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torch, hammer or frogspawn frags wanted

Posted: November 30th, 2011, 12:04am CST by CarlosFrazao

hi if there is anyone in the centurion area or close by that have torch, hammer or frogspawn frags availible please let me know..

thanks carlos

MH lighting on 100l tank

Posted: November 30th, 2011, 10:10pm CST by rudeboy1

Good Day

Can someone please advise on how high i would need to put a 150w 20000k MH on my 90cm (100l) tank? I would not like to cook my fish and coral! Would it be alright to put on my tank or should i rather stick wit t5's?

Iodine Testing

Posted: November 30th, 2011, 5:31pm CST by pXius

Hey guys/gals,

Tested my Iodine today with a Salifert test kit (New).

I'm a bit freaked out because I'm unable to detect Iodide nor Iodate.

Both tests show up as crystal clear and that includes the 2 part test of iodate. Am I missing something or can it be possible? I changed over to a new tank 2 weeks ago so lots of fresh salt mix went into the system. I have however added quite a few sps pieces and I do have a huge caulerpa farm which I have read could obsorb iodine.

I would have believed the test if I didn't add all the new salt mix about 2 weeks ago but can't believe that it could have been absorbed that fast.

I can't really tell if corals have less colour because my water is a bit cloudy from a biopellet bacterial bloom. My shrimps have beem extra shy though and haven't seen any of them molt in awhile now.

Advice? (Got a bottle of Brightwells Iodine on hand).

Pumps

Posted: November 30th, 2011, 5:29pm CST by Henkie

Hi all sponsors.

I am looking for a pump to run my berlin xl tripple pass skimmer.
a 3000l/h pump or anything that will be the best for this skimmer.

What will the price be if I want it shipped to PE?

Thanks
Henk

Fantastic Service!

Posted: November 30th, 2011, 5:18pm CST by poiromaniax

Everytime i order from Marco, I am amazed at the service, this time especially - so i decided to make a thread to say BIG UP The Waterboy :)

I ordered yesterday via email, and received my shipment around lunchtime today :thumbup:

Now thats what i call speedy service (especially for a company thats based in KZN) Its no wonder you are industry leaders!

ILLUMILUX LED Question

Posted: November 30th, 2011, 4:39pm CST by dallasg

Hi Submariner

i was going to email, but i thought this Q might help a view reefers

I am setting up a 1200x800x500 SPS reef tank, and its going to be 3 sides viewable so the SPS and rock will be in the center of the tank about 700x400 foot print, what is the light dispersal on the ILLUMILUX range, would one ILLUMILUX 1200 be sufficient as the main light across the center of the tank 15cm above or 2 x ILLUMILUX 900 over the center,

thanks

Red Sea speakers coming to Cape Town...

Posted: November 30th, 2011, 3:55pm CST by Perky pets superstore

Hi All.

We have the guys from Red Sea comming over for a visit on Saterday at 1:00
to meet us and have a chat - i put the offer through that we get the Cape Town reef junkies and all others whou want to come and listen and ask a few questions on there products to come join us...

For this to happen i whould like to get a rough count sothat we can get you guys some snacks ( Hallal ofcoarse )and cooldrinks for the chat .

Can i ask @david459b to find out from the reef junkies ?
and any other masa members to pls say if they would like to attend.

Sorry its so late , but a response whould be needed asap.

Many thanks
David

Alternative to a DSB?

Posted: November 30th, 2011, 3:21pm CST by Space Prawn

Hey guys

I've been reading up on DSBs a lot lately.

now from what I understand is that DSBs need quite a bit of surface area to be effective(numbers like 400x500mm min come to mind).

Looking at my stand and proposed cabinet this might not be possible.

Is there an alternative to a DSB that would have the same or nearly the same effect?

Cheers
SP

[FS]: Frag / Shallow tank for sale: Hermanus

Posted: November 30th, 2011, 1:17pm CST by FransSny

Hardware for saleThread title:

Frag / Shallow tank for sale

Location:

Hermanus

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection

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

Guys as mentioned in my thread , this tank is just too shallow to operate as a full reef and thus I am letting it go. (Was planning a frag setup....but the missus will kill me :P

Main Tank : 1600 x 700 x 300 (h) , water level @ 280 mm
Stand +/- 1 mtr high (needs a re paint)
Sump (3 chamber) 1500 x 600 x 550 h

DIY light unit 2 x dual 54 W T5 + 2 x 80 W T5 (globes are just over 7 months, I might have one or two spare)

More pics on my thread : Frans's Ultra Shallow Reef - Page 10 - Marine Aquariums of South Africa

Tank will only be available in about 2 weeks time

Make me a reasonable offer :biggrin:

Notes:

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Tunze Skimmers

Posted: November 30th, 2011, 12:52pm CST by williet

Hi All

I am looking for a secondhand Tunze DOC skimmer rated 1000L and up.... Anyone want to get rid of theirs ????

Please let me know ?

Cheers
Willie

Genral Questions And Discussion

Posted: November 30th, 2011, 9:36am CST by DeanT

Hi all.
i have been part of the forum for some time , and appreciate all the input that goes into the site.
while there is a wealth of info , i feel there is too much for someone to take in as a beginner , and this is the reason i have put this hobby off for so long.

i think too much info , makes people scared ( as i was) and very hesitant to start the hobby.

while many people in the fish hobby realize it is a constant drain on the wallet, together with a whole lot of other problems, i must admit , the forum put the fear of god in me to start , especailly since many people make you think this is rocket science.

i have chatted to many people , while picking up quality second hand equipment , and they all seem to say it isnt that difficult.

so i am on my way to starting my tank , but getting all my hardware and stuff now, getting my tank cycled and then will start with livestock next year.

i have taken good warning , not to be in any rush, at all.

i have many questions , that i have picked up from reading various post the forum , and to find final answers is difficult, as i guess everyone and there setup is unique.

so my first question is - dosing or Reactors.
the reason why i am asking , is that with many large tanks you see on the forum, the setups are with large reactors , co2 bottles and charmers to run , a hundred million different things.

my tank at the moment , is a 1.8m x 70cm x 70 , with 1.5 m sump and eventually this setup will get bigger (obviously).
i wanted to know do you invest in reactors and stirrers , or go , the dosing route and invest in say a profilux doser .
i wanted to know the pros and cons of each method.

thanks in advance to anyone who participates.

New Profilux 3 firmware (Version 5.11)

Posted: November 30th, 2011, 9:30am CST by wouterloosman

Just checked and there is a new firmware (Version 5.11) for the Profilux 3

There is also a new version of the ProfiluxControl (Version 5.1.1.2)software

ProfiLux 3, Version 5.11

- new

- controlling (e.g. of temperature) with dynamic nominal values (affects ProfiLux 3 only)
- flash control for Aqua Illumination lamps optimized
- support for the new VorTech-Controller modes in firmware 1.03 (affects ProfiLux 3 only)
- PAB-communication optimized (affects ProfiLux 3 only)
- support for the new ProfiLux Touch functions in firmware 1.02 (affects ProfiLux 3 only)
- virtual sensors with source sensors which are located in an Expansion Box optimized (affects ProfiLux 3 only)

- known Bugs

- none

- not yet supported

- Webserver: at present only status display, sensor settings and manual operation (affects ProfiLux 3 only)
- PAB-administration over ProfiLuxControl, now only on the device (affects ProfiLux 3 only)

Links:

ProfiLux 3, Version 5.11
ProfiLuxControl, Version 5.1.1.2

Greetz Wouter

33 Gallon Led update

Posted: November 29th, 2011, 5:16am CST by pgibson

Hi all :yeahdude:
I have added some leds that I retro fitted in to my sun pod fixture.

Zoanthid juice in eye

Posted: November 29th, 2011, 12:14am CST by vincentputter

Hey guys! I have bad news! I got squirt by this zoanthid in my eye on Monday and rinced my eye out with water and felt fine untill today (Wednesday). (It's like rubbing chillies in your eye). So In a few minutes I'm gona go to the ER. Ek is nou besig om my gat af te stress! I will keep you guys posted!

zoanthid swop-out!

Posted: November 29th, 2011, 10:42pm CST by Mrabkin

Hey guys,

I've collected about 10 different types zoas from orange to pink, green, blue, silver, lime, rainbow and some with different color centres.. and I have frags!

I'm really into trying to expand my diversity and color spectrum, so I'm appealing to any other zoalovers to do a frag swop with me.

I am not really wanting to trade any currency at all, so am only willing to sell zoas for zoas! It will also be on a shipping only basis.. unless you stay close to knysna! Dont stress because they ship really well via the post office's speed services. I usually ship this WY it absolutely no hassles!

I am truly hunting zoas in the range of yellow, red and blue.

Looking forward to some swopping... woohoo:thumbup:!

[FS]: Tamato Clown: Durban

Posted: November 29th, 2011, 10:33pm CST by Ismail

Fish for saleCommon Name:

Tamato Clown

Scientific Name:

Amphiprion frenatus

Size of fish

about 4.5cm

How long have you had the fish?

4 months

Is the fish eating?

yes, pellets

Shipping or Collection only:

collection

Your location.

Durban

Price:

swap

Photo's:

IMG-20110723-00111.jpg picture by IsmailBayat - Photobucket

Notes:

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[FS]: TL450 For sale: Goodwood Cpt

Posted: November 29th, 2011, 10:16pm CST by Electrician24

Hardware for saleThread title:

TL450 For sale

Location:

Goodwood Cpt

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection only

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

This is a good starter tank for the new Reefers

Selling due to upgrade.
R1000,00

Notes:

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[FS]: Tanks and Various: Woodmead - Johannesburg

Posted: November 29th, 2011, 9:35pm CST by brucehusi

Hardware for saleThread title:

Tanks and Various

Location:

Woodmead - Johannesburg

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection

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

Hi Guys

I have recently moved out of a house and into a smaller place. My tank takes up most of my lounge and therefore I've decided to sell it. I'm keen to sell seperately if the main tank has been sold but otherwise not really.

Anyway if you guys are interested here goes:

R6000 for everything (PM with a good price if you want something seperate!)

Shallow Lagoon Tank
1520(L)x1015(W)x405(H)
The whole tank is 6mm glass and has been re-inforced on the top and sides. The bottom is 2x 6mm glass.
This tank has a thin overflow and very quite.

http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/x...k/_DSC5452.jpg

http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/x...k/_DSC5435.jpg

http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/x...k/_DSC5433.jpg

Then, there's a smaller tank, also 6mm (Quarentine Tank)
800(L)x350(w)x455(H)

http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/x...k/_DSC5472.jpg

Then, there's a 2 foot tank with link (RO Tank)

http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/x...k/_DSC5454.jpg

And a Sump tank (6mm Glass)
1020(L)x415(W)x400(L)

http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/x...k/_DSC5473.jpg

And Various other

Brand new Return pump
http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/x...k/_DSC5467.jpg

Pipes and Fittings

http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/x...k/_DSC5468.jpg

http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/x...k/_DSC5485.jpg

Nets and Water Kit Testers

http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/x..._DSC5462-1.jpg

Crushed Coral and Finer Argonite

http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/x...k/_DSC5469.jpg

Pump
http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/x...k/_DSC5463.jpg

Sealable buckets

http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/x...k/_DSC5470.jpg

and a cyphon

http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/x...k/_DSC5486.jpg

PEACE!

Notes:

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im looking for a tank

Posted: November 29th, 2011, 8:45pm CST by Ismail

Hi there

im looking for a good size tank, nothing too expensive, please let me know asap

Thanks

LED's

Posted: November 29th, 2011, 6:53pm CST by Rossreefer

Hi

Can anyone tell me how many 3w LED's I will need for a tank

1200mm x 600mm x 500mm (LxWxH)

Is this really illegal???

Posted: November 29th, 2011, 5:51pm CST by Henkie

I am busy looking for pumps to run my skimmer and to pump the water back to the DT.

I phone this one store ( not a pet shop ) and the guy told me it is illegal to place pumps under water. :confused1:
The guys solution was to use a small swimming pool pump to pump the water back to the DT.
I guess it was a mistake to tell this to my father as he is now very skeptical.

:please:

So if anyone can shine some light on this issue it will be appreciated ...

Henk

Coral photo to be beaten by a gogga photo

Posted: November 29th, 2011, 5:41pm CST by oceanseeker

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Friday shipment part:2/2

Posted: November 29th, 2011, 4:46pm CST by Oceanson

Hi Reefer's

Part two of Friday's shipment see pics below.

Every weekend we resize any Coral of your choice, good deals made face to face. All Marine fish have a 14 day life garentee. Terms and Conditions apply. Trading hours - Tues - Friday 10am-6pm, Sat-Sun 10am-3pm

Oceanson Aquarium

Triple Five's landing and QT set up phase 1

Posted: November 29th, 2011, 3:45pm CST by Nemos Janitor

I lot of you must be wondering what has happened to our Live Stock landing and handling facility. Well it is progressing very slowly but is well on the road.

The fish handling section consists of 674 small 2 and 3 foot tanks with a water volume of 35000ltr.

The coral section consists of 5 coral beds and 4 QT and landing systems. a total of 10000 ltr

We also have 4 5000ltr porta pools f

or Live Rock curing or seeding.

We also have a 10000ltr porta pool for landing

big stuff like sharks and rays etc.

A few Pic's of the build so far.

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refractometer

Posted: November 29th, 2011, 2:44pm CST by JoeNubee

Hi Guys,

Urgently looking for a refractometer, would be cool if there is someone in cape town selling.

The Disaster Wave Pump!

Posted: November 29th, 2011, 1:57pm CST by brentv

I Purchased a Polario 22000L Wave Pump about a Year and a half ago..
So far this has been my Adventure:

First 2 months of having it Control unit Melted causing major fumes killing a hellova lot of Livestock:dft004:

Supplier replaced with another unit... after a bit of a wait..
This unit was not happy to be alive, went for a week and stopped..

Waited a few months for replacement unit this worked for about 3 months!
....NICE!!!:banghead:

I was fed up with this by now so I asked a friend (Qualified Sparky!) to take a gander and see what's going on in the drive unit and actual pump..
Pump fine, he Reckoned motherboard couldn't handle pump load, tried fixing unit, no luck...
Then took it to a guy that fixes all things electronic and he definately said problem is the small fan that supposed to cool drive unit gets faulty..
Added a new fan resolded motherboard wires... plugged it in and wow
worked perfectly... FOR 5 MINUTES!!!
All in all about 2 years later with a wave pump that has worked for about 5 months!!!
Please tell me someone has had this problem...
And where the hell can I get a good drive unit for this pump:whistling:

150w halogen light for refugium?

Posted: November 29th, 2011, 1:40pm CST by pXius

Pretty much what the title says, I got my hands on a 150W halogen light and mounted it above my refuguim, its very bright and yellow. Got some cheato and caulerpa in there but can't tell weather they are doing ok.

Light has been running about 3 days. Will it work?

ID SPS for my mixed reef.

Posted: November 29th, 2011, 1:29pm CST by pXius

Hey guys, got most of he SPS pieces I want in my reef, just need some scientific ID's along with personal experience with each of these pieces. (Excuse the cellphone shots)

Piece 1.

Piece 2. (has blue tips, can't see on photo)

Piece 3.

Piece 4. (I'm aware of the bleached tips, got it like that this weekend) (Ignore the velvet horn)

Piece 5.

Then there are some plates(green and orange) and a moon(purple and green one). Thats about it in regards to sps.

I've Identified most of them, I think :whistling: but would really like to hear your personal experiences in regards to their care.

Last but not least, found this little bugger nibbling away at one of the colonies. ID?

External T5 ballast

Posted: November 29th, 2011, 1:03pm CST by Zuna

Guys i need an External T5 ballast for a odyssea lighting unit as mine is blown

External T5 ballast

Posted: November 29th, 2011, 1:02pm CST by Zuna

Guys i need an External T5 ballast for a odyssea lighting unit as mine is blown

Name says it all...

Posted: November 29th, 2011, 12:24pm CST by JoeNubee

Hi All, pleased to have discovered this forum. Setting new aquarium from scratch looking for some equipment and advice...:blush:

Things i see...

Posted: November 29th, 2011, 10:55am CST by saaid

Hey peeps, I work in the fishing industry and as the season ends I now see more and more different fish being caught in the net. Sometimes a few weird ones too, I recently saw a tan color fish which was about 8-10mm round/thick but as long as my arm with a mouth probably the length of my forearm.

As of late a lot of Rays and small Sharks came through, probably feeding.

acrylic fish tank

Posted: November 29th, 2011, 9:52am CST by Difficult marine

hi guy
I want to upgrade my fish tank to acrylic. 1200*600*500 (10mm) or 1200*600*600(12mm),any thought or information.
Did anyone have company to make the carylic fish tank in cape town?

Another WhiteSpot Question

Posted: November 29th, 2011, 9:20am CST by mytank

Now and again I notice a spot or two on my purple tang, never really a lot of white spot. I am moving to a new tank much bigger than the current tank.

I was wondering with the moving of the tank is there a way to time the white spot hatching etc and not using the current water to take this as an opportunity to clear white spot out of my tank.

I was planning on using my current substrate but if I have to I will turf that too, as long as I can get rid of the white spot I am happy :)

Thanks for the advise.

Anthias Jumping?

Posted: November 29th, 2011, 9:18am CST by mytank

I came home to find one of my anthias on the floor dead :(, I have been doing some reading and they don't seem to be the jumping type of fish. I know right now the tank is getting crowded and the chromis are acting wierd (think they want to breed) as well as the freeken agressive six line.

I wanted to know:

1. Are Anthias known to jump?
2. Could it be the Chromis or Six Line chasing them that caused him to jump?

Amount of Clowns

Posted: November 29th, 2011, 9:16am CST by mytank

So I am busy setting up my new tank 1.2 x 800 deep and 600 high.

Looking at my stocking for fish, I currently have in my current tank:

x.1 Clown (tank bread 90% black)
x5 Chromis
x1 mandrin
x1 scooter
x1 Lawnmower (obese man he is fat)
x1 Purple tang
x3 Anthias
x1 Six line
x2 blue dot sand sifters

I am looking at adding a Shoal Tang (baby) - on it's way.

x3 or 4 Yellow tangs

I then have an option

either

x2 FULL black clowns

PLUS

x2 Picaso Clowns

OR just the blacks or just the Picasos

I already have the x1 90% tank bread black clown (which is my fav and first fish).

I wanted to know is there a limit to the amount of clowns in the tank? Can I have the five clowns and will they co exist together? I am currently treating the poor clown for being chowed on his fins I suspect either the stupid chromis or the Six line wrass.

Just want to get some advise, I know the Shoal Tang is aggressive but he is going to (hopefully) be a baby and the tank seems to be big enough for all of them.

I would appreciate the advise.

[FS]: PURPLE TANG (MAC aproved): rondebosch east-CT

Posted: November 29th, 2011, 8:19am CST by JsREEFn

Fish for saleCommon Name:

PURPLE TANG (MAC aproved)

Scientific Name:

zebrasomas purple

Size of fish

5cm

How long have you had the fish?

4mnths

Is the fish eating?

healthy eater who devours just about anything

Shipping or Collection only:

collection or shipping cape town only

Your location.

rondebosch east-CT

Price:

1000

Photo's:

Notes:

Sadly I have to part with my purple after just barely getting use to him:(.he needs a new home urgently as I have sold my tank and his currently @ a friends place.I paid R1850 a few months ago and selling for a R1000 as an urgent attempt,his healthy and eats anything, his also fully mac approved:thumbup:.. Please reply to this add in response for more info or contact details

Thanks
Sieraaj:biggrin:

Thin blonde naso tang

Posted: November 28th, 2011, 7:58am CST by Theo

Hello all.
Ive had a beatyfull 18cm magnificent fox fo about 2 months now. Last week Friday I bought a nice blonde naso tang thats about 11cm big.
The blonde doesnt want to eat and is skinny. Now Ive got 2 questions. Firstly can it be because of the foxface? They dont seem to fight and they swim together, but the fox does seem to show signs of dominance over him. Secondly, I feed formula 1 and formula 2 flakes, green and red nori and formula 2 and some other frozen food, in short a huge variety of different foods. What else can I so or give the guy to get him to eat. Please everybody, I really dont want to loose this nice blonde and its been almost a week now. Oh yeh, if someone wants to know, the tank volume is 700l.

Urban Marines just chilling...cool hey?

Posted: November 28th, 2011, 7:44am CST by flappy

Hi Guys and Girls

In conjunction with our friends at Idol Marine,We are proud to offer the following to our Cape Town friends ;)

EVA3 with Controller

R3,990.00

An Introduction
•The EVAporative cooler is a new range of cooling equipment based on evaporation rather than current refrigerative cooling technology.
•The EVO3 displayed uses 13W of power and is rated to cool a 1000l tank under normal inland conditions. This is comparable to a 1 HP chiller which draws 1000W.Cape conditions should perform as well ;)
•The power savings are obvious as are the EVO range’s eco-credentials and major savings to your pocket.
•A 1000W chiller running 12 hours a day costs around R500/month.
•The EVA3 is under R10/month.

Other Benefits.
•Increased dissolved oxygen levels and Redox levels.
•As evaporation is increased, a kalk-stirrer becomes a far more effective dispenser of calcium and alkalinity thus lessening or dispensing with the need for a calcium reactor.
•The cooler can be fully self-controlled as in the display unit or can be externally controlled via an aquarium computer.

Seeking florida ricordea

Posted: November 28th, 2011, 7:21am CST by bensavage

hi all

I'm looking for small to medium sized florida rics for my nano. if any1 propogates or sells pls pm me.

Thanks!

Urgent help needed brown algea getting the better of my polyps

Posted: November 28th, 2011, 10:36pm CST by duanead

Hi there so my tank is covered with brown algea all over the sand and live rock so bad that my polyps on some places doesn't want to open.

So yes I've read about to much nutrients but I've tested my phosphates is at 0.1 and my nitrate at 0.5.
Is that the problem?

2 things I've thought of is I only have a small np reactor with 250ml pellets in for a 600 litre tank is that maybe not enough?

The other thing is when I started the tank I bought live rock from a guy who battled with the same type of algea,did it maybe carry over to mine?

I'm runnig carbon also,any help will be appreciated

Who is "king in your castle"

Posted: November 28th, 2011, 10:06pm CST by Dorrey

Just thought I would share the picture of who is sitting high up on the throne in my tank and seems to be the "king of this castle" :lol: He sits high up in the tank inside a shell i put up just for him. :)

Who said size matters????? Anyone can be king. LOL

Post some pics of who is in charge in your tank, it would be interesting to see.

New Sponsor - Urban Marines

Posted: November 28th, 2011, 8:40pm CST by viper357

Please welcome our new sponsor - Urban Marines

Quote:

Urban Marines specialise in the design, installation and ongoing maintenance of custom made aquariums

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Urban Marines design, install and maintain top end marine aquariums. We have extensive experience in the designing, building, stocking and maintenance of freshwater & saltwater aquariums and living reefs. Our clients include restaurants, hotels, corporate offices as well as numerous private homes. Although based in Cape Town, we have representation in all major centres of South Africa and source fish, coral and liverock from all over the world.

In addition to the supply of liverock, marine fish and corals, we also offer the full range of hardware needed to support your Urban Marine aquarium masterpiece. We believe in setting up your aquarium from the outset correctly so that your fish and corals thrive in the longterm. We put a lot of emphasis on the quarantine of all livestock entering your aquarium so as to prevent complete devastation of your main display through disease outbreaks. Urban Marines has full quarantine facilities to ensure peace of mind for all our clients. If the setup of your tank, i.e. life support system, is done correctly, the outcome in terms of longevity of livestock and aesthetics of your display aquarium is enhanced.

Urban Marines has raised the bar in this industry in terms of professionalism, knowledge and experience. We have over 20 years of aquarium husbandry experience and pride ourselves on maintaining crystal clear water that replicates the natural coral reef environment as well as being able to source rare fish from all over the world, including Hawaii, Christmas Islands, Australia, Mexico, Kenya, Vanuatu, Singapore, amongst others. We will assist in choosing corals or livestock that are compatible and thrive in their new environment. We can advise on starter fish and invertebrates for a new system, and also source unusual and exotic specimens for the more experienced hobbyist.

Although Urban Marines has full quarantine facilities and regularly imports both hardware and livestock, we are not a retail store. We are an aquarium service provider, focused on services that you wont find at large chain pet stores. Every Aquarium system that we install is custom designed for our customers exact needs. We respect your privacy, value your business and will not share your contact information with outside sources.

Visit their website here - Marine Aquariums - design, installation and maintenance of top end marine aquariums

Welcome aboard. :)

Fin Rot

Posted: November 28th, 2011, 8:08pm CST by mytank

Hi all,

My fav fish in the entire tank (my first fish bought by my GF as a present) developed some fin rot. My tank bread 90% black clown ;)

At first I thought it was because he started growing up and hosting in the new torch I added. So thought maybe he was getting nailed by the torch. But it progressively got worse, first the bottom then the top fin(s).

I managed to catch him on Sunday (what a 25min mission) and reallocated him to a my little baby nano that I have had running. He wasn't to pleased yesterday and didn't want to eat, today he mashed anything that I put in the tank so he is back to his normal habits of eating (in the nano this time) once again :thumbup::thumbup:

I have a few questions there for you guys:

1. The little nano (did a 80% water change before I added the little clown) has a sump with filter floss, some LR, some bio balls etc. - Is this ok? The reason I ask is that a lot of the medicine I have been reading about says turn OFF your filtration???

This leads into my second question:

2. If I turn OFF my filtration I have a baby flow pump in the nano and I am told to add some aeration i.e. s air pump. I heard that a air pump in the sump is :thumbup: but a air pump in the MAIN DT (in this case the Nano where the clown is now) is :eek::eek::eek:.

So the question: Can I turn the filtration to the SUMP - OFF add a air pump to the main DT of the nano and keep the flow pump going?

3. I have read about a lot of different medicine and not to keen on destroying my Nano etc in the Nano (it's the clown and a poor lonely hermit crab). I DON'T want to use a copper based treatment if I can actually help it. What are the treatments available for things like fin rot out there?

I would appreciate the help guys as I figure out how to treat the little bugger and get him back to action in the main tank.

Thank you all for the help.

filter socks

Posted: November 28th, 2011, 7:36pm CST by malooda

Hi

Does anyone have filter socks in stock?

Thanks

geni hire

Posted: November 28th, 2011, 3:08pm CST by shaunnorth

Hi all

Coastal Hire rents a 5 kva geni for R190 per day

please ID for me

Posted: November 28th, 2011, 1:01pm CST by shane dewar

please can u ID these these 4 me I found them both at rocky bay

1.Im assuming its a damsel or chromis

its more purple in real life but i couldnt get the colour to come out nicely

thanks

[FS]: T5 39W Lights: Pretoria/Springs

Posted: November 28th, 2011, 11:32am CST by Mr_G

Hardware for saleThread title:

T5 39W Lights

Location:

Pretoria/Springs

Shipping or Collection only:

Both

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

I have 2x T5 39W units, each one has 2x T5 39W Tubes, and ballast and switch, so in total 4 x T5 39W if you put them together, I bought it from Dory Pets, and have since stopped my marine tank due to moving house.

Please make me an offer, as I can vaguely remember what i paid

Notes:

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Return to marine fish tanks.

Posted: November 28th, 2011, 11:06am CST by jades

Hi, I am getting back into the marine hobby after about 10 years, lots of moving around caused that. Now i have finally setup another marine system, it consists of 7 tanks, all plumbed into the sump. One is setup as a quarantine tank. Then others are for livestock. Total quantity is about 500 lt. The protein skimmer is a counter current diy version. I have a 5000 lt/h return pump. Currently all i have are four mollies in the system. Now all i need is to put in some livestock. Can anyone advise me on a good supplier who can ship some nice fish to me. I live in Ladysmith, KZN and there isn't a marine supplier anywhere near here. Thanks for this great forum.

Heres a pic of the system right now. Still setting up the algae scrubber. Everything else is up and running.

[img=http://s9.postimage.org/70jl1cirv/Image2.jpg]

Toadstool leather - sarcophyton in Durban

Posted: November 28th, 2011, 11:01am CST by danimal

Hey guys

Looking for a decent sized sarcophyton frag. Battling to find in the LFS.

Similar to these:

[FS]: various fish and live rock for sale: Dinwiddie, Germiston

Posted: November 28th, 2011, 9:52am CST by Wetty

Fish for saleCommon Name:

various fish and live rock for sale

Scientific Name:

-

Size of fish

Wrasse is +-7cm, Dominos are +-3cm, Blue Damsel is +-5cm

How long have you had the fish?

+- 1.5 years

Is the fish eating?

Fish eat well and without issues, Fish flakes

Shipping or Collection only:

collection

Your location.

Dinwiddie, Germiston

Price:

R1000.00 neg

Photo's:

Sorry but I dont have pics of the fish as they move too quickly for my fonecam. But they are healthy and well fed.

Heres pics of the rock with the green mushrooms on, unfort its quite late and they arnt open as usual, sorry bout the bad quality:

Notes:

Im selling all 5 fish, with the above rock and various other live rock and a small clean up crew, in the aquarium, iv moved and cant carry on with the hobby where I live now, so ill be dismantling my setup and keeping it in storage till a better time. This is a fairly urgent sale and im negotiable with the price. :thumbup:

Looking for a Watchman Goby

Posted: November 28th, 2011, 9:09am CST by pXius

I finally got my hands on a pistol shrimp and I'm now in search of a watchman goby.

Anywhere in Gauteng.

Another tang not eating.

Posted: November 28th, 2011, 8:47am CST by pXius

Got a Naso 2 weeks back and he shows no interest in eating.

I've tried:

Frozen brine
Live brine
Mysis
Squid
Nori - Garlic enriched
Flakes
Pellets - Garlic enriched
And all of the above soaked in Tropic Marin LipoVit

He's grazing rocks but his health is starting to deteriorate rapidly.
Willing to try anything now.

Does Live rock fall last in your budjet!?

Posted: November 27th, 2011, 7:53am CST by finrott

Im interested to know of what level of importance do people think live/dead rock is to you setting up your reef aquarium? Lets say a rating from 1-10.
I think this is a very important topic to discuss for newbies. I find so many people spend thousands on filtration and lighting then take a short cut when acquiring or aquscaping their rock. Also what are peoples thoughts on using Kenya live rock? I personally think it is a tank killer....:020:

Brown jelly

Posted: November 27th, 2011, 10:48pm CST by mytank

What a weekend, woke Saturday to my power hammer with a spot of brown jelly on it. I lost a baby torch my GF bought me as a present about month ago. So I siphoned off as much as I could. Woke up today and bam more brown jelly. I took the coral out after having to dislodge it from its prately putty. Gave it a strong dip for 3 minutes and put it back.

Lets see how it goes this was one of my fav corals :mad: I also had to QT my clown which has been with me since day one he somehow got fin rot. Busy treating him in a QT right now. :mad::mad::mad:

Parameters are perfect other coral and fish are healthy sigh hope its just something temporary!!!!!! :banghead::banghead::banghead:

auto top up unit

Posted: November 27th, 2011, 10:18pm CST by Marine Bart

I'm looking for a top up unit for my sump,due to evapuration

How would you react ?

Posted: November 27th, 2011, 9:39pm CST by Junz

How would you react if someone told you that you have one of the best tanks in the world see below

and then one day you find it looking like this

Lionfish in Florida

Posted: November 27th, 2011, 8:10pm CST by deadmeat2016

I trust everyone has heard about the recent problem Florida has had with invasive lionfish and being such a wonderful aquarium fish, will this drastically drop the price of the fish? jus curious bout opinions.......

Ich and finrot

Posted: November 27th, 2011, 6:01pm CST by vincentputter

Hey guys! Have anyone noticed that local caught fish have an extreme case finrot and ich. I am talking about fish no larger than your hand.

Idol marine !!!!!

Posted: November 27th, 2011, 2:09pm CST by oceans 22

PROUD SUPPORTER OF IDOL MARINE

Hi everyone...

Ive been a marine fan for the past 2 years although ive only had boyu tanks.
Recently ive been thinking about going bigger and i finally decided to build a shallow reef. I knew absolutely nothing about setting up a tank with a sump. I didnt know what equipment to buy, how to set it up, absolutely nothing...

Ive been to quite a bit of marine stores, not only to look for equipment but also to get info on the marine world and how i should go about doing starting this beautiful hobby. Yes a lot of people gave me their advice (which i really appreciate) but i could not have started without the help of my favourite MARINE STORE - IDOL MARINE.

Ive been visiting IDOL MARINE for about 3 months and ive learnt so much from them. Not only are they friendly and welcoming, they are also experts at what they do. Good advice was always passed on with a happy smile even though i wasnt a supporter at the time.

I would recommend IDOL MARINE TO ANYONE and EVERYONE who are or want to be reefers.

ROB and especially LUIS ALVES, from me and your fellow supporters, thank you for all the advice and help.

We really appreciate it

Kia . . .

Friday shipment part:1/2

Posted: November 27th, 2011, 1:34pm CST by Oceanson

Hi Reefer's,

Photos of our new shipment that landed Friday.

See price list below and pictures to follow:

We offer our Reefer's a 14 day life gaurantee on the purchase of any Marine Fish-(T&C"S apply)

50% cash back return on a cash purchase.

