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very nice tank, The fish are awesome.

The fluval 2 is not really a wavemaker for marines. If you setting up a new tank the nano streams would be the way to go. http://www.tunze.com/167.html?&L=1&C=NZ Try Organism in CHCH, they can help you. Good luck with the setup.

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Your tank is missing a substrate Dogmatix. Just needs to be finished off. Try some coral sand.

No big deal if you miss a few water changes when you go on holiday. No feeding for a week is no issue either.

Great thread to follow if you won lotto. Should be good to see the end result once the tank is completed. some big buck going into that tank. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showt ... genumber=1

cools site, it has Martin Moe on it the famous breeder.

You cant get liverock in Nz other than cycled rock or if you are lucky some rock from someone tank. If you want to be successful in keeping a marine tank it is best to take your time so stating with base rock is not a big deal. So many hobbyist run out and get cycled rock then try to set up the tank in a short space of time but have problems. Get yourselve a big bin now and put some base rock in with saltwater and a airpump. leave it for 2 months and by the time you have finished setting your tank up you can just add the rock to your main tank and it should be ready for stock in another week if all tests are ok. I found that hobbysit that take their time seem to have much better success. One word of advice is dont go cheap as this is a major downfull, do research on all the equipment you need and get the best you can with your budget.

brown frogspawn.

Very good read on having a low nutrient tank and how the bacteria products work. http://www.ultimatereef.net/files/2007Q1/LNS_Introduction.pdf

Very nice tank, very long read but worth it. http://www.ultimatereef.net/forums/showthread.php?t=182421

i knew that looking at the profile.

Try Jansens or Hollywoods .

best to rinse as bloodworm contains very high PO4, Less nutrients is better.

when i was at Holywoods i noticed that thwy have some big computer fans. Try them

I would go to a computer shop as they have big server fans which are cheap. they might rust over time, however they are cheap

Nice wasp.

Just leave it, it might grow a new tube if it is still ok.

Protein skimmer is not required for any tank; however you will miss out on all the benefits that a protein skimmer will offer like. Oxygenates the water Removes many organics form the water Corals shed a lot of waste so a skimmer would be very beneficial. Most tanks use a protein skimmer so there must a very good reason to have one.

My mistake.

Looks like caulerpa sertularioides

i would pick that corals grow faster in the summer as that is the experiance in my tank.

Here is the data re the graph, It does not say what depth This highly accurate sea water temperature graph is derived from data gathered as part of a NAI'A special project with researchers at the University of the South Pacific. We set and monitor six temperature recorders throughout Fiji waters, accurate to 0.05 degrees Celsius, which measure the seawater temperature every hour. You can use this temperature graph to decide which wetsuit(s) to bring to Fiji. Notice that the temperature can vary by about three degrees for a certain time of year, but the current year trend will give you a good idea of what to expect. NAI'A crew, who dive here continuously, tend to wear thicker wetsuits than you might expect: 3-5mm in the summer and up to 6.5mm or even drysuits in the winter. But we're wimps! Make your own call, but if you get cold, don't say we didn't warn you! For our humpback whale enthusiasts, Tonga in August and September is about 2 degrees cooler than Fiji at the same time.

No one imports plants anymore as what is the point as we can only get the standard plants that are on the pet store. You cant import any new species. Plants are very cheap to buy overseas however once you add freight and costs you have to sell them buy the thousands to get any payback.

All is goinmg well, except the fire coral is killing my acros and tank. It is growing everywhere. will have take some rocks out and dip them in boiling water. but a big job i dont want to even think about.