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Hi, I bought a couple of these ecosystems on a kickstarter campaign with the idea to have one at home and one at work, however I'm out on the road more often than in the office now hence why I'm selling one of them. Its brand new, a self-contained tank with pump, LED lights, etc, the filtration is the mint or basil plant you place in the top of it. You can see more about them here. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kevinzl/ecoqube-c-your-window-to-nature First to PM will buy it. Obviously even though its new, I can't provide any direct 'warranty' at all. Would prefer to sell to someone with experience due to the small size of the tank. You just need a US -> NZ plug adapter (the DC power supply does 120-240V though, so just the adapter needed) Now on TM... http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=1076115885 Cheers

looks like a real marine tank only colder :lol: you should becomes a real *cough* reefkeepers...

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Ah... the dreaded Valonia. PITA. Remove the rock and scrape them off. When they pop (and if you have that many, they will) I believe it causes them to spread more. Once you scrape the rock, wash (ie: shake/swirl around hard out) in a bucket of fresh saltwater to remove any extra crud from the rock. Then, when the rock is back in the tank you need to regularly blast any detritus that settles on, or is inside the rock, off with a powerhead. Hair algae and Bubble algae grow really well on rock thats full of crud. Ditto

That would be exponentially... Fair point.

eh, i dont mind being that dumb primate... They breed pretty hard out anyway, like 400 eggs or more at a time. Not sure on survival rate though... ?

i often wonder why such highly intelligent creatures are kept in relatively small tanks... IMO Mystic, the size of that octopus relative to the tank size just looks cruel?

if you have mico's in cantebury, go there. they get all their ball-valves and similar parts from plastic systems (disty). ask for trade at mico's, its cheaper than buying direct from plastic systems. make sure you get the grey ball valves with blue handles (coloro brand) not the white ones with red handles! use hansen for the tank valves (or "bulkheads" being the american term)

Even less reason to be overly concerned with water parameters (obviously need to cycle first - but long term, you're using water that these critters live in anyway) Consider using some form of live rock, its not just for bacterial growth, gives inhabitants a place to live/hide etc

got live rock? that will be full of detritus that will take, even if seemingly "good quality", years to breakdown. even the bacteria have a certain lifecycle, they die, create levels of ammonia (albeit tiny) which the next lot of bacteria feed off. oh and someone forgot to mention test kits aren't 100% accurate... even though something may measure 0ppm, its very very unlikely. you will always have traces of something. take the reading of a test kit as a "rough indication" - not an "exact measurement". to say 0ppm of ammonia, nitrite or nitrate is only giving you a rough indication you are on the right track. as conch says above, base it on a healthy looking tank - don't rely or get overly concerned about "1ppm of X, Y Z"

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pfft, you're putting your wedding before a marine tank? jeez dude... you got lots to learn :lol:

I'll 2nd that

More than welcome to come see mine, send me a PM. Alternately you could browse the memberlist at NZMAS..., sort it by location http://www.nzmas.co.nz/site/memberlist.php

whats salinity got to do with a skimmer? amount to add is on the back of the bag - just be aware it changes with temperature so heat the water as well. best to add a little at first then measure and see what change X litres makes. then work out from there and bring it up slowly.