2 Acanthurus leucosternon Powder Blue Surgeon R400
1 Acanthurus tennenti Leiutenant Surgeon Fish 11CM R450
2 Ctenochaetus strigosus Yellow Eye Suegeon Fish 10CM R320
3 Zebrasoma Desjardini Red Sea Sailfin Tang R550(L) R250(TINY)
2 Apogon ApogonidesCardilnal Fish R70
1 Odonus niger (SM)Blue Trigger Fish R180
1 Chaetodon auriga<LG>Threadfin Butterfly R350
1 Heniochus acuminatus Pennant Coral fish R280
1 Anampse meleagrides Gem Tang Wrasse SOLD
1 Coris gaimardi Coris Africana R280
2 Gomphosus caeruleus Green Bird Wrasse R380(L) R320(S)
2 Macropharyngodon biparatitus Blue Leopard Wrasse R350
1 Siganus stellatus Fox Face (L) R390
1 Pomocanthus annularis [AD-MD]Blue Ringed Angelfish adult R1200
1 Pomocanthus imperator<JL>Emperor Angelfish R800
6 Pomacentrus melanochir Yellowtail Electric Blue Damsel R90
4 Anthias despa Fairy Basslet R120
12 Anthias squamipinnis FEMALERed Coral Perc R120
2 Meiacanthus Mossambicus Mossambicus BlennyR350
4 Plagiotremus Rhinorhyncus Cleaner Mimic BlennyR420
13 Valenciennea puellaris(S) Sand Shifting Shrimp's Goby R120
10 Ciliopagurus Strigatus Halloween Hermit Crab R140
10 Lysmata amboinensis <LG>Cleaner Shrimp R170
10 Lysmata debelius <M>Fire Shrimp R150
5 Rhynchonetes N Dancing ShrimpR70(L)
7 Stenopus hispidus Boxing Shrimp (JUMBO) R150
2 Stoichactis S (SM)Carpet Anemone White R250
4 Fromla monilis Volcano Star Fish OrangeR280
4 Scatophagus rubifrons (M) Ceylon Leopard R180
1 Zebrasoma xanthurus (L)Purple Tang R1800
1 Pomocanthus imperator <AD>Emperor Angelfish (yellow Tail) R1200
2 Pseudochromis FlavivertexSunrise Dotty Back [MD] R600
2 Doryrhamphus ExcisusBluestripe Pipefish [LG) R420
60 Trochus SppTiger Turbo Grazer R40
1 UNICORN SURGEON R380
2 SOCIAL FIRAY WARSSER R240
1 GOLDEN HAWKER FISH R240
1 BLUE FINNED ANGEL R460
1 LONGNOSE BUTTERFLY R450
1 SOHAL TANG R1800
1 ARABIAN ANGLE R1600
1 LIPSTICK NASO (14CM) R1000
1 YELLOW TANG R650
2 BICOLOR BLENNY R120
1 CLARKI CLOWN FISH R180
1 PERCULA CLOWN R380
4 BLACK & WHITE CLOWN(A GRADE) R450
4 WHITE TAIL CLOWN R250
2 MISBAR PERCULA CLOWN R450
2 RED STAR FISH R240
3 OCELARIS CLOWN (WILE) R90
1 BLUE Carpet Anemone R1400
5 Green Floursent Carpet Anemone R600

Every weekend we resize any corals of your choice!!!
Good deals made face to face..:thumbup:

Trading Hours are as follows:
Monday-CLOSED
Tues - Fri 10pm - 6pm
Sat - Sun 10pm - 3pm

We are situated in Montague Gardens,
Montague Drive the first right turn into 1st Street.

OCEANSON AQUARIUM

[FS]: Tanks and stands : Middelburg

Posted: November 27th, 2011, 1:01pm CST by Tobes

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

Tanks and stands

Location:

Middelburg

Shipping or Collection only:

Both

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

Decided to advertise these again, not going to use it.

2 x 4ft tanks with double galvanised stand to be used as a shop tank or breeding setup, etc. - 1200L x 600W x 460H with corner overflow, 10mm glass. Only used for two months.

double setup - R2500 neg
split - R1000 per tank and R500 for stand

Also got this corner tank with sump. Long sides are 800mm. Shallow tank, 350mm high.

R1500

Notes:

-

Cannister filter

Posted: November 27th, 2011, 11:12am CST by Fishman

Hi guyz. Im looking for a cannister filter for a planted tank, must be in good condition.

Royal Grammar Wanted Cape Town

Posted: November 27th, 2011, 11:05am CST by MerlinT

Hi Guys
I am looking for a Royal Grammar in Cape Town. If anyone has has one to sell or know of any shops in Cape Town who have them in stock please let me know.
Thanks
M
;)

tamato clown and butterfly

Posted: November 27th, 2011, 10:18am CST by Ismail

are these fine to keep together?

IMG-20111126-01128.jpg picture by IsmailBayat - Photobucket

ID needed

Posted: November 27th, 2011, 10:04am CST by Ismail

IMG-20111126-01126.jpg picture by IsmailBayat - Photobucket

IMG-20111126-01124.jpg picture by IsmailBayat - Photobucket

Permalink for 'Marine_Aquariums_of_South_Africa/2011/11/27/Mr'

Mr

Posted: November 27th, 2011, 8:35am CST by Eldo

Hi there, Can anyone tell me where I can get hold of " Chaeto" algae for my tank. Live in Stillbay ( near Mosselbay ) Will send courier to collect. Tnk size is 2500l. Regards
DuPreez

clean up crew on sunday

Posted: November 26th, 2011, 7:05am CST by Philip.Cloete

Hi all just added arragonite and the cloudiness is gone so want to add a clean up crew before algue start growing and debris start acumilating my only off day is sundays so where can I get a clean up crew on a sunday dorrys dont have...I am willing to travel anywhere around gauteng

water testing

Posted: November 26th, 2011, 9:28pm CST by shaunnorth

hi all

I did some tests on my tank tonite

ph 8.3
KH 6
ca 460
ph4 0

1 does this mean that my tanks is muturing now
2 i still have quite alote of ditoms
3 there is lots of coraline algee growinf on the back of the tank as well on the rocks

Green hornet zoanthids

Posted: November 26th, 2011, 9:14pm CST by vincentputter

Hey guys! I would like to know if there are green hornet zoanthids growing on the KZN's coast line. The reason I am asking is because I found something like this (Pic below) on Toti beach, but its mouth is green with much more tentacles and only the tips are green. I will try to post a proper pic of them tomorrow.

some advice please

Posted: November 26th, 2011, 2:09pm CST by oceans 22

Hi everyone... Just some ideas runnin around in my head... I have odyssea t5 lighing at the moment... I know its not the best but i was just wondering what fish and anemones would actually show a good glowing colour using that light.. My tank is only 650x450x350H...

New Marines In Stock NOW!!

Posted: November 26th, 2011, 1:29pm CST by Elite Aquatics

Ocellaris Clowns
Blue Damsels
Y.T.B Damsels
Domino Damsels
Allardi Clown Pair
True Percula Clown Pair
Gold Band Maroon Clowns
Tomato Clowns
Blue Green Chromis
Strawberry Dottybacks

Starry Blennies
Okinawa yellow Gobies
Fire Gobies
Orange Spotted Gobies
Pink Spotted Watchman Gobies
Scooter Blennies

Coral Beauties
Rusty Angels
Multibar Angels
Lamarks Angels
Majestic Angels
Blue Face Angels
Xl Blue Line Angel
Copper Band Butterflies

Regal Tangs (m) (l)
Unicorn Tangs
Yellow Tangs
XXL Sohal Tang
Sailfin Tangs
Scopas Tangs
Purple Tangs
One Spot Foxface
Iranian Chocolate Tangs
Convict Tangs

Long Horned Cow fish
Tussel Filefish
Picasso Triggers XS
Nigger Triggers M
Undulate Triggers

Panther Groupers
V Tail Red Grouper
Red Coral Grouper
Volitans Lions

Emerald Mithrax Crabs
Yellow Arrow Crabs
Green Fan Worms
Red Fan Worms
Dwarf Zebra Leg Hermits
Dwarf Red Leg Hermits
Jumbo Blue Hermits
Porcelain Crabs
Peacock Mantis Shrimps (sml) (XXL)
Mini Maxi Anemones
Jumbo Tube Anemones
Boxing Shrimps

And Loads of Great Looking Corals!!!!
Steve :thumbup:

Aqua-Scaping: is it worth the effort

Posted: November 26th, 2011, 12:01pm CST by dallasg

so while i have been building my new tank and thinking about how i am going to scape a 3 side viewable SPS reef i thought to my self, is it worth the effort???

my view is a pile of rocks with good flow through it would suffice since the ultimate goal is to have your corals grow crazy and cover everything

Reef Sand...any better..?

Posted: November 26th, 2011, 11:56am CST by belindamotion

Can someone please comment on these "types" of "sand" ...are they any better than what we currently have or is there no real difference...just a "general discussion"...not all of them, but some of the smaller grain sand and the Bio-Active Live Sand...I'm asking about the quality of the Sand and not the fact that you can add Fish with no waiting period...I still personally wouldn't do it...
Reef Sand Bio-Activ Live™ Aragonite - No Waiting...Just Add Fish!®

70 - 150w mh

Posted: November 25th, 2011, 12:25am CST by MavrickFDT

I am looking for a 70 - 150W mh unit, but only the Metal halide..

Aqua Illumination LED

Posted: November 25th, 2011, 9:31pm CST by Nemos Janitor

The AI Sol Blue LED is on it's way to SA.

Are they any good? Well check out this PFK artical.

David Saxby to light his reef tank with LEDs | News | Practical Fishkeeping

Hi everyone

Posted: November 25th, 2011, 9:04pm CST by Jake

Hey everyone im jake , i bought a bayu marine tank 6 months ago and stocked it with live rock and only added fish last week, 2 nemo's and one blue fishy with a yellow tail...

I as of yet have not put in any corrals but am looking to start soon, just a bit to expensive atm and i dont know wich corrals will be good for the size and fish i have.

Cant wait to add some shrimp lol they look so cool specialy the fire ones.

Any advice and help is more than welcome:)

Will post some pics soon!

Starting Up

Posted: November 25th, 2011, 9:00pm CST by Dave F

Please can you advise me, aragonite or playsand? And is it imperative to have a DSB? What about running with bio balls and filter wool?

:yeahdude:

Aragonite - Almost there

Posted: November 25th, 2011, 8:57pm CST by Dave F

Hi GuyI am very close to getting my tank set up. I have almost all of the hardware. I am looking for 25 kg aragonite. If anyone has some at a reasonable price please let me know.

:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

What glue to use to fix my skimmer?

Posted: November 25th, 2011, 7:34pm CST by erratiC

Hey all,

I bought a Reef Octo OCTX-160 from a fellow reefer but thanks to sapo it came to me with a broken "leg". What glue do you suggest I use to fix it? I took it to Maizeys today but they have no idea what it is.

To top it off, I dropped the lid and broke a chunk of it off - Maizeys sold me some stuff called "Tensol no. 12" to fix it. Anybody know if it's reef-friendly?

They said that I shouldn't use it on the leg as it wouldn't work and that I'd be wasting my time if I tried....

Anybody have any better ideas?

new diy build

Posted: November 25th, 2011, 6:29pm CST by raflo

Hi Reefers

so my current tank is getting too small for my liking.thinking of getting somthing a bit bigger.

planning on building a 1500x600x600 rimless reef.

need some advice though,can i use toughend glass 10mm for this build?

any help app....
thnx

Vote! & Win a Camera

Posted: November 25th, 2011, 5:36pm CST by oceanseeker

Greetings All

Ive had the good fortune of my image being selected as a finalist for the Canon South Africa 2011 Photo Competition.

If you like the Image of my Green Bubble Coral, please Vote with an 'I Like' on the Facebook link and stand a chance to win a grand prize from Canon South Africa for your self

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Thanks in Advance and dont forget to pass it onto your friends. Are you seriously going to let a pic of a bug beat the Bubble Coral :045:

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Samsung GALAXY TAB 10.1V Cover - R200

Posted: November 25th, 2011, 4:16pm CST by zayd

Samsung GALAXY TAB 10.1V GT-P7100 | Capdase Soft Jacket Cover

-Ultra slim and custom-fit, with open-face design for easy operation
-Protection against dust, dirt & scratches
-Easy access to all controls & buttons
-Includes screen cover & movie stand

R200 - collection or shipping for buyer account

sea hare

Posted: November 25th, 2011, 12:04pm CST by malooda

hi

im in need of a sea hare asap please

thanks

aus marine protection

Posted: November 25th, 2011, 10:26am CST by shaunnorth

http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/A...zBgZctA.google

Live rock

Posted: November 25th, 2011, 10:04am CST by Albert Terego

Good day,

I am based in Johannesburg (Randburg).

Please could all sponsors in the JHB area let me know what stocks of live rock they have in currently and cost. I am looking for around 8kg, nice shapes.

I do not have time to travel around looking and wasting time.

Thanks,
Al

Algea Scrubber

Posted: November 25th, 2011, 9:59am CST by Rossreefer

Hi,

Can anyone tell me how to make a very basic scrubber.

Please not too technical.

Thanks

Black Silicone Bulk Order

Posted: November 25th, 2011, 9:27am CST by Hammerhead

Hi,

Having failed in trying to locate DB Aqua Black Silicone I was thinking of purchasing box of 25, I would like to know if anyone is keen on taking a few tubes of my hands as I require about 4 only, preferably in the Durban area. Price on a tube is R 44.46 if any one is intrested.

Epic Fail Tank Thread

Posted: November 25th, 2011, 8:59am CST by leslie hempel

I came across this thread on RC and thought i would start a thread the same here.

Epic Fail Tank Thread

I think it can be constructive for people to see what is not considered to be a good reef setup. filtration and scaping taken into consideration..

please post your experiences and photos if you have..

It's a break out!!!!! ... Of...???

Posted: November 24th, 2011, 10:23pm CST by Christy

Hello MASA...

Tonight, with no warning, there has been an explosion of flowering... My algae [what kind is it?] ... which I've been struggling to find a clean up crew to devour has suddenly bloomed.

Is this a problem?? What should I do??

Help Please!!

... and as a general update...

Samsung galaxy s2 i9100 or BB bold touch 9900

Posted: November 24th, 2011, 9:48pm CST by Falcon

Hey guys anyone interested in buying a samsung galaxy s2 or even a blackberry bold touch 9900?need some cash so willing to let them go quite cheap.

R4300 for the galaxy s2 which is BRAND NEW with stickers etc still on and R4500 for the bold 9900 but thats been used a few weeks by myself so not brand new but still like new condition,no scratches on screen or front of phone...the back has a few very very fine scuffs as its gets when you put it on a desk.

if you need pics ill post em tommorrow let me know.....

My new ATS

Posted: November 24th, 2011, 8:50pm CST by herkie

I have not been using a ATS since my sump rebuild and I miss it dearly every time I have to clean the tank so I have decided to build a new ATS that will grow more algae and one that will also be more user friendly.

The main body in place

The empty light holders

The body from another angle

My own littles piece of the ocean in my home

Posted: November 24th, 2011, 8:24pm CST by bulletproof

Howzit fellow reefers
I have been hiding my little piece of the ocean from everyone for the last 10 months and now I feel its time to share it with all of the other reefers out there.
Let me tell you a little bit about my Marine Aquarium
Its a Aquaria AABZ2000 complete Marine Aquarium
Aquarium size 2.000m long x 0.600 wide x 0.820 deep
Sump size 1.260m long x 0.400 wide x 0.420 deep
Total Lt of water in Aquarium 1200Lt
1 x Return Pump Aquaria AWA6500 6500 Litres per hour
1 x Aquaria APS-03-S2900-CI Skimmer with Sicce pump
2 x Aquaria AHA300w Heaters
2 x Seio 10000 Litres per Hour prop pumps
1 x Seio Controller
1 x Intelligent Controller
8 x T5 3 Foot
200 x Kgs Kenya live rock
40kgs White aragonite
Set up on NSW
Products used for Maintenance:
Aquaria Coral Reef salt
Aquaria Marine RO Unit For top-ups
Aquaria Ammonia Stones
Aquaria Carbon
Aquaria Kalkwasser
Aquaria Calcium Flakes
Species in My Aquaria 2m Aquarium:
1 x Royal Dottyback - Pseudochromis Paccagnelae
3 x Percula Clownfish - Amphiprion Percula
2 x Mandarin Fish - Pterosynchiropus Splendidus
1 x Regal Tang T rueBlue Surgeonfish - Paracanthurus Hepatus
4 x Yellow Tangs - Zebrasoma Flavescens
1 x Jumping Bean Centropyge acanthops
6 x Goldie - Antheas Squipmines
4 x Fire Blennie Nemateleotris Magnigica
1 x Radium Gobie Valanciennea Strigata
5 x Blue-green Cromis - Chromis viridis
1 x Midas Blenny - Ecsenius Midas
2 x Cleaner Shrimp - Lysmata Amboinensis
5 x Rose/Corn/Bulb Anemone - Entacmaea Quadricolor
1 x Feather Duster Pink / White - Bispira Guinensis
1 x Feather Duster Brown / White - Sabellastarte Spectabilis.
1 x Pimple Metallic Mushrooms Green - Ricordea Yuma Green
1 x Giant Cup 4 Leaf Green - Rhodactis Rhodostoma
1 x Giant Cup (True Elephant Ear) (L/XL) - Amplexidiscus Fenestrafer
1 x Blue/Purple Mushrooms - Discosoma Sp. Blue/Purple
1 x Cauliflower Orange Spines - Dendronephthya Sp.
1 x Green Colonial Polyps - Zoanthus Sp. Green
1 x Swollen Brain Coral Colour (Green) - Blastomussa wellsi
1 x Elegant Coral Purple Tip - Catalaphyllia Jardinei
1 x Octopus Coral Green - Euphyllia Divisa
1 x Crusanemons Brown - Zoantharia
1 x Pumping Xenia - Xenia Sp.Pumping
1 x Yellow Corn flour Leather Sinularia
3 x Kenya Tree - Lemnalia/Neospongoides
1 x Pin Cushion - Sarcophyton Alcyonidae
1 x Cornflour Sinularia/Leather Short Finger Coral - Sinularia Brassica
1 x Phospor Cespitularia Colt - Cespitularia
1 x Red Metallic Dented Brain Coral - Symphyllia Sp.
1 x Fox Coral Green - Nemenzophyllia Turbida
1 x Green Bubble Coral - Plerogyra Sinuosa
1 x Sun Coral Red/Yellow -Tubastrea Faulkneri
1 x Frogspawn Coral - Euphyllia Divisa
1 x White Bubble Coral - Plerogyra Sinuosa
1 x Red Starfish - Fromia Indica
1 x Clam Metallic Blue/Purple - Tridacna Maxima
1 x Clam Metallic Brown/Purple - Tridacna Maxima

Now reefers like we all know this hobbie demands patients and as you know it all takes time to reach perfection.
Setting up my Aquaria 2m Aquarium

Unpacked the boxes and there we go. What an awesome looking Aquarium

What makes this Aquarium so nice is the neat finishes and the complete idea of a plug and play system is so user friendly.

Had to do a test to make sure there was no leaks as didnt want to set up in the house only to find a leak or two..but no problems found 100% in order time to move it to the lounge and start setting uplots of work and time went into the setting up and the Aqua scapeing of my Aquarium
And here was the result
now see how nice it fits in , got to say it again its really nicely finished.
Here is a quick peep at the filtration in my Aquaria 2m Aquarium

And my Aqua Scapeing
well now it was time to start waiting and deciding what to put inhmm decisions decisions.
Anyway reefers so I ran the system as I should and waited for the cycle to passwent through all the different stages and Im happy to now show you all the result of doing things properly and with care and not forgetting using a really nice plug and play system.AND DONT FORGET This Hobby demands patienceand a lot of it.

Cape Town Reefers

Posted: November 24th, 2011, 7:41pm CST by Aquaria-SA

Hey there MASA Reefers:)
Well we would like to advise all the Cape Town Reefers out there we have just sent stock to our new Cape Town offices and our offices will be fully operational from the 1st December 2011:1:…..so Cape Town reefers we can now offer all the LPS in your area our fantastic range as well as a great back up on our range…. Keep your eyes open for our products in the LPS and please feel free to contact my offices in Cape Town or me directly via email should there be a item of our range that you are looking for that your LPS may not have in stock as yet. cpt@aquaria-sa.co.za or lawrence@aquaria-sa.co.za
Regards
:thumbup:The Aquaria Team:thumbup:

thought we would share some pic's of us loading the freight liner...

NEW 4ft TANK

Posted: November 24th, 2011, 7:35pm CST by raytone

Hallo all reefers. I deside to upgrade so here it is. Still busy building the sump but here is a few photo's of the DT.Any advise?Pictures will follow of the sump.

Temperature for local specimens

Posted: November 24th, 2011, 6:06pm CST by vincentputter

Hey guys! I'd like 2 know If I need a heater for local specimens in Durban. I collect all my specimens locally here in Durban/Amanzimtoti. My Pico reef's temperature fluctuates between 22C-24C, but is mostly at 24C. I fear that If I increase the temperature I might kill all my coral, macroalgae, zoanthids etc. Any advice will be sufficient.

Co2 refill

Posted: November 24th, 2011, 3:08pm CST by Hermanus

Can you use any co2? To refill your bottle? I want to refill it where thy refill the Co2 bottles for wielding. That is the only co2 in Harrismith.

[FS]: Last Items to Sell : Boksburg - Gauteng

Posted: November 24th, 2011, 2:43pm CST by Michael B

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

Last Items to Sell

Location:

Boksburg - Gauteng

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection

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

List of the last items to sell

> Dymax 150watt MH lamp (20,000k bulb) - R750.00 SOLD
> 3 Foot QT tank with lid, light & metal stand - R200 (in the back left corner of picture) SOLD
> 80L Rimless Nano with sump - R250 SOLD
> 100L Nano, with 4x T5 lights and skimmer - R750 SOLD
> 250L Water Container - R250

Notes:

michaelb@restonicsa.co.za

Stuff for sale.

Posted: November 24th, 2011, 1:56pm CST by Triton

Stuff for sale.

2 x Aquarium Canister Filters for Sale..

Via Aqua 750 Canister Filter
1200 Liters per Hour (315 gph)

Via Aqua 650 Canister Filter
1000 Liters per Hour (270 gph)

Reef octopus overflow box for sale as i have upgraded my current system.

The overflowbox is 8 months old and is in perfect condition.

New shipment land 2mor

Posted: November 24th, 2011, 1:46pm CST by Oceanson

Hi Reefer's,

Our New Shipment from New shipment lands 2mor

We offer our Reefer's a 14 day life gaurantee on the purchase of any Marine Fish-(T&C"S apply)

50% cash back return on a cash purchase.

2 Acanthurus leucosternon<SM>Powder Blue Surgeon
1 Acanthurus tennenti (SM)Leiutenant Surgeon Fish
2 Ctenochaetus strigosus (SM)Yellow Eye Suegeon Fish
3 Zebrasoma Desjardini (SM)Red Sea Sailfin Tang
2 Apogon ApogonidesCardilnal Fish
1 Odonus niger (SM)Blue Trigger Fish
1 Chaetodon auriga<LG>Threadfin Butterfly
1 Heniochus acuminatus <SM>Pennant Coral fish
1 Anampse meleagridesGem Tang Wrasse
1 Coris gaimardi <LG>Coris Africana
2 Gomphosus caeruleus(MD)Green Bird Wrasse
2 Macropharyngodon biparatitus <SM>Male Wrasse
1 Siganus stellatusHoney comb Spinefoot SM/MD
1 Pomocanthus annularis [AD-MD]Blue Ringed Angelfish (4''-5'')Inch
1 Pomocanthus imperator<JL>Emperor Angelfish
6 Pomacentrus melanochirYellowtail Electric Blue Damsel
4 Anthias despaFairy Basslet
12 Anthias squamipinnis FEMALERed Coral Perc
2 Meiacanthus Mossambicus [SM]Mossambicus Blenny
4 Plagiotremus RhinorhyncusCleaner Mimic Blenny
13 Valenciennea puellaris(SM)Sand Shifting Shrimp's Goby
10 Ciliopagurus StrigatusHalloween Hermit Crab
10 Lysmata amboinensis <LG>Cleaner Shrimp
10 Lysmata debelius <SM>Fire Shrimp
5 Rhynchonetes NDancing Shrimp
7 Stenopus hispidusBoxing Shrimp
6 Stoichactis S (SM)Carpet Anemone White
4 Fromla monilisVolcano Star Fish Orange
4 Scatophagus rubifrons <LG>Ceylon Leopard
1 Pseudochromis porphyreusStrawberry Pseudochromis
1 Zebrasoma xanthurus (3")Purple Tang
1 Pomocanthus imperator <AD>Emperor Angelfish (Orenge Tail)
2 Pseudochromis FlavivertexSunrise Dotty Back [MD]
2 Caulerpa Sp.Caulerpa
2 Algae SpGreen Money Algae
2 Doryrhamphus ExcisusBluestripe Pipefish [LG
60 Trochus SppTiger Turbo Grazer
1 UNICORN SURGEON2 SOCIAL FIRAY WARSSE
1 GOLDEN HAWKER FISH
1 BLUE FINNED ANGEL
1 LONGNOSE BUTTERFLY
1 SOHAL TANG
1 ARABIAN ANGLE1 LIPSTICK NASO (14CM)
1 YELLOW TANG
2 BICOLOR BLENNY
1 CLARKI CLOWN FISH
1 PERCULA CLOWN
4 BLACK & WHITE CLOWN(A GRADE)
4 WHITE TAIL CLOWN
2 MISBAR PERCULA CLOWN
2 RED STAR FISH
3 OCELARIS CLOWN (WILE)
1 BLUE Carpet Anemone

Every weekend we resize any corals of your choice!!!
Good deals made face to face..:thumbup:

Trading Hours are as follows:
Monday-CLOSED
Tues - Fri 10pm - 6pm
Sat - Sun 10pm - 3pm

We are situated in Montague Gardens,
Montague Drive the first right turn into 1st Street.

OCEANSON AQUARIUM

my 400L Reef tank

Posted: November 24th, 2011, 1:35pm CST by shaunnorth

Pics to follow shortly

Jebo r338

Posted: November 24th, 2011, 12:25pm CST by Hammerhead

Hi,

On a recent visit to a local hardware I saw this Tank available at the fraction of the price availbale @ a lfs.

Are there any mods available for this tank i.t.o lighting, plumbing etc.

I plan on buying one for the office for a FWT as this is what they are designed for, however I would like to buy one for myself if they can be used as a marine tank, provided the lighting can be modded to house zoas n shrooms, if additional filtration is required i could try and plumb a mini sump behind it. I hold aboutl 40lt of water.

Any one currently using these tanks for nanos.

36 Watt Power Compact Bulbs for JBJ nano Cubes

Posted: November 24th, 2011, 11:00am CST by WarrenElvis

Hi all,

Just to help anyone who has a jbj nano cube. I have been battling recently to purchase my 36W Compact 50/50 blue/White bulbs for my Nano 24G from the LFS, so after some searching came across JBJ USA and they were able to send me two from crazy price of $19,79 each and shipping was $8.99, took about 15 working days. Normally prefer to support LFS but being in Durban none of them had any, and phoned a few others in Joburg and some said they were not getting them in, so had to resort to looking elsewhere. Here is link : 36 Watt Power Compact Bulbs .

They also are able to upgrade you lighting if need be, and sell other replacement parts.

Anyway hopes this helps those in need:yeahdude:

Wanted : Lighting Unit

Posted: November 24th, 2011, 10:44am CST by Triton

Hi guys,

Im desperately looking for a Metal Halide and T5 Combo unit at a good price.
Can anyone help?

2x250watt Metal Halide fittings
4xT5 54w fittings

I have a 600L tank and its 800 deep.. so need strong lighting.

fluffy shroom lifting her skirt...

Posted: November 24th, 2011, 8:52am CST by pXius

Why?

first time mariner

Posted: November 23rd, 2011, 10:53pm CST by Goolam

Hi everyone! Glad to become a member of your community. Just starting up a new marine tank and hoping to gain much from your invaluable advice. This forum is very informative and educational to beginners like myself. Hope we become informed like yourselves so that we could assist others in realizing their hobby.

[FS]: LR with assorted mushrooms for sale: Cape Town

Posted: November 23rd, 2011, 10:49pm CST by Len

Single Coral for saleCommon Name:

LR with assorted mushrooms

Scientific Name:

Corallimorphs

Size of coral

LR about 18cm x 12cm with +- 20 mushrooms

How long have you had the coral?

3 months

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection only, can also drop off in Cape Town area

Your location.

Cape Town

Price:

R150

Photo's:

Notes:

I have ran out of space and need to sell my rock full of mushrooms.

It is a flat LR slab, about 18cm long and 12 at its widest point with a selection of different mushrooms on it.

You will also get quite a few micro brittle stars that lives on it.

Happy to swap for selected frags.

No6 Hitchhiker Goniopora?

Posted: November 23rd, 2011, 9:59pm CST by Len

Is it posible to get a hitchhiker Goniopora?

Best pick I can get, it is encrusting with a hard skeleton. Small tubes with "flower" heads. To small to count the tentacles.

Started as a speck, now about a 50c size at its base and has formed a small dome.

Frags For Sale Durban

Posted: November 23rd, 2011, 9:22pm CST by Rowan619

Hi guys in looking for coral frags in Durban
Please let me know if you have any and prices please

Thank You

crayfish,abalone and oyster crisis

Posted: November 23rd, 2011, 7:40pm CST by Charl_Stanhope

Hey guys

We recently received this crayfish,abalone and oyster tank from one of our suppliers. The problem is that it looked o.k for a month or 2 but is now looking terrible and is a sight for sore eyes. I originally wanted nothing to do with it but am now forced to intervene.

its around 2.2m in length, 600mm wide and 600mm deep but sloping to around 350mm.
its designed to be shallower on the one end so the oyster will be easier to reach. One problem,we sell like 200+ oysters and loads of crayfish over a weekend so there are loads of hands in and out the tank.

Heres some posts of what this ugly thing looks like. It could be quite a fun challenge to get this thing looking like something. :thumbup:

What the tank looks like. Those ugly fake corals came as an added bonus.:lol: That is a big artificial dead rock(doubt it has had any live on it when it was added). That sock is for the water coming out of the skimmer and I want to change it to catch the gunk that comes out of the overflow,and believe me crayfish are messy and I think oysters are even worst. We dont feed the tank at all.There is a big spunge that collects crap from the overflow(want to add a sock instead of the spunge). the return to the chiller is 2500 l/h.

This is just to show how the tank slopes

Spray bar(if you can call it that) returns water back to the tank. It causes alot of salt creep though.

this is where we put our oyster.its normally full but they didnt look very appetising in a tank full of algae.

pic of bottom of skimmer

main sump chamber. Return pump is rated for 4800l.skimmer is rated for unknow litres as theres nothing written on skimmer.

big black spunge collect nutrients,:whistling:

and dirty bio balls.

Shiny finger coral

Posted: November 23rd, 2011, 6:30pm CST by Charl_Stanhope

Hey guys.

Ive been looking on the net for answers but cant get a conclusive answer.

My finger coral has got a shiny layer over it. I have found that it might be stress,to much flow,too little flow,that it does it to protect itself or that its growing.

Hopefully you guys can tell me if it is something to worry about.

here some pics of what it looks like

thanks

Identification Help

Posted: November 23rd, 2011, 6:05pm CST by Beachcomber

Can Anybody ID this Anemone for me From Agulhas area

Greetings

Posted: November 23rd, 2011, 5:03pm CST by Beachcomber

I am a Marine guide in the Agulhas region I don't have a tank but spend most days in rock pools identifying marine organisms, i only came across this site trying to identify an Anemone.
Regards.. :)

Transkei trip

Posted: November 23rd, 2011, 4:17pm CST by Tim S

Hi all,

I'm going on my long awaited return trip to the Transkei coast in December. Staying at the Anchorage and White Clay. As I'm making the trip from Cape Town, I'd like to make it as worth worth while as possible and visit as many cool spots as possible. So if anyone knows of a good spot or 5 to snorkel for specimens, I'd appreciate some info.

Thanks,
Tim

Landu's Pride & Joy

Posted: November 23rd, 2011, 3:16pm CST by Landu

So after 3 years in the hobby i finally got the tank i've always wanted...After doing a mojar Marine Roadtrip this past weekend, i have all equip i wanted, thanks to all the sellers ;)

New System will be Full Reef mostly softie dominated and LSP as i like the movement... couple of tangs and some small fish to just keep it balanced.

New Display Tank Dimension :
120cm x 60cm x 70cm high black silicone, slim overflow (apparently built by Idol Marine?)

Sump with 3 chambers: 1st custom mechanical filter container into bio rock mix and cheato , 2nd skimmer,carbon and purigen, return chamber....forth chamber on side for top up RO water....

Newer model TS3 skimmer with original pump, works like a beast!

Aqua Medic Lighting Pendant with 1 x 250W MH and 2 x T5 Actinics suspended roughly 20cm above waterlevel

About 60kg mixed liverock in DT and 10kg in sump...

Keep the advice rolling:thumbup:

:yeahdude:Pics to follow....

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hi

Posted: November 23rd, 2011, 12:41pm CST by rainedog

just popping in:yeahdude:

[FS]: Crazy Tank Sale No.2 : Boksburg - Gauteng

Posted: November 23rd, 2011, 12:39pm CST by Michael B

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

Crazy Tank Sale No.2

Location:

Boksburg - Gauteng

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection (possible delivery on small items)

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

Five Foot Tank, Metal Stand & Cabinet R1,500 sold
1500mm x 450mm 500mm
· With sump, return pump & ATU tank
· 2 x 300 Heaters
· 4 x T5 80watt lights (one ballast is flickering
· Float switch & ATU pump & reactor pump

Deltec APF 600 Skimmer R1,500
Chiller R1,000 sold
Dosing Pump & neat stand R3,500 (4 channel - with built in controller) sold
Complete DB Board R1,000

<o:p></o:p>

Notes:

michaelb@restonicsa.co.za

Urgent help needed Tank is stressing me out

Posted: November 23rd, 2011, 12:04pm CST by Quintonv

I have 2 tanks my little cube ( my gem tank) and my std 1.2.

