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pjwperth
07/05/2013, 09:15 AM
Hi all looking for fellow reef keepers from Australi. I'm from Perth anyone else on here?
Autonomy
07/06/2013, 12:01 AM
G'day PjwPerth, I'm also from Australia but not from Perth, I'm a Sydney chick.
pjwperth
07/06/2013, 08:58 AM
Hi Autonomy what size system are you keeping
Autonomy
07/06/2013, 09:40 PM
Hi, I'm keeping a 200L (52G) seahorse system and a 221L (58G) reef system.
pjwperth
07/07/2013, 01:37 PM
Are you using natural s/w or are you mixing like a lot of the guys on here also are you using rodi water for top offs. Just trying to plan the new build
Heliman
07/07/2013, 03:27 PM
pjwperth

I am also from the best place in Aus ......living in Canningvale .

I have a 1000 litre mixed reef...mainly sps which is now going on 1 year old and doing great.

Check out the MASWA forum....many other Perth folks on there.

http://www.masa.asn.au/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=61

Cheers...David
pjwperth
07/07/2013, 07:26 PM
Hi David nice to meet you I have looked at the masa site before but they want you to pay and stuff dont they. I might have to get some frags off you once my new tank has been put together and cycled if thats ok. My new tank is a 6ft x 3ft x 2ft holding 1000l when water only and then I have a 6ft x 18in x 18in for my sump
pjwperth
07/08/2013, 09:34 PM
Bump
Dreamer13
07/08/2013, 09:39 PM
Heya, I'm Paul, from Bendigo (Vic), my current tank info is listed below lol. I am about to redo the whole thing, with newer proper equipment. As much as I'd love a large tank, I'm staying small for now, until I get a better house to wrap a large tank in.

Cheers, Paul.
pjwperth
07/09/2013, 01:54 AM
Hi Paul nice to meet you what type of corals do you keep
ReEfErAdDiCt86
07/09/2013, 02:38 AM
Wish I was from Australia. It's my dream to go there one day and dive the GBR. You guys must have killer reef tanks over there!
Dreamer13
07/09/2013, 04:54 AM
I have blue, pink, green, (and a couple of orange) zoanthids, some star polyps, a purple tip anemone (with clowns of course), several other corals, I will have to try to get pix of each one, and post em up, but I can't do macro photos. Also I keep a ton of horrible algae's (against my will), because I can't seem to get rid of em at the moment..I'm just waiting to do the new build shortly, which will help with the algae issues...

Cheers, Paul.
Dreamer13
07/09/2013, 05:59 AM
Oh, just found some, it's not all of them though.

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c62/pistol-pistol-/null-2.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c62/pistol-pistol-/null-5.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c62/pistol-pistol-/null-1.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c62/pistol-pistol-/null-4.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c62/pistol-pistol-/null-3.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c62/pistol-pistol-/null-6.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c62/pistol-pistol-/null-12.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c62/pistol-pistol-/null-11.jpg

More coming.

Cheers, Paul.
Dreamer13
07/09/2013, 07:33 AM
I think this is all...hope these pics work...

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c62/pistol-pistol-/null-8.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c62/pistol-pistol-/null-7.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c62/pistol-pistol-/null-9.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c62/pistol-pistol-/null-10.jpg

Now if someone could help me i.d. them all correctly, that'd be awesome!!

Cheers, Paul.

P.s. Sorry for the size of the photos, it's all photo bucket.
pjwperth
07/10/2013, 09:34 AM
Nice I got the stand built today waiting for the weekend so I can pick up the tank Ihave had ssome family things arise so don't know how much will get done before I fly back to work
Dreamer13
07/11/2013, 03:07 AM
Nice, are you gunna do a build thread, or post any pics along the way?

Im starting my tank stand this weekend, was going to have a metal stand welded up by my father, but my brother in law is a builder, and has a stack of 4"x2" wood, that I can use for free, as opposed to buying all the metal to make the stand.

