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You monster!. How could you eat nemo & friends

Sump now has water flowing through it No leaks... YAY. Priced up the cost of making a durso overflow. holy arse. $60 Got some more rock off steve, as well, putting my rock up to approx 25kg. Not too bad, thats about 1kg of rock per L of water. Bonus in two weeks time. YAY! (repeat) Time to get working out stock lists (DEFINATES) 2x Firefish (Orange, not purple, pair M&F) 2x B/W Clowns 1x Bicolour Blenny Now, "others" 1x Royal Gramma 3x Chromis 1x Flame Angel / Coral Beauty 2x Bangai Cardinal 1x Manderin Dragonet So, how badly overstocked would that list be?

http://www.ultimatereef.net/forums/show ... p?t=216650 That should give you some ideas

you had soo be making a cove setup

heh, a piece of plastic that makes water go woosh everywhere is "smart"? new toys

I've seen some powerheads that actually fit onto UGF plates. OR. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Home-living/Pe ... 24.htm?p=1 Apparently they can be hooked onto piping..

if a fish has whitespot, do NOT BOTHER putting it in a QT tank, because the spores that cause the whitespot will still be in the main tank. Bump the temp up to 28 degrees. Because both of you knives are scaleless, you will need to use a whitespot cure that is safe for scaleless fishes - I think that the "Blue Circle" stuff is OK with them. But, don't use melafix etc, as this will kill them

Well, I now know that my bubble coral eats mussel, as does the brain. My sump is almost working... To the point where i had water running through it, then realised that the 50mm hole wasn't letting enough water through, and the baffle before the return pump was too high, nearly causing a minor flood. So, had to do a quick job on the baffle, so smashed the glass carefully (no jagged edges even lol!), and now its a lot better. Will see how it behaves over the next few days, cleaning the residue out of the piping etc.

lots of rock in mine. Bits of vegetative matter to help with nutrient export, and also pod growing for a manderin.

Technicality - He didn't catch it

pictus cats need to school...

it'll be a bubble lock somewhere. Point opening up, and shake well. Or, CAREFULLY point nozzle out of water, and bring it up until its out of the water, and then it should work..

Whether or not we spend $9999999 on a certain piece of equipment that makes the water quality 20% better than spending $200 on another that does the same thing, in the end, will you really get that enjoyment out of spending that money? For me, what it boils down to is this: Regardless of how much one spends, or the equipment they use, provided that they DO THE BEST THAT THEY CAN for the fish/corals that they have bought, then that is the most that can be expected. Stupid mistakes, like running an RODI backup unit directly from the tap, and into the tank, and forgetting to turn it off, not bothering do do water changes etc, not taking care of corals and killing them off, because you "forget". If you are not prepared to do the time in caring, don't bother! Reef: Trying to cut off all the people who can "barely" afford to keep a marine tank by increasing the prices out of this world is going to make the hobby virtually inaccessable to all but the richest people is NOT going to make a difference. If it was worldwide, then, perhaps yes, and perhaps then the reefs would remain intact. And then people who are employed in the business would become penniless, and have a global flow-on effect on the worldwide economy. Very often, we read how LFS don't give the customer the full information when buying a tank, and their fish / coral die, and the customer goes back, to get equipment X, and part Y, and this happens time, and time again, this benefits two people - The importer, and the shop. i'm aware that the fish I enjoy are wild-caught, however, I am also aware that many highly cruel and inhumane ways of capturing fish are used, which means that the fish arrive, and die soon after - Cayanide fishing, Dynamite fishing etc.

http://www.aquahobby.com/corals/e_plerogyra_bubble.php Pearl bubble it is then

Native hermit, pictures taken soon after lights on, And yeah, that bubble does look kinda strange. Any ideas why?

New Corals... Cabbage Coral? Another receeding brain coral? Zoos and Organ Pipe Coral? Bubble Coral What the heck is this? Shrooms! Torch Hermit

How many hundred do you currently have wok

IE, get the highest rated skimmer you can afford.

If its a Jager, it should be fine

use a bit of cloth, should be fine.

Get a pair of clamps on the thread thats coming out the bottom, and go hard

What I would advise, is that you get SOME base rock (dead), and like a 100L bin from the warehouse. Chuck in some Natural Sea Water, a few rocks from a rockpool, and sand. this will help kickstart the cycle Also, check TradeMe every few weeks, and hope to get lucky - Somebody breaking down a reef, where you can nab their rock. Or, ask Redwood, or Organism if they have any cycled rock in their sump(s), and they should be able to help you out. If you start with a very low fish / nutrient load, then the bacteria you get in even a small bit of rock will help with the cycle.

Breeding Live Food - Have mollies in the sump, any babies they drop get sucked up by the return pump, and deposited into the main tank. Will full salinity be bad for them, or will they be fine? And will they eat copepods?

Yup

rofl. That was quick