 8kg Tetra Marine Salt..half
3. 250g Advantage Calcium
4. Prodibia..9 Bioptim..9Bio digest
5. Formula One ...4 cubes used
6. Formula Two....3 cubes used
7. Test Kit No3 and NH4/3 not used
8. Aqua Test Box various half used test
9. 500ml Nutrafin Aqua Plus
10. 500ml Alkalin 8.3 kh buffer
11. 500ml Phosphate E
12. 500ml Reef Code A Calcium & Alkalinity
13. 500ml Reef Code B " " " " "
14. Ocean Nutrition bottom tank wafers
15. 30ml Garlic Power
16. 100ml Vitality Vit& Amona Acid Supl
17. Prime Reef Flakes
18. Prime Reef Flakes Full
19. Kent Purple Tech
20. Kalkwasser
21. Raise Caebonates
22. 3 Spirulina Tabs
R750.slighly neg
Help combating cyano

Posted: October 4th, 2011, 12:42pm CDT by SliverZA

I really seem to be battling with cyano at the moment and am not sure what else I can do. I have read nearly all the threads on cyano possible and have tried almost every suggestion. It is growing everywhere, on the substrate, on the rocks and is driving me absolutely nuts. It has basically taken over one of my rocks with yellow polyps and seems to have killed them off :(

My setup is:

DT 700x450x450
Sump 615x325x325

The sump has 3 chambers, bubble magus NAC3 in the first, DSB + Chaeto + Red Bamboo Algae in second, 3rd is return. I have two small reactors (one DIY), one was running PhosGuard and the other is running ammonia removing stones. I have also added an airstone into the sump. In the last 2-3 months I have been changing the PhosGuard every 2nd week.

The setup was purchased from a MASA member so everything was well established. I re-did the DSB as I was worried about die off so this is probably not 100% up and running yet.

The only thing I am dosing right now is MB7, I have reduced my feeding to a small amount of flakes twice a day. I do a 15-20% water change weekly. I also recently bought my own RO unit to ensure the water quality was correct.

I have stopped running my supplement T5's during they day and just have my 20000k 150W MH running for 4 hours. The DSB runs on a reverse cycle with a 24w cool white energy saver (

About 2 weeks ago I basically stripped the tank, brushed and rinsed all of the LR to remove any cyano and siphoned the sand bed to ensure it was clean. My tank was looking great until a couple of days ago when the cyano came back with force.

I added a blue banded goby to try and assist keeping the sand bed clean.

I currently have two Sunsun 3000lph in the DT running off of a wave maker alternating the pumps every 2 min. They are pointed downwards at the moment.

Some questions about the pumps:

1. For my size of tank the Sunsun pumps should be enough but the flow doesn't seem that great. The flow is great close to the pump but seems to fade off quite quickly. If I drop food just above the pump it pushes it about half way across the tank. Do the pumps maybe need replacing?

2. The only way I can get decent flow over the sand is to point the pumps down, I see a lot of recommendations for the pumps to be angled towards the surface of the water. Should I have one pointing up and the other down?

3. Is the wave maker needed or should I just have both pumps running all the time? If so how should I point them?

4. I've noticed the cyano is growing on rocks even where there is strong direct flow, i thought cyano would not grow in a high flow area?

I have considered adding an ATS but am quite limited with space. Does anybody have any other suggestions as I am pulling my hair out here.
prepping reef bones with acid

Posted: October 4th, 2011, 12:42pm CDT by leslie hempel

check this the amount of much that comes out is insane, cleansed with acid

take note of the weights

Chris' Braceless Zeo Reef - Page 3 - zeovit.com
[FS]: Clown surgeonfish: paulshof

Posted: October 4th, 2011, 12:09pm CDT by flamming angel

Fish for saleCommon Name:
Clown surgeonfish
Scientific Name:
Acanthurus lineatus
Size of fish
8 - 10 cm head to tail approx not 100% sure
How long have you had the fish?
About 7 months
Is the fish eating?
yes like a pig
Shipping or Collection only:
collection only
Your location.
paulshof
Price:
R300
Photo's:
Hi Reefers

I am in the process of selling a few of my livestock as they are now to big and i wont be around in December to take care of them.

THe surgeon is a very attractive and beautiful fish. Got him when he was very small and has grown quite alot since then. My tank is just to small and he needs more space. Alot would be very wary when purchasing this fish as it is said that it is very aggressive etc. Since i have him, he has not been aggressive with the other inmates ie. Yellow tang, regal tang, percular clown, firefish etc. But he does need alot of space to swim.

If you keen i need some time to catch him.

Thanks
Sorry abt the pic but his to fast

Notes:
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NASTY little(BIG) guy!! dangerous?

Posted: October 4th, 2011, 11:57am CDT by Furbz

Pretty sure i just pulled one of these out of my tank...

woke up in the night last night and glanced into my tank with a torch...
only to see a worm swimming in the water!!!

this worm is on a guess 30cm long.

and am 90% it is the same as the one in the link below!!
yikes!!!

i'll upload a pic later tonight of my actual worm.

it is definately not a bristle worm

Happy Happy Accident — Choleena DiTullio: 4-foot long, poisonous sea worm found in aquarium
LR in sump vs. DSB

Posted: October 4th, 2011, 11:53am CDT by Furbz

Hi guys.

i have a ton of LR at the moment.

simple question, which is better for filtration? tons of LR or a DSB.

Thanks!
Herbtana

Posted: October 4th, 2011, 9:26am CDT by zak

Any sponsor near Jhb stock Herbtana?
[FS]: various hardware: durban

Posted: October 4th, 2011, 8:27am CDT by OCELLARIS

Hardware for saleThread title:
various hardware
Location:
durban
Shipping or Collection only:
collection only
Photo's and description/list of items for sale:
Reeftek TS1 Skimmer.
2ft drilled DT tank with diy surface skimmer over flow.
150watts heater.
Floating hydrometer and thermometer.
39watts electronic ballast.
250l / h sub pump

R1400 for everything
Notes:
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