tHEcONCH
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On a similar note, I'd like to thank John at Organism in Christchurch for allowing me to rip the electonic ballast and bulbs out of his stock on credit after a small mishap at the weekend. Thanks John
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Stop the CO2 - excess levels cause exactly the problem you have.
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Yes, heat is probably best, just don't burn yourself.
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So... would a Red Sea Max be a good environment for an Anemone? There are no exposed pump instakes to shred them, but what else would they need to do well? How hard / easy are they to keep by comparison to the other corals I've got i my tank? So far the biggest problem I have had is corals getting too big and having to sell them back to the shop. Any ideas on how to retard their growth a bit without making them look aweful?
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Garden worms
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Hi there
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I'll see what I can do. Unfortunately my camera is a bit useless as it has no macro function, so I can't get decent shots of a lot of interesting stuff like the brittle stars, mussels, etc.
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It began to die off after about a week, but I just picked most of it off with my fingers to speed the process along a bit - and I didn't want dying algae to re-release phosphates back into the water. Snails took care of the rest, although there is still quite a bit on the back of the tank. I'm not too worried by it - it gives all the critters something to graze on.
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Oh well. Apple juice rots your teeth just as quickly
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Yea YOU! We'll meet at the usual place, I guess. Don't bring any Pepsi.
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Very first eggs from catfish - what should I do?
tHEcONCH replied to chele's topic in Beginners Corner
That's not necessarily true. My Royal Whiptails regularly lay in my community tank. I just wait until they hatch and them use a small plastic container to catch the fry and put them into a mesh breeding cage suspended at the top of the tank. It best to do it first thing in the morning when the lights go on - they will be all over the glass. Feed them lots of Spirulina tablets. -
I suspect they don't like AquaKnead-it. I guess I could go catch you some more this weekend.
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I think the discus would love them - but they'd be gone in 20seconds! I syphoned mine out of someone else's tank - they seem to breed pretty easily.
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I just colour mine in with felt pen
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They should be clearer on sites that host their own pics because available band width and its evil twin compression aren't an issue. Still comes across as a great tank.
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Tell me more... should I be looking out for anything? It is staggering how big it gets - its skeleton is only about 7cm long.
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Seems to be - its grown another set of those little ridges on its shell, so I guess its OK. I keep the clear shield over the lights clean - it seems to make quite a bit of difference.
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Second hand tanks are not worth much by comparison to new stuff - obviously they are used, they don't have a warranty, and you don't know its history. If it really is a metre tall, you might have difficulty getting enough light penetration to grow certain things in there, and pumps don't last forever. I would expect to pay around 25-30% of the new price, assuming everything is in good working order. If it cost $2000 new, that's about $500-600 max.
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A few more pics added on the first page...
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That's not it... that's one of the new batch of little ones... The big one is swimming around somewhere else...
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There is no practical treatment for this kind of malady - probably best to remove it from your main population and send it to the big fishbowl in the sky.
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I paid $1750 with a stand and starter kit including sand, test kits, salt, etc. - its a bit of money to drop in one lump, but you get everything you need and the components seem quite well matched. I think you can buy them without the stand too, which might save you a few bucks.
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Errr... I'm a marine newby - what do you mean by 'dose' :oops: I tip a little bit (about a teaspoon) of Seachem Reef Plus into the brine shrimp before I feed the Sun Corals (every second day), but other that I don't add any supplement - I just do 15% week water changes.