The cube is running zeo and the 1.2 is running NP.

Now the Problem,
This tank crashed in the beggingng of April this year. After the crash i cleaned everything propperly and put it back.

Ever since then my No3 and Po4 has been sky high. i have been running 250ml of pellets for 4weeks now and still no result. i am affraid that if i don't do something about it that i am heading for another crash.

i am using Salifret test kits that aren't old, i use the same kits on both tanks one is a ULNS and that it shows.

No3 100 ( it is a serious dark pink)
Po4 >1

How can i reduce this, as i do religious water changes every week of 25L

OCEANSON exhibition in guangzhou 2011

Posted: November 23rd, 2011, 11:56am CST by Oceanson

Hi Reefer's,

Oceanson held an exhibition in guangzhou China, 8 units of space were rented out for this huge exhibition.

A special thanx to the following of our suppliers that attended the exhibition:

Daro
AKWA
AquaDepot
Marltons

Below are photos of the exciting exhibition that took place:

Thanx again to the sponsores that attended the exhibition we are glad everyone had a good time. We hope to see you at the next exhibition

Oceanson Aquarium

reactors

Posted: November 23rd, 2011, 11:44am CST by Merman

Hi All,

I am currently building a new tank and sump
dt 1000x600x500H with 1mm crushed coral bed(2cmdeep) (slim overflow C2C with built in returns from Idol Marine)

sump 850x348x450 with seperate 850x150x500high RO reservoir tank
ts2 skimmer otp2000 pump 348x250
dsb 400x348 18cm deep with sugarfine aragonite

Return section 200x348
2x Haliea 6540 pumps plumbed independantly to the 2 return sections in the skinny overflow

Reef tank
60kg Kenya live rock that has matured in my old tank for 18months with palys and zoas and mushrooms on it.

Livestock currently:
1 volitans lion fish that leaves my damsels alone . .....yay
1 vagabond butterfly that only seems to eat brine and aiptasia....yay
2 yellow tailed blue damsels
1 coral beauty that leaves my coral alone....yay
7 hermits assorted
10 snails assorted
1 pencil urchin

My old tank crashed about seven months ago leaving me with no fish and 10% of my corals alive..... whilst away on holiday the overflow (reef octo siphon overflow) drew air and stopped overflowing and my sump dried out and the DT cooked under the MH taking my water temp. to 34 degrees........not so yay. So After licking my wounds and letting my tank tank cycle untouched for 6 months this is the new plan.

Now I would like some advise as far as reactors....

I would like to add a carbon reactor and a kalk stirrer.

Is this the best plan?
how would you do it given the new tank specs above?

any guidance would be welcome.

Diotom Eating Machine

Posted: November 23rd, 2011, 11:39am CST by shaunnorth

hi ALL

What animal do i need to get that will eat diotoms like it there last meal

i have alreddy 3 turbo snails 3 hemits and some hijacker slugs.

Help in Bloem

Posted: November 23rd, 2011, 10:45am CST by Vann1986

i know this is proberbly not the right way to do this but im new to the site and still learning i have a bit of a problem i have a Chocolate tang and a Pacific sailfin tang which i got from someone..They dont seem to be getting along all of a sudden the have been in my tank for 2 months or so without any hiccups but now they keep going at each other especially the sailfin is thier maybe someone in bloem who will be able to take the chocolate tang from me if possible i would like to swop it for a coral frag or two the fish is healthy and in good condition except for the nicks that it has recieved from the fights with the sailfin i relly dont want to loose either of these fish but for thier well bieng id rather seperate them..please pm me and ill contact you..please im desperate

Live food available in Cape Town?

Posted: November 23rd, 2011, 10:11am CST by Starz

hi, i am looking for live food like brineshrimp or pods in the cape town area..
anyone know where it is available or who has some?

i intend to hatch brine, but haven't got aroundd to it yet.

thanks in advance for assistance.

Sand sifting stars

Posted: November 23rd, 2011, 9:44am CST by HenkHugo

Good day fellow sponsors!

I am looking for 5 sand sifting starts. Could any of you perhaps help me?

phosban,np pellet or carbon reactor

Posted: November 23rd, 2011, 9:14am CST by Merman

I am looking for a reactor for a 400 litre system.

Pm me if you might have what I'm looking for.

check the roof and the garage for those items no longer in use

Hello

Posted: November 22nd, 2011, 3:19am CST by chinadave

Hello Everyone,

Well, I live in China but I'm from the USA. I have worked and lived in China going on 11 years. I have always had FWT here in China and am ready for my first SWT. That's how I came across this web site. So, if you all can bare with me on questions and the like, your help will be appreciated.

Cheers,

David

Urgent help needed anthias breathing heavy and not eating

Posted: November 22nd, 2011, 11:18pm CST by malooda

Hi

Over the weekend I bought three female anthias. After acclimatising' them i put two in and then the last one. as i was putting the third one in the fish net got stuck in his mouth after a min or two we managed to get it out. problem is i dont know which one got stuck, anyway the one (i think she is one that got stuck) has been sitting on a rock hiding since i put her in. she doesnt come out to eat at all, she looks like she is breathing abit heavy. she did move earlier and she kinda looked 'dirty' had marks or something on her body. What should I do? Can anthias get white spot?

Thanks

Pre-loved Marine Equipment

Posted: November 22nd, 2011, 10:42pm CST by Space Prawn

Hey guys and gals.

I'm starting out and I need a few things to get going.

At the moment I need:

1x Skimmer(for a 270l tank, but as large as the budget will allow)
1x Sump(Preferably 3ft)
1x T5 Ballast
1x UV Sterilizer(not really necessary, but still nice to have)

If you have anything else that you feel I might need, let me know :biggrin:

I'm hoping to find these in PE, but if not I'm more than willing to pay for postage

I'm out of town until Saturday, but after that we can do business

Let me know if you have anything

Cheers
SP :thumbup:

Energy savers

Posted: November 22nd, 2011, 9:20pm CST by seank

I bought 3 Energy Saver Lams today at the shop to use here at the bush for outside lights.
They are 45w Philips ECOTONE Lights. IT says on the side of the box:
Ultra bright solution for Professional use
Light output in Lumen = 3000
More energy saving in Efficiency (Lm/W) = 67
Better color in Color Rendering index = 80
Wide color in Kelvin = 6500
Fast Ignition = 1-2

Anyone know anything about these lights??
Can they be used in Marine Tanks??

Stand Advice

Posted: November 22nd, 2011, 7:45pm CST by Space Prawn

Hey guys and gals

I need some advice with my stand. I want to have something built that is strong and at the same time allows me to have as big a sump as possible.

The tank dims are 1000x600x450, so it takes 270L

I was thinking doing a angle-iron frame covered in wood panelling.

My question in if I use standard 16mm angle, would it be strong enough to have just 4 feet or should I add 6 feet(3 in front and 3 in the rear)?

Also, what would a good height be? The tank is 600mm high, so I was thinking the stand should be 900mm high from the floor.

Any help and suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Cheers
SP :)

Love of the hobby

Posted: November 22nd, 2011, 6:49pm CST by Paul B

Getting into this hobby was easy for me. My family owned a seafood business and I grew up playing with dead fish so it was natural for me to start a tank. Of course at 2 or 3 years old I needed a little help.
On fridays my Dad would bring me to the Fulton Fish Market in Manhattan which was the place that supplied seafood for all of New York.
The place was huge and the ships would dock there and the fish would be off loaded right into the street. There would also be huge sea turtles that were (unfortunately) destined to become soup.
Anyway, every once in a while in that mountain of fish you would find some small animal still alive like a crab, shrimp or even a seahorse.
My Dad would let me take those animals home and put them in some water. I only had fresh water so nothing lived more than a few hours but at least I got a taste of how amazing it was to actually take a living piece of the ocean and transport it to my home where I would stay up all night watching and probably trying to feed it.
I had more luck with the freshwater animals like catfish, eels and diamond back terripins. At least I could keep those animals alive.
In those days even a lot of the common freshwater fish we have now were not for sale.
I remember my facination when ever I would go to an aquarium store and see something new. Fish were originally sold in toy stores and called "toy fish"
There were no strictly aquarium stores because even the freshwater hobby was not common before WW2.
There were also no plastic bags so fish came in those little cardboard containers that Chinese take out places sell rice in.
When saltwater fish came out in 1971 I was in total awe and the only fish were blue devils. Imagine seeing a blue devil when for my entire life the only blue fish I ever saw was a blue gourami or a neon tetra. Blue devils blew my mind and I had to have them.
I would sit for hours starring at them just as I did when I was a todler looking at a dying crab in a glass of fresh water.
To this day I am still facinated by anything from the sea, especially something that I have never seen before. Thats the main reason I started SCUBA diving, that and finding lobsters. Now, at my age I have seen just about everything you can see related to the hobby but I still frequent stores in the hope I will find something new.
In a store I don't look at the dozens of yellow tangs, the schools of surgeon fish or the angels, I look behind the rocks and in sumps for the rare specimin that came in with other things and no one knows exactly what to call it. That is what I am looking for.
I have a few fish in my tank now that I don't know what they are and they are my favorites.
I am even more facinated by crustaceans. I put on my magnifying glasses and check out the shellfish (yes I look very wierd, it's a good thing I am married because this behaviour does not attract a lot of supermodels)
Hermit crabs are extreamly cool, they go to great lengths to get to obscure places looking for food even though they would probably do better just sitting on the bottom.
They hang up side down and seem to be struggling just to stay put. But I can see where they are coming from, we humans scale mountains just for the fun of it and do wierd things to attract a mate. They are such facinating creatures and so much more advanced than we are in certain traits.
I still have no idea how they find food but they find it all and never make a mistake. I have a bunch of them, I don't know how many but if I drop in a few pellets or a piece of clam and I see it on the gravel, in about 10 seconds I see all the hermit crabs change direction and head for the food. It will most likely be gone when they get there but how do thay do it? I doubt they see very well and the water in the tank is swirling all over the place. How do they know what direction it is? It goes right over my head and this is the stuff that keps me up at night.
I am amazed by all of this stuff. Why don't fish crash into the glass? It's their lateral line system but imagine having a radar system like that. A school of tangs can instantly dive into a stand of acropora coral and not one of those fish will get a scratch.
Maybe it's me but I love this stuff.
How do you people feel about this hobby? :blush:

What glue do I use for my PVC?

Posted: November 22nd, 2011, 4:46pm CST by erratiC

Hi all,

I need to start gluing the PVC I've just purchased from Astore - now I just need to know which glue is "reef-friendly" and also, where to find it?

Can I get the same glue they offer at Astore?

Thanks.

tds testing

Posted: November 22nd, 2011, 4:27pm CST by shaunnorth

hi does anyone have a tds meter i can lend or a LFS were they can test my RO water ?

Di Resion going brown

Posted: November 22nd, 2011, 2:42pm CST by shaunnorth

Hi

What deos it mean when my DI resion is starting to go brown from the one end ?

JNS calcium reactor special

Posted: November 22nd, 2011, 2:08pm CST by Submariner

Calcium Reactor Kits Special

Calcium reactor kit for tanks up to 400 Litres

Kit includes

Calcium Reactor CR-0.5
Aqua House Ph controller
SAGA Soleniod valve
SAGA Dual gauge regulator
SAGA Needle valve
co2 bottle 2 kg

R5699

Calcium reactor kit for tanks up to 1000 Litres

Kit includes

Calcium Reactor CR-1
Ph controller
SAGA Soleniod valve
SAGA Dual gauge regulator
SAGA Needle valve
co2 bottle 2 kg

R6299

Calcium reactor kit for tanks up to 1500 Litres

Kit includes

Calcium Reactor CR-2
Ph controller
SAGA Soleniod valve
SAGA Dual gauge regulator
SAGA Needle valve
co2 bottle 5 kg

R6799

For the reefer who thought he had everything

Multi Reactor kit for tanks up to 3000 Litres

Kit includes

Calcium/Phos/Carbon Reactor CR-2000 EVO
Ph controller
SAGA Soleniod valve
SAGA Dual gauge regulator
SAGA Needle valve
co2 bottle 5 kg

R9799

Dont forget! New stock available from tomorrow!

Posted: November 22nd, 2011, 1:27pm CST by Dragonfire Exotic Pets

Hi Guys and Girls... All of the below is available from tomorrow (Wed 23rd)!

:slayer:Come check it out! :slayer:

Centropyge Argus/Flavipectoralis Yellow Fin Angel (Lrg & Med) R 145
Centropyge Eibli Eilbi Angel (Lrg & Med) R 240
Centropyge Multispinnis Blue Fin Angel (Lrg & Med) R 145
Pomacanthus Semicircullatus Koran Angel (Sml) R 270

Acanthurus Leucostemon Blue Surgeon/Powder Blue Surgeon (Med) R345
Acanthurus Lineatus Clown/Stripe Surgeon (Med) R 245
Ctenochaetus Strigosus Yellow Eye Surgeon (Lrg & Med) R 270

Naso Lituratus Lipstic Tang (Med) R 300
Paracanthurus Hepatus Regal Blue Tang (Lrg & Med) R 650
Zebrasoma Veliferum Sailfin Tang (Med) R 360

Heniochus Acuminatus White Banner/Coachman (Med) R 270
Zanclus Cornutus Moorish Fish/Moorish Idol (Lrg & Med) R 145

Escenius Pulcher (Bicolor) RT Blenny/Bicolor Blenny (Lrg & Med) R 145
Escenius Midas Yellow Goby (Lrg & Med) R 125
Gobiodon Citrinus Lemon Goby (Lrg & Med) R 145
Nemateliotris Decora Violet Goby/Purple Fire Goby (Lrg & Med) R 335
Nemateliotris Mangifiica Fire Goby (Lrg & Med) R 235
Ptereleotries Evides (Tricolor) Scissortail Goby (Lrg & Med) R 140
Velencinea Strigata Milk Goby (Lrg & Med) R 115

Anthias Spuamipinnis (Male) Lyretail Fish/King Goldie (Lrg & Med) R 210
Anthias Spuamipinnis (Female) Lyretail Fish/Goldie (Lrg & Med) R 180

Anampses Liniatus Deepsea/Leaf/Lined Wrasse (Lrg & Med) R 150
Anampses Melearides Marble Wrasse/Yellowtail Wrasse (Lrg & Med) R 145
Coris Formosa Red White Wrasse (Lrg & Med) R 240
Halichousus Trispilus Yellow Wrasse/Banana Wrasse (Lrg & Med) R 195
Labroides Dimidiatus Cleaner Desseol Wrasse (Lrg & Med) R 120
Macropharyngodon Bipartitus Splendid Leopard Wrasse (Lrg & Med) R145
Macropharyngodon Goeffroyi Jewel Wrasse (Lrg & Med) R 125
Novaculichthys Teaniourus Dragon Wrasse (Lrg & Med) R 190
Paraculinus Filementosus Filement Fin Wrasse (Lrg & Med) R 165

Ampripion Melanopus Cinnamon Clown Fish (Med) R 108
Ampripion Nigripes Rose Skunk Clown (Lrg & Med) R 180
Spheeramia Nemanoptera Spotted Cardinal/Pyjama Cardinal (Lrg & Med) R90
Pomacentrus Caeruleus Blue Damsel (Lrg & Med) R 95

Hipolismata Grabhami Cleaner Shrimp (Sml) R 165
Lysmata Debelius Fire Shrimp (Med) R 255
Stenopus Hispidus Boxing Shrimp (Lrg & Med) R 135

Formia Elegans Red Starfish (Lrg & Med) R 135
Linkia sp. Green Green Starfish (Lrg & Med) R 135
Protorester Linki C. Knob Starfish (Lrg & Med) R 150
Protorester sp. Pink Pink Starfish (Lrg & Med) R 160

Teaniura Lymna (Blue Spot) Skata/Blue Spotted Ray (Lrg & Med) R 630

Radianthus Ritteri L.T Anemone (Coman) R 195
Stoichactus Sp. White White Carpet Anemone R 255
Radianthus Simplex Sand Anemone R 180
Gyrostoma Quadricolor Bulb Anemone R 270
Stoichactus Sp. Green Green Carpet Anemone R 270

Advise on 2nd hand buy

Posted: November 22nd, 2011, 1:23pm CST by Morallis

Hi,

I've found tank and equipment for sale, I've asked for more details on it but the following info I have:

4ft Marine Tank
2 compartment sump
2 x powerheads
Lid with 2 x blue and 2 x white lights and plug timer
Julbo Protein Skimmer
Water heater
Floating Thermometer / Specific Gravity Salinity
Canister Filter
Pump
Chemicals / supplements / pipes etc

As a 'starter kit' does this look good, how much would something like this go for?

Thanks
Dane

SpongeGrowth Squarepants

Posted: November 22nd, 2011, 12:54pm CST by SteveZi

How well does your sponges grow?
If you have good growth of sponges in your tanks, please let me know and also if you attribute it to anything you dose/ or do.
(not the little white q-tip/calcerous sponges though)

Hammerheads New Tank Build

Posted: November 22nd, 2011, 12:31pm CST by Hammerhead

After more than 3yrs of being out of the hobby (FOWLR) I have decided to start afresh on a mixed reef. Took me ages to come up with with what I presume to be a perfect setup for me, borrowing from ideas I have read in the threads over the past couple of weeks.

Tank Specs:
1300 X 650 X 600 (H) 550 (WL) 10mm Glass Euro Braced, currently on hold as I cant seem to find Den Braven Aqua Black Silicone in Durban. Tank will have a C2C with a bean animal overflow (thanks Dallas) (Still to meet with AOR on the workings of this).

Sump Specs:
1200 X 550 X 450 (H) 300 (WL) 6mm Glass and a huge DSB. My experience with marines is rather old school and after reading up on tank builds such as Adees who has gone back to DSB's has somewhat reassured me that I may not be doing things too old fashioned. I was considering a LR filled sump but my understanding is that I will have LR in my DT to do some filtration. Sump will be a standard three compartment sump (thanks Riaan) that will hold a NW200 Reef Octupus Skimmer, DSB with macros or an algea scrubber (pending GHA problems), 4800l/h Lifetech pump and Reef Octupus Phosban Reactor (I had issues with GHA in the past, traced it back to poor maintenace and odd tap water top offs. New system will be toped of with R.O. Kalk Stirrer on hold pendind setup.

Lighting:
2 X Dual 4ft Oddysea Light fixtures, didnt go quad as I planned on adding 2 150w MH from previous tank if I required. May get my hands on a complete light fixture with MH and a chiller, will see in the near future.

Circulation:
1 X MP10 which after seeing operate am rather skitish if this will be enough flow, if not will order another MP10W and a bluetooth kit for the MP10 to sync them or possibly a wave box. (thanks Afsal for allowing me to view your setup)

I am aiming at an easy to maintain mixed reef with easy to keep softies and LPS (will be going through Dallas's beginner corral list agian when im ready.

I consider myself a newb as I have no understanding on dosing trace elements and will be bugging you guys on every litle aspect from choice of fish to corals to dosing etc.

My must have's i.t.o of fish is a Powder Blue Tang , Bangai Cardinals, Clowns (nemo) and possibly a Regal, if the pros feel my tank is too small or my equipment is ineffieceint please shoot me down now before I make any mistakes.

To date I have built the sump and pics will follow shortly.

Looking for some chaeto

Posted: November 21st, 2011, 9:23pm CST by Visser

Hi, first post, so forgive if im doing something wrong or posting in wrong place.

Was just wondering where i can get hold of some chaeto.
Have been looking for quite some time for my refugium without sucess.
Will buy & collect anywhere in jhb/pta area.
Thanks & i love the masa forums.

Renannchen's Cube

Posted: November 21st, 2011, 6:50pm CST by Renannchen

Renannchen's Cube

Tank: 550 x 550 x 450 6mm
Sump: 400 x 400 x 400 6mm
Lights: 1 x 150 w MH 20 000k
Skimmer: Boyu WG 428 Rated 200L
NP Pellet Reactor: Next Reef SMR1 Rated 250G
Return Pump: Life tech 2000L
Powerhead: Seio Prop 530
Computer: Profilux 2ex PH, Temp Level Lights etc...
Heater: Via Aqua 300w
Cooling: 220v Fan controlled by profilux

Urgent help needed possible lead problem.

Posted: November 21st, 2011, 4:13pm CST by pXius

Glass temp tube broke in my tank and the little lead balls got into my dt. I fished out as many as I could but they're tiny and go awol in the substate, should I be freaking out?

Already running carbon passively.

Zoanthid ID needed

Posted: November 21st, 2011, 4:06pm CST by vincentputter

good little vid on salinity & specific gravity

Posted: November 21st, 2011, 1:43pm CST by Dlaria

good little vid on salinity & specific gravity

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w56PXfaPitI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w56PXfaPitI

Comp 2 voting - Fish

Posted: November 21st, 2011, 1:07pm CST by viper357

Hi all, please vote for your favourite pic in the poll above.

Please note: This competition was for cell phone and point and shoot camera's, as such we ask you to please not vote on the quality of the photo alone but please also consider things such as the composition of the photo, the subject, creativity etc. Thank you.:)

Please note, newly registered members (less than 30 days and/or less than 20 posts) will not be able to vote.

Please vote for your favourite pic in the poll above.

Please note, newly registered members (less than 30 days and/or less than 20 posts) will not be able to vote.

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TL450-Removing plastic edging as such

Posted: November 21st, 2011, 12:01pm CST by eb.adam

Hello people

I'm just thinking, has anyone come across a TL450 with the top rim and bottom base plastic removed? This would basically make this tank a rimless one. Just a thought...

Also, I highly doubt that the rim provides any support to the glass. I may be wrong and it might just be a form of bracing...

Eb! :)

[FS]: Full Custom Idol Marine tank For Sale : Jhb

Posted: November 21st, 2011, 11:54am CST by SCOOBY

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

Full Custom Idol Marine tank For Sale

Location:

Jhb

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection

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

:lol:This is a friends tank. COMPLETE system for sale.R 60 000 neg

This is a Idol Marine Installation.

Sump

Tank - 26 mm laminated 1300 x 700w x 600h
Skimmer - Reef Octopus 160 Extreme Skimmer
Calcium Reactor- Reef Octopus CR - 100 with 5kg & 2kg CO2 Bottles, Regulator with solenoid and Aqua Medic PH controller.
Kalk Reactor - Reef Octopus Kr 100 with timer.
PhosBan Reactor 150 - Two Little Fishies
Return Pump - Aqua Medic OR 3500 pump
Flow - Polario 22
Temp - Aqua Medic Temp Controller with 2 Titanium Heaters
Top Up Tank with top up switch
2 x 250w M/H and 4 x T5 unit(All new bulbs)
DB
RO unit
500L Salt mix bin and 100L RO bin.
and various additives

Live Stock

Box Fish,Flame Angel,Purple Tang,Yellow Tang,P/Blue Tang,Atlantic Blue,Sohal,Naso,2 x Clowns,2 Mandran fish (pair),2 x Maroon faced Goby`s,Scissor Goby,3 x Damsels,3 x Pink Anthias,4 x Goldies,Blenny,Wrasse,3 x Clams,Annemone,Frog Spawn,Green and Orange mont, 2 x XXL SPS and 6 more SPS,Sand dollar.Open Brain,Sun Coral

If you are interrested PM me.PM only.:thumbup:

Notes:

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Newby reporting for duty

Posted: November 21st, 2011, 11:13am CST by Space Prawn

Hi

I'm new here, I hail from the windy city.

I've been lurking for the past year or so, but after seeing a friends lovely 1000l setup over the weekend I have decided to register.

Hopefully with your help I'll piece together something that would someday resemble a marine tank :thumbup:

For now I'm just happy to read up on articles and browse through the awesome pics on the here forum :blush:

Cheers
SP

Water change

Posted: November 21st, 2011, 10:20am CST by shaunnorth

Hi all

I did my first water change on sunday with great success
the fish seam to have like the new water and also the one and only coral i have opened wider than i have ever seen before

The Emperors New Clothes

Posted: November 21st, 2011, 9:19am CST by Mudshark

I can't find the original thread of when my mate Ian and I caught this Emperor angel, but it's now starting to change into its sub-adult colouration. I thought I'd update this thread with changes as they happen. It's quite fascinating to watch really. Does anyone know why they change so dramatically, whereas some fish stay the same throughout their lives?

[FS]: Crazy Tank Sale No. 1 : Boksburg - Gauteng

Posted: November 20th, 2011, 7:24am CST by Michael B

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

Crazy Tank Sale No. 1

Location:

Boksburg - Gauteng

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection Only (Mon to Fri - 8.30am to 5pm)

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

Custom shape 4 foot tank, small sump, return pump, 2x heaters, reactor pump & top up tank - also 2x fans (R500) SOLD

Reef Octopus Lighting unit (2x 150watt DE <ACRONYM title="Metal Halide lighting">MH</ACRONYM> 20,000k), also includes 4 x 24watt Blue Actnics, fans & moonlights (R1,000) SOLD

Complete DB Board (including 3x digital timers) - R1,000

Notes:

michaelb@restonicsa.co.za

Fake tilt shift pics: The Heads

Posted: November 20th, 2011, 1:20am CST by Singularity

Fun PS edits...

tried it on a sump pic, not so lekker because it is already relatively small...

how long can nori stay in the water

Posted: November 20th, 2011, 11:08pm CST by malooda

Hi

How long can I keep nori in the water?

If its not all eaten can I take it out and reuse it?

Thanks

LED Lighting - New make

Posted: November 20th, 2011, 9:43pm CST by rudeboy1

Good Day All

Can you please comment on the following specifications for a LED strip! Apparently these lights are now being used at the main coral tank as you come in at the 2 Oceans Aquarium.
GL60-SW5*5 waterproof

Waterproof IP 67 (silicone sleeve)
Size of LED chip: 50*50 (bigger, brighter than 1210)
Colour: Warm white, white, red,amber, green, blue, RGB
Strips can be cut every 10cm
No. of LED's: 60 per meter
Volt: DC24V
Power: 13 watts per meter
Connection: clips
Dimmable

Please advise if this would be suitable for my 90cm reef.

All input is greatly appreciated.

Regards

Frags for sale in Western Cape

Posted: November 20th, 2011, 7:37pm CST by Dawie002

Hi, has anybody got frags for sale in WC?

Angel Bubble

Posted: November 20th, 2011, 7:30pm CST by Hannesco

Can anybody please help to identify this?

Yesterday it was only red around the place where this "Bubble" came out. It looks like aBubble but I can also see some vanes in it.

Flaming Angel

Posted: November 20th, 2011, 5:36pm CST by mytank

Saw a beautiful flaming angel today - great healthy specimen and was bout to buy it till I was given the opportunity to quickly read up about it on the net. Preferred food:

1. CLAMS :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: (I have three)
2. Crustaceans
3. Other Meaty foods

Man I badly wanted that fish!!!! There I was worrying it might take out my Zoas and low and behold it would of taken out my clams.

RO unit - Problem or am I being a doofes

Posted: November 20th, 2011, 5:33pm CST by mytank

Hi all,

I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Either I didn't read the instructions properly (see picture of instructions below) or something is wrong.

What is happening:

Well I am getting exceptionally high readings from my TDS meter from the RO water coming out of the RO unit.

The interesting part is I have been using this RO water for SALT mix and RO top up for the last two months.

Equipment:

1. Brand new (two months old) RO unit from @The Waterboy - Marco

I asked in a PM that I would like the RO unit to create RO water and I would still like to "Drink" / "Use" the by product as "purified" water.

Here are some quotes from the PM's:
MyTank
Quote:

Cool, ok so:
3. Whats the rating on the RO unit and does it produce drinking water. Does it have a pump and how many membranes is it?

@The Waterboy - Marco
Quote:

drinking water can just be tapped off from outlet pipe.
it is the best range for marine r.o. systems available, but you can tap off the r.o.water and drink, place in bottle in fridge etc etc

take a look at6 link below, the unit quoted is pages 3, 5, 6, 7 ("it does not have resin chamber as you want to drink water aswell)

Make and type of RO unit:

So I have read these instructions:

And IF (NOTE: It is possible I have it completely wrong) I understood this correctly: The water coming from where the turning value is (See below) Value: 0.074:

This is "Drinking" water and not RO water...

The water coming from the second funnel at is the RO water as per the instructions above (see pic below for where I am taking RO water from) Value: 0.079 (higher then the "Drinking" water :eek::eek::eek::

So if we look at this the TDS readings of both are pretty much the same and in my humble opinion is WAY to high to be RO water? (Please comment).

So what have I done / tested:

1. I took my TDS meter to one of my fav LFS, they have the PEN type TDS readers. He tested his water and it read 0.003, I then tested it with my TDS meter and it was different but not by much 0.009.

2. I tested both inside tap water 0.090 (see below) and directly from the tap that is feeding the RO unit 0.084

Internal Tap:

Tap feeding RO unit:

Then I made sure as well that with NO water it was at least reading 0.000 (confirmed):

I then let it run and tried again:

RO outlet:

Drinking water outlet:

So we all know what we talking about when it comes to TDS meters here is the meter, make and instructions (which I have followed):

@The Waterboy - Marco , and anyone else am I using the RO unit incorrectly , is there something wrong with the RO unit?

I would appreciate the help guys. Interesting enough been using this water (before testing) on the tank and I haven't had many issues accept for high Phosphates. You can see my tank in my signature link, it is actually a highly healthy tank.

Thank you all!

how to upgrade?

Posted: November 20th, 2011, 3:50pm CST by duanead

Hi guys so I've been running my 600 litre tank now for 6 months and everything is going great,but last week I got the free 1000litre tank with sump and stand.

So my question is will I have to cycle the new one first or can I just move everything over?

25l/50l water drums

Posted: November 20th, 2011, 2:15pm CST by Travis1

hi all. i am looking for some drums to carry NSW home. anybody have any lying around please contact me.

Thanks

Photo time..snorkeling in Kenya

Posted: November 20th, 2011, 12:54pm CST by hermie

Last month I attended the WIOMSA conference (Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association) in Mombasa, Kenya to present some of my research. We managed to get time to go for a snorkel in the nearby marine park/reserve and wow it was incredible.

So here are some photos as I know everyone loves photos on MASA...

Hi All

Posted: November 20th, 2011, 11:21am CST by hassie

i fairly new to the marine world and just started my tank about 1 month ago, i bought about 65Kg of very good live rock with 7 fish and few corals from a fellow reefer who had to sell and so my tank is well stocked just a month after startup, things seem to be fine for now and hopefully stays that way. pictures will follow shortly, few questions i have, how do i keep my KH above 8, how ,many times a day should i feed my fish and what foods are best, how many hours a day should the lights be on.

SteveZi's mini tide-pool project

Posted: November 19th, 2011, 12:08am CST by SteveZi

Water volume is +- 120L with an xtra 70L in the sump.
Two pipes - the overflow pipe, as well as the airlift that drives the UG filter, are hidden by 2 columns of rock.
Skimmer and DSB in the sump.
The overflow pipe consists of two pieces that are joined in such a way that water can slowly seep through the joint,
but at a slower pace than the inflow from the return pump.
This allows me to simulate low and high tide by simply switching the return pump on or off.
During "low tide" I also switch off the powerhead inside the main tank to create calm water - like an isolated tide pool.
The airlift still continues to push water that percolates down over the exposed rocks.
The anemones in my tank react completely different depending on what tide it is - they become elongated during low and retract during high.
Some snails and hermits love to sit on the exposed rocks during low tide.
Everything seems to come alive once high-tide arrives.
a Bonus is that I can save a little bit of electricity by not running everything all the time.
I can also keep the temp down when needed - today I measured 35degrees C right next to the tank, water temp was only 24degrees.
I've been running hightide this evening and temp has gone up a degree, so time for low again...
One day I will syncronize everything to actual tide charts.

Some photos:

High-tide

water percolating over rocks

extended column during low tide

2 females 1 male? (anthias)

Posted: November 19th, 2011, 11:44pm CST by malooda

hi

can i get 2 female anthias and 1 male?

or do i have to have 5 or more?

thanks

argonite

Posted: November 19th, 2011, 10:32pm CST by RUAN

Hi guys and gals what type of substrate would be best for my tank just normal argonite or carib sea arg-alive.......

[FS]: Hardware @ Givaway Prices: rondebosch east CT

Posted: November 19th, 2011, 9:23pm CST by JsREEFn

Hardware for saleThread title:

Hardware @ Givaway Prices

Location:

rondebosch east CT

Shipping or Collection only:

collection only!!!!!

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

Notes:

EQUIPMENT
--------
Nitrate reductor powerLAB(1000l/h) ... R800
PowerLAB auto top off unit ...R350
aqua clear200 Hang on filter.....R200
Uplift 4900l/h Lifetech ...R500
3x 150watt MH with ballasts ...R450
Ph pen digital ....R200
Hydrometer ...R50
Red sea pro test kh,ca,mg ...R400 (new 3in1)

LIVESTOCK
--------
Purple tang R1500 5cm(MAC)

skimmer help

Posted: November 19th, 2011, 7:55pm CST by oceans 22

Hi guys

I have a TS1 reeftek skimmer and not sure how high the sump water level must be...
Can sum1 please help...

Sea pen??

