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20 Sep 2013 10:49 #1
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Native Marine Aquarium
Eheim. Karat 200. 200x60x60 740 liters
Lighting 4x Aquabeam 600. 2x t5 38w light tubes
Filtration 2 x Eheim 2080. 2 x Tunze 6055 with Controller 7092
Red Sea Prizm Hang on Skimmer
Replacing with Tunze
No heating.
West Africian Tank
Trigon 350 Planted
Juwel Filter Removed.
Lighting 2x Aquabeam 500 + original light bars
Filtration Eheim 2073 with surface skimmer
Heating Eheim 200
Livestock Pelvicachromis taeniatus
80L Cube - Empty
Mbuna Tank
Eheim Karat 200
1x Eheim 2080 1x Eheim 2180
Lighting t5 x 8 (4x double units) Standard with tank.
Tank Empty
To be stocked with
pseudotropheus polit Lions cove F1
Eheim. Karat 200. 200x60x60 740 liters
Lighting 4x Aquabeam 600. 2x t5 38w light tubes
Filtration 2 x Eheim 2080. 2 x Tunze 6055 with Controller 7092
Red Sea Prizm Hang on Skimmer
Replacing with Tunze
No heating.
West Africian Tank
Trigon 350 Planted
Juwel Filter Removed.
Lighting 2x Aquabeam 500 + original light bars
Filtration Eheim 2073 with surface skimmer
Heating Eheim 200
Livestock Pelvicachromis taeniatus
80L Cube - Empty
Mbuna Tank
Eheim Karat 200
1x Eheim 2080 1x Eheim 2180
Lighting t5 x 8 (4x double units) Standard with tank.
Tank Empty
To be stocked with
pseudotropheus polit Lions cove F1
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20 Sep 2013 10:52 #2
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Nice big tanks Crusty!
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20 Sep 2013 11:32 #3
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Love to see pics of your native marine tank if you could put up a few.
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20 Sep 2013 12:04 - 20 Sep 2013 17:48 #4
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Last edit: 20 Sep 2013 17:48 by JohnH (John). Reason: Photobucket - pah!!! kept duplicating one image and losing another!!!
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20 Sep 2013 13:20 #5
by Jasonb (Jason Browne)
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That's a lovely native marine setup. I do a fair bit of Scuba Diving and your tank looks spot on, just like what I'd see under water... 
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21 Sep 2013 09:20 #6
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Your native tanks reminds me of paddling tru rock pools as a child
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21 Sep 2013 11:33 #7
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I must set-up a native marine tank one day just to give me an excuse to do more walking over rock pools.
There are some super species available.
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There are some super species available.
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21 Sep 2013 23:35 #8
by Finn86 (Paul Finnegan)
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Very very nice tank Crusty, someday I would love to venture down the marine route

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15 Feb 2014 04:23 #9
by killiman (Jon Lobello)
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How about a pic of your pelvicachromis taeniatus. I just have regular old Kribs myself and they are really light shy, but will come out from their "hidie hole " when the overhead light is out. I'm using a four foot double tube florescent fixture with two T8 verilus bulbs running temp of 6500k.
I've put a folded piece of news paper directly above the flower pot shards (on top of the tank) where the fish hang out during the "day" to cut down on the light hitting their area and it seems to help some. I have no dither fish in the tank and intend to use it as a "grow out" tank for young killifish if the Kribs aren't too aggressive. I had this pair of kribs for a years now and they have not spawned (to my great disappointment).
I've put a folded piece of news paper directly above the flower pot shards (on top of the tank) where the fish hang out during the "day" to cut down on the light hitting their area and it seems to help some. I have no dither fish in the tank and intend to use it as a "grow out" tank for young killifish if the Kribs aren't too aggressive. I had this pair of kribs for a years now and they have not spawned (to my great disappointment).
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