Chikan

Someone has already pointed out that you would need a big tank, big chiller and good filtration. A carpet shark or benthic species would be suitable, but i would think carefully about this project. Probably cheaper to buy a concession to a aquarium in the long run.

I use NSW for a range of cold, temperate and tropical marine tanks with mechanical filtration on it only. Don't really buy into the theory that ASW can be any better. Use Uv sterilization on most small aquaria and ozone on the large aquairums. I think possibly in the long term the only thing in Auckland that may cause a problem cumulatively is the heavy metals in the water.

Aeration is one of the biggest parameters to monitor in the tank, due to the octopus having a unique oxygen transport system. They need good DO levels or they will fade. The other is temp won't like it much over 23 deg.

Not to mention that collecting wild ones and sellng them is illegal.

Its uses ozone, so skimming isnt so ridiculous. There is a ocean right there and the tanks temps arent the same as the ocean, it costs a lot of money to either heat, chill, pump and filter water from the Rangitoto channel.

Just to a post to on Kelly Tarltons it was built over twenty years ago and was the first in the world of its kind. Georgia aquarium had a bugdet in the excess of over 150 times the budget we built ours for. We are the only 100% protein skimmed aquarium in the world another first, after our filtration upgrade. If it only took you fifteen minutes then you can't of been that interested .

I need to know the bubble rate for dosing CO2 into a system eg. how many buubles per min and how many litres is that based on. Anyone can help us would be great.

What does everyone use to put there activated carbon in. I'm looking for a better way of doing it.

Was wondering if anybody knows a particular business that does alot of them . Might not be a one off by getting more in the future, I would rather use someone recommended.

Does anyone know of businesses in Auckland that can make galvanised steel tank stands. If anyone online is able to do it for a good price PM me.

Got that book on borrow at work. I think it was a book was produced by the United Nations for countries to use in setting up aquaculture. Good informaton.

Best book for images and NZ species info is 'Coastal Fishes of New Zealand' By Malcom Francis. Haven't found anything better, great book.

You actually find morays are distributed more widely than poor knights and kermadecs. They do require a good habitat in order to be happy otherwise they will try to escape. We have a few yellow mottled morays at work in a 500l tank it has no top on it but they are happy and are feed everyday. Really cool animal and are placid never known a diver to ever be bitten by one. Pretty ugly though only a mother could love them.

Just wondering what everyone recommends as the best technique or product to use to glue and attach soft corals to live rock.

The aquarium is actually going to house two whale sharks. The advertising says that they will be a breeding pair hopefully. However it has since been discovered that they are in fact two male juveniles. The prices sound pretty much on par with most aquariums around the world, people can forget the capital and costs involved in running a large aquarium.