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#1 User is offline   johnathan 

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Posted 01 July 2009 - 06:22 PM

hi all new to this forum and just wanna say hi.
i live in Cape Town,South Africa.
i've been running a 1,6 m tank for 2 years been in the hobby for about 3-4 years,been an awesome experience!
my tank is nowhere near were i want it to be very lightly stocked taking things slow because off cash restraints. :angry:
anyway i'm sure you'l hear from me soon!
cheers
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Posted 01 July 2009 - 06:24 PM

Welcome to IR :angry: .
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Posted 01 July 2009 - 07:06 PM

hi johnathan, welcome to the forum.

how about some pics of your set up?

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#4 User is offline   Rockstar 

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Posted 01 July 2009 - 07:28 PM

:angry: to the forum johnathan.

Do you have some piccies?

Rocky.
48x26x20 main tank
40x16x15 Cheato & DSB Sump
eheim 1262 return
Twin TMC V-skim 600's
2 x Seio m1500's and controller plus 2 x Seio m1100's
40Kg Fiji live rock
LPS and softies from Jasons Aquatics
Yellow,Powder blue & Regal Tangs,Convict Blennie, Pyjama wrasse, blue damsel and chromis
Blue leg & algae hermits, cerith, turbo,vibex and nassirus snails, and Linka
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#5 User is offline   jason@jasonsaquatics 

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Posted 01 July 2009 - 07:34 PM

Hi m8 welcome to the forum ,will be good to see some pics of your tank and maybe see the tank grow with you .

Welcome to I/R m8


jas
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#6 User is offline   johnathan 

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Posted 01 July 2009 - 07:40 PM

hey thanks for the welcome i'll take some recent pics soon or if your impatient check it out on http://www.sareefkee...ead.php?t=11904 "john's first real tank" i need to update that thread aswell :angry:




[edit: hope you dont mind johnathan but i changed your link to go straight to your thread. let me know if you want it changed back.
cheers
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Posted 01 July 2009 - 10:00 PM

Welcome to the forum :angry:
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Posted 01 July 2009 - 10:20 PM

Welcome to IR
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TANK 48 x 24 x 24

NO LIVE ROCK WHATSOEVER

VORTECH MP40
2 x Tunze Nano

48 x 18 x 17.5 SUMP
NO LIVE ROCK IN HERE EITHER!
SCHURAN JETSKIM 150
SCHURAN JETSTREAM 1 Ca REACTOR
"GYRACTOR" running "BIO PEARLS"
EHEIM 1262 RETURN PUMP

FISH AND CORALS SUPPLIED BY
JASON's AQUATICS
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Posted 01 July 2009 - 10:45 PM

Welcome to the forum!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_GaNa4oZrM...feature=related
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#10 User is offline   jason@jasonsaquatics 

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Posted 02 July 2009 - 05:51 AM

Hi Johnathan

The skimmer your running is it a diy skimmer as it looks different in the picture to any skimmer i have seen unless its the angle of the picture .If it is a diy skimmer it would be good to see a close up of it m8

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#11 User is offline   johnathan 

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Posted 02 July 2009 - 11:37 AM

thanks again for the warm welcome
thanks ben thats what i wanted to do.
yes its diy made out of a 25l water cooler bottle,i'l post a link soon, it seems my home site is down.
if its just a problem on my side the thread is called "john's diy skimmer" on sareefkeeping(sark)
cheers for now :angry:
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#12 User is offline   ben 

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Posted 02 July 2009 - 11:53 AM

yeh sark is down at the moment

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#13 User is offline   johnathan 

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Posted 02 July 2009 - 12:17 PM

here you go http://www.sareefkee...ead.php?t=12183
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