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nice one how good is that blue on the tail and face!

oh.... :oops: then again, parcel post is about $3.50.. i just got another "nova" 800lph pump from mitre10 for $5.50 today, [for moving water around in sump] they are pretty cheaply made but ok for the price. they prob have them at mitre10 down there too..

oh yeah? how do they taste?

is the pump to run the skimmer? hollywood have via aqua pumps cheap as chips. they do the job ok, i have had a few of them for years with no problems

may pay to check the RODI output with a TDS meter? are you sure you are using the clean not the waste output? heheh

nice one man. can you tell us where you got all the parts?

that one was for reef about his homejob, he didnt seem happy with the price he paid to put it together. im sure you are happy with yours, i would be id like to go wide n short, like bubble king kinda dimensions, but maybe tall would be the one. i figure that with a short one, if you can get the water circling around the chamber a bit then the contact time will be quite long given the height.

lolz i actually have a picture of one of those bacteria magnification x10000, as below note:bacteria also appears to have "bare bottom"

i started with a chromis and a leather, they both still alive today. i knew 0 about reefkeeping - i used tapwater to mix salt, and had a trickle filter with no skimmer, and didnt do a water change for about 5 months :oops: i would go with a chromis or 2, as they are only about $30 a piece, and they seem hardy as. a damsel may end up being a pain in the ass, some have a quite horrid temprament.

nice one. you dont sound very happy with it though, what was the problem? id probably follow the design of the ol deltecs but go a but fatter and shorter

im quite keen to build one of these - id like to go bigger [more diameter ideally, like 12-18 inch, but short enough that it still fits under tank] probably go with 2 pumps [like deltec 702 902 etc] as far as the cost goes, im sure i can make a better skimmer than my 850 for the price i could get selling it 2nd hand [thats a gonna start a fire :lol: :lol: ] let alone the satisfaction of having made it yourself.... TM, are there larger diameter pieces of tube available? if i do end up doing one of these, ill put it up against a deltec ap850 for a few weeks. could you let us know where you got the parts for this? particularly the acrylic tube, baseplate, neck and fittings hopefully they are available in auckland. i presume that the neck / reducing part of the skimmer was pre-made, is this the case? if so, what sizes are available?

yeah thats what i found when i was trying to get some - maybe TM has a good source hopefullt it is cast and not extruded

same. the one that TM has made gives me the horn, i wanna make a bigger one http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/new-sk ... 11974.html

wicked! id love to get some more details of the project man, id be keen as to make a big one where did you get the acrylic tube and all the fittings? what was the approx. total cost? [- pump]

dont they go darker [lose orange] with age?

chuck it on trademe

maybe it does work heheh

nice! wont be trying his method, but its intersting to see it works...

troo, what model is it / price did you get it for?

i have access to dive tanks, i have been told that one will be ok for co2, so no prob there. mailny wondering which brand/s to look at. i like the look of the deltec one, however they use special fluidised media - not sure if you can use regular media in them.

what brand Calcium Reactors are people using? anyone have a recommendation as to which model to buy for an 800l[approx] tank? what are all of the components required to get one of these puppies running? reactor regulator Co2 bottle pump bubble counter ph probe dosing pump etc or are there all-in-one kits you can get [minus the bottle of course] i am looking at getting one in the next few months

you woud prob have more luck getting one made in auck and picking it up maybe?

theyre not as good as the deltec ones....... and ask layton, they probably leach phosphates

does anyone know of an electrical monitor that does more than one parameter? like ph, alk, temp, ca, phos, ammonia, nitrate?

sky tv has a docco running at the mo called "equator". gotta love seeing sps the size of small cars its on next on the 4th--> Sat 04 Mar 2006 19:30 Title: Equator Synopsis: Reefs Of Riches: The Indonesian archipelago in the Indo-Pacific Ocean comprises thousands of islands, atolls and the largest concentration of coral reefs in the world. Duration: 60 Minutes. Genre: Education, Science, Factual To Rating: G Channel: Animal Planet