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Hi Rebecca, Do a search on Seahorses on this forum. I know of at least one person here who is Seahorse mad - I think the name is SEAHORSEMAID or something similar. I hear coldwater seahorses are a little harder to take care of, especially when it comes to summer time as they like temperatures around the 21 degrees. There are lots of great websites around that will give heaps of information. Go visit www.seahorse.org for example. Also remember that seahorses require special foods, and some are really fussy and will only eat live foods which can be hard to harvest enough for them to eat. Make sure they will accept frozens like Mysis Shrimps. NOT brine (or monkey) shrimps, they are not nutritious enough. Good luck...

Hmm... This is good to know.

a - if they have a sump. b - without a sump.

Who talks in 2 foot and 3 foots? What's that in centimetres?

That's the site. Thanks Robnz. :bounce:

Definately a good looking tank setup. Please put up more photos when you have the seahorses in.

Hi folks, I'm looking for the website of an article on MH temperatures and what effect they have on the tank. I remember they included photos of the different temperatures next to each other. Might have been on ReefCentral but can't remember. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Wow, what a great opportunity to have an inbuilt marine tank! :lol: :lol:

You too can have a great Nano tank Lyndyloo! You just need $1k. But you can get these things a bit at a time.

Hi Speed, glad to see you finally on the forum! Your tank looks awesome. I thought you stole my Hammer coral when I saw the pic. Looks exactly like mine!!! You're doing well. Still gotta go to Ben's and grab a frag of Bubble coral. Just don't have time at the mo. Great camera shots. Good to see more nano tanks appearing. I've swapped to the Aquamedic skimmer and it's doing a really good job. Are the shrimps behaving? I hear they don't usually get along. Could be wrong.

How about under the stars have a word that says "commercial" or "importer" or "hobbyist" like you do Warren, under your stars that says "administrator"? Then when they post, everyone knows what point of view they are coming from. Sad to hear Jetski's gone, but not sure exactly what happened. Oh, and a 12 month probation sounds like a really long time.

Will be over the 2k mark.

Thanks Hazy... I do on occasions feed the Hydno and it responds really well.

I bought a 6 line-wrasse in the hope it would eat the bristles and it doesn't seem to be. They come out when I have the Actinic lights on and the MH off, the wrasse just leaves them alone! I must have a very sociable wrasse as he doesn't harrass anyone and just blends in.

Nice snails, nice shells!

Yes very. Have taken more shots so will post as soon as I'm able. Thanks for reading through the thread. I hope you got something out of it.

Thanks guys for your kind words. Couldn't have done it without all your help and frags! I've still got heaps to learn though. I haven't got a macro lens for my new camera so am still using the old one for macro shots (Olympus C960). Still produces really good photos. AND these photos were not Photoshop'ed. Pomereef, I have under the table on the left of the tank a filing cabinet which is holding majority of the weight. I'll try take more shots of the fish and other corals and post them up. I have moved some corals around to accommodate the Brain, I'm hoping its not going to grow too big. I also need some more live rock to build up a bit more to give more depth, so I'll have to take a visit to Jetskisteve Cheers and thanks to you all

Do you see your frags there Sharkey?

Hi Folks, Here's a few pics of the new and old stuff I have.... Bali Brain and polyps from Jansens... My purple polyps... My Blasto (my favourite coral)... And last of all a shot of my tank...

Hi Wasp. This is the first time I've heard of a phosban reactor. What does it look like? and where do you get them? I'm still suffering from hair algae, but I'm living with it. It is sticking on the front overflow and on the return Loc-Line's. Occasionally I scrub them off. I do use DI water and phosban in a bag in the skimmer.

Chimera, what's the point of having a mother of an alarm when it isn't hooked up! What a waste, or was it so you get cheaper insurance???

Gee, you are an Extremely tough Cookie! :lol: :lol:

Hi Poppy, Please don't get put off by the answers people are giving. I know it is brutally honest. When I first enquired at Hollywood Fish Farm, I got or I felt like they shot me down on a firing line! But I perservered and did A LOT OF READING on this subject. Online and in books. What helped me the most to understand the lingo and what I really needed was a book called "The New Marine Aquarium: Step-By-Step Setup & Stocking Guide" by Michael S Paletta. I based my tank on what was in the book, with some modifications. A lot of people on this forum have large tanks around your size and bigger, that's why it costs so much more as you need equipment that would cope with the amount of water you will have. To a certain extent the smaller the tank the cheaper, but in saying that, my 126 litre tank (including my sump) has cost me just over $2000.00. I have not bought the most expensive equipment, nor the cheapest. The most expensive equipment would be the lighting, then the protein skimmer then the pumps (yes "Pumps" plural). I highly recommend getting the book above. I think it is a great starter for beginners, then after reading, go to the different forums and do searches on how to begin a new marine tank. Amazon has this book at a good price. That's where I got it from... http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1890087521/102-2774091-8439304?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155 Good luck and just take it slow, one step at a time, and get the tank done right the FIRST TIME.

Now Chimera, you didn't sneek into Wasp's house and steal it from him???

What's a CBB?