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I changed around the aquascape a bit and added in the sand, tell me what you think? It doesn't reach as high as I would like, but I want to fill that space in with some simple SPS corals, and possibly a plating montipora. Will

Is si_ sphinx the "marine guy" who didnt turn up? :rotf:

Cheers, at the moment its a bit boring whilst I save up for parts, but I am hoping to buy a 200L barrel and pump to fill with NSW sometime soon and get it wet. Do you sell your frags? It'd be nice to buy my first couple locally :bggrn: Will

Yeah thats the plan, they should make a nice moonlight / night viewing. Now to design the heatsinks, case and drivers :-P

I prefer the whiter lights, it just seems to have a nicer look to me. After trawling through peoples LED build threads, I think I have one. I have 4 x Warm White, 4 x Cool White, 6 x Royal Blue and 2 x Violet / UV. What do you think?

:env: Where did you get him? What type is he? What setup is the tank that hes in. Hes awesome!!!

I would make two rings, one that goes between the dorsal and pectoral fins, and one that goes behind the dorsal and anal fin, then have a t junction on each side of the fish to connect them together. I would then experiment with different weights on the bits of tubing travelling from front to back to find something he looks comfortable with. Here is a illustration that I quickly made which shows what I mean better.

Ehh? Do you mean water falling onto it? If I am doing any maintenance I will move it I plan on getting mostly softies, some lps, and possibly a few easier to keep sps (Plating Montipora is easier to keep? Correct me if I am wrong) I will get the Salifert for my important parameters, just in case I start branching into trickier corals. Which one would be quieter? Because its in the lounge I need it to be pretty silent, lest the parents complain :rotf: Something like this you mean? Also, will it matter if I top off with dechlorinated tap water while I am cycling? I would like to start the cycle while I am saving up for the RO/DI Unit http://www.ebay.com/itm/10-Sediment-1Micron-Water-Filter-Reverse-Osmosis-Aquarium-r-o-RO-Prefilter-/290733276738?pt=UK_HGKitchen_SmallApp_RL&hash=item43b10dbe42 I was planning on going with these http://www.ebay.com/itm/360747109884?tfrom=380727172968&tpos=unknow&ttype=price&talgo=origal a heatsink for each LED. That or I could have 4 heatsinks for each row of LED's. I will run some pretty beefy fans too. I revised the diagram, am I right now? I went with 5 x Royal Blue, 4 x Cool White, 3 x Warm White, 2 x Super Actintic and 2 x Blue. I had just been looking at the CoralBox and making choices with that. EDIT: Blue is the light blue color.

Yeah I had heard a few bad things about the API Test kit. I will check out a Red Sea one, my LFS stocks them I think.

Yes, I know I have had lots of ideas and changed my mind about what type of marine set up I want to do. But I have settled down and made a start, I know its been done to death but here is my AquaNano 40 Build I got the tank last weekend from Living Reef, I also got ~5.8 KG of Dead Coral Rock and a bag of sand. While I was down there I built a nice stand for it out of Rimu using my Grandfathers considerably better equipped workshop. This morning I finished the aquascape, which I am pretty happy with. I will add the sand in later when I am certain I am happy with the aquascape. I also ordered a couple of other things from ebay which you will see in my Build List. I am deciding whether to go with the CoralBox M1-30 on this or a DIY LED, I am leaning towards the DIY led which I enclosed a design of so please tell me what you think. From the front, its sitting in my dining room, which is very open planned so this tank will get a lot of attention. From the right, the only thing I am unhappy about with this scape is that its not very "wide" looking from the right. Hopefully the corals will fill that in though. A bad picture from the left. The left is quite close to a wall, and probably wont get seen as much but it looks pretty good from that angle anyway. FTS from a bit further back. On the bottom shelf you can see my selling point for having this tank in the lounge "You can put the phone and modem on it!" :lar: Also shows off the stand nicely. My LED Fixture design. It has 6 Royal Blue LED's, 6 Whites, 2 Violets, 1 Red and one Green. I based my design off of the CoralBox. I can design a controller board to dim each color individually pretty easily, so I will be able to mix up the spectrums. I think I will run 80 degree optics, but I am not too sure about that, anybody know what optics are best? My main concern is that it wont have enough coverage / penetration so if anyone can advise me on what to fix I would be happy. This is my build list, as you can see, I still have a lot of stuff to get. Please point out anything I have missed. Will

Well until I can get some mesh and aluminium right angle can I tape down the edges of the polystyrene lid? It has ventilation holes

Ok thanks. If I add some weight around the lid will it be ok to stop them getting out? And I have a lamp that points directly onto the big rock on the left which I intended to be their basking rock, will that suit? I will get some branches and plants tomorrow

Hi guys, I just set up a frog enclosure. Please tell me what you think. Could I also get a ID on the frogs? The lfs told me they were gold bell frogs, but I just want to be sure.

Huh, I dont know about up north, but in Nelson pet stores have been booming. We just got another one a few months ago. That brings it up to 4 in a city of 40 000. I guess that dosen't mean they have been successful. The problem is making a profit, I bought my my API Freshwater Master Test Kit for $32 online!!! Thats about 80 less than my LFS. No offence, but if you are looking at importing and selling top brands, I dont see you having a successful business. But if you are selling corals grown in house, and pre-built sumps made in housem then you might be able to make it. But the start up costs will be tremendous....

On my first tank, I taped a store bought background on, on my second tank I spray painted it black. The store bought one looked awful as water leeched down between it and the glass (I could've used the glue though). On my second tank the spray paint looks really good, hasn't worn off and was cheaper.

Sorry they are all gone now.

Can you link me? I am setting up my 120cm L, 50cm W and 30cm H frag tank and want some good cheap simple wavemakers.

Whats the wavemaker you are using, is it that el-cheapo one from miniinthebox.com ?

Hi guys, When I went to the Siam Ocean World I took a picture of this really cool looking frog. Can anyone ID the frog for me, and tell me if I am allowed him in NZ? I love the little fella

That's what I meant about all the other specs are right :-P

I will probably go with the T5HO as I would like to get a few reds for variety. I am pretty handy with electronics so I can always wire it to a dimmer

To be honest, I have never been there in my life. I head over to Tata Beach quite a bit, is it any where near there?

I would think its probably best to take it out now, but for someone to back me up before you do. Once the tank has cleared up, do another test. Once ammonia is back down to 0, and all your other specs are right, you should be ready to add your first fish

Thanks for that, I have some surgical scissors around somewhere, should be suitable. I would prefer to collect my own Spider Wood from the beach, failing that I will buy some. Regarding lighting, will either of these be suitable? http://www.trademe.co.nz/pets-animals/fish/lights-lamps/auction-740632031.htm or http://www.pet.co.nz/product/fish/glo-t5-double/6712 Obviously I would prefer the cheaper one, but if I am going to get considerably better growth from the Glo T5 then I will go with that. If anyone has a fixture they think I should go with, please tell me! I am interested in any and all help.

Well you definitely gave it the kick starting ammonia.... As for getting rid of the smell I have no idea. If you have a test kit you can start testing for ammonia in a few days to see if the cycle is starting.