Posted: November 19th, 2011, 5:32pm CST by Mc

Hi All

I wasn't sure where to post this. Has anyone ever kept a sea pen (Cavernularia obesa) and how did it go? Before today I had never even heard of them but I found one at my LFS today.

Aquaria Coral Reef Salt

Posted: November 19th, 2011, 5:19pm CST by Aquaria-SA

Hey MASA Reefers:)
Have you tried our new Fantastic Aquaria Coral Reef Salt , if not then pop down to your local pet store and get some today.:yeahdude:

Our salt comes in a reseal able 10KG bucket.
The salt is fast dissolving.
Has no phosphates.
No nitrates.
And is of premium quality with all the needed trace elements for good healthy reef keeping :thumbup:
Data on our salt:
ITEM
DATA
Specific Gravity
1-020 - 1.022 (20 °C)
PH
8.1(0 °C)
Chloride
16200 17800 mg/L
Sulfate
2300 2600 mg/L
Calcium
350 420 mg/L
Potassium
340 380 mg/L
Magnesium
1130 - 1230 mg/L
Strontium
10.0 11.0 mg/L
Rubidium
0.13 0.15 mg/L

Aquaria Calcium Reactors

Posted: November 19th, 2011, 4:26pm CST by Aquaria-SA

Hey there MASA Reefers:)
We thought it was time we show you our new Aquaria Calcium reactor

The unit comes complete with 2 x pumps [2 year warranty] and connecting tubing..:yeahdude:

This unit is rated for a 1000L tank....:)
So reefers if you have been looking for a calcium reactor then its time to get to your LPS and purchase an Aquaria Calcium reactor....:thumbup:

ID 5 Think this I Grape Calpura?

Posted: November 19th, 2011, 8:51am CST by Len

Hi

This is my second last algae that I have discovered after coming back from holiday. Again, I like it, lokos pretty/natural in the tank so would like to keep it, but not if it is going to become a problem.

It is only in 3 places in my tank and not really growing since I am back, one is actually residing.

I assume this is grape calpura?

Can it be kept safely? (My filter system should be able to deal with it going "sexual" as it is a very small amount).

[FS] Various frags: SPS Frag Pack - Weltevredenpark - JHB

Posted: November 18th, 2011, 7:23am CST by Adee

Various frags for saleCommon Names:

names are above the pics

Scientific Names:

Acropora sp.

Size of frags

vary from 50mm to 150mm in height/width

How long have you had the frags?

about a year

Are the frags mounted?

Yes

Shipping or Collection only:

willing to ship but see notes.

Your location.

SPS Frag Pack - Weltevredenpark - JHB

Price:

R1000 for collection, plus R300 if shipping

Photo's:

Hi folks,

A quick heads up...I've posted this in other forums as well, so please no dibs.

R1000 for the the whole pack.

Shipping will cost R300 and is same day, airport to airport, you wll need to pay full cost up front and I can only ship in mid-December. Please ignore the prices in the pics.

green blue tip stag

Tri color mix acro

Strawberry prostrata

red plating monti

Purple Digi

some green prostrata looking Bali slimer?

sky blue acro

Ice Cap

Green Bali Slimer

Notes:

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No4 Round Striped Snail

Posted: November 18th, 2011, 6:55am CST by Len

Discovering more and more hitch hickers as time goes by.

Noting is eating my coral so they can't be that bad?

I have seen this snail before, can anyone confirm an ID for it?

No3 ID hitch hiker crab pls (Hell Boy)

Posted: November 18th, 2011, 6:52am CST by Len

My very smart hitch hiker crab is getting very tame, even posed for a photo last week.

He is locally know as Hell Boy (for obvios reasons).

I always assume crabs are bad, but this one has been in my tank since the start and even with a lot of small gobies I have had no losses (that I can contribute to him).

Any idea on ID?

Assume he has to go (not been very successful at catching him).

[FS] Various frags: Large SPS frags - Weltevredenpark - JHB

Posted: November 18th, 2011, 6:45am CST by Adee

Various frags for saleCommon Names:

names are above the pics

Scientific Names:

various Acropora sp.

Size of frags

vary from 150mm to 200mm in height/width

How long have you had the frags?

about a year

Are the frags mounted?

Yes

Shipping or Collection only:

willing to ship but see notes.

Your location.

Large SPS frags - Weltevredenpark - JHB

Price:

price in the pics

Photo's:

Hi folks,

A quick heads up...I've posted these in other forums as well, so please no dibs.

Okay, these are taking up space and my angels are bumping them around...as I'm shipping other stuff to some East London guys, I will consider shipping there as well (will do so in December). Other areas, lets see if guys would wanna club in as it will be expensive just to ship one coral...though I will do so if u are happy with the shipping costs. Shipping is same day, airport to airport, you wll need to pay full cost upfront and I can only ship in mid-December. Prices are in the pics.

Green Blue tip stag

Green Blue tip stag

Sky Blue acro

Sky Blue acro

Ice Cap

Ice Cap

Green Bali Slimer

Green Bali Slimer

Green Bali Slimer

Some sort of tricolor (has green/blue/pinkish tips)

Notes:

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ID

Posted: November 18th, 2011, 7:09pm CST by vincentputter

Can some one plz tell me what this is.http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/...7112011448.jpg

clown fish only tank?

Posted: November 18th, 2011, 6:55pm CST by oceans 22

Guys what do you think about a clown fish only tank?
Cool? Boring? ... I thought about keeping about 10 really
Small clown fish, some LR and some anemones....

Yes/No ?

Indonesia just landed...FISH GALORE!!!!

Posted: November 18th, 2011, 5:36pm CST by ebrahim sams aquarium

Whitecheek Surgean 450.00
Three Spot Angel 450.00
Raccon Butterfly 259.00
Wimple Fish 249.00
Coral Beauty 295.00
Cleaner Wrasse 69.00
Royal Dotty Back 159.00
Cow Fish 259.00
Bi Colour Angel 198.00
Brown Tang 198.00
Guinea Fowl Wrasse 295.00
Blue Devil 59.00
Purple Fire Gobi 295.00
Copper Band 198.00
Moon Wrasse 129.00
Mandarin 285.00
Yellow Damsel 59.00
Sailfin Tang 395.00
Clown surgean 195.00
Spotted face Surgean 195.00
Red Tail file fish 125.00
Fire Gobi 198.00
Orange Spotted Prawn Gobi 145.00
Longnose Hawkfish 345.00
Selaris Gobi 79.00
Goldhead Gobi 169.00
Clown Fish 79.00
Regal Tang (large) 495.00
Blue Starfish 125.00
Kleini Butterfly 99.00
Rafflese Butterfly 159.00
Lion Fish 295.00
Fairy Anthias 89.00
Banggai 198.00
Clarkie Clown 98.00
Cinnamon Clown 98.00
Alleni Damsel 79.00
False Eye Toby 125.00
Neon Velvet Damsel 49.00

NEW CREE LED'S IN STOCK MADE TO CUSTOM SIZE ON SHOW IN STORE

AQUA MEDIC SALT 20kg/600lts R475.00
NEW AQUA MEDIC ECO RUNNER RETURN PUMPS JUST UNPACKED

PRICES ONLY VALID FOR SAT 19 AN SUN 20
WEEKEND TRADING HOUR 7am 5pm SAT
7am 4pm SUN

[FS] Various frags: Pretoria East

Posted: November 18th, 2011, 3:39pm CST by ChrisNell

Various frags for saleCommon Names:

Plating monti, Frogspawn, Palys

Scientific Names:

-

Size of frags

Small

How long have you had the frags?

1-3 months

Are the frags mounted?

Yes

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection only

Your location.

Pretoria East

Price:

R50 per frag, Frogspawn R50 per head

Photo's:

Apologies for quality of photo's

Paly (>5 heads per frag) and Monti frags are on small tiles, approx 4cm x 4 cm

Frogspawn not mounted. 2, 3, 4 heads per frag. Mother colony shown in picture.

Palys: 8 frags
Montis: 6 frags
Frogspawn: 6 frags

I suspect some phosphate leaking from the tiles, with resulting cyano.

Payls: R50 per frag

Frogspawn: R50 per head

Plating monti: R50 per frag

Notes:

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My Little Reef

Posted: November 18th, 2011, 3:31pm CST by Travis1

Hi guys. so finally took the plunge. i have ordered my tank this am. should hopefully be getting it next week friday. its going to go up slowly as i want things done properly this time, not like before.

Tank Specs are as follows.
DT :650l by 650w by 500h in black silicone.
sump: will be 600l by 600w by 400h
3 chambers, skimmer, dsb and return.
there also will have RO reservoir in the front+- 20l

skimmer is the aquaria rated for 600l tank.( giving them a try)
lights will be 4 by 24w t5 light pendent.
return unknown as still have to purchase with flow pumps.

Travis

Help on parameters

Posted: November 18th, 2011, 1:25pm CST by Henkart

Hi guys

please check this for me and comment...

PH – 8.5
Nitrate – 50mg/L
Calcium – 400mg/L

KH – 11.5dKH
Alkal – 4.1L
Phosphate – 0.03mg/L
Amonia - 0

need some advice, how to get my parameters right...

thanks

Snail ID

Posted: November 18th, 2011, 10:49am CST by SliverZA

Found this guy crawling around in my Zoa's last night, have sumped him for now.

Is he safe or should I get rid and dip my zoas?

Brain Damage

Posted: November 18th, 2011, 10:45am CST by SliverZA

I bought this brain a week ago and from what I can tell it is doing ok. I noticed this morning that the flesh seems to have disappeared from part of the skeleton, I am not sure if something has been nipping at it or if it is decaying as it was fine yesterday.

What should i do?

T5 lighting

Posted: November 18th, 2011, 9:57am CST by Moolis

Hi guys

Your support are so great that I do not get time to come and chat as often as I want to - THANK YOU GUYS :thumbup:

We landed a shipment of T5 and LED lighting only available through Pet Stop ;)

This is what we have:

T5 light units
Light W Amount in unit Price Special *
39 w 8 x t5s 2900 2420
39 w 4 x t5s 1830 1525

54 w 4 x t5s 2455 2045
54 w 6 x t5s 3360 2800
54 w 8 x t5s 4135 3445

MH units
Light W Price Special *
70 w 2340 1950
250 w 2800 2335
400 w 3015 2515

LED - more for NANO aquariums
Light W Amount in unit Price Special *
1.6w 18 LEDs 235 215
3w 32 LEDs 280 255

Other imports
Small water pumps for dosing and reactors
Small aquarium fan
Pricing
Discription power Price Special *
Water pump 45 38
Water pump 55 44
Aquarium fan 7 watt 205 170

Look out 2012 will bring even more nice products and solutions to you 

* Specials is limited to this month only

[FS]: Haliea pumps x4 and MH: Centurion

Posted: November 18th, 2011, 9:32am CST by akhannay

Hardware for saleThread title:

Haliea pumps x4 and MH

Location:

Centurion

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection only

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

Notes:

I have 4 pumps up for grabs, all work perfectly and are in good condition. Im selling because i have upgraded to a single massive pump! :yeahdude:
(please note the plugs have been cut off)

Hailea 6530 x 2 with impellor (6 months old) - R300
Hailea 6530 x 1 no impellor (3 months old) - R220
Hailea 6520 x 1 with impellor (5 months old) - R200
70w metal halide with ballast and 14k bulb (around 16 months old) - R250

Please pm me for additional details...

Rector pump advice

Posted: November 18th, 2011, 9:19am CST by FransSny

Hi guys

I would like to run the following off 1 pump and need some advice.

1. Biopellt Reactor (ReefOcto BR - 70)
2 Skimz FM 100 - Carbon
3 Not sure which reactor yet but PO4 remover

I was thinking using something like Eheim compact 3000 and valves to throttle each reactor to achieve correct flow rates

Any thoughts ?

Excelent Service

Posted: November 18th, 2011, 8:47am CST by shaunnorth

Hi all

I would just say a big thank you to they guys @ Idol Marine for there Great service thank you again Rob and Adriaan.

Dolphins die after rave.. suspected poisioning

Posted: November 18th, 2011, 8:30am CST by leslie hempel

Sad

Dolphins 'fed drugs by ravers' died after 2-day techno party at Connyland marine park | Mail Online

help please!!!

Posted: November 17th, 2011, 6:14am CST by oceans 22

Guys my chaeto isnt sinking..... What shoud i do?

Vertex Libra Dosing Computer/Pump

Posted: November 17th, 2011, 12:00am CST by Jamie@Vertex

Ok, ok, here are some pictures of the ready device we have in testing at the moment. The device should be also ready for sale in 6-8 Weeks. 30cm x 12cm x 13cm

You know, Christmas is the time for wonders....

Have fun
Nicolas + Jamie

Please keep in mind that this is a Prototyp and someparts will maybe look different in the finalized version....

little fishes 150 reactor pump

Posted: November 17th, 2011, 10:59pm CST by malooda

hi

im looking for a pump to run a little fishes 150 reactor

thanks

[FS] Various frags: Weltevredpark - JHB

Posted: November 17th, 2011, 10:27pm CST by Adee

Various frags for saleCommon Names:

Sinularia sp

Scientific Names:

Sinularia sp

Size of frags

about 180mm

How long have you had the frags?

a year or so

Are the frags mounted?

Yes

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection Only

Your location.

Weltevredpark - JHB

Price:

price in the pics

Photo's:

Again, heads up I've posted this sale in other forums as well...

Collection only at this time.

there's 4 in total....Price in the pics

Notes:

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[FS] Various frags: Weltevredpark - JHB

Posted: November 17th, 2011, 10:14pm CST by Adee

Various frags for saleCommon Names:

Pulsing Xenia, Cup Coral, Purple Digi

Scientific Names:

-

Size of frags

Rocks range from fist size to twice that size

How long have you had the frags?

1-3 years

Are the frags mounted?

Yes

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection Only

Your location.

Weltevredpark - JHB

Price:

price in the pics

Photo's:

Iv'e posted these in other forums as well...just a heads up.

price are in the pics....sorry no shipping at this stage.

This rock has a cup coral growing there as well.

This one has purple digi's growing from the rock as well.

Notes:

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[FS]: T5 54 Watt dule balists: Roodepoort Gouteng

Posted: November 17th, 2011, 9:43pm CST by shaunnorth

Hardware for saleThread title:

T5 54 Watt dule balists

Location:

Roodepoort Gouteng

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection or shipping 2 buys cost

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

Notes:

both of them are working and i will give u 2 1.2m long t5 globes both are day light

R300 for the lot or to swap for a 3500L/H pump

Coral viewer

Posted: November 17th, 2011, 9:07pm CST by mariusmeyer

Doe anyone know where I can find on of these. Would like to take some top down pics of the tank

Comp 1 voting - DSLR's

Posted: November 17th, 2011, 7:13pm CST by viper357

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Help with Frags

Posted: November 17th, 2011, 4:03pm CST by Vann1986

Hi there can anyone tell me where i can get frags in Bloemfontien i know of atleast three guys including myself that would really appreciate the help

Idol Marine specials

Posted: November 17th, 2011, 3:20pm CST by Bob the (reef)builder

Dear Reefers

We would love to see you at Idol this weekend to pick up some provisions or to take advantage of this weeks specials.

We have just received a beautiful shipment of fish and soft corals from Kenya. Lots of anthias and regal tangs will be available.

This weekends specials are on T5 lighting. We have a good range of lights From top brands such as Giezemann, ATI and Aquamedic as well as the Reeftec globes for the more budget minded.

- All T5s will be sold at a 10% discount.
- All foods frozen dry and liquid will also be sold at a 10% discount.
- We also have live brine shrimp to spoil your fish.

Remember that we are open on Sundays!!! (9am1pm)

Cheers and see you soon.

The Idol Crew.

Ts2 skimmer

Posted: November 17th, 2011, 2:40pm CST by Travis1

hi guys. price on Ts2 skimmer please and 24w t5 globes. 600mm.

marine equipment

Posted: November 17th, 2011, 2:32pm CST by Travis1

1) Ts2 or something equal to that.
2) 4 X t5 unit 600 long with globes. (tank size is 650 by 650 by 500.)
OR 2 x 24 dual ballasts, with reflectors.

Marine Livestock avail. Wed 23rd Nov

Posted: November 17th, 2011, 12:59pm CST by Dragonfire Exotic Pets

Centropyge Argus/Flavipectoralis Yellow Fin Angel (Lrg & Med) R 145
Centropyge Eibli Eilbi Angel (Lrg & Med) R 240
Centropyge Multispinnis Blue Fin Angel (Lrg & Med) R 145
Pomacanthus Semicircullatus Koran Angel (Sml) R 270

Acanthurus Leucostemon Blue Surgeon/Powder Blue Surgeon (Med) R345
Acanthurus Lineatus Clown/Stripe Surgeon (Med) R 245
Ctenochaetus Strigosus Yellow Eye Surgeon (Lrg & Med) R 270

Naso Lituratus Lipstic Tang (Med) R 300
Paracanthurus Hepatus Regal Blue Tang (Lrg & Med) R 650
Zebrasoma Veliferum Sailfin Tang (Med) R 360

Heniochus Acuminatus White Banner/Coachman (Med) R 270
Zanclus Cornutus Moorish Fish/Moorish Idol (Lrg & Med) R 145

Escenius Pulcher (Bicolor) RT Blenny/Bicolor Blenny (Lrg & Med) R 145
Escenius Midas Yellow Goby (Lrg & Med) R 125
Gobiodon Citrinus Lemon Goby (Lrg & Med) R 145
Nemateliotris Decora Violet Goby/Purple Fire Goby (Lrg & Med) R 335
Nemateliotris Mangifiica Fire Goby (Lrg & Med) R 235
Ptereleotries Evides (Tricolor) Scissortail Goby (Lrg & Med) R 140
Velencinea Strigata Milk Goby (Lrg & Med) R 115

Anthias Spuamipinnis (Male) Lyretail Fish/King Goldie (Lrg & Med) R 210
Anthias Spuamipinnis (Female) Lyretail Fish/Goldie (Lrg & Med) R 180

Anampses Liniatus Deepsea/Leaf/Lined Wrasse (Lrg & Med) R 150
Anampses Melearides Marble Wrasse/Yellowtail Wrasse (Lrg & Med) R 145
Coris Formosa Red White Wrasse (Lrg & Med) R 240
Halichousus Trispilus Yellow Wrasse/Banana Wrasse (Lrg & Med) R 195
Labroides Dimidiatus Cleaner Desseol Wrasse (Lrg & Med) R 120
Macropharyngodon Bipartitus Splendid Leopard Wrasse (Lrg & Med) R145
Macropharyngodon Goeffroyi Jewel Wrasse (Lrg & Med) R 125
Novaculichthys Teaniourus Dragaon Wrasse (Lrg & Med) R 190
Paraculinus Filementosus Filement Fin Wrasse (Lrg & Med) R 165

Ampripion Melanopus Cinnamon Clown Fish (Med) R 108
Ampripion Nigripes Rose Skunk Clown (Lrg & Med) R 180
Spheeramia Nemanoptera Spotted Cardinal/Pyjama Cardinal (Lrg & Med) R90
Pomacentrus Caeruleus Blue Damsel (Lrg & Med) R 95

Hipolismata Grabhami Cleaner Shrimp (Sml) R 165
Lysmata Debelius Fire Shrimp (Med) R 255
Stenopus Hispidus Boxing Shrimp (Lrg & Med) R 135

Formia Elegans Red Starfish (Lrg & Med) R 135
Linkia sp. Green Green Starfish (Lrg & Med) R 135
Protorester Linki C. Knob Starfish (Lrg & Med) R 150
Protorester sp. Pink Pink Starfish (Lrg & Med) R 160

Teaniura Lymna (Blue Spot) Skata/Blue Spotted Ray (Lrg & Med) R 630

Radianthus Ritteri L.T Anemone (Coman) R 195
Stoichactus Sp. White White Carpet Anemone R 255
Radianthus Simplex Sand Anemone R 180
Gyrostoma Quadricolor Bulb Anemone R 270
Stoichactus Sp. Green Green Carpet Anemone R 270

November/December Meating

Posted: November 17th, 2011, 11:41am CST by Roadblock

Hi all , I want to combind the November and December Meetings into a Collection and Family day at DUC on Sunday the 4 December .
NEED SOME RESPONCE SO IT CAN HAPPEN!

Thanks
Dave

Flaming prawn goby wantes asap

Posted: November 17th, 2011, 11:32am CST by Marine Bart

I'm looking for a Flaming prawn goby,I stay in pretoria and would apreciate it if someone would help me

New Sponsor - Dragonfire Exotic Pets and Aquarium

Posted: November 17th, 2011, 10:31am CST by viper357

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Return pumps

Posted: November 17th, 2011, 10:19am CST by Henkie

I want to know what size ( l/h ) return pump I need to get for my system.
It will be a fish only system.

The systems total volume is around 820 liters, so the running volume will be a bit less than that.
Any suggestion will be appreciated.

Henk:)

Small Chiller

Posted: November 17th, 2011, 9:35am CST by brendanpre

I am looking for a small, cheap chiller for my tiny nano. Anyone selling one?

Profilux Doser Issue

Posted: November 17th, 2011, 9:09am CST by mariusmeyer

I have the quad doser with built in controller, and last night I realised that the one pump was not dosing via the controllers dosing program. I can run the pump manually via the push button but thats it.

Just wanting to find out if anyone had a similar issue and if there is a quick fix without sending it in for repairs.

New Social Group - WestRand Reef Club

Posted: November 17th, 2011, 9:06am CST by shaunnorth

shaunnorth has created a new social group called "WestRand Reef Club", with the following description:

Quote:

for all of us reefers in the Westrand

To join this group visit the social groups homepage where this new group will be listed.

Best Goldie Food

Posted: November 17th, 2011, 8:46am CST by brentv

What is the most nutritious food we can feed Goldies (That is also not a huge mission)??
I use a few different types from live Brine to marine krill and frozen...
But I know someone has the best answer..:tt2:
Whatever works best, I will personally give that person a bunch of Goldies when they come visit;)

[FS]: 4ft SYSTEM FOR SALE!!!!!!!!!! : Pretoria

Posted: November 16th, 2011, 8:57pm CST by WINEGUMS

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

4ft SYSTEM FOR SALE!!!!!!!!!!

Location:

Pretoria

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection

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

Tank: 1220x450x500 (Includes plumbing) R1000 SOLD
Sump: 1000x350x400 R350 SOLD
Stand: Galvanised 25x25 square tubing (including shelf) R400 SOLD
Skimmer: Reeftek TS3 R800
Light Unit: Odyssea T5 unit 54Wx4 R1000
Return Pump: Hailea HX6540 R400
Power Head: Via Aqua VA 475B (2000 lph) R200
Power Head: Seio M 820 (3200 lph) R350
Power Head: Seio Prop 1000 (3800 lph) R350
Heaters: Via Aqua 300W x2 R100ea
Heater: Via Aqua 150W R50
RO Unit: Aqua Marine R500
Magnetic glass cleaner R100
Refractometer R600
Test kit: Seachem marine basic R200
Test kit: Salifert PO4 R100
Test kit: Sera NO2 R50
Joes Juice R100
Jewel Thermometers x2 R30ea

Notes:

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ID my Clam Crab

Posted: November 16th, 2011, 8:31pm CST by williet

Hi Guys

Just noticed this fellow. Anyone got an Idea what this is ?

No choice, but time to frag my torch !!!

Posted: November 16th, 2011, 7:42pm CST by Sammy

Hi peeps, as much as I don't want too, but the time has come to frag my beloved torch coral, although my prized tank inmate ???

If I had a choice I would just leave him be, but just getting too big and taken out my staghorn SPS in a chemical warfare battle.

Before I embark on this delicate task I will appreciate ANY tips and pointers from anyone who has valuable experience to share. I've heard some horror stories about the skeleton breaking etc.. :-(

The Monster:

The Staghorn (the victim):

whats this growing

Posted: November 16th, 2011, 7:33pm CST by Charl_Stanhope

Hey guys

Whats this. its "growing" on my back panel,havent touched it but it looks like rock growing on the back panel.kinda like a build up of something. Ive got another spot of the build up and have seen a bit of gha on it. here a crap pic.will try take another one when the lights go on tomorrow.

[FS]: 250L CUBE + LIGHT for sale: Klerksdorp/Randburg

Posted: November 16th, 2011, 7:16pm CST by Landu

Hardware for saleThread title:

250L CUBE + LIGHT for sale

Location:

Klerksdorp/Randburg

Shipping or Collection only:

Both

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

600mm x 800mm x 600mm (bxlxh) almost Cube tank for sale
12mm glass with overflow at back
includes sump and plumbing
sump roughly 700mm x 400mm x 400mm (10mm glass)
Stand 750mm high
All for R1500

Aqua Medic Pendant
250W DE Metal Halide
20 000k bulb been using 12 Months, great colour
Spare 16000k bulb included used couple of months...

R1500
Sorry for dirtiness, using atm...

Notes:

I live in KLD but can arrange for it to go to Randburg with my bro every other weekend.Minor scratches can prob buff out, but hasn't bothered me enough to actually do it

R1500 seperate
R2500 for entire setup

[FS] Various corals: Cape Town

Posted: November 16th, 2011, 6:23pm CST by Jimbo

Various corals for saleCommon Names:

Acan, Chalice, Gorgonians, Fungia, Brain

Scientific Names:

-

Size of coral

All medium to large

How long have you had the corals?

3 months to a year

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection

Your location.

Cape Town

Price:

R240 to R550

Photo's:

R450

R240

R240

Brain and fungia bottom of pic R350 brain and R250 Orange Fungia

Notes:

I have decided to make some space and sell the above corals, all in good health.

Solatube

Posted: November 16th, 2011, 3:36pm CST by Noodles

Thought this was interesting, great idea.

SOLATUBE - YouTube

SOLATUBE - YouTube

And here is a tank running 3 of the solatube's.....

1200 gallon reef aquarium with 3 Solatubes - YouTube

1200 gallon reef aquarium with 3 Solatubes - YouTube

My two new Gorgonias :)

Posted: November 16th, 2011, 3:32pm CST by mytank

I have to say I really like these corals :) and with my little Delt Tech zoom in magnify class thing these are fascinating to watch esp when they feeding!

My plumbing

Posted: November 16th, 2011, 3:06pm CST by Henkie

This is the plumbing I have going into my tank.

Can anyone advice me on the best way to connect pumps to these so that I can create the best flow possible. ( I believe this was used for a closed loop system )

Any input will be appreciated. :)

New around

Posted: November 16th, 2011, 1:32pm CST by bothaw

Hi there

I am new to the marine world.I have a 1200*450*450 i want to make a skinny over flow at the back pane,but i am not to sure about the size that will work correct and take up to much space of the back pane.Any ideas ?

Daaa dum.... Daaa dum.... Sharks seen in reef tanks in joburg

Posted: November 16th, 2011, 12:24pm CST by Submariner

NOW IN STOCK

JNS SHARK SKIMMERS

JNS SK-2 SKIMMER (RATED FOR 600 LITRE SPS REEF)

Footprint: 330 MM X 200 MM
Pump(included): SHARK 2.0 (SICCE )
Pump power consumption: 22 Watts
Air Intake: 720 LPH
Chamber Diameter: 150 MM
Height: 58 CM
Quick-Precise adjusting valve

JNS SK-3 SKIMMER (RATED FOR 850 LITRE SPS REEF)

Footprint: 380 MM X 290 MM
Pump(included): SHARK 3.0 (SICCE)
Pump power consumption: 27 Watts
Air Intake: 1020 LPH
Chamber Diameter: 200 MM
Height: 58 CM
Quick-Precise adjusting valve

JNS SK-5 SKIMMER (RATED FOR 1200 LITRE SPS REEF)

Footprint: 460MM X 300 MM
Pump(included): SHARK 5.0 (SICCE)
Pump power consumption: 43 Watts
Air Intake: 1500 LPH
Chamber Diameter: 250 MM
Height: 590 MM
Outlet size: 1-1/2 Quick-Precise adjusting valve

JNS SK-6 SKIMMER (RATED FOR 2300 LITRE SPS REEF)

Footprint: 430MM X 580 MM
Pump(included): SHARK 3.0 & SHARK 5.0 (SICCE)
Pump power consumption: 70 Watts
Air Intake: 2520 LPH
Chamber Diameter: 300 MM
Height: 590 MM
Quick-Precise adjusting valve

JNS SK-7 SKIMMER (RATED FOR 2800 LITRE SPS REEF)

Footprint: 500 MM X 600 MM
Pump(included): SHARK 5.0 & SHARK 5.0 (SICCE)
Pump power consumption: 86 Watts TOTAL
Air Intake: 3000 LPH
Chamber Diameter: 400 MM
Height: 590 MM
2 Quick-Precise adjusting valve

VERY HIGH QUALITY SKIMMERS USING ONLY THE BEST MATERIALS INCLUDING THE NEW SICCE SYNCRA PUMPS FROM ITALY WITH NEW JNS NEEDLE WHEEL IMPELLORS.

PUMPS USE VERY LITTLE POWER.

SKIMMERS ARE VERY EASY TO SET UP AND DISSASEMBLE FOR CLEANING.

SKIMMERS PRODUCE A VERY CONSISTENT SKIMMATE ONCE SET.

SKIMMER BODIES ARE PEFECTLY MATCHED FOR THE PUMP THEY USE.

SKIMMERS CAN BE EASILY CUSTOMISED BEING ABLE TO USE ALMOST ANY PUMP.

VIBRATION FREE PUMP COUPLING AND RUBBER FEET .

COME SEE THE BABY SK-2 IN ACTION AT T.S.R.

PRICES

SK-2 R 3,499

SK-3 R 4,399

SK-5 R 6,799

SK-6 R 8,499

SK-7 R 12,999

IKS Aquastar Aquarium Controller Clan

Posted: November 16th, 2011, 12:21pm CST by leslie hempel

Anyone running one of these boytjies?

interested to see what functions you are using them for...

UV sterilizers - The Definitive guide

Posted: November 16th, 2011, 12:13pm CST by williet

Hi all

Been a bit bored lately :whistling: my tank has been very stable so I thought I would do some research in the area of UV sterilizers. It is very interesting and since people claim it can control infestations of bacteria, parasites(Possibly irradicate as proven by a fish farm in the USA) and water clarity I went as far as to understand how it does it???

I found this report written by Carl Strohmeyer and from everything I have read so far this topic he gives the best overall explanation to how UV sterilzers work and should be applied.!!! Enjoy !

UV Sterilization, Irradiation for Aquariums, Ponds; UVC Sterilizers Information

Your thoughts !

Got some interesting math calcs on it so I will be doing some experiments !!!:thumbup:

Willie

Ruben BOYU 550 First Timer

Posted: November 16th, 2011, 11:51am CST by Rubenvm

Hey guys,

Started running my 550 yesterday, needs abit more water. The pics show the water to be VERY cloudy (just started running it), woke up this morning and all way crystal clear...now I have only 3kg of live rock and found a blue legged hermit crab in aswell. Going to run this untill Jan (im away most of December)

Wait for pics

(Dont be harsh,I literally started this like 3days ago guys)

Prizm Hang on Protein Skimmer on Back

4 Back Chambers

Blue legged Crab

Hydor smartwave now in stock

Posted: November 16th, 2011, 11:26am CST by Submariner

GUYS THESE HAVE JUST LANDED

SEE LINK FOR PDF

http://www.3reef.com/forums/attachme...0&d=1303145812

Smartwave is the new controller for movement and circulation pumps designed by Hydor. In nature, river and sea currents are a vital part of the natural life cycle of aquatic creatures as they promote oxygenation, transport nutrients and food and remove residues that would otherwise pollute.

Smartwave helps recreate these currents which allow a healthy aquarium and uniform water temperature by selecting one of the 2 available programs:

Alternate: pump 1 ON pump 2 OFF, pump 1 OFF - pump 2 ON.
Synchronous: pump 1 and 2 go ON and OFF together.

Details:

2 outlets, both for up to 100W; Unit is UL approved and water resistant.
2 selection knobs, 1 for pump program (alternate-synchronous), 1 for time interval setting (second, minutes, hours)
Feeding program. Compact, Smartwave is easy to conceal by hanging it inside the aquarium cabinet. Designed for Koralias, Smartwave works with most movement pumps available on the market compatible with quick ON-OFF (5 seconds= 6.3 million on/off per year)

PRICE R 599-00

New to Marine Aquariums

Posted: November 16th, 2011, 10:37am CST by Telur

Hi,

Looking at starting my first Marine Aquarium early next year. So busy looking at different tanks and what I want to have in my tank at the moment. I have kept tropical fresh water fish from an early age (got started on the hobby with dad).

My current apartment is not the biggest place so the size of the tank is going to have to be limited. So at the moment I am looking at getting the The Aquaria AMW102 Nano. Would this be a wise choice?

I'm also more interested in having invertebrates and coral. So at this point just looking to include 2 clown fish, a cleaner shrimp, anemone, hermit crab, fan worm.

Any advice would be very welcome :)

Clowns fest

Posted: November 16th, 2011, 10:00am CST by maj

Howzit peeps,

I recently setup my 2m tank with various fish in from my old system including triggers,tangs,angels etc no corals.......

since ppl are talkin of shaolin fish looking awesome in a tank,iwas thinkin of adding a big group of percula clowns maybe about 16-20 of them.

Will this work?
will they kill each other off?
Will the other inmates giv them a hard time?
Must I add them all together or can i add 5 at time?

I like the effect of the Two Oceans Aquarium Nemo tank,i just want to mix them up abit.

