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Man thats cool. Can you get us some pics? Hope you got a lid on that tank

Nice pics as always fay. What is the name of the Tang? I've seen one once before, very cool. Tim

LOL. Reckon!

Motorola Razar, whatever the new one is. 2mp camera takes pretty sweet shots. First time I've had a cool phone, much fun to be had with it.

Go this shot of my new sailfin tang the other day, turns out to be better than the cannon powershot G2 I have. Go figure?!? This was also an excuse to show off my new favourite fish He's about 7 inches at the moment and a breeze to keep, very happy. Great price too (thanks Nick)

Mine got up to 30 last weekend! got a fan running during the day now and it sits at 27. Nothing seemed to be upset with the constant high temperatures lately though

I got one of the 3 stage versions of these, slightly cheaper than the 4 stage. I had it shipped to a mate in London and had him post it to me as it was supposed to be cheaper than getting them to send it direct. The price of freight doubled the cost. $395 landed, was 3 months, yes, 3 MONTHS LATE, and it was not in working order (fortunately not a major as I could get a replacement part locally). In the end I could've got a unit that produced more gallons per day for slightly less in Auckland. They do seem to be a reasonable unit but I wish I'd bought locally. Do wonderworld carry the replacement filters for them?

Nice one Alf, good to see it all comming together. Now you just need about 1000 frags and your away

Technical info (yawn): Laguna 6 return pump (using a 5 at the moment with the 6 being on the fritz) Laguna 4 on a closed loop hoked up to a 3/4" sea swirl 2x 6100 streams with a 7095 multicontroller 450 watts of heating hooked up to an aquamedic temp controller Artic needle wheel skimmer 2x 250 watt MH's, diamond reflectors, navra bulbs 1x 4', 1x 3' T8 actinics for supplimental lighting salinity: 1.025 ca: 450ppm mag: 1320'ish alk: 11.4dkh temp:25-28 deg nitrates:<5 ppm phosphates: 0 but I suspect they're in there nitrites: 0 Amonia:0 The reworking of the rocks into pillars along with the addition of the sea swirl has seen a great improvement in flow around the tank, with the fish and sps frags seeming much happier. Although it does look like an insane person did the aquascaping for me

Thanks Fay Soon I hope to be a person who can moan about the amount of time I have to spend scraping coraline algae of everything!

Thanks Ben. Shot anyone yet? Wasp, its amazing how they grow when they have room to breath

I cant lower the whole frame but I can drop the lights down by using long screws through the hole in the top of the reflectors. It was the easiest, most secure but cheap way I could figure to do things. Just a bit of aliminium angle really.

Shot shows the actinics on and shows initial aquascaping (which has changed about a million times) The exciting 'first time with the halides on' day And this is where its is now Wasp may recognise these Some inhabitants Thats all for now, but just a quick thanks to: steve, Nick, Cookie, Wasp, Ben, Cracker and everyone else who has helped with advice, time frags and everything. Oh, tank is now 5 months along and is now seeing the hair algae receed and coraline biggining to take hold. Other higher forms orf algae like valonia and aiptasia are also now starting to grow, yeah :roll:

All seems ok so onwards. Cabinet after much struggling is moved inside. Now wrapped in aluminium composite panel and covered with pond liner A pic of the elecrtics and gear shoved into the end of the cabinet Sump and artic needle wheel skimmer finally get to see some action First day after filling

Hi all. Just doing a brief post up of my tank build shots about 6 months late . It'll be none too detailed or impressive, so dont get too excited. Just wanted to show it to everyone, especially those wo have helped guide me along the way. Cabinet under construction Finished interior of cabinnet Testing of DIY sump Final return plumbing and postioning of lights I'll stop here to see if its worked so far...

magnesium: $4.40 +gst per kg calcium: $6.45 +gst per kg 25kg bags only

I'm in for some mag and calcium from them if people want to split the cost

That certainly a well written and easy to understand article, should help those who are looking to start. I'm 2 months into the hobby and am feeling better about my algae growing talents after reading that

Thanks Suphew. I have thrown out the bits that were left unfortunately. There was very little material left of any description so I dont think it could've made a come back. Bu tnow I'm starting to fell a little guilty :-?

Removing the streams isn't something I was considering and I'd be surprised if I get that desperate. Gauze sounds like it could be good, only problem i see is the anemone would still be pulled hard against gauze, but thats still better than the alternative. Will an anemone stay put after a while or are they likely to still wander.

Got my first BTA last night. My maroon clown was very happy to say the least and was all over it before it had even opened in the tank. Went to bed with a nagging feeling after I remembered reading about people losing their anemonies in their streams/powerheads, but I thouhgt "I'll sort something out for it in the weekend, what could possible go wrong?". First thing I saw this morning was the base of the anemone stuck firmly in the grill of the stream, eveything else was very finely diced and floating around the tank. I know, what a knob! :oops: Anyway I was wondering what people have done to eliminate or lessen the risk of this happening. I was thinking of using cable ties to hold some foam around the intake but was thinking that this may restrict the streams intake and put pressure on it. Otherwise assembling some kind of acrylic cover/box I was thinking may be the go.

She's having a good ol' time too thanks Steve. Spends a lot of her time wiggling around the tank and sitting in the flow of the streams. By the look of her I didn't think she'd cruise around that much but she seems to cover a bit of territory everyday. Very cool

I have the same thing with my one and it has a brand new impellor in it. I have my suspended by the plumbing now which seems to have reduced the hum a bit

try: IPS weld-on #16 clear thickened cement its for acrylic and is mighty good I have seen it at mitre 10, unsure of the cost but it wouldn't be a lot

Water Dynamics in Ponsonby gets my vote to. Good selection and better prices than most I found