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  1. dogmatix

    Waiting

    should got the rocks first and cycled seperatly , still great to see another one coming along. Good on ya Mate
  2. Why's the sump 600 high might be a bit impracticale. depends on your stand though. Sounds sweet any way good luck
  3. Have you recently medicated the tank for anything ? These are scaleless fish that have sever reactions to many medications ie whitespot cure, malkon etc
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    nasty hydno

    At work i had a large Hydno and a Pavona close to each other they use to go at it all the time and neither of the two came out better or worse It was really cool to watch, there sperated now tho
  5. nah it's a M. foliosa, red or orange, a full view of it can be seen in the middle right photo. It is almost growing faster than my brown cap aswell , stoopid ugly brown cap (not really) i do like its shape tho, but man why cant we get cap like this http://www.wamas.org/photos123/showphoto.php/photo/53/password//sort/1/size/medium/cat/516/page/ and man i hope i can get my mille to go like this http://www.wamas.org/photos123/showphoto.php/photo/46/password//sort/1/size/medium/cat/516/page/
  6. arcadia series 3 twin 150w, 2*3 foot actinics plus have a controller for twin t5's (not in use) one bulb is arcadia the other is aqua connect, im just waiting for my ushio bulbs to arrive this week :roll:
  7. , sorry, thought i was gonna loose my green mille frag too, but thank god it repaired itself and is really starting to take off. Frags have got to be my favourite thing, its so great watching them gro, and to see ones which you thought were nothing turn into something really speciall.
  8. yeah put a couple in, cant complain, cant complain Unfortuanately lost a couple of frags, when my rowa crapped out the tank and that one didnt make it
  9. Heres some current tank pic's im gonna do alot of work on the tank in a couple of weeks so ill update it then. Ben
  10. Has anyone seen the line bred percs to produce snow flake clowns, there cool 8)
  11. Ive ordered hlaf a dozen for this week and hope too buy more into the shop soon. The pricing on them is gonna be great aswell
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    Photos Please!

    Absolutely, if your still keen ive got one at work for sale $80
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    Baby banggai

    Congrats A, Good to see your getting the ball rolling again, and wow what sp is that, how come there isnt one in your reef , but realy its good to see that babies are using thoose surrogate corals
  14. My one at home is blue, much nicer IMO, works reef is black which is convieniant if you want algae etc to be left alone. but otherwise a bit drab. Once i get my new camera ill be doing some 6 month on b4 and after shots BTW CHim Looking good (both of them)
  15. Not bad for $49 smackers
  16. Anthony, when you say 306.1 watts, what is that ? The pump wattage ? If so then thats regardless, you need to take into consideration the head height, i.e the top of your sump water level to the top of your tank then figure out what pymp you need. You also need to take into consideration, your over flow size (how much room you need for plumbing etc ) and your pipe size. Use a smaller pipe ie 20mm for your return and bigger pipe 25mm for your inlet to the sump. I think for a tank your size a powerjet 2000 or 3000 will do very nicely as long as your head hieght isnt huge ie over 2m
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    Cloudy Tank

    I had big problems using rowaphos in my merlin for about 10 days, Everything in the tank was covered in a red rust looking powder, i mean the glass the rocks, the s/bed and the corals. The water was milky for days on and off while i totued with the flow rates of the merlin. Now my tank is realy starting to show the effects and im very very happy 1. Be carefull not to reduce the merlin to the off position, this will crush the rowa and release more fine particles reulting in rust and milky again. 2. DO NOT overfluidise the stuff, the top off the rowa should only be rippling. 3. After a few weeks you can try turning it up a little more, but look into the chamber if you see rust rising turn down. 4. You could use it to do a small water change, by turning it up and placing the effluent into a bucket, this will remove alot of the finer particles. Again this product is working very well for me, my brown, green polyp'd acro frags are starting to lighten in colour and go purple HTH Ben
  18. I have a new laguna up6 for sale, this is the same as the powerjet 5000 that ira uses, but doesnt come with the pond attachments etc Does about 6500l/hour at zero head This is what i use on my sump so do many others, it returns water to tank, plus feeds my Ca reactor, plus feeds my zeovit reactor and it also feeds my fluidised bed reactor filled with rowaphos. Ben
  19. Does any no the confirmed truth to this ? Alot of ppl on reefcentral are saying that you can just crush it and let your tangs eat it Ben
  20. Have a look brand new unused, be quick http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/viewtopic.php?p=80972#80972
  21. Im, sorry but i have to disagree, (i may vey well be wrong here). There is Kh in tap water, less in N.Z than else where, in the states you will need to test your Kh & Gh. Chocolate gouramis are very delicate little fish in my experiance, they appreciate slightly warmer water, softer (Kh), and more acidic. They are happier in larger groups of 5-6 or more and do best with lots of plant matter. Kh is in tap water, Kh maintains and stabilises a constant Ph, peat is not a type of filtration, it is placed in the filter or gravel to soften the water (lower the Kh and help to acidify the water as a result). So Zazz your understand of Kh and Ph sounds like a good starting point. You should be very carefull adding peat use less then add more every ten days or so, it can drop the Ph very quickly. Yoou may wish to invest in a Ro/DI unit, make up your water place it in a barrel, put peat in a filter bag, use a pump or airstone to mix the water. This will give you very soft acidic water to use for water changes etc. Make sure you have no stones or grave in the tank that will add carbonates (Kh) to the aquarium or you will be in an up hill battle with Kh and Ph. You can test the gravel by soaking it in a bucket of water (testing before and after making sure you airate the water during test. You can test rocks by pouring an acidic solution over them if they bubble dont use them. HTH Ben
  22. What kind of unit is it ? Almost sounds like the ignitor not the bulb, very common in older style arcadia units, Dupla etc Ben
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