Nickle Pickle

sure, PM me, I'm reall busy with uni this week but I'm on holidays next week, so any time then should be sweet.

Hey Dan, My tank is pretty much that size. I couldn't afford a sump either. Instead of a sump I have two fluval canister filters (a 103 and a 203). I'm not sure about watts per litre, but I have a 150W MH with 3 15W atinics. interms of a skimmer I am also using a budget skimmer, Weipro SA-2014 and it seems to be working nicely. I'm still kinda a beginner but as far as I can tell if you can afford to upgrade your skimmer you might as well and as far as I can tell deltec's seem to be one of the best out there. Not sure about the whole water situation, I'm sure someone else can answer that question for you. I have a 4 foot tank under the house (saving up for a proper upgrade, sump, proper skimmer...everything) and it has a metal stand, so I don't see why your tank wouldn't be alright with one. You'll just have to make sure that your friend builds it properly and has plenty of support (bracing, good welds etc) and it would be a good idea to also coat it in some sort of waterproof paint.

I'm looking at setting up 3 breeding tanks all about 600x400x400 in some sort of vertical stand where they are one on top of each other. I was wondering what are the best and/or cheapest places are to get tanks made and also whether I should get a steal stand made or make my own out of wood. Nic

Yea I'm paying an extra $20. I recon that should cover it. No, not at the moment going to pick it up this week some time. I have been watching him and so far so good. I learned this the hard way about 2 years ago, when I first started keeping marines, not cool. Again, not sure but I'll try and find out, prob post more pics towards the end of the week

Alls going well Wasp! Going to pick up my 150W MH sometime in the next week. I'll post some more picks when its up. I also bought another anemone today, just couldn't resist it...only $50!! I'm probably going to be aquiring a 4 foot tank soon :lol:, holes drilled for over flows, with hood and stand. So another upgrade might be in order during these holidays! I have no idea where i'm going to keep it, prob under the house untill I do upgrade or until one of my flatmates gets so irritated with all the fish tanks and the increasing power bill that they move out and I can have my own fish room

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Number 1 for me too

How much do power companies charge roughly per kWh? Would be nice to have a rough estimate as my flatmates recon my tank is the cause of our increase in our power bill, I recon its the heaters they are using and our general lazyness in turning lights off etc.

Is there a way to calculate how much your tanks are using by themselves?

thats what I did :roll:

Thanks for the advice wasp. I have moved my hammer to the bottom of my tank, where there isn't mich flow. I'll see how it goes. Rechecked my water parameters and what i got was: pH: 8.2 Nitrites: 0 ppm Ammonia:between 0 and 0.25 ppm Nitrates: between 0 and 5 ppm And I tried to feed my anemone again this morning and it ate a nice big bit of shrimp, well actually it wasn't that big but I'm so glad he ate it :bounce:

They might just not be used to the type of food you feed them, fish can usually last several days with out food easy...as long as it does be come a habbit. What type of food are you feeding? How long has your tank been set up? nic

Off the top of my head I think my dimensions are 900Lx450WX430H I have up to an inch in places is that still alright, or should I take some out? Should I have any media in my fluvals then? or just use them for circulation? I'll check my water parameters again tomorrow and post them up. At the moment I am using the red sea calcium 3+ and some coral grow from red sea too. i'll try :lol:

Thanks luke. Yea I can't wait till you get fish, your tank will be awesome. Nic

It has tucked itself into a little crack in the rock, i'm not usre if that is what you ment but it seems as though he is stuck in there for good Mine has lost a lot of colour since I have bought it. Now it is just a browny colour pretty much exactly like you see in my pics. I remember when I got it the tenticls were slightly purple, the tips were green and the base of the foot seemd to be slightly red.

