Oogalepbo Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 I live in Wellington and would like to know if anyone knows where to get live coral, saltwater and Sand from instead of buying them from stores....Its to care for Cleaner Shrimp lysmata Amboinensis common name unknown... Would i get in trouble from MAF lolz???? But if i do get some.... Would i need to do anything special to the saltwater, sand and coral before i put them in the tank and/or before i add the Shrimp??? If anyone can also help me with the coral...Name, info and Pics...What would i be looking for in Live Coral to know that it's ready? Cheers to all who reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 hi oogalepbo, welcome to the forums there is a basic marine starter guide at the top of the page viewtopic.php?f=5&t=23675 this will give you an idea of where to start Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 The SW stuff you will find in the wild here are coldwater, so Cleaner Shrimp won't be particularly thrilled in cold water. from memory they prefer temps around the 25- 27deg C mark. do you have a marine tank at the moment? will need a lot more info about size of tank, lights, skimmer, pumps, filtration etc before live-stocking suggestions are made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Never mind, I suck at reading comprehension. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oogalepbo Posted March 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Hey Pheonix 44 Thanks for the reply. Much appreciated I havn't started a marine tank yet was wanting to do research first before i went ahead and started up anything. I was thinking of 45L glass tank for 2 cleaner Shrimp. 3-4kgs of Live Coral (coral acting as Filter). As for Lighting I don't know how much light i will need for the coral and Shrimp??? Air if a filter is good enough for airflow. Anything to recomend on Lighting? How many Watt light bulbs i will need for 45L tank? And Air Flow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 I wouldn't do it. 45L tanks are a million times harder to look after than say 200L tanks. Especially with salt-water systems. I had a 300 odd L reef ages ago, and in order to do less maintenance I added a 150 odd Litre sump. also with 3-4 kg of live coral the amount of water in the tank will have reduced by another 3L or so, at the very least. and as a proportion of the total amount of water in the system 10% of huge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimsum Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Shrimp are also very sensitive to water conditions, being such a small tank chemical swings can be huge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suphew Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 In Answer to your question,the only thing you can collect from the beach is seawater and there are some ricks involved in doing this. There are is no coral rock (live rock) naturally round NZ and the sand is also not coral based so not really suitable. Regards the other questions that have come up, Lighting isn't important for shrimps and live rock (coral rock), light only becomes a factor if you want to keep corals alive. Air filter/air flow. Not needed. You don't use biological type filters in marine tanks like you do fresh water, the live rock takes care of this, plus a protein skimmer. If you are willing to do large regular water changes it is possible to get away with no skimmer. Particularly if you stay with only the shrimp and have no corals. It is possible to do what you are looking at in a small (45l) tank but as others have said stability is the key to success and the smaller the tank the more difficult it is to get that stability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suphew Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Oh and no problems from MAF collecting water, but some times the locals look at you a bit funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Temperature could also be an issue in a tank that small during the summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 SAVING MONEY best way to save money is to not get into marines, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toppom Posted March 28, 2010 Report Share Posted March 28, 2010 best way to save money is to not get into marines, have to agree with reef - there is not really any inexpensive way to do marines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camnbron Posted March 29, 2010 Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 Yes there is - have a reef tank as your screen saver! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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