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04/23/2006, 01:02 AM
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Need Help - Fresher in Marine Aquarium
Hello All,
I am staying in Mumbai...have been a fresh water aquarium hobbyist all this while since years along. One fine day i happened to come across this huge fish tanks in one of our Mumbai's western suburbs (known as Bandra). My eyes was stuck onto the tank so i went ahead to have a beter glance. The board said "Fresh & Marine" aquarium...i was curious and i went inside this shop. That was the day when i got mesmerised by the beautiful marine fishes which i saw...The first ever fish i glanced at was Nemo errr the Clown Fish and also Dory :-) wow ..and many more...i instantly made up my mind , come what may, i will get myself a marine aquarium...and thats what i did the very next day... i made the purchases on all the basic requirements worth 8800 INR. The only problem i face is that i dunno what to do with the stuff i got (Sea Salt / Crushed Coral / Canister Filter / Ph tester / Protein Skimmer / Bacteria / NO2 tester / PSB. The Aquarium keeper said he is not available to guide me to go aout till next 10 days as he is out of town...Now i cant wait to begin so i need help from you all...Specially if some one in from Mumbai city wanna volunteer help..which could be even telephonic...Anyone ready to help me? |
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04/24/2006, 07:38 PM
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 To Reef Central Hmm, I'm definitely not local.  This thread might be worth reading, though:http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...hreadid=239848
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04/24/2006, 08:23 PM
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I'm not local either. But, you could start by mixing up the salt and water in some food grade plastic containers. Can you get reverse osmosis/de-ionized water? If so that is what you should use. Otherwise I'd use distilled. I don't know about in India but most American hobbyists find that using tap water causes algae problems because of impurities. Did you get something like a hydrometer or refractometer to measure the salinity/specific gravity? You could also get your pH adjusted. I know that this is not nearly as exciting as getting your tank set up
 but at least is is a first step.
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06/29/2006, 09:19 PM
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guys,,,,
i have set up my new and first ever reef tank...looks amazing to me... how do i post pics here on the thread itself? |
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06/29/2006, 09:31 PM
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post pics http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...hreadid=531326 new reefer look here http://www.reefcentral.com/modules.p...showpage&pid=1
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06/29/2006, 09:33 PM
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Make an account on photobucket.com. Put you pics in there, Then, copy the img text and paste in in your thread.
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06/30/2006, 08:17 AM
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Get some books about setting up an aquarium.
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"I fish by myself because lots of people don't like me, and the ones that do like me, well, I don't want them to know my spots." ><)))))*>--- Current Tank Info: 72 bow, 36" stand, 4 54W T5, vantec stealth fans, eheim 1260, mj 1200 & 2 Koralia #1 to WaveMaster Pro, CPR 24" Aquafuge HOB & 7100K PC, JBJ Arctica chiller, LiterMeter III |
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07/12/2006, 08:24 PM
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My Reef Snaps
Hey Guys,
Take a look at my first ever attempt at the Reef...     I would like to chat with a few guys who would be intersted in being friends with the dude in India with his Reef
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07/12/2006, 08:32 PM
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Correction
By The way this is my New Tank
48"x15"x24" 12mm Lighting - MH 150W 20000K - 1 no Azoo PL 10000K - 2 nos 4" Industrial Fan - 4 nos Accessories Venturi Skimmer driven by 1800Lt/Hr PowerHead For flow in the Reef - 1. 3000Lt/Hr Aquanic Power Head 2. 2000Lt/Hr Atman Power Head Live Rocks 30-35 Kgs Corals Leather Finger Corals - 4 nos Polyps 4 different kinds of polyp rocks (Green / red Sand polyps) Substrate used - 30 kgs of Medium sized crushed coral sand Salt Mix - Red Sea Would like to get a review / reply on my setup As far as fishes are concerned , i just have 3 now Yellow Tang 3 inch, Regal Tang cutie 1 inch, Blue Devil Full sized PS - Blue devils best friend of the Regal Tang
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