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T5's

Posted: November 16th, 2011, 9:03am CST by Rossreefer

Hi, I am in the process of getting all the goodies together for my new tank. Which I will start setting up hopefully next month as I am moving to a bigger house.

After much reading and also having both a 1.2m and a 2.0m marine tank on and off over the last 10 years. I have decided that the best size tank IMO is 1200mm x 600m x 500m (LxWxH)

I have been the MH route on my old 2M tank but have decided that T5's is the way I want to go forward.

I have already got a DIY system set up which will house 6 x 54w T5's, what I would like to know is the below the ideal light wise or should I change things. The idea is to have the tank as an island viewable from all four sides.

1 - Actinic+
2 - Aguablue+
3 - Aquablue+
4 - Aqua Pink
5 - Aquablue+
6 - Actinic+

Thanks

Finrott's Reef

Posted: November 15th, 2011, 7:38am CST by finrott

I have recently moved to Singapore and seen some mind blowing exhibits/ LFS that have inspired me to set up a home aquarium again.

Here are my tank details so far:
Display tank: 3x2x2
Sump: 3x1x1

Current equipment:
Sump pump: Aquabee 4000l/hr
Flow: 1x Tunze 6055 (5000l/hr) with single controller, 1x koralia (3200l/hr), 1 nano wavebox
Lighting: 8x 39w ATI T5s
Skimmer: Reef Octo
Chiller: Hailea 300a
Auto topup: Tunze osmolator
Live Rock: 20kg malasia 10 tonga
Live Sand: 15lbs Carribsea live aragonite, 10kg singapore aquacultured live sand
Salt: H20cean

Pics coming soon....

Mods and closed sales threads

Posted: November 15th, 2011, 6:41am CST by Travis1

hi. was wondering if the mods could remove all sales threads that have been closed. because people are looking for specific items in the sales forum and quite often what we are looking for is already gone but still listed on the forum. is it possible for the closed items, items older than 2 months to be removed? like how gumtree works?
just an opinion

What Glass for fish PIC's

Posted: November 15th, 2011, 9:31pm CST by Nemos Janitor

:( i am still at a near and far place when it comes to selecting lenses for fish pic"s.

i have at my disposal for my canon 350D

18-55 standard lens
18-135 is usm 3,5-5,6
17-40 usm 4
70-300 is usm 4-5,6

suggestions?

[FS]: Breaking Down My System : Pretoria

Posted: November 15th, 2011, 9:19pm CST by Oppies

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

Breaking Down My System

Location:

Pretoria

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection

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

Hi Guys I'm breaking down my system, I have 12KG Live rock, some rocks has polyps,Zoas and leather coral, 15KG base rock, 2x hermits, 4x damsel, 1x wrasser plus all crushed coral sand bed, and a full marine lab kit. R3500.00 for everything, all need to go ASAP.

Please PM me I'll send my details then.
Thanks!

Notes:

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Pistol shrimp has a new friend!!

Posted: November 15th, 2011, 9:08pm CST by Helga

GREAT NEWS:lol::thumbup:

After reporting on 5/10/2011 that my beloved Yellow Watchman Goby died and left my Pistol Shrimp all alone and hidden away to the extent that I thought he will not make it, I finally got a beautiful Watchman yesterday.
I added him to the tank and within 15 min I heard the Pistol clicking. The Goby dissapeared under the rock and voila..... out they came.... together..... big buds!!!! The goby is taking fish from the feeder and spitting it back into the hole where the pistol is. I am so chuffed... :biggrin::biggrin:

Marine tank

Posted: November 15th, 2011, 9:05pm CST by Travis1

Marine tank, pref a cube with all bells and whistles.

awesome article on cleaner shrimp

Posted: November 15th, 2011, 8:54pm CST by ziyaadb

Cleaner shrimp have a calculating, murderous sex life

If you've ever watched a nature program on coral reefs, you've probably seen a cleaner shrimp. These animals set up cleaning stations on the reefs where passing fish let the shrimp pluck off parasites. It's a classic symbiotic relationship: the fish have fewer parasites, while the shrimp get a meal and don't get made into one. Beneath this G-rated facade, however, one of the species of cleaner shrimp engages in a sex life that's calculating and murderous.
Lysmata amboinensis is what's technically known as a "protandric simultaneous hermaphrodite." That means that, as they mature, the animals only have male sexual organs. Once they reach a certain stage in development, however, they add female organs to their repertoire, with both being active simultaneously. They do not, however, mate with themselves, preferring a serial monogamy in which they fertilize a single partner and, in turn, get fertilized by them.
Now, this sort of mating could take place among any number of partners, but some researchers suspect there were two factors driving the animals towards forming pairs. For one, it simplifies the energetic cost of mating; the animals only have to make enough sperm for one partner, and don't have to waste energy overproducing for some unpredictable number of additional mates. The other issue is that larger groups open the door for selfish feeding behavior, where the shrimp move beyond eating parasites and start plucking pieces off their clients, causing the fish to avoid a cleaning station and harming the entire group.
In fact, they found that the pressures to create a stable pair of shrimp was so intense, that any larger group became positively murderous. When they put larger groups of shrimp in a single container, the animals reduced their numbers down to a pair. "Exactly one individual in each triplet and exactly two individuals in each quartet were killed in aggressive interactions, resulting in group sizes of two individuals," the authors report.
The killings took place after one member in the large group had moulted, or shed its hard outer shell in order to grow. In fact, the shrimp seem to know that moulting creates this risk, since the animals in the larger groups put off moulting (and hence sacrifice growth) until one of them finally shed its shell and was dispatched.
Presumably, this sort of lethal interaction doesn't happen much in the wild, since an odd animal out would recognize its peril and move on to a new location. Still, it's a rather extreme way to keep a visitor from overstaying its welcome and mating with your partner.

Hi everyone

Posted: November 15th, 2011, 8:36pm CST by Ryans

Hi everyone, my name is Ryan. I am from the Freestate and at this stage I am just curious about this hobby. I do not have an aquarium yet. I see some nice photos here e.g. the tank for Oct/Nov. But I am obviously light years away from that.

[FS] Various corals: Cape Town

Posted: November 15th, 2011, 8:07pm CST by ESP

Various corals for saleCommon Names:

Various Corals

Scientific Names:

Various

Size of coral

Various

How long have you had the corals?

Over 2 years

Shipping or Collection only:

Collect

Your location.

Cape Town

Price:

From R30.00

Photo's:

No sms's, pm's, emails & dib's. Please call 082 5321299

Notes:

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awsome

Posted: November 15th, 2011, 7:57pm CST by boetie

Diving Inside the Aquadom Reef tank in Berlin, Germany (a boys dream) - digideep.com :: underwater housings, strobes and arms for digital cameras...

Help with coralline

Posted: November 15th, 2011, 6:15pm CST by Vann1986

can anybody help me or give some advice on how to maybe speed up the growth of my coralline algea i have spots here and there...

[FS]: Light Unit For Sale + Extra's: JHB

Posted: November 15th, 2011, 6:05pm CST by gMAN

Hardware for saleThread title:

Light Unit For Sale + Extra's

Location:

JHB

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection & shipping at buyers expense

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

I have a no name light unit consisting of 2 x 150W MH (1x 16k & 1x 20k bulb) and 2 x 54W T5 Coral blue. Included with this unit I will give away 2 x 39W T5 with a dual ballast and a Rio Mini Sun Moonlight. Asking R2250.00
I've had this unit for just over a year and it has served me well, all the bulbs were changed around March 2011

Notes:

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finally

Posted: November 15th, 2011, 5:43pm CST by Vann1986

hi everyone i must say this site is awsome the wealth of knowledge for this hobby we all so much enjoy is amazing:thumbup:

Drilling holes in my tank

Posted: November 15th, 2011, 4:56pm CST by erratiC

Hi George/Anita,

I've been told you guys might be able to help me out by drilling a 50mm hole (possibly 2) in my tank for me..

Please let me know if it's possible or whether you can put me in touch with someone who can.

Regards,
Grant

Cost of the hobby

Posted: November 15th, 2011, 4:31pm CST by shaunnorth

hi all
as i am sure u all know this hobby is verry expencive why is it so, is because all the equipment is imported are the LFS gready and what a big mark up?

ie R6000 for a lighting system and thats for cheep one

I can understand about the fish and livestock but the genaral equipment its madness.

Dont get me wrong i am not complaning but there must be reasion fro this high costs.
I have a supper bike it does not cost near to the cost of my small tank yes i know totaly diffrent hobbys but its a fact.

phoshate reactor

Posted: November 15th, 2011, 4:07pm CST by malooda

hi

im looking for a phosphate reactor.

thanks

REACHED THE END - JsPLAYn / JsREEFn

Posted: November 15th, 2011, 4:00pm CST by JsREEFn

Hey everyone... So were do I start..

Ok .. So in march 2010 I started my 1st marine tank,60cm standard tank.. Wasn I jus soooo excited.as usual, I rushed things,without failing I filled up my tank in just under a month lol... Tank got to small and went to a 90cm tank....3mnths later also full then i swoped my out my all male Malawi showtank to a marine reef... 6months later I was offered a 2m from fellow ex-reefer gavin... This is wen the sweat started and expenses went thru the roof lol

In jan 2011 I started her up,tranfered all stock and rock from 900 and 1.2m into 2m tank... I was so excited once again but what was left was an empty tank lol. It was so big I needed much more...over the months ,9 to be exact, I just spent and spent and spent up to R52 000.... Wow in my opinion, I ended up with a pretty awsome system.... But guys,I've decided I have bigger fish to fry(excuse the pun) ... Its now time to move on and concentrate on my family(wife and 2 kids) ... In the market to now buy my 1st house (@ age of 26)

I have sold out everything and now I'm so sad:(,u won't believe,I sold because as the homeowners know, with buying a house comes renovations, and all new expenses I never had, so didn want the tank to become a liability.... Hopefully in the future I will maybe, big maybe setup a new tank in my own home....

So the actual reason for this thread is to bid farewell to all fellow reefers and amazing friends I met along the way.also I have run into quite a bit of trouble on masa so herewith I include a formal apology to everyone affected by my misconduct and arguments.. I have been banned as JsPLAYn, hence given 2nd chance as JsREEFn... And I am very thankfull to the guys responsible...

This hooby will never die in me, I will most probably still go to lfs's lol and browse masa every now and again... I just felt this thread was necesary more for the apology part coz I wouldn just drop out on bad graces or with people disliking me.so I'm not a coward afterall lol... So there you go guys an girls and ..... Lol.... I fare thee well, keep on reefn:yeahdude:

Thanking you
JsPLAYn/JsREEFn

[fs]: Tank and lights etc : Cape town / bellville

Posted: November 15th, 2011, 3:51pm CST by regis

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

TANK AND LIGHTS ETC

Location:

CAPE TOWN / BELLVILLE

Shipping or Collection only:

COLLECTION ONLY

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

Tank 850l X 600w X 650h
10mm glass, black silicone, center overflow, bracing top
25mm square tubing stand
cupboard, Cherry Royal colour, front doors slide open.
2 sumps, sump 1 half the size of the cupboard, sump 2 full size

Price R2000 neg.

light units X3
2x t5 3 tubes 1m long R600 each
1x (70w mh X2) 1m long R800
all bulbs are new, t5 are Sylvania 39w. (used 1 month) 70w mh used 1 month(blc 14000K)

canister filter (aqua h20) R500

Notes:

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Pictures-Friday Shipment

Posted: November 15th, 2011, 3:07pm CST by Oceanson

Hi Reefer's,

Below are pictures of our Shipment that landed on Friday.

We offer a 14 day life gaurantee on all marine fish

50% cash back on a cash purchase
35% card return on a card purchase - (T&C APPLY)

TRADING HOURS:
MONDAYS - CLOSED
Tue - Fri 10am - 6pm
Sat - Sun 10am - 3pm

Tel: 021 552 7553
EMAIL US AT: oceansoncpt@gmail.com
17 Unit C Burpark, 1st Street, Montague Drive, Montague Gardens

Oceanson Aquarium

New Tank Ideas help please

Posted: November 15th, 2011, 1:55pm CST by Travis1

Hi all. am looking at starting a marine tank. i dont want anything to big. the bigger the more expensive. this is what i was thinking. looking at a display tank of 600l by 600 w b 450 h. thanks Mekaeel for the idea. but now, i have always wanted to inc-operate a frag/quarantine tank. now the idea would be to have a display tank, underneath that the quarantine tank, and then sump on the floor. all in a line, but at diff levels. has anybody attempted this? or has done this before? yes the tank stand will be a little higher, as well as the quarantine tank and sump will be a little smaller in size as compared to the display.
any ideas? guidence?

DSB info...

Posted: November 15th, 2011, 1:30pm CST by saaid

Don't know how I came across this but there is some conflicting info WRT what I have read here on MASA.

Ron Shimek's Website...Deep Sand Beds

Video's of and within my tank:

Posted: November 15th, 2011, 11:40am CST by student

Thought Id post a few interesting video's of my tank and the stuff that goes on within..

Cool top view of my harlequin searching for his tasty starfish, and then the struggle to flip the thing onto its back:

Dave hunting - YouTube

Dave hunting - YouTube

little tour of the tank, excuse the glare:

A little tour of my tank - YouTube

A little tour of my tank - YouTube

View from the top:

A view from above - YouTube

A view from above - YouTube

More harlequin-starfish action:

Harlequin shrimp eating - YouTube

Harlequin shrimp eating - YouTube

Dave with sand sifting starfish - YouTube

Enjoy!!

A Crazy Idea, alternate use for RO machine

Posted: November 15th, 2011, 11:15am CST by dallasg

since RO filtration was used in desalination, Water Treatment Alternatives - Reverse Osmosis
could we not recycle our old saltwater through it and remix with salt etc?
would this be more green?

What Live stock so we get for an office tank

Posted: November 15th, 2011, 10:36am CST by blackghostknife

HI All

Our Office tank is just about ready for life stock, the tank has been cycling for +/- 4 month now, so now its time to think about choosing fish, I know for a start to get 2 fish which we intend to do, after that we will introduce fish slowly but I need to know what fish?

Things I know we have to consider is, that there is a lot of movement in the office, and people want to see the fish, so we cannot get fish that duck and dive when people want to see the tank, and there must be a lot of color

So what FISH???? :biggrin:

[FS]: Basicly New WaterBoy Ro Unit: Cape Town

Posted: November 15th, 2011, 9:58am CST by Xereo

Hardware for saleThread title:

Basicly New WaterBoy Ro Unit

Location:

Cape Town

Shipping or Collection only:

Both

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

Hi ive got a Waterboy Ro Unit forsale.

Its basically made Max 200l of water, i hardly use it.
5 months old

Letting it go for R1100.00
Includes Replacement filters.

First come First serve

:1:

Notes:

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Cloudy water

Posted: November 15th, 2011, 9:12am CST by dallasg

Hi

ran into something strange, i was setting up my holding tank using RO and microbelift salt, i mixed it up at 24deg and let it run with a skimmer, some flow and added some special blend, and a day later i see the water is milky, the heater i had stopped working, could the cold temp have caused a snow storm?? i am going to test params this eve to see, but i added some carbon and filterfloss to get things running and hoping this eve its clear

Nitrates!! aargh confused

Posted: November 15th, 2011, 8:59am CST by Regs

Hi guys , good to post here, I am a new tank owner :thumbup:

My parameters are...
NH3.... 0
NO2.... 0
NO3.... 2.5
Ca....
Mg....
Alkalinity....
pH....8.0
Salinity....1.025
Temperature.... 26 C
RO water TDS reading....

Are my Nitrate levels too high ? excuse the arb questions I have the RED SEA Nitrate Pro test kit and my Nitrate is sitting at 2,5 Now what I am trying to figure out is , is this a low range kit ? cause i am like calculating 2,5 as say 25 ppms ? is that wrong or right? or is it a low range test kit and it actually is 2,5 ppms I really just
need some clarity on it, I have surfed the net for answers and they are never clear on it .

My ammonia is 0 and my Nitrite is 0 which is great :-)
So if anyone has an answer to the Nitrate question I would appreciate it thanx :-)

My equipment is
1 x Protien Skimmer (OCTX 160) , 1 xTunze 6015 pump ( circulation pump) 1X Return Pump (Halie 6530),
Lighting (1 x 150w MH and 4 x 39w t5's),
1X hailea HC500 Chiller

Thanx for all the input cheers

SUMP

Tank

FULL TANK PIC

IMG00398-20111113-0000017470.jpg picture by reganb1 - Photobucket

SARC Cavendish

Posted: November 14th, 2011, 9:40pm CST by Electrician24

Does anyone know whats happening at SARK Cavendish ?
Just stumbled on this ad.
Looks like they are selling the tanks.
Fish holding/breeding tanks - Stuff for Sale - Free Local Classifieds - Gumtree Cape Town / Western Cape Free Classifieds

normal gbta?

Posted: November 14th, 2011, 8:47pm CST by Charl_Stanhope

hey guys

is this a normal gbta? do you get different species?

What lighting?

Posted: November 14th, 2011, 8:47pm CST by rudeboy1

Hi All

I would just like to know what would be my best lighting option for a 35cm deep tank?

I was thinking T5's? but how many of them? What combination? What make?

Can I MH? And also where can I purchase some lighting where the price is not overkill?

My tank is 90cmx35cmx35cm. I would like to keep clams, coral and anemones!

Please help!

:)

What are nice schooling fish that stay small?

Posted: November 14th, 2011, 7:29pm CST by 2time

Hi guys and girls.

What are nice schooling fish that dont get too big?

I have two adult orange line chromis and I'm too scared to get blue/green chromis.

Thanks:)

Found this little Toby at Nahoon Mouth

Posted: November 14th, 2011, 7:15pm CST by stevengrant

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[FS]: Green Bubble Tip Anemone: Hermanus

Posted: November 14th, 2011, 6:21pm CST by Charl_Stanhope

All other livestockCommon Name:

Green Bubble Tip Anemone

Scientific Name:

-

Size

15cm from tip to tip,maybe even bigger

How long have you had it?

2 months

Shipping or Collection only:

collection only

Your location.

Hermanus

Price:

free to good home,shroom frags id love

Photo's:

it has grown a bit more since Ive had it:eek:

Notes:

I have had this nennie for 2 months,bought without doing enough research,size wize. did research on all requirements like light,feeding etc,but not size.its not too big yet but will get too big soon if it keeps in growing.its extremely happy in my tank and very healthy,the size its gonna get is the reason I want to let go of nennie. Im giving it away as Im in Hermanus and its quite a drive unless you have someone to collect it for you. will courrier it to C.T at takers cost. If someone has got some shrooms,shroom frags it would be awesome to swop, but if no one with some shrooms want it I will give it away to a good home.:thumbup:

repairs to electric cable

Posted: November 14th, 2011, 4:56pm CST by kgem

Hi there
3 of my powerhead cable got damaged,can I repair it.
The damaged section is closer to the unit side that goes in the water.
Thank you

Round circular tanks?

Posted: November 14th, 2011, 4:04pm CST by Evo R

Hey guys.

A friend of mine would like one of these in the middle of his restaurant.
Does any of the sponser sell these tanks?
If you do, please pm me size and pricing.

Regards.

Free 1000l tank to good home

Posted: November 14th, 2011, 3:38pm CST by Bob the (reef)builder

Hi guys.

One of our clients is upgrading to an Idol Aquarium.

He is giving his tank, sump cabinetry away.

1.8 x 800 x 800mm, in great condition.

Catch: needs to be moved today or tomorrow.

Give us a call if interested.

Cheers

Rob
0113121485.;)

Which T5 bulbs?

Posted: November 14th, 2011, 3:32pm CST by Ari

I have a 54W T5 light fixture (4 x bulbs). I need some advice which bulbs to use... I have 2 white bulbs, 2 blue/white bulbs and 2 actinic bulbs. at the moment I have been using 2 actinics, 1 blue white and 1 white. Which combination will be the best? Is it true that the whiter the spectrum the more algae? Because my friend's spectrum is more blue and he is not getting any algae.

Thanx in advance :)

Urgent help needed Corals not doing well!!

Posted: November 14th, 2011, 3:18pm CST by dominodeluxe

Hi I've had my new tank 240l going for about 4/5 months and everything was doing super my green star polyps multiplying like neva before,the leather growing well......overall the tank was doing great. I went away for a long weekend and when i came back my leather became this huge white blub...a few days later nothing remained.
my hammer also started to almost not come out so i started adding salt to get it from 1.020 to 1.023. I also added 2 T5's.

Nothing is seeming to help in the meantime i also added a dsb.

Help will be appreciated!!

Berghia Nudibranch

Posted: November 14th, 2011, 1:51pm CST by blackghostknife

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VDhykIiQpg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VDhykIiQpg

Does anyone have these Berghia Nudibranch? cause I need them, I have a big problem with Aiptasia? oh and i did buy Aiptasia-x but im going to have to sit hours injecting each one of them!

Regards:thumbup:

Live rock for sale!!!

Posted: November 14th, 2011, 1:13pm CST by Mr T

I am packing up my hobby due to limited time to actually appreciate the beauty of it. I have given away all of my corals and fish to my dad who introduced me to the hobby. I still have all my live rock if anyone is interested. I would like R80,00 per kilo but it's negotiable.

I am in the Roodepoort area. The live rock has been in my fish tank for +/-7 years and is fully seeded.

Drop me an email if you're interested (mrtsolomon@me.com) :thumbup:

Blue legged hermit

Posted: November 14th, 2011, 1:01pm CST by saaid

Good day peeps, can someone explain the molting process to me. Been google-ing and cant really grasp it.

My understanding is that they leave their shell to do it. But now on two occasions I have found the remains of it and a crab still in the shell? Do I have another one hiding or do I clearly just not understand? :eek:

New Shop 4 Week Launch Special

Posted: November 14th, 2011, 12:38pm CST by lanzo

Dear Reefer..,

Exciting news!!! Dorry Pets has expanded and now offer a brand new fresh water section!!

We will specialise in three areas of freshwater which includes planted tanks, cichlids, and Discuss.

To celebrate this, we will be running MASSIVE launch specials over the next four weeks!

Firstly, all freshwater livestock, hardware and maintenance products are less 30% for the full duration of the 4 week launch!!

Marine Specials per week:

1. Week One (19 to 25 Nov) AquaVitro 30kg Salinity Salt at less 25%
2. Week Two (26 Nov to 2 Dec) All Hallia Chillers at less 15% and MH and T5 globes at less 20%
3. Week Three (3 to 9 Dec) All Brightwell, Seachem, Aquavitro and ROWA maintenance Products at less 20%
4. Week Four (10 to 16 Dec) All Skimmers and Reactors at less 15% including clearance sale on all fish and livestock

All Vortech and Profilux hardware will be less 7% and all other products and equipment not listed less 10% for the full duration of the launch!!

Come pop in at Dorrys and SEA for yourself!!!!

Dorry Pets Crew

Sticking polysyrene

Posted: November 14th, 2011, 12:17pm CST by Hammerhead

What do i use to stick Polys to the base, I've used silicone on past tanks but inevitably they come off?

VorTech MP10

Posted: November 14th, 2011, 12:11pm CST by Hammerhead

Hi,

Does anyone have one of these running on 10mm glass, Specs say its rated for 9.5mm glass, LFS says it works fine.

Coral Room/Greenhouse

Posted: November 14th, 2011, 10:55am CST by chas84

So the move to the new house went well, and the only unfortunate loss was a Fairy Wrasse...

At the new house there are three 3m x 6m sheds. One of the sheds is positioned so that it gets full sun the whole day. Id like to explore the option of turning it into a Coral Room, by replacing the corrugated sheets with Polycarb sheets. Id like to have a few large shallow runs where I can grow soft corals and LPS. Im still not 100% sure exactly which corals I want to grow, but I would like to grow a variety of Leathers, Mushrooms and Florida Rics. The coral room will also house my RO unit, mixing station etc, as well as a QT setup or two.

Id need to explore options to keep the temp stable. Im thinking if I replace the roof with the polycarb sheets (clear) and then cover the shed with a blue shadecloth, it would already make a significant difference to keep the temp cooler.

Id like to get some advice from guys whove had/do have a successful coral room/greenhouse.

Id snail

Posted: November 14th, 2011, 10:23am CST by Yvonne

Hi guys,

I'm trying to figure out what is eating my zoas so will post pics still of other snails i have and things i see that i'm not sure what they are.
This is the first snail that i'm not sure what it is

Issues with the Cape Town Chiller

Posted: November 14th, 2011, 9:36am CST by SteveZi

Can someone please turn this chiller off.
We came through Grabouw yesterday to find snow on the Helderberg Mountains and arrived home in a shower of ice rain.

What's going on with this chiller...?

I've got lots of green coraline algae, but little pink/purple.

Posted: November 13th, 2011, 1:48am CST by Dlaria

I've got lots of green coraline algae, but little pink/purple. (Circular growths on back of tank glass.) I was not cleaning the back and thought some nice pink and purple coraline back there would look ok, but it's covered in the green ones. Only one little pink one in site. How do I encourage the pink/purple/maroon colors and discourage the green?

Korallen-zucht globes now in S.A.

Posted: November 13th, 2011, 10:37pm CST by Submariner

All globes in stock

24,39 and 54 watts

Thought by many overseas to be the best T5's available today.

Used on many Zeo tank of the month tanks.

Used on all korallen-zuch coral culture tanks and there legendary show tank.

If you want to make corals pop then these are the globes for you.

Manufactured in Germany to the highest standard.

Prices and specs to follow.

advice needed

Posted: November 13th, 2011, 8:11pm CST by oceans 22

Hi everyone

Ive been looKing at pics of reefers tankd and i noticed that their live rock
Is this beautiful purple colour. How do you get the rock that colour?

Is it difficult?
Does the tank need to be mature?
Any special item needed?

Thanks

I cracked my sump

Posted: November 13th, 2011, 5:39pm CST by shaunnorth

I was busy installing my brand new Idol chiller and slipped and broke the whole side of my sum house flooded again i managed to get a emergency sump @ petes bes's for R600 all is well fish seam ok but i don't want to do a water change like that again

Picasso Clown (Grade A)Pictures

Posted: November 13th, 2011, 11:37am CST by Oceanson

Hi Reefer's,

These stunning Picasso Clowns have beautiful patterns,

Heres a few pictures of these cute little guys:

Picasso Clown Grade A R800.00 each

Picasso clown 1: Pattern A on its right side:

Patten B on its left side:

Picasso clown 2: Pattern A:

Pattern B:

Picasso clown 3: Pattern A

Pattern B:

The following picture is of (Grade A) Black Clown they go for R450.00 each

Black Nemo Clown

Oceanson Aquarium

polystyrene in Cpt ?

Posted: November 13th, 2011, 9:28am CST by Electrician24

Anybody knows where I can get polystyrene in Cpt today?

Brine pond

Posted: November 13th, 2011, 9:13am CST by Mc

Hi All.

Has anyone tried to keep brine shrimp in a pond?
I was at a LFS yesterday looking for brine and the guy there took me to the back and caught some for me out of a pond, :eek: first time I have ever heard of that.
I asked him about it and he told me its fresh water and they eat the algae in the pond. The funny thing is I brought them home and put half of them in a container in the water they came in and the other half in salt water that I had left over from my tank. When I woke up this morning I was surprised to see all the brine in the origanal water are dead and all the brine I put in the salt water still alive. I understand they are supposed to live in salt water, but what I don't understand is how they are living and breading in fresh water.
I have an old pond about a meter by a meter and half and im thinking of setting one of these up, as I have a mandarin and a fresh water pipefish that only eat live brine. I was just wondering if anyone has tried this before as can't find anything on masa or google?

What Test Kits are you using?

Posted: November 12th, 2011, 10:31pm CST by Helga

Hi,
I am battling high calcium parameters in my tank lately. Its seems I am not the only one now and theres also great discussion on the causes of it on MASA.
At this stage the discussions on the possible causes are concentrated around : the saltmix used (the correct/or not, mixture therof),

or faulty test kits.

1. What has been established so far is that the problem tanks in question have all been using Seachem Reefsalt. Seachem Reefsalt are being sold at very special rates by the LFS' the past few months so naturally a lot of reefers are using it!

OR,

2. Our test kits: As we are presumably all using different test kits, it will be near impossible to establish "good" from "bad" brands. As with all things in life, there will also be personal preferences.

My question is: I'm using API test kits that is not readily available nor widely used in South Africa. I buy it in Houston when I visit threre. It came highly recommended by the LFS shops in Houston and also online by Fosters&Smith Aqauatics. Have been using it for more than a year now and are really pleased with API as they are extremely user friendly. I have tested them to Salifert and Tropic Marin getting the same results.

Are you familiar with API test kits and what is your opinion on them.

Rare Fish in South Africa

Posted: November 12th, 2011, 9:37pm CST by oceanseeker

Ive started this thread to catalogue Rare Marine Fish that you have either kept in your tanks or seen in South Africa, so please add to this if you think your specimen qualifies.

'Rare' is defined by the Oxford dictionary as ... 'not found in large numbers and so of interest or value' In our reefing context more than 10 of any species is NOT regarded as rare. An unusual specimen of a species is also considered as rare.

Lets see the weird and the wonderful. Moderators I guess will reserve the right to remove pics that are not considered as rare, so please use your discretion

If anyone would like a photo taken of their rare fish or transformed into an artwork to hang on their wall or office, please PM me and we can work something out.

CONSPIC ANGEL

MUSTARD TANG

MYSTERY WRASSE

SCOTT'S WRASSE

SNOWFLAKE CLOWNFISH

Pool calcium (flakes) hardner

Posted: November 12th, 2011, 8:36pm CST by mrbloew

Any one ever use the pool calcium hardner (calcium flakes). I notice that they a bit more on the grey side than the LFS stuff whitch is pure white, though the same consistancey.

Has anyone used the stuff successfully for prolonged period of time

Guess the Fish Trivia #2

Posted: November 12th, 2011, 6:34pm CST by oceanseeker

Here is another specimen I took at a LFS recently. Any guess what this is

Fish Trivia #2

Issues with the Idol marine chiller

Posted: November 12th, 2011, 4:53pm CST by shaunnorth

Hi

there are some major problems with the evaporation chiller from idol marine or i just have a BAD one , the compartment were all the wiring is housed is flooding it all most killed all of my fish

i have been trying to get hold of Rob or Adriaan and they don't ans there phone so if one of them this pls give me a call asap i need to have this chiller working

Shaun

Water gone milky!

Posted: November 12th, 2011, 4:09pm CST by brentch

Hey ppl.

So I have finished my tank and DIY light etc. (Pics to follow when I learn how to upload:banghead:). I filled my tank and sump with NSW (as far as I know it was clean and un-polluted, but the usual slightly green colour) and it was relatively clean, which soon became crystal clear when I ran the skimmer (which pulled a lot of muck out). It stayed like this till the next morning.

When I returned in the afternoon, it was murky, like someone had milk poured into it. I am guessing this might have something to do with ammonia? Unfortunately I can't test for ammonia as I don't have a test kit for it.

All I have in the tank at the mo is some well cured live rock...

Any advice etc would be cool, cause i'm stressing slightly:blush:

(If i could upload a pic of the water i would, but i can't seem to get this uploader to work, even after re-sizing).

[FS] Various frags: Wilgeheuwel

Posted: November 12th, 2011, 3:23pm CST by rakabos

Various frags for saleCommon Names:

Various

Scientific Names:

-

Size of frags

-

How long have you had the frags?

-

Are the frags mounted?

Yes

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection

Your location.

Wilgeheuwel

Price:

-

Photo's:

1. Palys R100

2. Palys R100

3. Zoas R100

4. Zoas R100

5. SPS (size of R5 coin) R80

6. Birdsnest (size of R5 coin) R80

7. Birdsnest(size of R5 coin) R80

8. SPS blue tipped acro R150

9. SPS blue tipped acro R100

10. Zoas R100

Notes:

-

Pics of latest fish: Perky Pets

Posted: November 12th, 2011, 2:03pm CST by Perky pets superstore

Copperband butterfly - 229.95
Semisurculatus - R398.95

Clarki clowns - R149.95

Fire fish - R98.95
Bangi cardinals - R198.95

Black african clowns - R189.95

Hawaii yellow tangs - R649.95
Achillies -R2990.00

Bared sand sifter gobie -R229.95

Black percular clowns - R298.95

Clarki clowns - R149.95
Threadfin butterfly - R249.95
Double saddle back butterfly - R 249.95
Sweetlips - R229.95
Sailfin tang - R329.95
Scopa tang - R249.95
regal tangs - R249.95
Bi colour angle -249.95

Damsils R89.95
Ocerlaris clowns - R119.95

Coral buety - R249.95

More tomorrow

[FS] Various corals: RANDBURG

Posted: November 12th, 2011, 1:13pm CST by boetie

Various corals for saleCommon Names:

fine grape frogspawn and pin cushion

Scientific Names:

-

Size of coral

15 cm

How long have you had the corals?

6 months

Shipping or Collection only:

collection

Your location.

RANDBURG

Price:

-

Photo's:

fine grape frogspawn R150
Pin cushion 15 cm mounted on a piece of live rock R250

Notes:

-

[FS] Various frags: Centurion

Posted: November 12th, 2011, 12:45pm CST by Tiger eye

Various frags for saleCommon Names:

Pulsing Xenia

Scientific Names:

-

Size of frags

Varios

How long have you had the frags?

5 moths

Are the frags mounted?

Yes

Shipping or Collection only:

both

Your location.

Centurion

Price:

R25 - R50

Photo's:

Hi hi its that time again i have some Pulsing Xenia frags for sale for between R25 And R50 Depending on size.

