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Ben
Fri Jan 19, 2007, 11:42 PM
I have been playing with the concept of salt water..

Some photo's of what i have come up with! :wink:
Ben
Fri Jan 19, 2007, 11:44 PM
2 more pics of the residents!
Robdog
Sat Jan 20, 2007, 12:47 AM
Is that a ribbon eel Ben? Love it
Merrilyn
Sat Jan 20, 2007, 02:26 AM
BEN !!!!!!!!!!!!

Salt water !!!!!!!!!! how could you !!!!!!!!!!

Isn't salt what we use to medicate discus fish


:spam
the_oracle
Sat Jan 20, 2007, 03:07 AM
Hey Ben,
Looking Good.....................
I used to have a set-up at home...........But have to abandon it due to lack of time...............
Cheers, bro..................


Sanie.
Merrilyn
Sat Jan 20, 2007, 03:13 AM
Don't encourage him Sanie.

He has enough bad ideas on his own :wink:

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
scott bowler
Sat Jan 20, 2007, 04:08 AM
looks good ben i have only had discus never had the guts to give the salt a go . so ill just stick with them but it looks good mate
Ben
Sat Jan 20, 2007, 04:22 AM
LOL Merrilyn!

Its nice water changing a tank every second week and not every second day!

Rob, it is a blue gold ribbon eel.

I now have 3 salt water tanks going, with the above tank bieng the biggest!
samir
Sat Jan 20, 2007, 04:24 AM
looks great Ben, I'm always in awe of saltwater setups. you need to go bigger :lol: :lol: 6x2x2 :lol: :lol:. Imagine how great a 10x3x2.5 would look :lol: :lol:
taksan
Sat Jan 20, 2007, 08:13 AM
I'm gonna call you marine boy from now on.

Your obviously very ill ..... I might have to send you away for some quiet rest in a nice hospital.
OscarManAlpha
Sat Jan 20, 2007, 09:52 PM
it is a blue gold ribbon eel.


I must have one.

They look like the ultimate wet pet :D

Ben do you use NSW, or do you make up the water from a premix ?

Cheers,

Mark
nicholas76
Sat Jan 20, 2007, 10:11 PM
lol... good to see the salt water bug has hit hard.

a very nicely thought out design Ben. You have selected some top fish .

ps all you need is a queen Angel! :D


Ben what are you running in terms of filtration. I found that the cannisters required constant fortnightly attention.
sammigold
Sun Jan 21, 2007, 01:52 AM
Ben! You are hopeless. LOL
What about your catties? and they say women change their minds on a whim! Ha.

Great looking tanks... marine life is so beautiful.
Ben
Sun Jan 21, 2007, 11:51 AM
Ben do you use NSW, or do you make up the water from a premix ?

hiya Mark! the ribbon eel is doing well, i have read they are hard to feed but not this little one! I am using red sea's salt. there is controversy about artificial vs natural salt water.



Ben what are you running in terms of filtration. I found that the cannisters required constant fortnightly attention.


The tank had a 2217 and top sump prior to setting it up with marines, i have kept them with it but added purigen as part of the filtration. i have also increased the current with 2x2000lph power heads. This is a very basic set up and down the track i will go all out. So far nitrate level have not exceeded 5ppm.


What about your catties? and they say women change their minds on a whim!


LOL Sammi! I have 20 other tanks for the catties!
Robdog
Sun Jan 21, 2007, 10:14 PM
So far nitrate level have not exceeded 5ppm.

Would you say that the purigen has had something to do with that?
Ben
Mon Jan 22, 2007, 08:30 AM
*nods*

thats why i use it Rob! I also use it on my freshwater tanks.
Robdog
Mon Jan 22, 2007, 09:20 AM
That's good to hear because I'll be going salty pretty soon myself! Just as soon as ASA get my tank in http://www.masa.asn.au/phpBB2/images/smiles/rtaw_poke.gif
mistakes r crucial
Sun Feb 04, 2007, 01:44 AM
Well at least all you salt water blokes won't have to worry about the water shortage and due to climate change the ocean's getting closer every day.
MAC