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Discussions about beginning this hobby and how to setup a marine tank.
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General discussion and advice forum about reefkeeping and marine tanks.
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If you are in need of urgent help to prevent the deaths of any livestock.
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Reviews written by hobbyists.
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Power cuts
How to deal with the continued power cuts in South Africa (possibly to continue until 2014)and possible solutions to ensure our tanks survive the many hours of no power.
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Scuba, snorkelling, specimen collecting, outings, environmental issues etc.
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Local clubs, frag swaps, meets.
Find a local club in your area, join in to meet the members, see other tanks, exchange idea's and most of all, have fun.
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Reef Hunters
Finding those hidden Gems
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ID Needed
Post a photo here and get the crew to help you put a name to the 'creature'.
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Tanks that have been selected as our "Featured System's". Otherwise known as TOTM (Tank Of The Month).
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Water Parameters and Additives
Keeping your tanks Calcium, Alkalinity, Magnesium, Salinity, Phosphate, Nitrites, Nitrates, Ammonia etc. in check and at suitable levels. How and what to add to your tank to keep it healthy and stable. Supplements such as Iodine, Strontium, Epsom Salts, Baking Soda, Buffer and so on.
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Nuisance Algae
A forum dedicated to eradicating this pest. Cyanobacteria, red slime algae, hair algae, bubble algae, valonia, diatoms etc.
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Nano Tank advice
Advice for the ever popular smaller fish tank keepers. A nano tank is generally smaller than 130 litres.
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Boyu TL450 and TL550 advice
Sub-Forum dedicated to the ever popular range of Boyu TL450 and TL550 nano tanks.
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DIY
Build your own topup unit, drip kalkwasser with a coke bottle, build hoods and customize lighting, DIY is a reefers dream, well for some of us.
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Lighting
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Test Kits, Controllers, Reactors and Dosers
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Pumps and Waterflow
Simulating the Ocean. SEIO pumps, Tunze streams, wavemakers, Vortech's, get the flow going.
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Protein Skimmers, Mechanical Filtration
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Biological / Natural Filtration and Deep Sand Beds
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Chemical Filtration / Low Nutrient Systems - LNS
Includes filtration such as Granular Activated Carbon (GAC), Purigen, Phosphate remover, bio pellets etc.
For those that concentrate on Low Nutrient Systems (LNS) and/or ULNS (Ultra Low Nutrient Systems), a common usage in this type of system is the Zeovit filtration methods.
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Discuss anything and everything about your favourite marine fish or ask what fish are suitable for your aquarium.
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Coral care, Quarantine Tanks, Sick fish, QT
Help to treat sick and injured fish and corals with medications, quarantine (QT), hyposaline treatment and other methods.
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Soft Corals
Leathers, sinularia, ricordea, mushrooms, zoanthids, pin cushions, colt corals, kenya trees etc.
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LPS Corals
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Fragging Corals
Slice and dice those corals, make frags and sell them to your buddies or join in frag swops.
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Anemone's
How to successfully care for the various different types of anemone's such as, Entacmaea quadricolor (bubble tip anemone), Macrodactyla doreensis (long tentacle anemone), Hetereactis crispa / magnifica / ritteri, carpet anemone, tube anemone and many others. LIGHTING is a VITAL factor in keeping many of these species alive, as well as a mature system.
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Breeding fish
Without a doubt, one of the most difficult aspects of the hobby is trying to breed fish, only a couple of species have been successfully bred in captivity.
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Jungle Aquatics
Broadacres Shopping Centre, c/o Cedar and Valley Road, Fourways, Sandton
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Aquarium Depot
South Africa's leading specialised aquatics hardware & dry goods wholesaler.
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Marine & Reef Connection
Portion 239, North of Farm, Kraaibosch 195, George
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