Caper Posted October 20, 2008 Report Share Posted October 20, 2008 weedfish are they native New Zealand fish? Caper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted October 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2008 yes they are native marine several different types some unclassified yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted November 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 pregnant male again mating in a 60cm deep tank lots of live food Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbreeder Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 sorry my ignorance for marine. but do i need to spend $2000 to set up to have marine, i love clown fish(nemos), blue tang(i think thats the name) and seahorses. do i need to buy expensive coral? and how do i make it sea water? thanks from dominique Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camnbron Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 sorry my ignorance for marine. but do i need to spend $2000 to set up to have marine, i love clown fish(nemos), blue tang(i think thats the name) and seahorses. do i need to buy expensive coral? and how do i make it sea water? thanks from dominique No you don't have to spend $2000 to set up a marine tank. It all depends on what you would like to have in your tank and how much work you want to do yourself. Some inhabitants of our tanks require good water quality, a good amount of flow and strong lighting, so we invest in bigger skimmers, bigger pumps and more watts of lighting. My advice is to have a read of the info in the stickies at the top of the section, trawl through the forum, go visit some people with reef tanks. With corals when they are in the right conditions they grow and require continual fragging (pruning), some people sell these coral frags to others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Have a read here... http://www.fnzas.org.nz/index.php?PG=marinearticle01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfur Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 how are the babies going? and where do you get your live food from? do you culture it yourself? I had seahorses many years ago but when I went away my housesitter couldn't manage them and killed them. Would love to do it again, especially these days now decent marine equipment is available Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted March 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 sorry all babies are gone have another round started now culture and collect food, mysis and pods also BBS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfur Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 not ready for any right now, just curious! you're doing a great job with them. When the time comes I will know who to hit up...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas137 Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 nice sea horses. i found some last weekend in waihi, but let them go as i didnt have anything set up, what i also found were some smoth sea dragons they looked quit cool so next mission is to build a nice deep tank for some of them and the likes. just woundering where i could find the sea weed fish or do i just need to look harder. (arround waihi) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted April 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 look harder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony law Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 how hard are seahorse to look after.and what type of set up you need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted April 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 for local horses same as fish only marine system and a supply of live or frozen foods tank will need to cycle, info in a sticky on here some where probably need a chiller through summer months as temp needs to be kept down as prolonged keeping at temps above 18 - 20c will cause problems and usually death Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony law Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 thank you gives me food for thougth. ive got a hex stand if it does sell ill get a tank made for it. will that be allrigth for them.and how depth do you need it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted April 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 hex is not a good shape for a marine system unless it is running with a good sized sump did you read the marine article zev posted? http://www.fnzas.org.nz/index.php?PG=marinearticle01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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