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Marine Aquariums of South Africa
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Red shrimp
Posted: February 15th, 2012, 6:41pm CST by APK
I lost 2 clowns shortly after introducing a red cleamer shrimp - replaced them only to lose them both in one night. The shrimp was feeding off a dead clown. They were in the tank for about 2 weeks before they died - all the other fish are fine - all compatible fish. The shrimp seems to be the aggressor - all the stuff i have read says it is peacefull but I beginning to have my doubts -
Clown behaviour
Posted: January 7th, 2012, 9:00am CST by APK
I put two clowns into my tank on 26 December - 1 died after a week and the other after 10 days - the last one stated swimming like mad in the current in front of the pump - for hours on end. Next morning I found it dead and the cleaner shrimp was feeding on it. Is there something like a too strong current for these fish ? There other fish - Banggai Cardinals , cleaner shrimp urchin and starfish are 100 % ok - water is also fine. At the beginging they two of them stayed in a cave the whole time - also where I found the first one. Second one seemed fine - was feeding up to the end. Any comments ? -
new tank
Posted: December 12th, 2011, 8:13pm CST by APK
i have a boyu 550 ( 128 l ) that has been up and running for about 2 weeks - i dont have shops close to stock my tank which i hope to do this weekend - i have live rock and dead coral in the tank and only used ro water - any suggestions as to what fish / invertebrae i could start off with would be appreciated. -
cooling
Posted: December 12th, 2011, 7:39pm CST by APK
I live in Limpopo and it gets hot - so does the tank water - I built a cooler using tubing running through ice but this is not very effective as the tubing is too thick making the transfer of the cold to the water ineffective. I am looking for a DIY solution - HELP PLEASE -
APK
Posted: December 12th, 2011, 3:36pm CST by APK
Hi everyone
i grew up with tropical fish - from guppies to oscars. Due to a move i did not carry on but started with koi in a 10 000 l pond until a month or so ago - uv light and pumps packed up , cats , kingfishers and hammerheads moved me to give up. I have always been interested in marine fish keeping and two weeks ago bought a boyu system - i intentionally started off with something smaller as i did not want to get into something bigger only to find that it was a lot of work - the koi pond had a 220 l filter so i think i can manage this one - i can always move up to bigger tanks. I am 52 and have a 2 year and 9 month old son --------- and a wife -just to give you a idea of what i still am wiiling to cope with.