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just go for a drink.... i often visit the bar there, lots do, there is no need to eat but the wine list is pretty expensive... still $10 for a cheap glass of sav is not going to break the bank, and the fish/small crays will keep you ammused for at least 30 mins 8) especially the crays trying to sneak up on the small fish 8)

NIWA guys said it is pretty easy to get license for small crays etc for educational purposesz... anyone tried?

tank at logan browns in wellington

in wellington? its pretty cool, for where it is

luckily he (read me) hasn't killed nemo yet..... not that I can say that from chromis. have a sneaking suspecsion that my beta is implicated in the disapearance tho...... police are following all leads

Alex (3.5yo) loves my fish, always helps to feed them.... but i would say that until you are at least 12 you could prob not get it together enough or have the discipline to keep a reef tank going........

thanks pies

but some things also come in on rock and just get through.......

does anyone know how the MAF came to set its import list?

i have a glass tank that i want to use as a frag area tank, its drilled low in one corner about 1 inch off the bottom, has a nice through fitting with a thread on the outside and a simple hole on the inside. I want to use a 90degree bend on the inside and different height pvc pipes at different times, so they must be changeable . how can i get a good seal on the inside of the tank? is there a throuigh type fitting with a thread on each end?

will different frags from the same frogspawn sting each over? over time? or do they have an immunity to immeditate family members 8)

Because the Orange Tree Gorgonian is not photosynthetic, its survival is dependent on regular and frequent feedings of brine shrimp, baby brine shrimp, or foods designed for filter feeding invertebrates. Do not allow cyanobacteria to form on the branches, as it will cause both the polyps and tissue of the coral to rapidly deteriorate. The Orange Tree Gorgonian should only be maintained by the skilled reef aquarist, in a well established reef. Many people in Reef community want its sale banned, i am sure that some people could keep it alive, but many will be temped to try and will surely kill them

http://www.petsupplyliquidator.com/htm/aprod_hood_ultrareef.htm not bad

if you get to many, they are great in curries

Yeah it was a nice surprise from Ivan , but I have brought a lot of Ivans fish, got purple tang blue tang coral beauty lemonpeel scooter bleeny (Alex my son just loves this guy.....) fiji damsel and a few chromis Zoo's and other coral bit too, and sludge from tank to increase my biodeiversity.... keep to swap sand with others as well to help here... yeah they are well extended for quite small arms... I will mount them well clear of everything else.

Ivan gave me some pieces of frogspawn, is it safe to glue these to rocks using the underwater epoxy putty stuff.......?????? They seem to like quite high light levels, what 1/3 or the tank, from top is ideal (tank is 26in high and has 250W MHI's) cheers

I will have young Alex with my so may not be able to stay long, but will come over and say hello again. I think i can find something to swap, will try and fray a zoo. Peter

and a review of 250W double ended this guy has a negitive review of the spectral and power output of the 400W 10k units - be interesting to see the results of a different manufacturers bulbs http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/feb2004/feature1.htm

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/may2004/review.htm

did not read your post above, not wanting to mislead anyone on what you are using....

just been talking to to guy from lampbrokers here in NZ... he can do deals on both 150 and 250W Double ended BLV bulbs as long as we get enough... best for him is a box of 10 as thats how he buys them. I personally need 250W for my main units but 150W for my soon to be frag tank. He will also return bulbs that blow early and get you another AS ONG AS YOU ARE using the CORRECT gear to run them. The 150W bulb will be about the same price as the USA ones you are talking about ie $78NZD + gst, and its a known brand... I think reef uses BLV????? I am personally willing to buy 4 of the 250W ones to get the discount, need 6 more takers... anyone for 150W bulbs? Just for the record, I am just passing along this deal at cost to me, As we will all need replacement bulbs every 12 months this could be a good thing for us and a good thing for the lampbrokers man, everyone like recuring revenue, and a good deal.

its a cool shot..... what camera u use for this one.....

what was the shipping charge on your pump????? Thanks

post the RC link of your piccies.....

I have done a ,lot of reading over last 24hours re MH.... whats your email, i have some stuff to email u on MH... there are some cool single end fittings that house double end bulbs and you just got to read the advanced aquarist stuff where they did actual spectral analysis of bulbs........ will post links on here where i work out how... is there a tutorial for how to post piccies links etc....