chimera

perhaps, but i just happened to see that they were the newest registered user here and the name intrigued me. then you get pathetic comments likes wasps above that just irritate the s@#$ outta me. it was a relatively simple question and perhaps a nice welcome to the forum/reef keeping group by having him/her at least being noticed.

:roll: and i suppose you voted labour in too...

nice try, but not quite nodle newest member... http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=968 you may want to take note of the "interests" section.

do you have and are you using RO or DI or both?

so tell us a bit about your tank?

sounds just like my cleaner shrimps! i have two and thought i had four

about that!

so long as you are willing to take on the responsibilities, i have no issues. i have met you before and think you certainly have the right motivation for it.

ohhhh, aint that just sweet..... why dont you all just kiss and make up

depends, they both might each other :lol:

no added value, IMO, having it somewhere that costs money when a free venue is just as good! Perhaps I should build a bar in my garage...

i agree, no one wants to pay to hire a place. a bar as jss suggested is ok but if there were to be a swap session, a little difficult. there are so many places, but personally im not interested in turning up if i have to pay an "entry fee" to cover the venue costs.

no it wasnt my intention, but thats the problem with written words, they can be misconstrued rather easily! no offence taken

I agree, a picture is worth a thousand words! Go see Layton's tank, Im sure he wont mind

No pic's yet - nothing much has changed as Im waiting on doing the loops before the "inners" of the tank. I am seriously thinking when I get around to putting the 3rd light in the middle, I go 10K. The 14ks I have make the tank TOO blue. The 10k should pull this back a bit. Just going back to the closed loops, what is bizzare about the pump is that it actually has a 1.5" inlet and outlet on it (40mm) However I had to get a 2" (50mm) adaptor to fit over the thread. In other words the hole is 1.5" but the 'thread thickness' is so much that it requires a 50mm thread. The 50mm female threaded adaptor I have fits over it but the thread type is different which is something I will have to sort out today. Because of this however, it meant I needed to get 50mm plumbing for the centre T then reduce to 2 x 40mm T's that hang off the outside (as shown in the first 'T' pic on previous page) Not a major - just means I will have to get a 50mm ball valve instead of 40mm = more expensive again

Thanks Pies - that price seems about right. I will order one today. The other reason I forgot to mention about not going 40mm pipes to it is it's restricted by the smaller tank valves anyway. Still waiting on Oceans Motions before I can hook this up. A few delays means it should arrive end of or early next week. Then theres HEAPS of plumbing and testing to do. Fingers crossed it works out.

I can disconnect the pump without draining the tank as all ball valves are situated at the "tank end" - sure, it means turning ALL 8 x ball valves off but not a major. Only downside I see is the water that sits in the pipes is going to go everywhere... hmmm, I will see what the price of 50mm ball valve is - I would imagine EXPENSIVE! All pipes reduce size because 4 x 25mm is exactly the same surface area as a single 50mm pipe so maximum flow rate of pump would be achieved. it was also done this way because of room - 40 or 50mm pipes are LARGE and having them around the tank limits the room i have.

mine did the same for 6 months - in fact, it still does do it every now and then now. i put it down to bad maintenance and poor water flow (cyano for example love CO2, poor lighting and high nutrients) How old are your bulbs? If new tank and only 6 months old, Im picking you should be ok. The wavelength of the lighting that you provide determines what form of Cyanobacteria will grow in the tank. Keep the wavelengths that particularly promote blue-green algae growth low and you will have far less problems. What's your photoperiod? Perhaps reduce by a couple of hours a day? (not off completely for a few days which i read is a common mistake - as the algae dies off, causing more nutrients which, when you turn the lights on again, feeds the new algae and you end up in a worse position than when you started!) all in all, you just need to get nutrients down (let me know if you find a quick, simple and cost-effective way!!!)

I bought a heap of plumbing today for the closed loops. Essentially there are 4 outlets from the tank that run into a single inlet on the Dolphin Ampmaster 3000. From here, it runs to an Oceans Motions 4-way unit which outputs the water in sequence to 4 tank inlets, effectively creating a natural wave like motion. As stated before, I really wanted to have 2 outlets combined to go into the pump, but since I stuffed up on my sizing and had two extra holes redrilled, I had to design 4 pipes into one. I opted for all plumbing to be 1" (25mm) rather than a combination of 3/4" and 1". So, all 3/4" tank valves are 'enlarged' to 1". This will mean ease of plumbing as the OM unit outlets are all 1". It will also mean the two 3/4" outlets are enlarged to 1" so again, ease of plumbing. All four 1" outlets are plumbed into a single 2" pipe. The design incorporates 2 x 40mm T's and 1 x 50mm T along with a series of reducers in order for the 1" pipe to mate up with it. It looks more complex than it is - the top right 90 degree will be duplicated to the other 3 corners. Pump shown at the top. The first step was gluing the reducers (or enlargers, depending on which way you look at it) together: Then, the reducer is glued into the 40mm T's and the 40-50mm reducers into the 50mm T: I have left these bits for now so the glue can set properly. Next will be gluing the T's together then the 25mm 90 degree bends into the 4 corners of the outside T's .

??? It wasnt a piss take, it was a genuine post - a starting point to help you understand some marine terminology. Here are some more: http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/ ... 2/chem.htm http://www.aquaria.info/modules.php?op= ... =0&thold=0 http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/startinganaquarium/

ini mini miny mo... calvin for me

This is a reasonably good glossary of marine terms: http://www.seasky.org/aquarium/sea3a.html Read them first (or at least keep the reference to them) so you know what people are talking about when they mention various terminology!!!

That has to be the top comment of the year RnB! Could not agree more.

Cool, so if you sell something to me for $10 and I give you $20 in $1 coins continuously over the next week, you will give me $15 in change?

also this small marine tank for sale in chch: http://www.trademe.co.nz/Lifestyle/Pets-animals/Fish/Fishbowls-tanks/auction-23358445.htm