Yea, i'm bidding on a halide as we speak

No i have no idea what it is and i've had it for about a year I think it used to be about twice as big. do you think my lighting could be a problem, although it is about 10cm from the surface of the water and right in the middle of all my fluros? i'll try get some of those when I next go to the supermarket, how big do u recon the chunks should be that I feed it. At the moment the pieces that I try to feed it are smaller than a cm in diameter Nic

my new tank has only had fish in it for about 3 weeks, and I have only had my blue tang for 2 weeks...I am thinking of getting another fish in the next coupe of weeks, still no idea what...looking at a royal gramma or six line wrasse(sp?) or even a small school of chromis(like 3), really not sure. But that will probably be it after that coz I don't want to overstock. My last water tests showed that my pH was 8.1-8.2 nitrites and nitrates were 0 and my ammonia was greater than 0 but less than 0.25 I only have those test atm so I have no idea what my KH or Ca etc is and to skuzza... no I don't have a sump but I listed what filtration I have at the begining of my post. Whats the reason for having less sand? I was always under the impression that having sand helps with the stability of the tanks chemistry in the same way that live rock does? Am I mistaken or is this one of those things that comes down to personal preferance? About half of the rock in this tank was from my old tank which had been in there for about 2-3 years and the other rock I bought and nitrified it myself over about 5 weeks with help of a rock or two from my old tank and some old sand and some filter media(grey ceramic ring type things). All the rock from my old tank has only been in this tank for about 3 weeks. Nic

Well I haven't really done much posting on here and I've just finished upgrading my saltwater tank so I figured I might aswell let all you guys have a look. It isn't very big or anywhere near as cool as some of your guys tanks, but it is almost twice as big as my old set up and I like it. I've had saltwater tank for about 2-3 years now (still very much a beginner though), but haven't really been into the reef sides of things. All I was into was having clownfish, their anemone and a cleaner shrimp. I also ended up getting a rock blenny...just coz they're awesome. I now also have a small blue and yellow damsel aswell as a wicked baby blue tang. Over the past couple months while looking at your posts I'm really keen on getting into the whole coral side of things, but my lighting really ins't up to the job (4x 15w fluro's, 2 blue 2 white). Although I do have a staghorn frag and birdsnest frag (I think thats wht it is called) and have had them for a few months. They aren't dying but aren't growing either. I am looking into purchasing a 150W MH atm and using it with my 4 fluros. In terms of filtration etc. I don't have a sump, didn't have the money or the time to set one up. Although when I get a bigger setup there will deffinately be one. I am running a fluval 103 and 203, a 1200lph power head, a weipro SA2014 skimmer run by 3600lph (thats what it says on it but i seriously dought it) pump. now for the pictures, sry about the quality my camera isn't the best: Whole view of the tank: Middle area of my tank with my clownfish hogging the lens. BTW can ne tell me whether these are percs or occilaris(sp?), they were sold to me as percs but i'm sure they are the occilaris ones: Some leathers, pollups and mushrooms: My staghorn and hammer coral: Another cool leather I like, seems to be growing quite well since I moved him and my rock blenny is hiding in that pic to...can u see him? : And my anemone. It's very small and has been shrinking due to not wanting to eat. He used to eat every once in a while in my old tank but hasn't eaten yet in the new one. I try to feed him pink shrimp bits about one a week but he hardly takes it and i end up giving them to my cleaner shrimp. Can any one help me on this? you can also see my birdsnest on the right, with its rock covered in red cyno. If you have any questions on my tank i'll be happy to answer them if i can and any suggestions are more than welcome. Cheers, Nic

Awesome Fay. Love the orange mushies!

I have noticed that there are some small freshwater shrimp in my local waterways and was wondering how easy they are to look after, like what they eat, water conditions etc.

I had the exact same algea problems as you when I set up my tank. I ended up geting an awsome lawnmower blenny...he did the trick nicely.

ahh yea, it does have mould inhibitors in it. I'll take it back then. Thanks for your help

Hello everyone, Im starting to convert a TV into a fishtank. I am just practicing on a 21" atm but have a 32" which I am hoping will be my master piece. My problem is that I have bought quite a bit of Silaflex RTV silicone but as I was just about to use one I noticed that the silicone was white and not clear. Will this really matter (by matter, I mean kill all my fish) or do I just use it? Nic