chimera

cheers

Cheers Layton. Its an American Marine Pinpoint, I calibrated it a couple of months ago but will redo and test. Will check ventilation - quite likely to be that as its only ever seemed to have dropped once the room was halved in size and door added. Thanks Fay but not really into additives (except calcium reactor of course) would rather treat the cause than the symptom

isnt that pink one just the normal browney/orange coloured monti digitata in a very low nutrient tank?

while we seem to be on the chemistry conversation, my pH has dropped to about 7.6. i believe typically it should be about 8.0 - 8.2 or thereabouts. other than water changes, how else can i increase it?

at the top of this site there is a 'Search' link, type aipstasia in there and you will find this topic has come up many many times

holy crap. i like his comment at the end "...Especially a tank as young as mine, which is just getting settled and will hopefully become even more beautiful over time..." WTF?!

something i've noticed since taking photos is that you dont actually realise how much your corals have grown unless you took the photo's in the first place - something to compare against. with some of my acro's i was a bit concerned at slow growth, but then looking back at photos 3 months ago i was amazed at the difference. i do need a decent camera too, something that will pull out the colours as i see them, the sony dsc-p100 i have is ok, but the colours are a little washed out - does everyone else find the same thing with their cameras or do the colours closely resemble what you see??? colouration in my acros is still taking its time (lack of lighting, still havent setup T5's yet), although getting better by the day. interesting though that its considerably easier to see the varying colours of acros from top down than from the front. why would this be?

personally i would have thought an 1250 would be slightly underated for the job?

jimmy couldnt have said it better if he tried that is the issue, hobby only had a few importers, more importers hit the market, prices (at least from what i've seen) drop, consumers happier, everyone still making a buck, however original importers pissed off coz now they have less in their back pocket regardless of the way someone does business, competition is a good thing to the consumer, so get over it.

:lol: layton that is pathetic. if you accuse someone on the way they do business, have some facts to back it up. i deal with whoever has what i need either at the time or for the best price, simple. just like clothes shopping, no different. i dont care how either party does business, if i need it, i'll buy it

i run 3 x 150W m/h's over a 1500x600x600 tank. to be honest i could do with a 4th. however im about to hook up 4 x T5's in addition to the current 3 x 150's, i believe this should be sufficient.

yeah right, and im superman! i think the extra "0" must be a typo

cool pic ira, that looks wicked

However I must add this comment, Austrians at large are in no way shape or form associated with chimera, research into chimeras fnzas posts found that they were highly intellectual although had a strange, uncanny and extremely bizzare sense of humour. Chimera is really a pure bred kiwi.

Easy on Austrian's, I am Austrian

well you just cant get any more witty than that,... not. im surprised mods havent killed your account by now. shouldnt you be at school?

people always selling offcuts on trademe, relatively expensive stuff

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yes its an overflow comb. you can get them from HFF i believe. i got mine custom made from north shore laser cutting ltd. made up a template, dropped off a piece of perspex to them. http://www.northshorelaser.co.nz/ they generally do larger jobs but guy did a cheapy coz i know him through a friend. usually quite expensive but if you want custom, not alot of options.

eheim 1060 or better

Chiller is working so well makes me wonder why i didnt do it a year ago...!!! A massive reduction in evaporation. All hail to the mighty chiller Definatey goes near the top of my list as a must have

ummm, no not really i've locked her in the closet.

about 5-6 inches for me, used to be 10-12"... light height that is...

thats coz curry doesnt come in mcdonalds wrappers

true, i guess its lucky i found my shrivelled up blenny then - he looked like he was mummified from the amount of heat generated in the room. i guess its lucky the sea is saltwater or it might not ever rain