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Posted: May 20th, 2012, 3:56pm CDT by Mr_G
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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
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how do I get my true percula clown to host in my long tenticle nennie? When the lights go out, he just go lie on the top of the water and sleep like that on its side, also doesnt go to the nennie during the day, is there some way? Lol... i know he doesnt need a nennie, bugt I will just like it that way
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Posted: October 18th, 2010, 11:42am CDT by Mr_G
I have build my own custom tank, custom sump, and have a 300L/h via aqua skimmer, I build gthe sump such, that my water falls into a compartment, and then goes through tghe skimmer before it can go through the rest of the sump, I calibrated my return pump and skimmer so all is in sequence, but now Im confused, does the skimmer need to skim all the water or just some of it, cause simce I did this, it has been skimming alot of junk out the water, bugt Im afraid Im loosing good bacteria skimming every liter of water... i have an easy fix if it doesnt have to skim every liter, but whagts best?
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Posted: October 15th, 2010, 9:47am CDT by Mr_G
ok so I went and bought one last saturday, I didnt know about if it is white, but I took it anyway, it is still small, then that night it swimmed around, and found a place, then monday night it swim around again, and buried itself in the middle of the tank in the sand... My subtrate is fine argonite sand it has been there for the rest of the week now. And seems happy, all Im worried about is that I cant seem the "stem" anymore, last night it pulled in completly till its small, this morning its wide open again, but now the question, what do you guys feed yours, guy at the petshop said cut a small block of hake off, feed it every two days, which Im doing, but want to know what else, I have bought brine shrimp eggs, which should be ready in 10 days asell...
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Posted: October 15th, 2010, 8:39am CDT by Mr_G
Im leaving on saturday morning early, and will only be ruturning on Sunday at around 12, now I have a question, must I leave the lights off or on, I dont have a timer now, and wont be able to get one, also my autofeeder is not wotking, will check later today if it is just beteries....but im worried about the lights... i get alogt of light in the the room, but dont think it is enough to similate day....
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Posted: October 8th, 2010, 9:06am CDT by Mr_G
ive got a blue damsel my mom bought me, it has killed 3 damsels and 3 clowns already, now it is alone in the tank, so yesterday I put my hand in the tank to move something, and it started attacking me, ahaha, biting me everywhere it can, etc... Now before I get new fish I have to make plan with this little devil, what can I do with it? Some people say put it in the sump, I have dsb setup, I can put him there, there is enough space, but then I will have to add like 2 LR for him to hide in, other than that, what else can I do, or does anyone here want him? I dont want agresive fish in my tank... Else last option is, I have 2 beautiful cats, who likes fish...lol... Joking...
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went home yesterday and found my clown fish dead, Im new to the hobby, loving it, but seems my clownfish dont like to live... I bought three in the begining, dont kill me now, one died cause he didnt want to eat, so the other 2 got cosy and was always together, swimming together, etc, and then my water got high nitrite, like 5mg/L, and my small clownfish died, so I assume that was Nitrite, so I was away the weekend, my mom looked after my fish, got home, and my clown didnt want to eat, already suspected something wrong, monday came, still nothing, went to buy tropic marine test kit, tesed No2 and it was 0,1mg/L (been treating my water), saw the clownsfish eyes were not normal, it was mostly white with small black pupil, yesterday got home, and dead, so wondering why he died, my other fish(still not sure what it is) is 100% and eating and swimming everywhere... My two molly's (who is helping to cycle the last 2-3 weeks since my No2 spiked) is also sharp, my turbo snails doing what they do best, havent tested all parameters yet, but water seems to be perfect, so why oh why did the clownfish died? Im very very new to the hobby, so please dont bite my head off... Tomorrow Im doing a 30% waterchange again... Oh and my zoa(finally got the name of my coral) was not feeling well when the No2 was high, but she is coming along nicelly again so proud of her... Thanx guys...
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ok after my first tank has a major flaw in it, I designed a new tank and sump, and now I need your opinion whether it is fine or not, I can get all the glass for R400, so thats nothing... Ps. Cant use my fone to upload pics, can someone pm me their email addy, and I'll send you the pics to upload them for me... Pss. It was a quick drawing, but good enough...lol... Thanx guys...
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Detailed help requestAre you experiencing any problems in your tank? Yes
Brief Description Nitrate level way to high
Tank size 800 x 500 x 500
System Volume 200L
How long has your tank been running? 7 weeks
What livestock do you have? 2 clownfish, 1 bluemoon, 2 turbosnails
Water Parameters nitrate: 2mg/L
temp : 26C
pH: 8.0
What lighting is over the tank? -
Pumps and equipment via aqua hang on filter/skimmer, UV sterfilizer filter
Maintenance synthetic salt
Other info and photo's. my nitrate just keeps on getting worse, i see my coral doesnt want to open all the way up anymore, Im not sure what you call it, saw it here where someone said they got something on there liverock and not sure what coral it was, it is a easy coral tho, but I cant get my nitrate down, just keeps getting worse, Im far away from a marine petshop, so in desperate I used some of the koi's Bioclear from Que Sera, should I do awater change? ive got no liverock only biorock, what will happen if I get some liverock now? i can only get to a petshop on saturday...my fish looks fine...
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Hi guys, nice forum going on here, Im Gerard...
I have found marine tank to be my new hobby, but Im a little bit stuck with a problem...
I knew nothing about marine tanks, so I wanted to build my own one, I went shpping for a filter, so I learned about protein skimmers, so the guy sold me a hang on Via Aqua Multi skimmer, so I went and designed my tank to use this filter, and Ordered my glass, and build it, left it for a month to dry, and then I went and bought R1500 crushed coral, bio rock, testers, and salt, mixed the salt, and let the tank circulate for 4 weeks, then on saturday I went and bought 3 Stemps, and 3Clownfish, my Nitrate tested 0 and PH 8.0, and salt 0.020 - 0.022...
No one clownfish didnt want to eat, he died last night, tested my water and Nitrate is 1.0g/L so now Im woried that the filter/skimmer is not doing hisjob right...
have anyone here have experience on this skimmer, or a solution to my problem?
oh and is there a place where marine stuff is cheaper here in GP...dam its and expensive hobby, I've got a Fiesta ST and it overtakes my car by far...hahaha...