Cheers. Paul.
pjwperth
07/11/2013, 03:21 PM
I will once I have most of the parts together
Paul B
07/12/2013, 08:14 AM
I was in Sydney in 1971 for a week, does that count? :lol:
bnumair
07/12/2013, 02:21 PM
I was in Sydney in 1971 for a week, does that count? :lol:

i was in Melbourne, Hobart, Adelaide, Sydney, Perth and Auckland in 1992.
i am sure you all know why by know.
Yes Cricket World Cup.
i was captain of the college cricket team which shadowed Pakistan National Team. basically we were water boys and fetch the ball type. Anyways We did win the world cup that yr.:)
Dreamer13
07/15/2013, 06:00 AM
Then you're pretty well considered citizens of our great nation ;-)

Well, all i managed to get done over a very wet weekend, was roughly cut some treated pine that I got for free, and when it dries out in a few days, I'll cut it to proper length for the beginning of my new stand..

Cheers, Paul.
pjwperth
07/16/2013, 10:30 PM
Got the new tank have a look at my profile gallery to see it
Emmanuel.dam
07/17/2013, 02:01 AM
Go Australia!! I'm from Sydney :-D
Dreamer13
07/17/2013, 07:54 AM
Looks great pjwperth!! Hi Emmanuel.dam!

Cheers, Paul.
pjwperth
07/17/2013, 08:22 PM
Thanks Paul hi Emmanuel
Autonomy
07/19/2013, 06:31 AM
i was in Melbourne, Hobart, Adelaide, Sydney, Perth and Auckland in 1992.
i am sure you all know why by know.
Yes Cricket World Cup.
i was captain of the college cricket team which shadowed Pakistan National Team. basically we were water boys and fetch the ball type. Anyways We did win the world cup that yr.:)

Consider yourself very welcomed!
Autonomy
07/19/2013, 06:41 AM
Are you using natural s/w or are you mixing like a lot of the guys on here also are you using rodi water for top offs. Just trying to plan the new build

I tend to mix my own salt water most of the time, but I do also purchase natural s/w to use on occasions. For top off I use tap water after mixing it with the product: 'Easy-Life' which is a water conditioner, a strong anti-stress product, a maintenance tonic and a prophylactic all wrapped into one product. It works for me. I don't worry too much about the occasional minor diatom blooms as my conch snail takes care of cleaning it off my sand for me and I just wipe down the glass panes during maintenance. I do have the Aqua Medic RO unit but I found it to be a waste of money and water so I don't use it.
Autonomy
07/19/2013, 06:51 AM
I was in Sydney in 1971 for a week, does that count? :lol:

Gee, we must have made quite an impression on you for you to ask if your time down under counts. Us Aussies are quite an accommodating lot, so yes, I guess your time on our island all those years back does count MATE!
Autonomy
07/19/2013, 06:57 AM
sorry double post
Emmanuel.dam
07/19/2013, 07:09 AM
Awesome Aussies :-) we can talk metric instead of trying to covert, I was almost going up change my thermometers setting too farenheit :-p
pjwperth
07/19/2013, 08:17 AM
Haha I know the feeling
Meng
07/19/2013, 02:35 PM
me too, but i'm in london now:)
Paul B
08/24/2013, 08:21 AM
Gee, we must have made quite an impression on you for you to ask if your time down under counts. Us Aussies are quite an accommodating lot, so yes, I guess your time on our island all those years back does count MATE!

I had a very good time there. It was the furthest I have ever been from my home in New York. Until I went to Bora Bora.
I was in Sydney when the opera house was under construction.
Autonomy
11/16/2013, 10:37 AM
Are you using natural s/w or are you mixing like a lot of the guys on here also are you using rodi water for top offs. Just trying to plan the new build

Just curious to know how the plan for the new build is coming along?. Have you decided on natural s/w or mixing your own?