Brianemone

good luck i guess youre about at the same stage i am, hope it all goes well

some one get out to morrinsville with a digital camera and take a pic of William Clarks tank's

dont you mean the demon fish?? that thing scares me

yep angelsea street i dont know if murray is his name but hes got curly hair (almost mulletesk) nice guy. he says in about a month theyl lhave some fishies and that he wants to dabble in some corals as well at the mo its just two tanks with a skimmer and base coral/sand

how do you fill them up??? at a boat ramp or somthing? liftin 150KG of water into the boot would be a bit of a push and then from the car into the house is there some kind of pump you use/buy for it? how much$$$?? distance from car to tank that they can pump to

will a 200l fit in my boot??? if not ill take a 100 (assuming it'll fit)

how do you explain christchurch then???

stink (wrong assumption on my part)

from what ive seen (the crap that they pull out) i wouldnt have a tank without one (albeit i am very new to the hobby) but i wouldnt want to swim in a tank with that stuff floating around in it

which tests will become important as i start getiing the more difficult types invertebrate' to keep??? also steve what kind of coral was that that i got?? toadstool?

Which is the most comprehensive test kit to get on the nz market??? the ones that there are in hamilton only test nitrates/amonnia and pH no calc and such should i look at getting these extra tests individualy??

does anyone know of a way to find out the stock lists of the various marine stores other than ringing them all up?? I think it would be a good idea to get some kind of system set up so we can always know whats available and where and how much.

let me know if you need a hand moving it, dont have a truck or any thing but im pretty sure my arms can help a little

definatly saltwater there is also a black damsel, and a clown fish of some discription (also looking for a new home

they look sort of like a cross between a discus and an angel fish of lage proportions. just search on google to find a pic

there are two big bat fish in morrinsville looking for a home i dont know how much money the guy wants but i told him id put up a post about them, pm me and ill give you his details if your interested, by the way i mean big.

if that for anyone taking up this hobby it better be more looks like im stuck with the prices as they are

Anyone done any research to find the best place to buy coral sand in hamilton/auckland???

have you tried any gun stores?? or people that deal with paintball? m brother just used to go down to the gas bottle filling station to fill up his paintball co2 cartridge. (im not sure if the your bottle have strange fittings or not)

no idea but along with this topic does anyone have some pics they can post of some plumbing for their setups

cool thanks thats my question answered

Just wondering as i setup my sump/refugium, ive noticed that many people have said that it is a good place to put peices of equiptment that you dont want to see inc heater. i will have two heaters in my total setup, 325lt main tank and an 80ltr(apprx) refugium/sump, now can i have both the heaters in the sump or will it make the water in the main tank to cool or do you need to compensate for cooling of the water on the way to the main tank by haveing a higher temp setting on the heaters in the refugium?? Sorry if some of these questions are seem trivial to some of you

325litre just over four foot and 20"by20", being from hamilton i thought mount muanganui/tauranga or my other idea was some black sand from the west coast but im not sure about the iron content and its effects. your right about the look though, i much prefer the whiteness of the coral sand and the way it reflects the blue marinefluros.

Hi Does anyone (im sure someone does) know if using sand from normal beach is ok to put into a marine/reef tank or will it have some adverse effect on the water chemistry

2 New marine tanks are in the process of being set up in Pet World For the people in auckland/wellington and Christchurch this may not be a big deal but that doubles the # of tanks in hamilton. they said that in about three weeks they should have the stock for the new tanks