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I didnt believe that nickle_pickle was operating under any sort of bubble. I'm sure he is aware of the price you can get for fish and i'm sure he isnt keen on fish just to make money. He is also correct, albino BN are worth more than normal BN.

well thanks for the advice guys. the problem has been resolved. its just the one cleaner shrimp that died. everything else seems sweet. Yea, i guess ill just let him do what he always does in future

hes just checked his parameters. sg: 1.023 (floating hydrometer so pretty inacurate) temp: 25 Ammonia: less than 0.25 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: less than 0.5 phosphates: dunno pH: 8.2 and he doses with calcium 3+ about 1-2 times a week. Also, jetskisteve he says he isnt a noob and the shrimp hasnt just moulted. but thanks for the advice.

from the waitemata harbour. This was before all the rain so the sea would have been relatively clean and was collected on the high tide so as clean as u could ever get from the harbour. It was only 5 or so Litres which is next to nothing for his 200L tank. His water level looked low so i figured it would be good to get a top up. His anemones were looking real sick and figured anything in the NSW would be good for them. Didnt check the parameters before putting it in except the sg was sweet.

On Sunday I added half a bucket of NSW to my mates tropical marine set up. He was very nervous as he prefers to spend huge amounts of money mixing his own water. Today he found one of his cleaner shrimps dead and is blaming me. What imediate actions should he take in case the rest of his fish are at risk?

add a sleeper goby. the sand will be continuously turned over.

when was the last time u saw a stream that was 25 plus degrees?

im currently setting up a cold water marine. seems to be going fine so far. I have decided not to use a skimmer as i fear it will skim all the good stuff out of the water as well as the crap. I have a bunch of oysters that seem to be doing well and i dont want them to starve. I also have a lot of small barnacles that look really cool with their feathers out catching any plankton that drifts by or whatever it is they eat. crabs apparently do well, but all the crabs i have in mine stay constantly hidden under the rocks. and you will probably have problems with them fighting over teritory when they are initially put in. the temperature of the tank is hovering around 19 degrees celcius which is pretty much the average inner harbour water temp up here in auckland. although it will definately get too hot in summer and i will need to buy a chiller. So far a couple of Neptune's necklace seaweed specimens are doing ok and i have very little by the way of lighting. Just a single 4foot flouro tube.

r those pics taken throught the glass? or is the camera even niftier than just good at taking photos.

looking good nic! makes me wish i had fish in my tank... or at least something more interesting than oysters.

thanks for the advice. I was gona post in saltwater but didnt want to burden you guys with a noobs questions. What do u mean by filters not being done anymore?

Hey, im starting up a new saltwater tank and have a pretty tight budget. Its going to be about 250L and was wondering whether the Via Aqua Multi Skimmer was any good. Pet Planet has one http://www.petplanet.co.nz/shop-frame.html however u cant link directly to the page. Since it claims its both a filter and a skimmer i was thinking it might be a good compromise between buying both. Any one had any experience with one before? your opinions would be greatly apreciated.