Notes:

Biopellets in a skimmer

Posted: November 12th, 2011, 12:01pm CST by Achilles

I have been thinking about this but have not tried it yet as my first experience with biopllets caused my leathers to bleach ,but if one has a good sized skimmer and put a filter bag with biopellets in the skimmer body wouldnt one get very good skimming out of the bacteria it produces? plus the removal of the nitrates and phosphates they used up in their biomass?

Any thoughts?

antonr

Posted: November 12th, 2011, 11:58am CST by antonr

Hi, I am very keen to get going in this wonderful hobby. At the moment I am doing as much research as possible so that I don't start off on the wrong foot.

I intend to start off with a fairly large tank, 2mx0.65hx0.7w. For a tank this size would it be best to drill holes the tank for plumbing or to use siphon boxes?

Guess the Fish Trivia

Posted: November 12th, 2011, 8:13am CST by oceanseeker

Any guess what fish this is. Will post full pic after 48hrs or when someone id's this.

Fish Trivia #1

Starting a new second aquarium after 10 years .

Posted: November 11th, 2011, 9:13pm CST by Baby Ewing

Hi all

Just started a new aquarium after selling my last one 10 years ago. Introduced about 50kg live rock and a sand bed in the sump with approx 300 litres mature water. The aquarium is a week old now and almost perfect to start populating, only a sniffle of phosphate/nitrate holding me back. the children are older now and have become keen participants, we'll see how long that lasts. So this weekend we look forward to arranging the reef in prep for it's new inhabitants.

Congrats on the forum, look forward to participating.:thumbup:

Confusion

Posted: November 11th, 2011, 7:39pm CST by rob189

ok to start..my stcking list:
2 sebae clowns(pair)
1 niger trigger
1 fire goby
1 bicolour angel
1 pygmy angel
1 copperband
2 lunare wrasses(no clue on sexual orienations or preferences. lol)
2 blue mandarins(pair)
1 yellow tang
1 scopa tang

ok last night after the lights went off..i do what i usually do which is i take a blue led torch and watch my corals for a while Then i noticed that my water had lots of particles floating which is extremely odd. Upon further inspection...it turned out to be babies!! of what i dont know. They were aprox 1mm long and looked and swam like shrimp. Now thats the problem...i dont have shrimp!! (ok i have like 6 miniscule ones in the sump)

any ideas? This is the first time ive ever had anything marine related reproduce :D (apart from snails) so im pretty chuffed. Theyre all gone now...

thanks

Tube reflectors

Posted: November 11th, 2011, 7:21pm CST by JacOD

Hi guys

This is my first post...

I am seriously looking for 1200mm tube reflectors! I see that SIMS have some for sale but is there anyone that have some for sale closer to JHB/Potchefstroom?

Thank you

Great forum this!

Cheers

beginner

Posted: November 11th, 2011, 6:44pm CST by carelsc

Hi to you all.still a bit new to the marine thing but learning something new every day.

leds on sams display tank of 55cm depth

Posted: November 11th, 2011, 4:30pm CST by mandarinman

[FS]: VARIOUS items REDUCED PRICES: cape town

Posted: November 11th, 2011, 4:14pm CST by JsREEFn

Hardware for saleThread title:

VARIOUS items REDUCED PRICES

Location:

cape town

Shipping or Collection only:

collection only

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

To follow

Notes:

EQUIPMENT
--------
Skimmer: reefocto xp5000int cone ....R6000
Heater: 2x300watt via aqua ....R80 each
Nitrate reductor powerLAB(1000l/h) ... R800
Carbon reactor powerLAB .....R450
PowerLAB auto top off unit ...R400
PowerLAB ozoniser with pump ..R500neg
Via Aqua uplift ...R150 (2000l/h)
225litre water drum R150
2 x 25l water cans R25each
2 x 20l water buckets R20each
550x400x400 tank 6mm .....FREE
Hang on filter aqua clear .....R200
90cm T5 quad light unit HOPAR ...R400 (dual switch)
Egg crate pieces ....FREE (various sizes)

LIVEROCK
--------
±15kgs @ R70a kg ....the more u take ,the less the place,A-graded pieces an lovely flat pieces for ledges

LIVESTOCK
--------
Purple tang R1500 7cm(MAC)
Bristletooth tang 8-9cm R200
Snowflake moray eel 30cm R150 eats from hand

Show tank suggestions for Perky Pets ?

Posted: November 11th, 2011, 2:43pm CST by Perky pets superstore

Hi guys , ater all this time weve finaly decide to set up a display tank.
Yes its second hand ...

So ide like some sugestions from you guys on what type of tank to do
EG:
Full reef
SPS
Fish only
Preditor
or any other sugestions ?

This week-ends specials at Idol Marine

Posted: November 11th, 2011, 12:43pm CST by Bob the (reef)builder

We would love to see you at Idol this weekend to pick up some provisions or to take advantage of this weeks special on fish.

Or simply to chat about your plans or dreams for your tank. Let us add to your plans, our combined 50 years of reefing experiences can only benefit.;)

- We have a fresh shipment of fish for our valued customers and will be discounting all fish this weekend by 20%.
- We also have live brine shrimp to spoil your fish.
Remember that we are open on Sundays!!! (9am1pm)

Cheers and see you soon.

The Idol Crew.

[FS]: DIGITAL TIMERS "Major tech": rondebosch east

Posted: November 11th, 2011, 11:31am CST by JsREEFn

Hardware for saleThread title:

DIGITAL TIMERS "Major tech"

Location:

rondebosch east

Shipping or Collection only:

collection only

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

To follow

Notes:

I have 8 major tech digital timers fully programable for R75each..all are as new

Auqavitro sale

Posted: November 11th, 2011, 10:51am CST by ebrahim sams aquarium

ALPHA 350ml 95.00
vibrance 350ml 89.00
ions 350ml 89.00
balance 350ml 85.00
calcification 350ml 89.00
eight.four 350ml 85.00
fuel 350ml 95.00
fuel 1lt 259.00
reef fusion1 500ml 89.00
reef fusion2 500ml 89.00

valid only for sat 12 an sun 13 or while stocks last
will be posting another thread later with live stock specials

trading hour over the weekend
sat 8am to 5pm
sun 8am to 4pm

thanks regards

Silicone Remover

Posted: November 11th, 2011, 9:43am CST by Hammerhead

Has anyone had any success with this product

how to clean a Protein skimmer

Posted: November 11th, 2011, 9:19am CST by JsREEFn

Hi... And no I dnt mean the cup and neck lol..... I need to make it look new so I can package it... Its got buildups of algae and coraline inside th base of skimmer wer its imposible to reach with the hands... Any ideas or proven to wrk methods anyone can offer pleas!!!!

Just gettin Started

Posted: November 11th, 2011, 9:07am CST by Rubenvm

Howzit Guys,

Got myself a BOYU TL550 yesterday, the guy that I bought it from helped me alot in the sense that he added in a better protein skimmer and he modified the pump (aparantly the skimmer and pump were not that great as a standard spec)

Its my 1st time with a marine tank and its always been a dream to have 1. I know its major work and people are frightened off @ how expensive it gets but if I want it then I gotta jump in and learn!

This is what I am going to do next, put water in the tank (going to get the premixed water) with the sand and get it up to the corret temperature. Then I will add live rock for about a month and then add a pair of clowns.

I plan on taking it easy and slow with this hobby, so maybe just about 4 or 5 fish total, with some coral.

Is my beginning proccess correct so far?

Lastly, the BOYU 550 has 2 big buttons on the roof for the lights, I know that the right side button is for the regular light. My issue is the left side button, when I push the button I see a small blue dot where the bulbs are, its like a circular dot, bout the size of a 5Rand coin...very weird!!Is this maybe moonlight viewing or what????

Thanx Guys for all your help, please dont leave comments too complicated. Like I said Im VERY new to marine. Peace:thumbup:

Kh and MAG problem

Posted: November 11th, 2011, 9:00am CST by charlv

Hi Guys

Let me start changed salt brand from RedSea Coral Pro to Seachem from that time I battle with the upkeep of MAG and KH and it droped bad. Dose MAG everyday small amounts with seachem advantage mag. I dose Alkalin 8.3 every other day but kh drop within 2 days. Drip kalk 24/7 in RO holding tank that I use for topup. So kan someone please tell me what's going on. Tested KH yesterday morning 8.4 test KH this morning 7.7 Salifert new testkit. O and MAG new testkit. Test MAG yesterday 1200 dose 60g of advantage MAG and today MAG level at 1170 how's this possible to drop that bad within a day

This is my water par at the moment

PH - 8.3
KH - 7.7
MAG - 1170
NO2 - 0
NO3 - 0

Corals 85% SPS

I stopped dosing need to find the problem

Thanks in advance
Charl

zoanthid eating nudibranch treatment

Posted: November 10th, 2011, 9:56pm CST by mandarinman

Hi guys i have seen a couple of bhergia looking nudis eating my zoanthids. i dipped the loose frags with coral rx but my rockwork is kinda solid. i have a possum wrasse and i was wondering if he would eat them if hungry enough. i have done a little research and it looks like salifert flatworm exit is the thing to use if your infestation is not too big. i am tending to lean in this direction. has anyone got suggestions that may help for current situation? I should dip all my corals when thwy come in. from now on yes i will.

Storm Reef Tank Updated

Posted: November 10th, 2011, 7:57pm CST by Storm

It has been a a very, very, very long while since ive been on this site... :whistling: So, I should probably add some updated pictures once in a while lol. Anyways here we go. My Tank going on its 5th year. PS: My Pulsing Xenia is going into its spreading season again, if anyone wants pieces I have to trade.

reefers best (Zeovit) Salt now in stock

Posted: November 10th, 2011, 5:39pm CST by Submariner

Its finally here after a long stay at Durban docks.

REEFERS BEST CORAL REEF SALT
(20 KG BOXES)

POWER FOR YOUR REEF.

THE SALT USED EXCLUSIVELY IN ALL KORALLEN-ZUCHT'S SPS AQUACULTURE FACILITIES. RECOMMENDED FOR KEEPING ALL
SENSITIVE CORALS .

[FS]: MH 150watt Dymax unit: Harrismith

Posted: November 10th, 2011, 4:04pm CST by Hermanus

Hardware for saleThread title:

MH 150watt Dymax unit

Location:

Harrismith

Shipping or Collection only:

Both

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

I have a Dymax unit it has 2 X 150watt MH and 2X T5 in the unit.

Price R1500 Just looking for a pic

Notes:

-

Sri Lanka Fish Shipment

Posted: November 10th, 2011, 3:33pm CST by Oceanson

Hi Reefer's,

Our New Shipment from Sri Lanka lands Today

We offer our Reefer's a 14 day life gaurantee on the purchase of any Marine Fish-(T&C"S apply)

50% cash back return on a cash purchase.

Below is a list of the Marine fish we will be receiving as well as a list of stock from our previous shipment from Bali.

New Sri Lanka Shipment StockList:
Neso lituratus<MED> Smooth-headed Unicorn Fish
Neso lopezi (MD) Triangular Tail Neso
Melichthys indicus <LG> Blackfinned Trigger Fish
Escenius bicolor Red Tailed Blenny
Forcipiger longirostris (LG) Longsnouted Butterfly
Anampse meleagrides Gem Tang Wrasse
Coris gaimardi <LG> Coris Africana
Coris formosa <AD> False Clown Wrasse
Labroides dimidiatus Blue Cleaner Wrasse
Echidna nebulosa <LG> Snowflake Moray Eel
Centropyge multispinnis(ML) Blue Finned Angelfish
Pomocanthus imperator<AD> Emperor Angelfish
Amphiprion ocellaris [5-6 CM] [Captive Bred] Black Nemo Clown [Grade A]
Amphiprion percula 1.3-1.5" Picasso Clown Grade A
Amphiprion Sp 1.5-1.8" White Tail Clown Fish [CB]
Anthias squamipinnis FEMALE Red Coral Perch
Anthias squamipinnis MALE Red Coral Perch
Zanclus cornutus(MD) Moorish Idol
Lysmata wurdemanni [2.5 CM] Peppermint Shrimps
Actinia eyuina Yellow Sand Anemone Orange Base
Actinia eyuina Red Beadlet Anemone
Stoichactis S Carpet Anemone White
Fromia Monilis Orang Star Fish ( LG )
Fromia monilis Red Star Fish ( LG )
Acanthurus sohal < 4"> Sohal Tang
Zebrasoma xanthurus (3") Purple Tang
Pomocanthus asfar < 3 " > Arabian Angel Fish

Bali Shipment Stock:
Unicorn Tang
ocelaris clown
percula clownfish
blue leg hermitt crabs
sea hare algea slugs
turbo snails(pyramid-med)
yellow tang
male blue-line anthias
flourescent blue carpet anenome
brown toadstool
orange starfish
fighting conches-(s/m)
golden hawkfish
social fairy wrasse
nerita large snail
Coco Worm (Hard Tube) Red / White
Special Mix Colour Mushroom
Star Polyps - White
Star Polyps - Blue
Colonial Polyps - Asstd Colors
Seafan - White
Color Gorgonia Purple polyps
Cauliflower Orange
Cauliflower Red
Cauliflower Purple
Softcoral White
Broccoli Coral - Red/Purple
Strawberry Coral - Orange/Red
Branch Xenia - Blue
Wild Acropora Color - Special
Club Flowerpot Coral
Swollen Brain Coral Colour (Red)
Modern Coral Clear Red
Hammer Coral - Orange (M)
Torch Coral
Galaxi Star Coral - neon Color
Green Metalic Flowerpot Coral (Oval)
Purple Flower Pot Coral 2 Color Center
Red Lobed Brain Coral - Branch
Encrusting Montipora - Color
White Bubble Coral - (S/M)
Yellow Bubble Coral - (M)
Blue Bubble Coral (M)
Birdnest Coral Pink
Birdnest Coral Yellow
Sun Coral Red/Yellow
Organ Pipe Coral
Open Brain - Red (Round) - S

Every weekend we resize any corals of your choice!!!
Good deals made face to face..:thumbup:

Trading Hours are as follows:
Monday-CLOSED
Tues - Fri 10pm - 6pm
Sat - Sun 10pm - 3pm

We are situated in Montague Gardens,
Montague Drive the first right turn into 1st Street.

OCEANSON AQUARIUM

Best Phosphate Reactor & Media

Posted: November 10th, 2011, 2:32pm CST by brentv

Hey Guys,
Really been having hastles with on-going Green Hairy Algie (GHA) problems.
Think it is the Natural Sea Water I add for my water changes!
Anyway thought to kerb this a bit put a Phos Reactor (or DIY one?)
into my 1600L set up
Who reckons they have the best set up for this and best Phosphate removing media?:blush:

Asterina spinulosida - Pest or not?

Posted: November 10th, 2011, 1:29pm CST by oceanseeker

Hi Guys

Ive got a couple of these in my tank and ive read mixed views on whether they are a pest or not.

What is your experience of these creatures. They havent damaged anything in my tank yet, so if they need to be removed then I must do so sooner rather than later

Here is a pic I took recently of one close up

[FS]: Complete system for sale : Harrismith

Posted: November 10th, 2011, 1:15pm CST by Hermanus

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

Complete system for sale

Location:

Harrismith

Shipping or Collection only:

both

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

Tank. 1.8m by 600 by 800h wood cabinet plus sump on steel stand. Wood cover arond the stand. Skimmer. OCTX160. LR. 50kg. MH250watt singelended X2. And2X 80 watt T5. R15000.00

Notes:

-

Map to t.s.r. Shop

Posted: November 10th, 2011, 10:01am CST by Submariner

Urgent help needed venturi skimmer very loud /lots of bubbles

Posted: November 10th, 2011, 10:00am CST by mandrin

hi there i got a 37 l nano and last nite the venturi skimmwr started making a very loud noise and lots of bubbles where coming up , the cup got half full i empted it . this morning the noise is still there ...
i got my tank since july 8 2011 , this is the first time i heard this noise ,,,,i am very worried i dont want my live stock to die ...any suggestions please is my skimmer broken or do i need to adjust it
thanks

Lighting spectrum

Posted: November 10th, 2011, 8:51am CST by Giepie

Hi MASA
Long time no see....

I have a general question w.r.t. lighting, more specific about the spectrum:

I'm coming to the end of the setup of my 1,7m reef tank and are now stuck on lighting. Don't worry, nothing in the tank yet - not even water... :)

My question: At what spectrum do my lights need to start (morning), peak (noon) and end (afternoon) before I fire up the moonlight.

The reason for my question is simple - Cost of MH lights and the electicity bill attached to it. I'm researching LED's. I have a supllier that build LED's for all purposes & he just needs to know the answer to my question to build me a lighting setup at about 50-60% less than the cost of a setup of T5's with MH, but with the same effect.

Lighting spectrum

Posted: November 10th, 2011, 8:51am CST by Giepie

Black Silicone

Posted: November 10th, 2011, 8:00am CST by FransSny

Any sponsors have 2 tubes they are willing to post to Hermanus ???

Black Silicone

Posted: November 10th, 2011, 8:00am CST by FransSny

Any sponsors have 2 tubes they are willing to post to Hermanus ???

Metal Halide for sale

Posted: November 9th, 2011, 6:49am CST by imz

Hi

I have a hanging metal halide unit with one used globe (150 Watt) and the other globe is brand new (also 150 Watt) all for R1200.

Thanks

Unorthodox ways to do things

Posted: November 9th, 2011, 1:55am CST by Paul B

I thought it would be interesting to talk about some of the odder things some of us do that is not the norm.
Thanks to computers and the internet much of this hobby has become a cookie cutter endeavour and many people do the same things the same way.
I started way before the internet so there was no easy way to exchange ideas so I had to develop them myself. I have been doing these things for so long that I forget and think everyone does it that way, but I find that I am wrong. When I post these Ideas, people just look at me funny. Well, I can't really see them, but I think they are looking at me, or at least the computer screen funny.
So I decided to write down some of the wierd-ish things I do that some people may not have heard of. If you did, just humor me.
I think I will start with Pop Eye. I just answered a post about this and the person is still looking at me, or the computer screen anyway.
Fish get Pop Eye all the time, I don't know exactly why and neither does anyone else. I know there are all sorts of theories but trust me, no one knows for sure. But no matter what caused it, it is easy to treat. This usually heals on it's own with no help from us and I would wait a while to see if that happens, but if it keeps getting worse, the eye could completely pop out. That is not real good and I know I would not like that happening to me. Of course I don't think fish feel pain like we do but that is for another post where everyone can yell at me for my opinion.
If the fish has a severe case of Pop Eye, no matter what caused it, the eye is protruding for one of two reasons. One is gas behind the eye and one is pus from an infection. Either way it is not an eye problem but a malfunction in the way the fish was designed. If you look at a fish skull, you see a dent in it where the eye goes and a tiny hole in the back where the optic nerve attaches to the eyeball. Once gas or a infection gets back there, the preasure has no place to go so it pushes out on the eye. (we have sinuses and all sorts of places for preasure to go, not that it makes us feel any better but our eyes don't usually pop out) It does not seem like there is any blood flow to that area because there are no veins that I can see and no hole through the skull for the vein to enter. There also would be no need for blood flow there as the eye has it's own blood supply that seems to travel with the optic nerve. Of course I am not a fish surgeon but I do occasionally operate (if their insurance covers it)
Anyway, the preasure needs to be releived so the eye can get back to where it is supposed to go.:(
To do this, I catch the fish and hold it in a net. I position the fish so that I have access to his eye. Then I take a sterile hypodermic needle with nothing in it and gently stick it in the thin stretched skin that is still holding the eye in. Usually the top part is stretched the most. Then I pull back on the plunger and the eye instantly goes back to where it is supposed to be. Either air or a milky fluid will come out. Sometimes the eye does not go back all the way and I do it again the next day.
If I notice that there is fluid and not just gas, sometimes I inject a little injectable antibiotic, then remove it.
In the 45 years or so and the dozens of patients I have done this on, I have never lost a patient, been sued, caused blindness, or could not cure the fish.
I don't puncture the eye and the needle can not penetrate into the brain because the skull is totally behind the eyeball.
Now for people who think this is barbaric, and you know why you are. Just think, if your eye was hanging out of your head to the point where you could lose it and someone said to you that they could totally cure you in 5 seconds would you say, "Oh my God No, I kind of like my eye like this, maybe I could get on TV" Or would you say, "hurry up and do the dam thing?":yeahdude:
I will post another one tomorow, in the meantime, if anyone has any un orthodox ways to do things, feel free to post as I am not the God of fish tanks.:biggrin:

TSR -sponsor

Posted: November 9th, 2011, 11:48pm CST by mytank

So went to go see what all this fuss is about LED lights and check their tank out running on LEDs. Firstly @Submariner thank you for your time and the chat. Secondly @Submariner dude you need a milatary grade a to find your place..... Thirdly :) love those LED lights I really think those considering the, should go check those lights out. The corals look awesome and as happy as anything out there.

Firendly, helpful and some great lights :)

Nemos Janitor

Posted: November 9th, 2011, 11:44pm CST by mytank

@Nemos Janitor and @ADVdiver I just want to shout out to both Kieth and Matthew. I can always drop a line to them and I must be one of their most @nal customers. I ask the dumbest questions and with the greatest respect and patience they always spend the time answering me. Kieth came out to my place which is out of his way to help me out with my profilux spent time and even proved my salifiet test kit is a piece of cr@p. was measuring 25 - 50ppm which had me constantly stressing adding things to the tank only to find a side by side test showed 2-3ppm vs 25-50ppm.

Matthew well aways helping on the phone regardless of the time and length of the call.

Thank you both I really do appreciate you do!

Urgent help needed White spot

Posted: November 9th, 2011, 11:25pm CST by ZaxXx

Freaking out here!
First time im having white spot!
I noticed it on the strawberry gamma that i got a few weeks ago but i tort it would go away but now ALL my fish have it ...
Its not possible for me to catch them out and i dont have a 2nd tank to treat them. What can i do in my situation????

"Designer" Clownfish

Posted: November 9th, 2011, 7:31pm CST by sihaya

Cool article:

Coral - July/August 2010

My 200L modified Boyu tank

Posted: November 9th, 2011, 7:18pm CST by Dawie002

Have not posted any pics of my current tank.... coming up now!

Fish tank info please

Posted: November 9th, 2011, 5:17pm CST by Marine Bart

Good day

I am currently looking around for a bigger tank,about 500 L.can someone please tell me where to look and what price I'm looking at.

If any one wants to sell me a second hand tank please let me know by the month end

Sculpture - park - garden - reef......

Posted: November 9th, 2011, 3:41pm CST by leslie hempel

stumbled onto this today.. interesting vid in the link

Pictures: "Bodies" Fill Underwater Sculpture Park

Small piece of Cheato please

Posted: November 9th, 2011, 3:26pm CST by oo7fran

Hi guys I am setting up a refugium and can't seem to find cheato in Pretoria does anyone have some I could buy?:)

sg of NSW at 1.030

Posted: November 9th, 2011, 3:24pm CST by roderigo

Hay guys when I collected my NSW I found it to be at
1.030 I so I tested my tank and it was the same so I lowered it to 1.025 but was thinking would it be a problem keeping my tank at 1.030 as it would =less work during water changes what you guys think I found no problems with my live stock at both readings seem happy either way

[FS]: Aqua Medic Ph controller: East London

Posted: November 9th, 2011, 3:11pm CST by leslie hempel

Hardware for saleThread title:

Aqua Medic Ph controller

Location:

East London

Shipping or Collection only:

both/ at buyers expense and risk

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

Notes:

Aqua Medic PH controller for sale, these guys usually retail for R2500 odd excl probe..

R1700.. incl probe..

Solarmax nano led with free supplements kit

Posted: November 9th, 2011, 3:07pm CST by Submariner

TILL THE END OF THE MONTH TSR IS OFFERING A SPECIAL FOR ALL YOU NANO REEFKEEPERS.

BUY A SOLARMAX 36 WATT NANO LED UNIT FOR R1999 AND GET A SUPPLEMENTS KIT FREE OF CHARGE.

SUPPLEMENTS KIT INCLUDES
250ML CALCIUM
250ML MAGNESIUM
250ML STRONTIUM
250ML IODIDE
250ML TRACE

OFFER ENDS NOVEMBER 30TH

old hand, new start

Posted: November 9th, 2011, 2:24pm CST by Merman

Right so, hello all.

I find myself starting my setup for a second time.

This time I will not start with a second hand tank and second hand equipment as this seems to be a good way to purchase other peoples problematic stuff.

I have decided to have a tank built by Idol Marine and Build and Galvanise a steel stand myself. following which I will install my new reactors and skimmer(Reef Octo otp-2000) with my new vortex flow pumps.

I will take the time to get this all done. And only then will I get the Tank surrounded by a cabinet maker.

This is the plan for my 1000 x 600 x 500High rimless tank with skinny overflow and black laminate backround.

I will use only my live rock and coral from my old tank which crashed whilst I was on holiday a year ago. I managed to save it from extinction but just only and it has recovered slowly over the last year.

But cutting corners from a price perspective has left me with a bad taste in my mouth when it comes to this old tank.

Will do this next one RIGHT!!

Look forward to all my interactions with all of you going forward.

Non-Photosynthetic Reef tank

Posted: November 9th, 2011, 2:15pm CST by pXius

The best I've seen so far. Video found by @henry888 , Thanks.

Non-Photosynthetic Reef Tank - YouTube

Non-Photosynthetic Reef Tank - YouTube

Is my tank getting too small?

Posted: November 9th, 2011, 2:15pm CST by saaid

I had to share this pic,probably the most interesting I have ever taken of my tank. He seems to be getting rather big,will swop him then.

Sirlanka fish just landed@ Perky Pets

Posted: November 9th, 2011, 2:06pm CST by Perky pets superstore

Hi all we have landed some new fish , but no camara at work , pics will only come through tomorrow...

Powder blue medium x 1 @R298.95
Pagama tang medium x 1 @R249.95
Bristle tooth tang medium x 4 @R249.95 each
Zebra goby x 5@R179.95
Crean angel mediumx 2 @R249.95
Colleris butterfly medium large x 2 @R249.95
Long finned fairy wrasse x7 @R229.95
Bi colour blennie x 4 @R198.95
Bannana wrasse medium /large x 6 @R229.95
Cleaner wrasse medium @R179.95
Blond Naso tang Medium large @R369.95
Emporer juvinile x 1 @R398.95
Emporer Adult coloure x 1 @R849.95
Diamond gold head gobys medium large x10 @R179.95
Deep sea starfish x 6 @R149.95
Blood shrimps x 15 @ R179.95 each
Cleaner shrimps Large x 10 @R149.95 each
Cammleback shrimps x 15 @ R39.95 each special.
Yellow tang extra large x1 @R895 - out of quarentine and eating.
Purple tang x 1 medium Out of Q and eating.
Tomoni tang x 1 Eating x 1 @R369.95
Yellow belly Damsils x 4 @ R89.95
Yellow tail damsills x 4 @R89.95
Fox face small medium X 1 R 249.95
Klarki clowns x 8 @R89.95

And plenty of coral ...:)

Thanks
David

Star polyps VS zoas.

Posted: November 9th, 2011, 2:04pm CST by Mc

Hi All

I have got some star polyps that have grown up to some zoas and they seem to be irritating the zoas to the point the zoas next to them aren't opening fully. I was just wondering if the star polyps will completely grow over the zoa in time or if they will just irritate those at the edge of the colony?

Tomato clown

Posted: November 9th, 2011, 1:17pm CST by ZaxXx

Hi members
I have a pair of common clowns and few other species of fish... can I safely add a Tomato clown into my tank since the nennie i have in my DT was actually his and my common clown pair isnt even interested in the nennie.

But im afraid the Tomato will start fighting with the others.

The Tomato clown has been in my sump for the past two weeks. . .

What to do ??

Hi, My name is Juan and I'm new here.

Posted: November 9th, 2011, 11:28am CST by vanstaden

Hi everyone..

I'm new to the forum and to marine aquariums.

I hope to start my new hobby soon but I'm going to need allot of help from you guys.. If you dont mind.

I want to start my "Project" from scratch .Building a Reef Tank ,Cabinet ,sump and everything my self because I'm on a limited budget and i believe it will help me get experience with marine aquariums and what makes them tic.

And here is where I need your help and advise. I'm looking at a 1200mm(L) x 450mm (w) x 600mm(h) but im not sure at all if this would be OK for my first tank, do I need smaller or bigger? The volume will be around 324L if my math is correct

I also need some advise on the hardware. There are so many things available. I dont know what is nessesary and what is luxury. I tried to filter through all the information on the net but I'm strugling to make sense of it all.I need to know what i should install in the sump, i want to install a skimmer but not sure witch one would be adaquate for the tank and how many pumps , where they should go and what the L/hour rating should be.

Any way, hope you guys can help

Later

[FS]: RED SEA test kit REEF FOUNDATION 3in1 Ca-kH-Mg: Rondebosch East CT

Posted: November 9th, 2011, 8:30am CST by JsREEFn

Hardware for saleThread title:

RED SEA test kit REEF FOUNDATION 3in1 Ca-kH-Mg

Location:

Rondebosch East CT

Shipping or Collection only:

collection only

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

To follow

Notes:

Brand new purchased by perky pets, selling coz I packed up my system (selling price R450+) my price R300......its a 3 in 1 kit calcium ,alkalinity and magnesium...red sea new range is the royles royce of test kits @ the moment.....so this is a absolute bargain

Huge problem: dangerous chemical imbalance

Posted: November 8th, 2011, 7:21am CST by Manic

Hey everyone,

So it seems I've got a massive problem. I've been using tropic Marin bio calcium which is a balanced alk, calcium and magnesium supplement. When I fist started the tank my calcium was too high (500ppm), this was all down to the salt mix (seachem). I've been keeping my alk at around 8 and from previous experience with bio calcium this has kept my calcium and magnesium in the right range but now these are my readings:

Alk: 8
Calcium: 700
Magnesium: 1800
Salinity: 1.026

What should I do to drop my calcium and magnesium without dropping my alk?

Are these readings even possible?

Staffies

Posted: November 8th, 2011, 11:25pm CST by Hermanus

Hi I have staffie babies for sale R2000.00 Brindle and white 8-9 weeks.

[FS]: Atman MH and t5 light unit for sale: East London

Posted: November 8th, 2011, 10:59pm CST by jonnobravo

Hardware for saleThread title:

Atman MH and t5 light unit for sale

Location:

East London

Shipping or Collection only:

shipping/collection

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

metal halide/t5 light unit for sale East London
Hi all

details - i have an Atman lighting unit im selling (1.2m length) 2 x Metal halide 150w and 4 t5 PL tubes (24w if memory serves me) has height and length ajustable feet and hanging cables.
M/H are 1500k and give a nice white light with a touch of blue, seperate switches for each MH and t5's.

age - (+- 8 months use) in good clean 100% working condition

shipping - at buyers cost

price - R2500

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Sea Chem Phos Guard

Posted: November 8th, 2011, 10:34pm CST by shaunnorth

Hi all

I have been running Sea Chem Phos Guard for 3 days now in phosban rector and i seam to be be getting lower and lower ph4 levels when will i see the algae start to die off?

CA is high

Posted: November 8th, 2011, 10:03pm CST by shaunnorth

Hi all
i tested my CA tonight i its sitting @ 580mg/L will this course problems and should i leave it to deplete

New Sponsor - Marine Alternatives

Posted: November 8th, 2011, 9:40pm CST by viper357

Please welcome our newest sponsor - Marine Alternatives, known on the forum as @Cobra Chem

Quote:

We build custom:
Overflow boxes
Corner filter units
Universal Probe holders for " Profilux" and IKS computer systems
Affordable unique MP Pellet reactors 1 unit to serve up to 3000 Lt.
Sump Boxes
Drip Trays
Fish traps. (To catch those difficult ones)
Overflow dirt traps
And many more.
Also repair broken or scratched equipment to nearly new.
Perspex cutting, Perspex Shaping and Laser Profile Cutting of Perspex

Check out their website and navigate to their new online shop - [marinealternatives.co.za]

Welcome to the forum. We look forward to seeing your perpsex and acrylic work. :)

Lighting

Posted: November 8th, 2011, 9:03pm CST by Maxxis

My tank hood is with 3xt8 fluorescent (1 sera actinic blue 30w , 2 sera daylight brilliant 30w each).
As I understood these are not enough for a reef tank (or I am wrong :/) and I was thinking to upgrade it a little bit:P
I dont want to make any changes on the hood and I thought to add some LEDs on the hood as additional lighting. Is that a good idea and if yes is there any specs that I should look for?(watt etc)
Another option is to change the t8 florescent with t8s with LEDs
Any recommends/suggestions?

Pablo has an eye infection

Posted: November 8th, 2011, 7:33pm CST by sihaya

Since only the one eye is swollen and it's not cloudy, I'm diagnosing this as an injury-induced eye infection.

I QTed him below the tank. I think I'm just going to treat him with epson salt at this point. If that doesn't work I guess I'll have to try an antibiotic.

Tsr reef systems launch

Posted: November 8th, 2011, 5:29pm CST by Submariner

WATCH THIS SPACE

TSR WILL BE LAUNCHING THERE PROFESSIONAL AQUARIUM BRAND MID NOVEMEBER.

TO MARK THE OCCASION WE WILL BE OFFERING TSR REEF SYSTEM CUBES AT A REDUCED PRICE TILL THE END OF THE YEAR.

10 MM STARPHIRE

20MM BASE

SKINNY

BLACK SILICONE

LED LIGHTING SYSTEM

SMALL CARBON FOOTPRINT WITH ONLY 328 WATTS POWER DRAW FOR THE ENTIRE REEF SYSTEM.

