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  1. debakker

    Attention MPLS MAN

    Thanks heaps for the reply MPLS MAN, good to see exactly how you did it. Makes a big difference with a photo. I am definatly going to have a go at them. There are heaps of seeds floating down the river over here in spring, so I am going to collect some and try from seed. They are protected...
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    Attention MPLS MAN

    Just reading about your mangrove set up. How deep in the chamber do you plant them below the surface. Also in what, pots with gravel or into a sand bed. Did you raise them from seed or small established plants. Top idea, I am very interested to hear from you. Any other info. would be...
  3. debakker

    Refugium Tanks and Live Sand Beds

    Thanks Kip will do a search for the site mentioned. Don't you people ever sleep over there. Dirk
  4. debakker

    Refugium Tanks and Live Sand Beds

    Kip or Bang, When you frag you mushrooms and other soft corals how much do you cut away to get a good take.
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    Refugium Tanks and Live Sand Beds

    Just one other question, Kip / Bang do you feed your mushrooms anything. I have been feeding mine with a liquid food made by a reliable Australian company. I haven't been feeding them solid food. I did try some time ago with solid food (pieces of fish flesh) but didn't seem to intrest them...
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    Refugium Tanks and Live Sand Beds

    Thanks heaps men Bang looks like you have saved me lots of work again. Kip, that is a great site and great article, I have printed masses and masses of paper from it. When you frag. your mushrooms and other soft corals etc. how much do you cut away to get a good re-plant. The articles you...
  7. debakker

    Ehiem products

    Hi Faraday, I have used Ehim products for the past 10 years. They just keep going forever or just about. I have just replaced the shaft in one pump that I have had for the 10 years and I brought it second hand so I have no idea how old it is. They tend to be a fair bit dearer over here in Oz...
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    Refugium Tanks and Live Sand Beds

    thanks for the reply Thomas712, I understand the rules of this forum. I was hoping someone had written an article and posted it in this forum.
  9. debakker

    Refugium Tanks and Live Sand Beds

    Can anyone suggest where I can find articles on refugium tanks and live sand beds. I am interested in both but I am a little confused and have lots of questions. what are the aims and results of having these tanks operating.
  10. debakker

    What have you propogated??

    Clayton, re your enq about propogating anemones, there is a research station here in Oz. on the great barrier reef Queensland that is breeding anemones and according to the program on the news they expected to start selling them to the aquarium trade in 12 months. If your interested you should...
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    Button polyp reproduction

    The button polyps you mention feeding, are they also called button anemones ?. Are they brown or blue and look like small fine mushrooms ?. If they are Ive never thought about feeding them direct, will give it ago, thought they were filter feeders. If these are the same as what we call them...
  12. debakker

    Breeding Oscellaris Clowns

    Thanks heaps for the help Devil Boy. Thanks also Bang Guy, Ive just read yours and TSL's articles thanks to the thread from Devil Boy. Great read. One question though I see in you photo of the clowns with the eggs, yours appear quite red in colour. When mine lay eggs they seem darker almost...
  13. debakker

    home made rocks

    G'day people, Read an article I think in this forum, titled something about putting together a tank by a dummy, think he was in Texas from memory. Anyhow he mentioned about making home made rocks?. I have been thinking about this using latex rubber over nylon insect screen, or fibreglass over...
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    Propogating

    Can anyone help with propogating soft corrals. We seem to have different names for some of our corrals over here in Oz. The ones I am interested in at this stage are 1. Elephant ear. ( I read somewhere that you just cut a piece of the lobe off and secure it to a rock, is this right? How...
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    Breeding Oscellaris Clowns

    My pair of Oscellaris Clowns are laying eggs quite regularly and have been so for some time. Trouble is they are in a community tank and seem to loose the eggs over a couple of nights. Are they worth moving into a seperate tank? and how difficult are they to breed and raise?. I saw in this...
  16. debakker

    sick percula

    Hi Brock, greetings from Australia, this is the first time for me in this forum or any other for that matter. Sorry to hear about your percula. Sound like a fungus attack to me but I'm not sure. I have had similar problems but not as bad as it sounds in your case. I cured the disease with a...
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