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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....
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

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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:
1. Daro
2. AKWA
3. AquaDepot
4. 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