Bruce

Looks as though the RSM 250's could be in later in the year in limited numbers. October/November possibly It looks as though the supplier will bring in pre orders, so if you want one you will need to pre order from your local pet store Price, they are still working on it /Bruce

I have installed 2 units on my tanks with the Tunze calcium dispenser, nice units. /Bruce

It has grown from underneath the piece of coral the mushrooms are on Wasnt visible when I got it. I have sent a pic to Wet Web Media as well to try and get a confirmed ID Layton It feels quite brittle, I dont want to get too rough with it, might break and then what I do with the frags :lol: /Bruce

From Reef Any Ideas Info from you guys would be appreciated, there is not alot of info on them anywhere Feeding and eveyones favourite Fragging /Bruce

Pic of Gorgonia miniata /Bruce

The power bill for our shop is around $250-$300 per month Includes 18 Tropical Tanks (200 watt heaters) 12 Cold Water Tanks 2 Marine Tanks with Metal Halide's skimmers, streams etc This includes all tank and shop lighting etc The power bill has gone up $25-$35 dollars since marine tanks have been installed So not really that expensive to have the marines running /Bruce

I use NSW but the sailinity can go up and down depending on the day It is raining cats and dogs here so sailinity will be very low for the next week at least, so adding salt is going to be necessary /Bruce

I was about to rearrange my rockwork in my tank, I think I will just add one of these and let it do the work for me /Bruce

We have a Naso Tang who loves eating, pushes everyone out of the way. We make a mixture of Shrimp, Mussels and Nori, all put in a blender then frozen into flat packs. Break off a bit at a time When it is fed bits of food goes everywhere through the tank so everyone gets a chance . I dont like feeding sheets of nori, we have a customer who's tang will inhale sheets at a time (coz he doesnt want to share) he has lost one tang, he reckons he choked Bruce

Hi Unfortunately there is no treatment available for Dropsy. Tonic Salt can sometimes reduce the symptons also a very high vegetable based diet can help as well I had 2 Keyhole cichlids with dropsy a while back. Tried all sorts of other medications (Limited Choice Here In NZ Unfortunately) Nothing worked /Bruce

Have a look at this I Use Lugols Fluid (4%) Potassium Iodide on a weekly basis, I dose 2 drops per 400 litres This is available from your local chemist for about $15.00 One bottle will last years Adds Iodine and Potassium Iodide Preparation of Lugol's iodine Dissolve 10 g of potassium iodide in 100 ml distilled water. Add 5 g of iodine after the potassium iodide is fully dissolved. Stir well until all the iodine flakes have fully dissolved. The solution should be stored in a sealed container to prevent evaporation of iodine and loss of staining activity. Do a google search on Reef Aquaria and Lugols /Bruce

Using Deltec PF509 40 bubbles per minute, running 24/7 at the moment. Just getting around to setting up a timer for the solenoid so it will come on for 12-14 hours /Bruce

I expect the leases in Wellington CBD would have a huge influence on anyone opening a pet store in the city area, a friend of mine owns a car audio installation bussiness around the basin area and the lease is huge Consequently pricing would be more expensive than other stores that are out in the suburbs We are in the process of setting up a marine area in our shop, the costs involved are quite large for a very limited (local) market, but its something I have wanted to do for quite some time. MTCW Bruce

Hi Try Betta Fix (Available from Petshops, or they can order it in for you) Ideally quarrantine him if possible /Bruce

Hi The best way to sex your turtles are Males have a narower (sp) shorter tail The female is typically bigger, Tail is fatter at the base Males have longer front claws Leaving the eggs in the tank is a waste of time, the shells (eggs) are pourous Hope this helps Bruce

Sure if the pumps are second hand then there will be a cost saving, and more pump maintainence of course, if however the pumps are brought new then streams are the way to go. /Bruce

Yes I will ring him, I am pretty sure they would be majano, what else grows that quickly? One sure test, One bottle of Joes Juice :lol: /Bruce

I agree with dogmatix, use a stream, plug the holes in the tank /Bruce

To Top It Off The guy who brought them works in a Aquarium / Fish Shop /Bruce

I dont use carbon at all, only things I use is fibre pads, rock and salifert phosphate remover Should be fine with carbon ( i'm sure some one will correct me if I am wrong) carbon removes (most) medications but should not affect the bacteria Bruce

PM me for a price its part of the Prodibo range /Bruce

Medications have to be licensed (Natural are the exceptions ie: Melafix) MAF do have the right to either destroy or return the items to the country of origin FYI Licensing costs approx $3000 per item 3yr trials are done before releasing to the market (even if the product has been licensed elesewhere ie: Australia) You can see why we do not get alot of medications here in NZ, cost of compliance is prohibitive in most cases Heard of a guy trying to import Flea Treratment from OZ (Advantage) it was sent back to OZ by MAF MTCW Bruce

I would be interested to know where it came from, its not imported into NZ by the JBL stockists. Sounds as though its doing the trick. There are a number of JBL products i would like to see here in NZ but have not been introduced yet Reef is right, the costs of registering these remedies is thousands of dollars per year. Malkon is now a dead duck because of the cost to license /Bruce

I had a sneek peek at the FX-5 a while back and it is impressive. It can also be tuned down to handle smaller tanks as well. Alot of the noise created by cannister filters is caused byair being trapped in the cannister. Fluval have overcome this by purging the air every few minutes. These cannisters work extremely well on Tall tanks Great Price as well MTCW Bruce

We have tried alot of types of Nori, the Tang definetly prefers the seaweed salad Cost is not the issue, a healthy happy fish is MTCW Bruce