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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
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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
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±15kgs @ R70a kg ....the more u take ,the less the place,A-graded pieces an lovely flat pieces for ledges

LIVESTOCK
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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