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Hobbyist have tried cheap and it has not worked out very well, You can get deals , however if you start off in a expensive hobby relying on deals then the hobby is not for you. It is not like freshwater where you have a far bigger tolerance to water quality. Many freshwater fish are breed unlike marine where 95% are wild animals so they don’t tolerate bad water quality. If you want to do it right and have some sort of budget then start off correctly . You need to allow at least $3000 . Might seems a lot but once you add up all the test kits, salt , etc, etc it keeps going up. Here is a link that might help. http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/basic- ... 23675.html

Blue tang grow big, yellow tangs dont tend to grow much in small tanks. I would love to have 10 blue tangs in my tank and for the above reason i dont have any as i have seen how quick they grow. There has been plenty of small yellow tangs around and it is just a matter of timing when they come in the country. 7cm tang is fine for a 2 foot tank.

Tank is looking pretty awesome. got any full tank pics?

Some pics of my brain corals This green brain is pretty amazing. I lost the parent to this about 5 years ago and all that survice was a small bit of flesh which have grown to this size. You just dont see any of these typre brain anymore.

How do you frag fish

Thats inflation for you wait until you see the marine prices this year.

Try a hammer.

buy a new one. pointless wasting time fixing them.

ok cleaned the front glass so i can see my corals/fish

A good thing would be to do it right the first time. going cheap actually costs far more in the long run.

Put sand in my tank

Looking very nice, That cataphyllia is doing well.

Like most tanks.

They will in about 6 months if importers can get them.

New web site to do with zeolite systems. http://www.ultralith.com/forums/index.php

small yellow tang might be ok, but not a blue tang. you could try a small black tang as they stay small, only problem is the cost. over $600.

here is some info, http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/basic-marine-starter-guide-vt23675.html best to stay away from small tanks, not many people can keep the animals in good conditions and the ones that have tried have made a meal of it.

Some good info on Catalaphyllia http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2008-01/eb/index.php

the ipod seems pretty easy to use. Just downloaded 35gig of music

Got a ipod 80gig classic for Xmas. cool toy. Great for photos and videos.

about 11 hours

Hopefully will be done this year

laguna 7 or eheim, good pumps, would not worry about the cheap return pumps. If you are having problems with the nanos take them back to the shop as they will replace them.

Why? most parts are the same as any laptop.

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