SYSTEM COMES IN THREE VARIANTS

OLD SCHOOL DSB SETUP
NEW SCHOOL BIOPELLET SETUP
NEW SCHOOL ZEOVIT SETUP

THE LED'S HAVE LANDED.

ONLY THE BEST EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS USED.

MORE INFO AND PIC'S TO FOLLOW

25L drums

Posted: November 8th, 2011, 5:17pm CST by ZeroCool

Hey guys, i am looking for 25L drums in the Centurion area ...

Does anyone know where to get maybe ?

tx

seachem seagel

Posted: November 8th, 2011, 3:20pm CST by Theo

Hi all,ive put seagel in a RO phosphate reactor. it kept gloging on the spunge on bottom, so i took it out to let the seagel move around morre, now all the sudden the water is a milky colour, can anyone explain why and what to do?

Gorgonian ID Please

Posted: November 8th, 2011, 1:54pm CST by oceanseeker

Hi there

Im trying to catalogue all my coral specimens in my tank and would like the scientific names for these species

Left - the 'stems' are flat with polyps only opening on either of the ends?? - sorry dont have a pic with polyps open

Centre - commonly known as golden california gorgonian - is this Muricea californica??

Right - I think this is Muriceopsis flavida - commonly know as Purple Brush Fan?? This specimen came in distressed and I had to cut it down more than 50%, hence its odd shape

Protein Skimmer

Posted: November 8th, 2011, 1:26pm CST by Dave F

I am setting up a 500l tank and I am in need of live rock and a protein skimmer, does anyone have these for sale?

Jagger heater 300w

Posted: November 8th, 2011, 1:12pm CST by shaunnorth

Hi i am looking for a Jagger heater 300w

[FS]: 1.2m Odyssea light pendent: Randburg

Posted: November 8th, 2011, 10:52am CST by student

Hardware for saleThread title:

1.2m Odyssea light pendent

Location:

Randburg

Shipping or Collection only:

collection

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

Notes:

Thats the unit hanging above the tank.. is a Great unit!
2x150w MHs, 4x54w T5's, 6 led moonlights, powerful cooling fans..
Brackets to mount on tank, and brand new cables to hang ...
9 months old

R2800

Miss Natashia Minnie

Posted: November 8th, 2011, 10:20am CST by nminnie

Hi Everyone

I have had my marine tank for the last 2 and a half years. I am enjoying it so much.:thumbup:

[FS]: 4x Blue/green Chromis: Randburg/Bryanston JHB

Posted: November 8th, 2011, 9:55am CST by student

Fish for saleCommon Name:

4x Blue/green Chromis

Scientific Name:

Chromis viridis

Size of fish

+- 4cm

How long have you had the fish?

1.5 years

Is the fish eating?

yes!!

Shipping or Collection only:

collection

Your location.

Randburg/Bryanston JHB

Price:

R150 for all 4

Photo's:

Notes:

-

best led article ive read!

Posted: November 8th, 2011, 9:07am CST by mandarinman

Reefs Magazine - An LED Primer by Jake Adams

Sent from Samsung Mobile

LED Par Cans, will it work ??

Posted: November 7th, 2011, 11:33pm CST by Singularity

I have some experience with these type of lights, and they are relatively bright, but the big thing is that their prices have really dropped lately and they are fully controlable when it comes to color and brightness.
Can some of the lighting guru`s check if they can find out what lumens per watt and what have you these fittings have ?

was thinking of 3x led par cans and one simple club light controller, which you will use to control color temp and brightness... that will work out to about R7k for a led lighting system which is fully controlable.

http://www.audiowarehouse.co.za/prod...888052d7b78057

Another free online magazine

Posted: November 7th, 2011, 9:44pm CST by mandarinman

Reefs Magazine - For Reefers, By Reefers. has some good articles

Skimmer needed

Posted: November 7th, 2011, 8:38pm CST by williet

Hey guys i am looking for a tunze doc 9011 (rated +- 1000l) comline skimmer. Anyone wanna get rid of theirs? Can't go with anything else as my sump area is mega compact!!!!!

DSB lighting

Posted: November 7th, 2011, 8:13pm CST by Marine1

Hi all
What is the correct lighting strength for a dsb?
Is a 500 w mh a bit to much?

Thanks

Just want to know...

Posted: November 7th, 2011, 7:12pm CST by Q89

I'm going down to SA for December to Lambert Bay and want to know if there is any marine fish shops where I can go do some Xmas shopping:thumbup:

Oceanseeker's 500L Aquarium

Posted: November 7th, 2011, 6:29pm CST by oceanseeker

Hi guys

Here are some pics of my full tank setup on the 6 month anniversary of this 1.2m tank.

Ive posted pics under different threads of my tank specimens, but will try and upload interesting stuff about my tank on a regular basis on this thread.

Looking forward to share my 'Ocean of Life' with you all. The tank was a natural migration from my two Boyu TL-550 ive had. The reason to migrating to a bigger tank is obvious, but I wanted to have different fish and let them have free space to swim around rather than being limited to a small cube. Another important reason is that I didnt have a chiller and experienced some temperature spikes which wiped out quite a few corals together with a lot of effort managing two tanks was a no-brainer. In hindsight, Managing a Boyu was the best learning experience I can give anyone a small closed system is much more difficult thatn a larger system with a sump and reactors. Guess what, my 1.2m is too small

I bought this tank second hand and the only regret is that with it being only 45cm deep its limiting, so I went with open scaping with at least 5cm free all round to get to all parts of the tank. As much as Ive limited room for corals, I simply love the scaping this way as the fish are happy to swim around in the various caves and cavities.

The tank setup is a typical reef setup up with lots of softies and LPS. Only recently did I introduce SPS of the Monti family. The open top section is perfect for SPS to grow into, so I think this works well. I also decided not paint the background blue or black and decided not to let coraline grow on the back glass to give that smart clean look. The reflection of the light on the back wall helps with illumination of the tank and gives the tank more depth

Will post seperate posts on Hardware, Corals, Fish, Inverts, the unsusal etc . Please share your ideas on coral ideas and what fish I can add next.

Lastly a very BIG Thank You to all the reefers for sharing their knowledge unselfishly and inspiring me to create my 'Ocean of Life'

Here are two pics under normal lights followed by actinics only as requested.

Importance of Foraminifera

Posted: November 7th, 2011, 4:39pm CST by sihaya

This is a great article in a real science journal. I think it's awesome when scientists take a positive interest in what happens in aquariums.

http://jfr.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/c...tract/41/2/101

Water Change Problem

Posted: November 7th, 2011, 3:54pm CST by Ari

Hi guys, On thursday I did a 50L water change on my 400L system and on Sunday I put in a DSB using playsand that I washed properly (15cm). Straight after the water change on Thursday all my corals closed and they still look closed/weak.:( Must I give it time? And one more thing I bought 2 sand sifting starfish Saturday. The one is moving and going under the sand but the other one is on the sand and he has only lifted his arms now and then... is he dying? My fish are like always

Thanx in advance:)

Timers

Posted: November 7th, 2011, 3:51pm CST by shaunnorth

Hi all
Builders werehouse in Alans nek JHB have timers on speical for R40 normaly i see them R60 -R80

Fish health through proper nutrition

Posted: November 7th, 2011, 3:51pm CST by Paul B

I have to admit that I wrote this over a year ago and am just pasting it here.
It is just my opinions about mostly the food aspect of keeping fish in healthy, disease free shape.
I don't know much about SA but here in the States I can buy a food called Live Black worms. They are something like tubifex but a little fatter.
I feed these worms every day along with newly hatched baby brine shrimp to the smaller fish and corals.
I strongly feel that the main ingredient missing from our fishes diet is oil.
Fish do not have any solid fat but they are loaded with oil. Most fish can not digest fat because their body temperature does not allow the fat to melt and most of it just passes through their system. Pelagic sharks can and do eat warm blooded animals because they are kind of warm blooded (but for a different reason than us)
I also feed fresh clams as there is also important elements in the guts of almost any animal and when we feed clams, we feed the guts as well as the muscle.
Fish in the sea do two things, eat and spawn. They spawn every few weeks and if a fish does not have the capacity to lay eggs, it is not very healthy at all.
A fishes spawn is almost all oil and a big demand is put on a fish to acomplish this.
To get fish in this condition in a tank they need to be fed oil, lots of oil.
Fish eat fish which can be 20% oil. It is missing in commercially prepared foods because it goes bad. Even if frozen.
Worms are an excellent source of oil as is new born brine shrimp. (they lose their nutritional value in a few hours)
Baby fish is the best food for our fish but unfortunately not yet available. I have spoken to "Ocean Nutrition" about this but to no avail.
I suppliment the worms with pellets that I soak in fish oil, the same type that I take. Fish need oil every day to stay in breeding condition and fish in breeding condition live forever and hardly, if ever get sick.
Here is the article I wrote a while ago:

There are so many problems or concerns in this hobby about fish diseases. I really don't know why so many people have problems with this but I have a hunch.
Our fish in the sea never really die of old age. A fish, unfortunately, is an animal that usually ends it's life as supper for some other animal, being either another fish, seal, bird or humans. Even a fearsome great white shark will eventually grow so old and slow that it can no longer catch sea lions and it will starve to be eaten by other less fearsome animals.
But in a captive envirnment fish can live for years or decades. And they should. Fish have evolved a fairly elaborate immune system because they have been here for millions of years longer than us, well most of us. The fact that live in a watery envirnment demands that their immune system function well because the sea is host to all the chemicals, minerals bacteria and viruses on earth. The water is actually an extension of the fishes circulatory system so whatever is in the water, is also in the fish.
We humans have it much easier because we only need to inhale air and not everything else on earth.
This immune system works almost flawlessly but only if the fish is in perfect health. Through my observations it seems that their immune system is severly compromised by a lack of certain things in their diet along with stress.
We can't do much about the stress of captivity short of releasing the fish to the wild but we can do much about their diet.
Fish IMO should almost never get sick. If we have a town of 100 people and a human lifespan is about 80 years then most people should live about 80 years, some 60 some 100 but on average.
If out of those 100 people absolutely none of them reach 30 years old and 10% of the rest of them come down with something, you may not want to live in that town.
Fish want to live and if they get sick it is usually our fault.
Keeping the immune system of a fish healthy is paramount to keeping the animal disease free. Even paracite free although I don't know exactly how they become immune to paracites but I know they do.
My tank is no better than anyone elses but I have not lost a fish to a disease in decades. Why is that?
I doubt it is my UG filter, people just laugh at that. I don't think it has to do with my ozone although that could help. I don't change nearly as much water as most people. I get the fish from many different sources.
It has to be either the bacteria I add from the sea, but I don't see how that would help. Or the food.
I am betting on food. I could be wrong because I am not the God of fish and not an expert. By the way, there are no experts because this is a hobby. No one has a degree in hobbies although some people think they do.
I am only going by my own observations here and my 40 years of hanging out underwater.
The best food for most fish is fish. Whole fish, guts liver bones, scales and all.
I myself don't usually feed whole fish, i wish I could but I do feed live whole worms, whole fish eggs and whole clams after I freeze them.
If you do much diving you will see millions of tiny fish fry all over the place near the bottom, this makes up a large part of a fishes diet. Not flakes, pellets or freeze dried anything.
I believe it is the guts of the prey fish that keeps the immune system functioning properly. Specifically the liver which is mostly oil.
A 100lb shark is almost 20lbs oil. Fish need this oil to maintain bouyancy and to produce eggs.
Only the healthiest fish can spawn because making babies is a great challenge for a fish. It not only needs nourishment to keep itself alive but it needs a huge amount of extra nutrients to produce fry which at that point are mostly oil.
If a fish is spawning or making spawning jestures it is in excellent health. Fish in excellent health have excellent immune systems.
Fish with excellent immune systems do not get sick.
Again, this is only my theory and this entire hobby is based on mostly theory.
Have a great day.
Paul

New member

Posted: November 7th, 2011, 3:49pm CST by Pierreoli4

Good day all, MY name is Pierre an I am new to this hobby.
My tank is running for ten weeks.
I have one question if someone can reply it would be highly appreciated.
My sand and stones are a brownish colour, and would like to know why and know how to get rid of this.
My water is tested and all is good.
Thx

When do I replace my phosguard?

Posted: November 7th, 2011, 3:06pm CST by Renier

Is there any way of knowing when to replace phosgaurd other than phosphates showing up on test kits?
I dont want to waste this product as its quite expensive.

Thanks

Clown Injury or Disease?

Posted: November 7th, 2011, 2:20pm CST by Michael B

We have this little guy in our one 3-foot tank at the office sine January with no issues or problems. Also there have been no new fish added for over 6 months to this tank.

Could this be an injury or caused by another firsh or a disease

Please let me know what you think it is?

Rics Flora and Yumma

Posted: November 7th, 2011, 1:30pm CST by mytank

So I love Rics had both flora and yummas, however they just don't survive in my tank. All my corals are thriving (see my new updated posts on my tank thread in my signature) but no matter what I do my rics last a month then start to change color and eventually disappear.

Are they that difficult to look after? I have a gorgonian that survives nicely and multiple clams and the tank is looking good, but this is my third attempt at rics and each time I lose them after a month or so :( any advise please.

TSR lighting specials

Posted: November 7th, 2011, 12:58pm CST by Submariner

TSR IS OFFERING SOME LIGHTING SPECIALS.

150 W METAL HALIDE WITH 14 K GLOBES R1899-00

250 W METAL HALIDE WITH 14 K GLOBES R 2399-00

400 W METAL HALIDE WITH 14 K GLOBES R 2599-00

36 WATT LED LIGHTS PERFECT FOR ALL NANO TANKS R1899

12 X 3 WATT LED'S
INCLUDES
HANGING BRACKET
TANK MOUNTING BRACKETS
BLUE N WHITE CONFIGURATION

THE ABOVE LED'S HAVE BEEN TESTED WITH SPS CORALS AT 500 MM DEPTH WITH GOOD RESULTS OF COLOUR AND GROWTH.
ALL ABOVE LIGHTS ARE MODULAR

Special - ati in stock

Posted: November 7th, 2011, 11:57am CST by The Waterboy - Marco

just to let you know, ATI was launched at the international marine aquarists conferance of South Africa in Durban over the week end and we currently have stock in our hands.
incredible t5 tubes with great par ratings and even better price........
please contact us direct for launch specials...........
Ati skimmers and lighting hoods also were on demonstration but wwill be landing in a week

t5 tubes are all available accept for 54 watt blue

all other colours aquablue spewcial - white
blue
purple
and actinic special all available in all sizes:thumbup:

big big thanks guys!

Posted: November 7th, 2011, 11:23am CST by mandarinman

After this last week of reading posts i realised i am guilty of serious grumpiness,lack of appeciation andsometimes being downright unreasonable. thanks for all of those who in kindness takecthe time to ecourage and lift up those who say stuff due to all sorts of reasons. Thanks for those who give pwrspective to various situations. but most of all thanks to the guys who dont give up on each other even though we dont deserve it.

Please ID

Posted: November 7th, 2011, 10:23am CST by blackghostknife

HI All

I just got this LR and found that there were some hitchhikers on it, please could you ID them for me? I have no Idea what it is, sorry for the picture quality, but its the best I have.

Regards

[FS]: New Tank - Drop Off for sale: North Riding

Posted: November 7th, 2011, 10:16am CST by Neil H

Hardware for saleThread title:

New Tank - Drop Off for sale

Location:

North Riding

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection ONLY

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

tank is completely unique

stunning drop off tank (please see my sig for a link to the tank build with dimensions etc)

Made from black silicone and 10/12mm glass

awesome 50mm steel stand

complete plumbing for a CLS, drilled for a CLS (nennie safe, dont see ugly pumps)

I have spent the following on the tank
Glass R4200
Stand R2200
Plumbing R900
Silicone R450

and those are just the major costs totalling R7750

I do not expect the full amount back but i also dont expect to be ripped off

make me an offer via this thread or pm and you could own the only drop off tank in south africa

Notes:

pics to follow

[FS]: Dead Live Rock: North Riding

Posted: November 7th, 2011, 10:03am CST by Neil H

All other livestockCommon Name:

Dead Live Rock

Scientific Name:

-

Size

Lots

How long have you had it?

several yrs

Shipping or Collection only:

collection only

Your location.

North Riding

Price:

-

Photo's:

I have a large amount of dead live rock

ideal for someone starting a large tank

sizes vary from fist size and up

collected over several years

would prefer to have the whole lot go at once as opposed to pricing individual pieces ....

R1000 buys you the lot.....

When wet i would guess the total rock would weigh in at 50 - 70 kg

Notes:

pics to follow

[FS]: 150w MH, Egg Crate, Salt: North Riding

Posted: November 7th, 2011, 9:52am CST by Neil H

Hardware for saleThread title:

150w MH, Egg Crate, Salt

Location:

North Riding

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection ONLY

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

Hi Gents have the following for sale ..

pics to follow now

2 x 150W MH units R400 for both
1 x +- Half a bucket salt R150 (TETRA)
1 x Egg Crate - R100
1 x Skimmer - Given to me Free so free to a deserving individual (preferably someone starting off - needs a pump)

Notes:

Pics to follow

WOW - Little scooter!

Posted: November 7th, 2011, 9:45am CST by mytank

Always liked these little guys and since he has been in the tank he now eats flakes, pellets and see him nuke some PODS too.

He is a real interesting fellow he sleeps under the sand and doesn't seem to take any k@k from any of his other tank mates. Seems to love sitting on top of my open brains.

Last night I was taking some shots of the tank (which I will be updating my tank thread with ) and caught him expanding his fin got two really nice shots WOW nice colors! :thumbup::thumbup:

All of these are just normal cell phone camera:

This is him doing his thing:

And then he gets excited!

fix a leak

Posted: November 7th, 2011, 9:18am CST by maj

howzit peeps,

i have a leak in a very awkward position in my overflow chamber from the DT.
its leaking at a drop evry 3 seconds.

Issue is a cant manage to fit the silicone in the chamber(damn narrow) or even fit the silicone gun and the point of the nozzle to reach the point wher leak is.

any ideas???even tried using my finger,but cant manage to seal it proply.
Attached Files

overflow.docx (10.8 KB)

Can you have to much light

Posted: November 7th, 2011, 8:43am CST by shaunnorth

I have 900 X 600 X 600 Tank

My lighting that i have is 3 Atannic + 2 White and 2 MH 150W both @ 10K-14K

Currenty i am only running the 3 Atannic + 2 White

Please adivce

Cracked Sump Help

Posted: November 6th, 2011, 9:54pm CST by CJT

Hi Guys

I cracked the side panel of my sump.
Anyone know who can help me as I can not get the whole sump out anyone do repairs on this.
I just need the side pain replaced and a hole drilled in the glass for the skimmer pipe.

[FS]: Weipro Skimmer: Roodepoort

Posted: November 6th, 2011, 9:49pm CST by shaunnorth

Hardware for saleThread title:

Weipro Skimmer

Location:

Roodepoort

Shipping or Collection only:

Shipping or Collection Shipping @ buyes cost

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

Notes:

It A WeiPro 2016 it rated for 1100L i upgraded to Skims

R 400

Catches in p.e

Posted: November 6th, 2011, 8:47pm CST by johannes rall

Hi guys anything came out in P.E.Would like to go snorkel but the wind is blowing me away.Where is a good place to go

RODI procedure to produce RO water

Posted: November 6th, 2011, 7:40pm CST by shaunnorth

Hi all

I have got me a Water boy RODI filter how should it be run

i am currently running it with the wast valve fully open is this correct?

Hermit Crab Found

Posted: November 6th, 2011, 7:15pm CST by madmike

Hi all
I found what i think is a hermit crab in my live rock. Looks like he has got red eyes but have not been able to get a good look at him. Found him by luck. Is there something i must do for him like put a shell in for him or should i leave him in his hole in the live rock?

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ph

Posted: November 6th, 2011, 7:04pm CST by ph

Hi guys i had to reregister and here is more pics,lost livestock due to a sick powderblue tang.The eyes went like white and had white spot,but the rest is looking ok,just lost yellow tail blemmy,clown,and powder blue tang,BUT changed my lights,sump,see pics before and after

Collecting on the North Coast

Posted: November 6th, 2011, 6:55pm CST by stevengrant

Hi, I am going to be visiting family in Mandini in December and was wondering where the good legal rock pools are for looking for tropicals. Zinkwazi?

Purple Gorgonia (frag)

Posted: November 6th, 2011, 5:27pm CST by tekkengal

Hi all,

I am hoping someone has a frag of a purple gorgonia for sale. I am in the JHB area (Honeydew to be specific).

Thanks! :peroni:

What's Hot at IMACSA 2011

Posted: November 6th, 2011, 3:19pm CST by oceanseeker

Common Guys, to those that attended Imacsa 2011, please share what's the latest in Reef Keeping

Very New

Posted: November 6th, 2011, 2:56pm CST by Dave F

Hi everyone I have been looking at starting a marine tank for about 18 months now. I am at the stage where I can no longer resist and am jumping in. I have a 1.3mx.600mx.600 tank that I am using and a sump. That was the easy part I am now starting to gather the equipment and hopefully will have something to show for it middle of January 2012. Looking forward to this new hobby.

[FS]: PURPLE TANG + BRISTLETOOTH TANG (MAC): rondebosch east

Posted: November 6th, 2011, 2:49pm CST by JsREEFn

Fish for saleCommon Name:

PURPLE TANG + BRISTLETOOTH TANG (MAC)

Scientific Name:

zebrasoma

Size of fish

purple 5-6cm - bristetooth 6-7cm

How long have you had the fish?

5mnths

Is the fish eating?

yes, everything

Shipping or Collection only:

collect only

Your location.

rondebosch east

Price:

purple R1650 - bristletooth R200

Photo's:

To follow

Notes:

Amazingly healthy fish, selling because I'm packing up my system an so they need a new home, well behaved and non-aggresive, come see for yourself.... They eat just about anything and are MAC approved, priced to sell aswell.... Contact Sieraaj by replyin to this post and I will pm contact details

ps,also got 4 cleaner shrimp and 1 boxing shrimp @ givaway prices

[FS]: Blue ring octopus and clownfish rearing stories: Hartenbos

Posted: November 6th, 2011, 1:33pm CST by passer

Hardware for saleThread title:

Blue ring octopus and clownfish rearing stories

Location:

Hartenbos

Shipping or Collection only:

shipping is no problem

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

Hi everyone

My latest book, titled "I Touched The Moon" is now available, but only through myself at the moment.

The softcover book is 286 pages long, with a number of black and white photographs. Although it is not all about marine fish keeping, there are numerous marine keeping stories, including rearing of clownfish larvae.

Here is the information on the back cover:

I Touched the Moon takes the reader to some of the most remote, wild and indescribably beautiful places on our planet. Travel with the author to the end of the world, to Ushuaia, with its snow-capped peaks, glacial lakes and sub polar forests, to wait for the Magellan Geese as they come flying in toward land, their dark pinions appearing through the mist while they were still way out at sea.
Meet Sylvia, the pregnant Lowland Gorilla female, who is being taught to mother, using a plush ape doll and the African elephant calf, Tantor, who can not fall asleep without a bed mate.
Discover how the author survived a potentially fatal attack by an adult gorilla male and escaped death after being charged by a hippopotamus bull and picked up in the trunk of an adult African elephant bull.
Meet the kitten which was befriended by a gorilla and the dingo that was mistaken for a werewolf.
Follow the authors efforts to breed marine fish and listen to his account of how he swallowed a living blue ring octopus, the most venomous of sea creatures.
Read about the dedicated, sometimes brave and often flawed personalities who are involved in conservation and the sometimes romantic, but invariably hectic world of zoos.
I Touched the Moon will awaken the spirit of adventure in everyone and move you with its poignant and exciting tales of wildlife and the people who have dedicated their lives to saving our fragile earth.

I am selling the book at R120.00 per copy (postage excluded).

I can be contacted on alan.jardine@live.co.uk and on mobile: 0827694550

Regards
Alan (passer)

Notes:

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My Aquaria AMW102 120Lt Nano setup

Posted: November 6th, 2011, 12:11pm CST by Aquaria-SA

Hey there MASA Reefers….:)
So after posting info on the Aquaria AMW102 last week on MASA I had a lot of PM's and requests to set up one of our Aquaria AMW102 ….well I did just that for all of you and I must say I really enjoyed it….:thumbup:

Here is the setup and pics….

Firstly unpack the box and gave the Nano a really good wipe down as there was quite a bit of dust from the shipping and packing….

One important thing I did was add a piece of polystyrene under the Nano to adsorb any unevenness. I then added my washed coral sand to the Nano….

Added some nice well cured live rock….

And yes as always I recommend Aquaria Ammonia stones. I washed the dust off the Ammonia stones and added them to the ceramic rings 50/50. I also added an extra layer of ammonia stones….

Help me in the right direction

Posted: November 6th, 2011, 11:59am CST by Q89

I am busy setting up my new tank and need help with skimmer

I have no idea what skimmer to get for the setup. The DT is 1220x800x550(W/L) and Sump will be +- 200L, and the budget is tight so not the most expensive one out there :P

Will be going more the LPS route with small fish and maybe a Yellow Tang.

Any advice on what skimmer will work?

Thanx :thumbup:

My Clown is all grown up!

Posted: November 6th, 2011, 11:13am CST by mytank

So I bought this little bugger when he was merely less than a CM, his is now about 1.5cm and I started noticing something...

He first tried to host in one of my clams but could see he was struggling, then at night he tried my frog spawn and was hosting there at night UNTIL the new member of the tank arrived - my new torch.

I noticed only at night he would go and host in the torch and in the last few days he is in this torch all the time. At the moment the torch is still fully out and doesn't seem to be to irritated but will see how its goes.

Not sure if its a GOOD or BAD thing yet....

Fighting the humidity in Dbn wrt Salt?

Posted: November 5th, 2011, 11:48pm CDT by erratiC

Hey all, this goes out to the guys on the coast... obviously with table salt we add rice to absorb the moisture and to stop it from clumping..

How do I prevent it from happening with Reef salt? In a bag straight into the salt or do I just have to keep hacking at it like ice every time I want to use it?

I know it's something small but it turns my bi-weekly water changes into an almost all night affair :-(

Help!

TS2 skimmer or anything around similar spec

Posted: November 5th, 2011, 9:06pm CDT by ZaxXx

Need a new skimmer... Keep me in mind if any of you have something.
Thanks members:)

Brightwell Neomag in reactor

Posted: November 5th, 2011, 8:36pm CDT by charlv

Hi Guys
Who of you use Neomag in a second reactor. And what is the flow rate through the reactor. And how much media do you use in the reactor? What do think of this product?
Thanks await your feedback
Charl

asw change when using nsw

Posted: November 5th, 2011, 7:11pm CDT by Charl_Stanhope

Hey guys

As per previous post,we have got a red tide at the mo and rough seas.So theres no chance of doing a water change with nsw before I leave.Can I do a water change with asw when I am usingnsw or will the two types of water clash?

[FS]: Reef Inmates 400W SPS Extreme Lighting Unit for Sale: Newlands, Cape Town

Posted: November 5th, 2011, 6:41pm CDT by Quinton

Hardware for saleThread title:

Reef Inmates 400W SPS Extreme Lighting Unit for Sale

Location:

Newlands, Cape Town

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection Only

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

[/QUOTE]

[/QUOTE]

Comes with 3 x 400W metal halide bulbs, and 8 x 54W T5's, free of charge.

I'm not sure what that unit goes for these days but I'd guess around R15,000 new. I'd like R9,000? Any reasonable offers will be entertained.

MH T5 light fittings

Feel free to call me on 082 378 2800 or email me at quinton@hoole.biz if you're interested.

Quinton

Notes:

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[FS]: KENYAN LIVEROCK for sale: rondebosch east

Posted: November 5th, 2011, 2:00pm CDT by JsREEFn

Hardware for saleThread title:

KENYAN LIVEROCK for sale

Location:

rondebosch east

Shipping or Collection only:

collection ONLY!!!

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

To follow

Notes:

Hi.... I have about 30-40kgs of good kenyan liverock, diferent shapes and sizes... Has good coraline algae on and is nicely matured, selling @ R70/kg....contact me by replying to this thread and I will pm further contact details, thanks...Sieraaj ........ Pics to follow

Red Sea Max 250

Posted: November 5th, 2011, 1:54pm CDT by fvangreune

I am in the market for a RSM250 (Tank and cabinet), please forward me some quotes.

[FS]: Gaboon's tank, LR and hardware : Randburg

Posted: November 5th, 2011, 12:51pm CDT by gaboon

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

Gaboon's tank, LR and hardware

Location:

Randburg

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection only

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

As mentioned in my thread, the tank, LR and hardware is up for grabs.

35kg's top quality LR. R80 per kg or R3000 for all.

1200 x 800 x 600 Idol Marine starfire tank, stand and sump R2500.
I'll throw in the cabinet for free.

Profilux 2ex with plugbar, pH and Redox module and 2 pH probes R3900

Giesemann Infinity Pendant, 250w x 2 250w BLV 20k and 4 giesemann T5's R5500
I think they retail for R16 000

2 x MP40w vortechs Gen2. The one has the new ecotech controller. R2800 and R2000

Skimz SM202 skimmer R2300

Complete CARX setup. Reef Octo with 6kg bottle, Aquamedic solenoid R2000

Aquamedic Ocean Runner 3500 return pump. R900

Reeftek Kalkstirrer. Has been modified. Pump removed. Kalk mixed by high pressure RO pump R400

High Pressure RO pump R450

Phosban reactor R500

Atman carbon reactor R100

Backup power, modified sinewave with deepcycle battery. 650 or 1000kva, need to check. Ran the OR3500 return pump for 12 hours R900

Deltec RO unit R600

Seio prop T500 pump R200

Small Sunsun flow pump R50

Tropic Marin Pro salt. 18kg's left. R500

Having problems with photobucket but can mms pics as requested.

Notes:

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what type of skimming for mostly softies and few sps

Posted: November 5th, 2011, 10:49am CDT by duanead

Hi guys just want to know for a tank with mostly softies and few sps what type of skimming should one use dry or wet skimming?thank you

Tuft of hair algae

Posted: November 4th, 2011, 10:56pm CDT by Paul B

Hair algae is something that scares a lot of people and for good reason.
I only have one place in my reef where I grow it on purpose.
This was a string that I had tied to a coral that was at one time suspended from above the tank. I cut the string and let it unravel. It grew this tuft of hair algae in no time. I also collect amphipods like this, I cut a rope and unravel it. Then I hang it under my boat. It gets loaded with amphipods in a few days. This would alo house pods in a tank if I allowed it to rest on the substrait and is a good way to have a safe haven for them.
I find this one piece of hair algae interesting so I leave it alone. I don't have any tangs at the moment and the algae bleeny is not interested so there it stays.
Just felt like sharing

DURBAN and cheato ??????????

Posted: November 4th, 2011, 10:53pm CDT by roderigo

wow if cheato was food the human population would be died in Durban :lol: here in cape town we throw the stuff away but there its GOLD, hay guys in CAPE town why dint we help our fellow reefers in Durban get there hand on some cheato ???????
Ive got a some to give but anyone going to Durban soon to drop it off ????????for me:please:

Coral going brownies

Posted: November 4th, 2011, 9:22pm CDT by Caffeinedecoder

Hi,

I am not sure if this is the right place to post. Still finding my way around.
I have been running my tank for 2 months and also with zenia in it for a while now.
When I bought a new lights system and coral 3-4 days ago and placed it into my tank my coral started getting a slightly brown discolouration on it. When I had my parameters tested last week they seemed 100%.
Here is a photo of when I bought it and then followed by one i just took:

[FS]: Small odds and ends (pumps): Durban

Posted: November 4th, 2011, 9:11pm CDT by ZaxXx

Hardware for saleThread title:

Small odds and ends (pumps)

Location:

Durban

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection

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

Nano skimmer... pump got a small mend on the nozzle
R150

x3 Brand new R100

Brand new R200

R50

dosing pumps R50

x2 Air pumps brand new R50

R20

Flow thru filter pumps where used with carbon etc... R30

R20

Drip filters R50 big small R20

Notes:

Can negotiate prices if taking a whole lot

[FS]: DIY T5 lighting unit and 54W balast and end caps for sale: Amanzimtoti, Durban

Posted: November 4th, 2011, 8:34pm CDT by Nico Kortenbout

Hardware for saleThread title:

DIY T5 lighting unit and 54W balast and end caps for sale

Location:

Amanzimtoti, Durban

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection

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

Hi all

I have a home made (very good quality ) 2 foot, dimming, light hood for sale.
4 x T5 (including globes, globes are 9 months old, 2 x blue, 2 x white)
1 x actinic T8
2 x electronic 24W dimmable ballasts

R900

I also have a set for a dual 54W (4 foot) T5 setup:
1 x never used 54W B.A.G ballast
4 x waterproof end caps, also never used

R350 for the lot.

Prices are negotiable... :P

Notes:

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Urgent help needed sump light

Posted: November 4th, 2011, 6:35pm CDT by oceans 22

Guys my sump light went off and i have chaeto ... My dt lighting shines right down to the sump as my tank is on a stand... Will that be fine?

T8 Ballast help.

Posted: November 4th, 2011, 5:20pm CDT by pXius

Ok, so I wired a Osram 2x36w T8 ballast to run 4x 15W tubes for a mini frag tank going into a cupboard.

I tested the whole setup outside the cupboard and it worked perfectly. Using the same wires (so length didn't change) I mounted the end-plugs in the cupboard and wired them to the ballast.

Now when I switch on the ballast all 4 tubes turn on for a split second and then stays off.

I checked the connections, shortened the wires even more, tried a few other things. Running out of ideas as what it might be. Can anyone help me out?

@lIghty

Thanks

This weeks specials at Idol Marine

Posted: November 4th, 2011, 5:17pm CDT by Bob the (reef)builder

Hi Guys

IDOL GOES COOL! AGAIN!!!!!!!
INTRODUCING OUR NEW ENVIROMENTALLY FRIENDLY AND ESKOM BUSTING COOLER. The smaller and cheaper non-contolled cooler is now available.

And you can still come and have a beer or Coke with us.

- OUR SEACHEM REEFSALT IS GOING FOR A HUGE DISCOUNT- R:eek::eek::eek: FOR 20KG BUCKET. TOP AMERICAN BRAND SALT!!!!!!!!
- All our corals new and old will be discounted by 20%.
- All clams will also be discounted by 20%.

Cheers see you Saturday or Sunday

The Idol Crew.

Aiptasia killing laser

Posted: November 4th, 2011, 3:37pm CDT by Suhayl

I read on Reef Central few guys using a laser pointer to kill Aipsasia. This might be a solution to guys battling with this problem.

bio pellet reactor or phosphate and nitrate reactor

Posted: November 4th, 2011, 3:26pm CDT by shaunnorth

Hi

what is better bio pellet reactor or a phosphate and nitrate reactor

what ihave been told is the bio pellets do a 2 in one is this ture

Diy t5 light hood

Posted: November 4th, 2011, 2:50pm CDT by Rossreefer

Hi, im wanting to make a Diy light pendant for my tank.

The tank is 1200mm x 600mm x 500mm (LWH)

I will have 6 x 54w T5's

The tank has back Silocone and will be viewable from all sides and would like a nice pendant.

I was going to make a standard box shape type hood out of wood and hang it from the ceiling, but would like to have something a bit more BLING.

I was thinking something in aliminium 1200x450x150 (LWH)

Does anyone have any ideas on how to do this as well as where to get Aluminium in Cape Town.

Also im not the most DIY guy around so it would have to be real simple.

Thanks EXPERTS for your help.

Cheers

[FS]: Yellow belly regal: paulshof

Posted: November 4th, 2011, 12:37pm CDT by flamming angel

Fish for saleCommon Name:

Yellow belly regal

Scientific Name:

-

Size of fish

9cm approx head to tail

How long have you had the fish?

8 months

Is the fish eating?

yes alot

Shipping or Collection only:

collection

Your location.

paulshof

Price:

R300

Photo's:

Hey all

Am selling most of my live stock since its december. Wish i didnt have to sell them but my buddy only has space for so much of my stuff.

I have had this fish from the time it was very very small. Has grown alot. Funny thing is that when he was small my perc used to worry him. Have since gotten rid of the perc and the regal has grown but his tail is stil growning with the damages. The fish is very healthy and has no issues.

Here is a pic. His on the left.

Notes:

-

sams siily 1 day sale

Posted: November 4th, 2011, 12:21pm CDT by ebrahim sams aquarium

hi guys

FIRST OF ALL SAMS WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GREET ALL ITS MUSLIM CUSTOMERS AN FRIENDS A EID MUBARAK FOR SUNDAY

all ocean nutrition dry foods LESS 20% LETS MAKE THAT 30%
LESS 20% on all corals
all clams 295
LESS 15% on all live stock
all ruto frozen foods LESS 20%
SUN SUN vibration pumps jvp 101/3000lts 89.00
SUN SUN vibration pumps jvp 102/5000ts 120.00

PLENTY MORE IN STORE SPECIALS VALID ONLY FOR 1 DAY 05/11/2011
SAMS WILL BE CLOSED ON SUNDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2011 FOR EID CELEBRATION

COME AN VIEW THE NEW LED LIGHTING ON OUR SHOW TANK

small piece of cheato for my refuguim

Posted: November 4th, 2011, 12:16pm CDT by mandrin

hi i am in durban any one has a small ball of cheato
pls mail me will pay for it thanks :(

The Mathematical Proof of Skimming

Posted: November 4th, 2011, 11:50am CDT by dallasg

So while doing some research for my possible masters in Maths i came across this :)

Quote:

Recent design innovations like bubble plates, conical sides, or pinwheel impellers do not seem to impact significantly on either rate of TOC removal or amount of TOC removed, at least for the skimmers tested. Thus, skimmer manufacturer claims about enhanced organic removal capabilities should be met with skepticism in the absence of compelling and quantitative TOC removal data.

Feature Article: Further Studies on Protein Skimmer Performance — Advanced Aquarist | Aquarist Magazine and Blog

It is tough reading but here are the highlights:

The study measured two aspects of skimmer performance:
(1) how fast the skimmer removes organic matter from salt water, and
(2) the amount of organic contaminants removed relative to the total amount present in the tank water.

Two types of water were prepared for skimming tests:
(1) Bovine Serum Albumin (1.33 gm, 96% pure from Sigma Chemical Company) was dissolved in 35 gallons of 35 ppt freshly prepared saltwater (Coralife brand salt mix).
(2) Reef tank water was removed at 60 Â± 15 min after tank feeding (tank skimmer off).

Two analytic techniques were used:
(1) The BSA-containing samples were analyzed using a Pierce Micro BCA Protein assay kit with the addition of a brief sample centrifugation step prior to UV/VIS analysis.
(2) The reef tank water samples were analyzed on a Shimadzu 5000 TOC Analyzer.

Four skimmers were tested:
(1) EuroReef CS80 needlewheel
(2) ETSS Evolution 500 downdraft
(3) Precision Marine ES100 venturi
(4) Precision Marine AP624 airstone

The test results show that all 4 skimmers were similar in performance:
(1) All 4 skimmers removed organic compounds at similar rates.
(2) All 4 skimmers removed over 80% of the serum in the BSA water.
(3) All 4 skimmers removed only 20% to 30% of the Total Organic Compounds (TOC) in the reef tank water.

None of the skimmers were able to remove much beyond 30% of the TOC in the reef tank water. Hypothesized is whether we are approaching the limits of foam fractionation.

tell me what you think :)

Photos of EC Tropical vagrants

Posted: November 4th, 2011, 11:15am CDT by Steve Warren

Hi All

We are preparing to reopen the Aquarium section at Bayworld in December and looking for photos of species of Tropical Vagrants that we are likely to collect and display from the Transkei. If you have good photos of commonly caught juvenile tropicals that you would be happy for us to use please let me know.
Surgeons, Wrasse, Damsels, Angels, Butterflies, Goldies, Cardinals, Sharpnose puffers/tobies (canthigasters), etc. If we decide to use your photo we would obviously acknowledge the photo as yours.

Regards Steve

[FS]: Tunze sale (feeler): East London

Posted: November 4th, 2011, 10:35am CDT by leslie hempel

Hardware for saleThread title:

Tunze sale (feeler)

Location:

East London

Shipping or Collection only:

both at buyers expense and risk

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

Notes:

2 x 6105 Tunze streams
1 x 7095 controller

R6500...

I have another deal pending and this sale will depend on that going through, if it does not then i will have to retract the sale..

If you are interested i will require a 50% deposit. in the even of the sale not happening this will be refunded..

Please only serious buyers comment..

Regards

Les

To all the naysayers out there...

Posted: November 4th, 2011, 10:33am CDT by coswecanfly

I am back from honeymoon and even though it's only one case (and not very scientific) I wanted to publish my findings...

I MOVED my 'very difficult to keep' 25l to a TOTAL NOVICE friend (not a reefkeeper or even bathwater for that matter) and back again this morning and guess what? EVERYTHING is OK!!! Who would have guessed...

Don't get me wrong... I'm not recommending anyone to do this... All I'm trying to say is, yet again, that the advice given on this forum is only that... ADVICE... And that means that it is only THAT persons (maybe a few more) personal experience (NOT RULES/LAW/THE ONLY WAY) and that it might not work for everyone...

There are various examples of people that have done everything to the tee as instructed here and things did not work for them... There are also examples here of people not doing things like stipulated on this forum and everything worked out fine (Just one of many examples is of a moderator here that acclimatized a new fish for the best part of 10min by dumping half a cup of water into the bag every few seconds and then emptying the LFS water from the bag into his system and guess what? IT WORKED)

WE ARE NOT GODS OF REEFKEEPING AND IT IS NOT THAT DIFFICULT A HOBBY!!!

If this thread convinces ONE newbie that this hobby is not as difficult as he/she thought (because of most other people on here) and makes them start a tank then I have accomplished what I wanted to... Showed people the other side of the coin...

Sometimes people on here make me so angry I just want to scream at them to get a life and then quit the forum. Then I realise that forums need all kinds of people to 'keep it real' and help people to see things from all possible perspectives and then I calm down and stay... Yes guys and girls, you'e stuck with me... :)

East Coast NSW ROCKS!!!

Posted: November 4th, 2011, 10:11am CDT by coswecanfly

Brought some NSW back from Cintsa on the Wild Coast as a treat for my LS and tested it this morning... Here are the params I have tests for:

SG - 1.026
NO3 - 0
pH - 8.2
KH - 7.2
PO4 - 0

How excellent is that... Just one more reason to move that way (the new wife LOVES that whole coastline)...

You guys that live that side are SOOOOO lucky... We spent every low tide of our honeymoon checking out the tidal pools from Maphelane down to Cintsa and realised that if we move down there we would probably never set foot in a LFS again... Saw a feather star that the wife wanted to bring home so bad but I managed to convince her that we don't have the space...

Anyway, just wanted too remind you guys on that side of the world that you are REALLY lucky... Have fun and see you that side soon... ;)

Hi Everyone

Posted: November 4th, 2011, 10:08am CDT by Nadia Els

Hi everyone

I have just signed up! I was hoping you guys can tell me where I can buy Fish, Coral ect for my tank ONLINE!

have a nice day
:thumbup:

[FS]: Reef Octopus KR-140 Kalkwasser: jhb

Posted: November 3rd, 2011, 11:04pm CDT by malooda

Hardware for saleThread title:

Reef Octopus KR-140 Kalkwasser

Location:

jhb

Shipping or Collection only:

collection

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

hi

iv got a reef octopus kr-140 kalkwasser for sale. i bought it before i new what is was used for and before i even had my tank running. iv got no space for it in my sump area.
it comes with a hailea pump
Rated for:· Up to 1000L
Reaction Chamber Dimensions:· 140mm Diameter

R1350

Notes:

-

how many fish in a nano

Posted: November 3rd, 2011, 10:52pm CDT by mrbleeny

hi guys how many fish do i put in a nano and where do i find turbo snails in durban nano is a 37l gt 2clowns a bleeny and a damsel need the snails for the gha

Hermit Crab

Posted: November 3rd, 2011, 10:39pm CDT by shaunnorth

Hi all

My little hermit crab decided it was time to get a bigger home what does this mean is coz hes getting bigger?

Clear tubing

Posted: November 3rd, 2011, 7:13pm CDT by ZaxXx

Hi guys
I'm looking for clear flexi plastic tubing. (water piping). I need about 30 meters...

Where can I get a whole roll of this from in Durban?

Thanks

[FS] Various frags: Fourways, JHB

Posted: November 3rd, 2011, 6:53pm CDT by mariusmeyer

Various frags for saleCommon Names:

Zoas

Scientific Names:

-

Size of frags

Various sizes

How long have you had the frags?

4 months +

Are the frags mounted?

Yes

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection Only

Your location.

Fourways, JHB

Price:

R60 - R130.

Photo's:

I am available during the week after 16:00 and most likely weekends.
Frags vary between R60 and R130 for the largest pieces. Most will be R60 or R80.

The following is what I have. I did not number the individual frags as that will take ages, so come and pick the ones you want. Will throw in some free green ones with purchases.

The green ones on the left is the ones I will dish out for free with other purchases.

Notes:

-

[FS]: Pulsing Xenia for sale: Fourways, JHB

Posted: November 3rd, 2011, 6:46pm CDT by mariusmeyer

Single Coral for saleCommon Name:

Pulsing Xenia

Scientific Name:

-

Size of coral

15cm X 20cm when expanded

How long have you had the coral?

9 months

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection Only

Your location.

Fourways, JHB

Price:

R200

Photo's:

Notes:

-

Hello peanut worm and vermetid snail

Posted: November 3rd, 2011, 6:33pm CDT by sihaya

I love this part of reef aquarium keeping, when all the critters start coming out of the live rock. It always amazes me when I'll have a piece of rock I think is just about dead, with no signs of life, and then gradually over time, one by one, the little guys start coming out. It's just fantastic! :thumbup:

looking for some chaeto

Posted: November 3rd, 2011, 6:10pm CDT by oceans 22

Hi again guys... Where can i get some chaeto in the jhb/pretoria? ...

150 W MH Light with Ballist

Posted: November 3rd, 2011, 4:50pm CDT by shaunnorth

Hi

I am Looking for a 150 W MH Lighting unit with a Ballist

will pay up to R800 fro it ?

Looking for some cheato

Posted: November 3rd, 2011, 2:39pm CDT by mandrin

hi guys any one in the durban
i looking to buy some cheato pls ?

250w Magnetic ballast

Posted: November 3rd, 2011, 2:27pm CDT by Suhayl

HI, Im looking for 250w magnetic ballast that will work for double ended bulbs.I have tried Vosloo Schwabe ballast with igniter but never fire the bulb properly. At the moment Im using Coralvue electronic ballast but not happy with the output.

advice pls

Posted: November 3rd, 2011, 2:16pm CDT by oceans 22

Hi guys... Tank been running for a week now... Must i wait for a month before i add chaeto?

Brightwell NeoZeo

Posted: November 3rd, 2011, 2:14pm CDT by Zuna

HI Guys

i starded up another tanks but im going to try the zeolite method (read up evrything on the system) one thing i can cant find info on is when do i change the zeolite stones

Wanted: Small frag of GSP

Posted: November 3rd, 2011, 1:52pm CDT by mookz

Hi Guys

Looking for a small GSP frag.

I am wanting to grow it up the back of my tanks C2C overflow.

Thx in advance :)

any one know where can i find some cheato in Durban

Posted: November 3rd, 2011, 1:52pm CDT by mandrin

hi guys any o ne know where i can buy some cheato in durban area wana add it in my little refuguim thanks ;)

Awsome coral and frags avail - Perky pets

Posted: November 3rd, 2011, 1:40pm CDT by Perky pets superstore

Hi all.This is what we have this week.

Lots more to come...

lawnmower blenny

Posted: November 3rd, 2011, 1:06pm CDT by malooda

Hi

I'm looking for a lawnmower as iv gor gha issue

Thanks

Increasing Water Volume.

Posted: November 3rd, 2011, 11:15am CDT by Mudshark

The fish in my 1.5mx65cmx65cm tank are starting to reach adult size and are thereefore putting quite a burden on the biological filtration, with phosphate level shooting up to 0.25ppm. I've decided to plumb a Jo-Jo Slimline 750l tank into the system, to increase the water volume. It should roughly double it.

My question is, should I add sand into the bottom to increase DSB area or should I keep it bare for easy maintenance? Also, is this enough of an addition to make a difference?

Any other advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Question: Test kits

Posted: November 3rd, 2011, 10:52am CDT by mookz

Hi Guys

I am due to replace my test kits.
I would like some input or suggestions on new kits.
I need Mag, Ca, Alk, Phos and N03.

Any decently priced kits that include all of the above?
Or any specials on?

Thx :)

my circular(round) marine tank startup

Posted: November 3rd, 2011, 10:20am CDT by Anubus

hi all im new to the marine fish hobby bought me a nice round 80x87 marine tank hopefully it will be looking great did check for leaks looks good now just to add water and salt

Turtles rehabilitated at Two Oceans Aquarium

Posted: November 3rd, 2011, 10:14am CDT by Steve Warren

http://www.aquarium.co.za/blog/entry...s_return_home/

Hi All!!

Posted: November 2nd, 2011, 10:51pm CDT by traut

new to the web and newish to the hobby, busy prepping for my tank so will really appreciate ANY advice.

Will post pics of tank as soon as its installed!

Favia sp. aka Moon Coral

Posted: November 2nd, 2011, 10:13pm CDT by oceanseeker

Here is a pic of my latest tank edition - favia sp. aka Moon Coral. This pic was taken under actinics - actual colours no saturation

Here is some info from freshmarine.com

Moonstone - Green Favia Brain is very beautiful because of its unique shape and color. Its one of its type green color looks striking when placed in the middle of the aquarium. No doubt, the Moonstone - Green Favia Brain enhances the display value of the aquarium by many times. The article introduces you to the various angels of Moonstone - Green Favia Brain that may leverage its maintenance in your marine aquarium.

Taxonomy: Moonstone - Green Favia Brain belongs to the Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Cnidaria, Family Faviidae and Genus Favia.

Scientific names: The scientific name of Moonstone - Green Favia Brain is Favia species.

Other common names: The other common names of Moonstone - Green Favia Brain are Moon Coral, Pineapple Coral, Brain Coral, Closed Brain Coral, Star Coral, Worm Coral, Brain Coral Closed Green Moonstone, Moonstone Coral, Modern Coral and Honeycomb Coral.

Coral Type: The Favia species is Large Polyp Stony (LPS) Coral.

Origin or natural range: Moonstone - Green Favia Brain originates from the Indo-Pacific region.

Color: The Favia species occurs in brown, tan, green and cream colors.

Compatibility: Moonstone - Green Favia Brain is very aggressive towards the other marine aquarium invertebrates.

Habit & Habitat: The Favia species is nocturnal in habit and therefore, spreads its tentacles at night.

Morphology:
Moonstone - Green Favia Brain has numerous rounded polyps that resemble the shape of caters.
The Favia species has long sweeper tentacles.
The appearance of Moonstone - Green Favia Brain varies with the water level depth of its existence, the strength of the water current and the surroundings of the Favia species.

Growth enabling environment in your marine aquarium:
Temperature of water: Seventy-five to seventy-nine degrees Fahrenheit.

Specific gravity of water: 1.023 to 1.025.

pH of water: 8.10 to 8.30.
Water flow in the aquarium: Moonstone - Green Favia Brain requires moderate to strong water current in the marine aquarium it inhabits.

Illumination: The Favia species requires high intensity lighting.

Habit & habitat:
The capacity of marine aquarium hosting Moonstone - Green Favia Brain should be over fifty gallons.
Place the Favia species anywhere between the middle and the top of the aquarium.
Leave ample vacant space around Moonstone - Green Favia Brain so that it can stretch itself fully.
Change the water in your marine aquarium regularly, every week.
Feeding & Nutrition:
Moonstone - Green Favia Brain derives its nutrition chiefly through photosynthesis which is being performed by zooxanthellae, a photosynthetic alga living symbiotically within the coral.
The Favia species is Carnivorous in its feeding habit and filter feeds at least twice per week, when open.
Moonstone - Green Favia Brain feeds upon acellular marine invertebrates, brine shrimp, Mysis Shrimp, meaty bits, zooplankton and phytoplankton.
Add Calcium, Strontium and the other trace elements to the water as dietary supplements for the Favia species.

Breeding: Moonstone - Green Favia Brain breeds easily and rapidly in a marine aquarium if it gets ample nutrition and is placed rightly.
Care: Moonstone - Green Favia Brain requires moderate care.

Caution: Keep the Favia species at a safe distance from the other corals in your marine aquarium as Moonstone - Green Favia Brain may sting them.

Frags

Posted: November 2nd, 2011, 9:46pm CDT by mrbleeny

Looking for frags in durban

Collecting nsw after Red Tide

Posted: November 2nd, 2011, 9:25pm CDT by Charl_Stanhope

Hey guys

How long must I wait before I collect water after a red tide. I dont think its a bad red tide because I have not seen anything but quite a bit of blue bottle jellyfish washed out on the beach. I dont know if its because of the red tide or because of rough seas we have had. Can I collect water when it looks clean or should I wait?

Upgrade help please

Posted: November 2nd, 2011, 8:02pm CDT by raytone

I have currently a 3ft tank but will my ts1 skimmer and br70 np pellet reactor work on a 4ft tank? Only for a few months anyway.:1:

is my lights enough

Posted: November 2nd, 2011, 8:00pm CDT by roderigo

hi guys just wundering if my tank lights are good bright enough for a mix reef the depth is 45cm ive got 2xblue bulbs 1x pink 1x white all are t5 FHO 54watt and 1x 10000k 150w MH in the center does not spread the hole length of the tank just in the middel . i did this so i can have a high light area in my center and a low light are on the out sides .the idea behind this is so i can have low light corals at the top of the tank if i want just on the out side and strong light coarals center top or bottem so do i need more light or not ????or will this do pics below

Skimmer Troubles

Posted: November 2nd, 2011, 6:52pm CDT by Cslling

Hi Reefers

Having some troubles with my skimmer, bought it second hand from someone. Was told where the water level should be set for best performance. Using it with a BOYU, model FP-38E pump and SONIC 9905 air pump.

For some reason my bubbles never get moved all the way to the top so that it can run over into the cup. I have moved the water level but then I keep ketting water in the cup. I have been running the skimmer for 24 hours now, and bubbles are still as white as can be. Tank has been running for about 2 weeks. all my levels of PH, NO2, NO3, KH, Ammonia are right, got 4 fish in tank for about a week also. (was advise by the LFS to add a few fish to help tank cycle).

Starting to worry about the fish now cause of the skimmer not doing its job. What can be the cause? the amount of air giong into the skimmer or might it be the pump on the skimmer, or both combined? or cause of the tank being so new(tank size 1000Lx450Wx550H) or is the skimmer F#$&'ed.

Regards:blush:

Gimp editting.

Posted: November 2nd, 2011, 6:24pm CDT by Mc

I downloaded gimp a free version of photoshop the other day, so I decided to try it out. I can't decided if the editted pic looks better or not, let me know what you think.
I still can't get rid of the bright patches does anyone know how to do that other than buying a better camera?:lol:

Before

After

110gpd vs 50gpd

Posted: November 2nd, 2011, 2:21pm CDT by irie ivan

Hi Marco.

My membrane is due for replacement, saw on your site you have two types of membranes, i.e. 50 or 100gpd. Have no clue as to size of mine, or which I should get.

Ned LED Build

Posted: November 2nd, 2011, 1:41pm CDT by nick_fraser

I have been looking at LED lighting for a While.
And now after a unfortunate short this winter blowing most of my equipment and killing off most of my coral and fish I have a chance to play around with the LED lighting.

My old lighting was 12 X 40W T5s. 8 X 12000k and 4 X 20000K. This worked out to 480W and I dont think I had enough for 1800 X 600 and water 700 deep.

I ordered 2 X 20W 16000k 12V LEDs and after a 12 week wait (11 of them customs) they have arrived. I am very impressed. I have only played around with them in the office and plan on setting them up on my tank this weekend. They are extremely bright. I plan on running 4 of these 2 X 20000K and 4 12000K. So thats 200w compaired to my old lighting of 480W and i think that it will be at least 3X brighter

Description:
20W 16000K 45mil LED Panel for Aquarium

Colour temperature: 15800K
LED chips: EPILEDS EP-B4545V-A3 45x45 mil
DC Forward Voltage (VF): 10-11V DC
DC Forward Current (IF): 1000-2100mA max
Viewing Angle: 120 Degree
Intensity Luminous (Iv): 800-1400LM
Life span 30000 hours guarantee

Some Pics

On the Heat Sink

Turned on

Tank test

Still busy building the housing and will post some more pick later on.

Big coral Shipment landed last week

Posted: November 2nd, 2011, 12:39pm CDT by lanzo

Hi Guys

We landed a massive coral shipment last week....none of us had time to upload the thread or to take pictures.

We had a big special on all the corals that we still had in the shop and those that landed.

Our apologies for not posting on the forum...those that are on our data base in shop received the mails regarding the special.

Feel Free to pomp in and see our Vast Coral selection

Happy Reefing

Regards

Dorry Pets Team

Dorry Pets Off to IMACSA closed Saterday

Posted: November 2nd, 2011, 12:15pm CDT by lanzo

Hi Guys

We will be Going to Imacsa this year

The Shop will only be closed for SATERDAY this week...Friday and Sunday we will still be open.

Feel Free to visit us this weekend we have plenty of corals and fish to choose from and the new ATI tubes thats in stock

Best Regards
Dorry Pets Team

[FS]: Tank/Sump/ Stand : Cape Town

Posted: November 2nd, 2011, 12:07pm CDT by Xereo

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

Tank/Sump/ Stand

Location:

Cape Town

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection

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

Going to be moving to Jbg soon and need to get rid of my tank.

Tank 1200 x 650 x 600 (10mm glass)
Sump 1.2 x 450 x450 (6mm Glass)

Tank including plumbing & Stand only

Make me an offer.. Its a Must Go

Notes:

-

Breeding

Posted: November 2nd, 2011, 12:04pm CDT by Matty

Looking for any fish or pairs of fish to do some aquaculture projects with !

Stray Voltage from top-up switch

Posted: November 2nd, 2011, 11:46am CDT by ChrisNell

I got a light shock from putting my hand into the sump or DT quite a few times now. Decided yesterday to look for the problem. Got around 90V AC with one multimeter probe in the water, one against the floor. Then switched all off. Voltage gone. Switched everything on one by one. Voltage came back when switching on the power to the ATU.

Anyone has similar issues?

I suppose I have an insulation problem on the switch?

[FS]: Reef Octopus BR70 Pellet Reactor: Cape Town

Posted: November 2nd, 2011, 10:51am CDT by Xereo

Hardware for saleThread title:

Reef Octopus BR70 Pellet Reactor

Location:

Cape Town

Shipping or Collection only:

Both

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

3 month old Pellet reactor, used for a week then closed down tank..
so it basicly one week old :). it jsut stand here and i might aswell sell it on..

So R1200.00

Including a Pump to drive it and 400 Grams Np pellets ( new Formula )

will come in box like new

Thanks :P

This is the image of what it looks like. Not my actual one. But as i say its virtually brand spanking new...

Notes:

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[FS]: Tank setup corals and liverock : Cape Town Southern Suburbs

Posted: November 2nd, 2011, 10:02am CDT by keyaam

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

Tank setup corals and liverock

Location:

Cape Town Southern Suburbs

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection Only

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

Posting on behalf of @Ayoob

Fish Tank:

DT : 1.2m x 450 x 450
ST : 900 x 30 x 30
Inc. stand and all plumbing pipes - R700

Corals:

XL Mtl green bubble coral - R400
XL Mtl green scolymia brain - R500
Green cup coral - R 200
Mtl green mushroom Rock with green center ZoaS - R350
XL Pink with green center open brain coral R400
Cabbage leather - R200
Variety Rock covered in mushrooms purple, red, green Zoas & yellow sponge - R500
Vietnam Zoas green & orange Centered - R 250
Zoas Green with orange centered rock - R 200
Vietnam rock with Gsp & hairy mushrooms - R150
2x mini carpet anemone - R150 each
2x Squamosa XL clam - R 450 1 med - R 200
2x Crocea clam - R 300
1x Tridacna squamosa clam med - R300
Branching Hammer 4 heads - R200
2 huge Green centered hairy mushrooms with sum brown plays - R250
Green bubble tip anemone - R150
Rose bubble tip anemone - R400
white with pink tip anemone -R150

Frags :

Vietnam Zoas
Mushrooms
Acropora sps
Montipora sps
Hammer
Price Ranging from R50 - R150

Live Rock :

Fiji
Tonga
mushrooms and polyps are attached
@ R120 p/kg

Notes:

Id needed

Posted: November 1st, 2011, 7:51am CDT by Ismail

Queensburgh-20111031-00890.jpg picture by IsmailBayat - Photobucket

Refugium...ideas!?

Posted: November 1st, 2011, 11:46pm CDT by danielcassar

Hi all, I wish to have some opinions regards refugium set-up
also my skimmer works in 8 inc water level....is it a good setup refugium to have only 20cm of water level?

Thanks
daniel

Green Brittle Star eats a clam

Posted: November 1st, 2011, 11:07pm CDT by kenyukari

Hello all

Here is a video of my green brittle star eating a clam. This particular video is the most popular of all my videos shared on my youtube channel. I hope you enjoy it.

Green Brittle Star at feeding time - YouTube

Green Brittle Star at feeding time - YouTube

crushed coral

Posted: November 1st, 2011, 10:14pm CDT by Maxxis

hey guys

I went to a pet shop in order to see different types of substrate to buy for my tank and the guy suggested to get crushed coral. He showed to me crushed coral in bag which was about 3mm
Is this good for a reef tank? Does crushed coral will affect the condition of the water?
Also would like to know if there is any formula to calculate how many kgs will be needed

Thanks

Top up switch for Kalkreactor

Posted: November 1st, 2011, 9:44pm CDT by Eight

Hi guys, what top up switch can I use when I have a kalkreactor connected to my top up? i dont want to use the normal float switch as this sometimes gets stuck open and will surely cause a tank crash through a kalkreactor.

I there a switch available that is failsafe nad where can i get one?

brown algea on sand

Posted: November 1st, 2011, 9:39pm CDT by duanead

So guys I was wondering my tanked cycled like 4 months ago and there was green algea everywhere and then it went away all of it and now there is brown algea all over the sand and I got 2 sandsifitng seastars and they are working great but then it comes back,

So my question is I've got a 1.8 meter light fitting with 3 150w metal halides and 4 t5 tubes 24w each so what I want to know is it maybe because the kelvin is only 10 000 that causes the algea

banggai cardinals breeding and im new to this help please

Posted: November 1st, 2011, 9:32pm CDT by duanead

Hi guys so this is my first marine tank and I've noticed that my cardinal isn't eating and his jaw is swolen big time,and aas he opened it I saw the eggs in his mouth,so I don't want to loose them what can I do any advise please

It came as a shock as my tank is only 4 months old,

Urgent help needed newbie first post -white spots

Posted: November 1st, 2011, 8:31pm CDT by Caffeinedecoder

Hi everybody... i am a newbie at MA and have finally started a tank.Yeehaaa!

It has been running now for 2 months just about and I have 2 clowns, tomatoe clown,blue regal tang and today my first corals!! :yeahdude:

i have 2 cleaner shrimps but I notice today, since I added dual pro 2 T5's(wow what a difference) in addition to my T8's, that my Tang has a lot of white spots.

I was told the cleaner shrimps would clean it off but they are not.
What am I to do? Is it dangers to the fish? Should I start stressing?? :blush:

Nano plans please

Posted: November 1st, 2011, 7:04pm CDT by gavster

As if putting one new tank together isn't hard enough, I'm putting together TWO! I want to build a 600mm cube and would like to learn from your mistakes. I was thinking slimlinme overflow with returns coming back in through the back pane. I want this to be an extremely neat cube with no pipes etc but also don't want tons of headaches. Has anyone got any plans for me of a system that has worked well for them? Anyone see any problems with the slimline fad?

silicone

Posted: November 1st, 2011, 5:37pm CDT by mupwi

I need to drain my sump to install devidersand I obviously don't whant to leave my tank without its sump for too long how long do I need to let the silicone cure befor I can re fill it?

Cube

Posted: November 1st, 2011, 3:38pm CDT by Quintonv

I want to sell all my stuff and buy one cube

Size 90*90*(50-60)

Does anybody know of someone selling?

Aiptasia dum dum dummmmm

Posted: November 1st, 2011, 2:51pm CDT by tekkengal

Last night I saw the horror of horrors growing in my tank. Currently I can see only one (roughly 1cm in length) and would like to get rid of it as quickly as possible before it grows to big. I was planning on taking the rock out and then chiselling around the aiptasia (not chiselling the anenome itself) but my concerns are if I remove the rock will it start releasing spores and will chiselling a chunk of the rock out solve this problem?

Note to self: only buy dead rock next time.

Christo's 1.8m

Posted: November 1st, 2011, 2:27pm CDT by Christo

Hi Everyone!

Some of you may know me from my previous Thread Starting Again.
Well I am starting again (At Last) but not the system I mentioned
in my previous thread.

Going for a totaly new setup:

Display Tank: 1.8m(L) X .75m(W) X .65m(H) Water Level At .6m
Sump: 1.4m(L) X .63m(W) X .45m(H)
Lights: 12 X 80W T5's Combo of Lights

Will Keep everyone updated as I Progress with this Build.

Cheers

Christo

400w or 150w MH?

Posted: November 1st, 2011, 12:54pm CDT by ken

Hey guys... I'm planning my upgrade and I'm going the zeo route.. Tank will be sps dominated... The tank is 1250x550x500.. Wat lighting should u rate I use.. I've got 2 400w mh and 2 150w mh.. Which of the two do u think I should put on? Any suggestions welcome
Thanx guys

[FS]: aqua medic t3000 skimmer & seio powerhead controller for sale: pta/ centotion

Posted: November 1st, 2011, 11:57am CDT by Yuri

Hardware for saleThread title:

aqua medic t3000 skimmer & seio powerhead controller for sale

Location:

pta/ centotion

Shipping or Collection only:

i am willing to ship and collectoin is wellcome

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

the stuff is old but still working

the first is a aqua medic t3000 skimmer it is for about L1500 setup
and it can be used as a hang on skimmer
the price is R1500

the other item is a seio powerhead controller
also used the R700

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[FS]: Reef Octo - Skimmer for sale: Ballito

Posted: November 1st, 2011, 8:25am CDT by macfly

Hardware for saleThread title:

Reef Octo - Skimmer for sale

Location:

Ballito

Shipping or Collection only:

Collection

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

Reef octopus NW110 - needlewheel skimmer - R1000. Shop around they retail for +-R2K. Rated for 400l.

Was used for a month - been in my garage for 3 months unused. Real bargain.

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