Epoxy Beginner
Epoxy Beginner
should I buy the McTavish Fireball or the Walden Magic Model?
I'm planning to buy a better surfboard for me. I'm a beginner at surfing. I've been surfing for sometime but I couldn't really say I'm very very good... i'm just alright.
Based on my research, these two are the best long boards for beginners. Now, please help me choose between the two by telling me why you prefer the other.
I've been using the NSP surfboard for sometime. If you have other better beginner surfboards in mind please let me know.
Btw, I prefer fiber glass surfboards a little over epoxy and a lot more than the softboards. IF you think otherwise, pls let me know too(specifically bet.fiberG and epoxy)
Well, right off the bat, I'm no fan of popouts (NSP = popout), but you are looking for something new. Both McTavish and Walden make great fiberglass longboards. You have to be careful what Walden you buy, though, they do make a Magic model that is not only epoxy, but is pretty much a popout.
I have never ridden a Walden but I have seen a fair share of them in the water. No real complaints. However, I think McTavish gives you a better board, as far as quality of workmanship. I suspect you are from down under, because you rarely see a McTavish in the US, but Waldens are ubiquitous, so maybe that have tainted my perception.
I also think that McTavsh markets more custom orders than does Walden, but I'm not prepared to bet on that.
Bottom line, neither is a bad choice, but personally, I like the looks of the Fireball. What do the guys on the beach around your way say?
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Beginners Taxidermy - Mounting Part 5
Nano Reef Aquarium
There is a new growing popularity in the reef keeping hobby called Nano Reefs. As the name implies, a nano reef is a reef aquarium on a small scale; 2.5 to 29 gallons. The price of a nano reef is also on a small scale, from the tank itself, the lighting, and it takes less live rock and corals to make a very dramatic reef display.
It was often thought that the bigger the aquarium the easier it would be to keep the water parameters stable. You could not keep corals alive without a massive trickle filter, large efficient protein skimmer, and powerful metal halide lighting lights. The bigger the aquarium the more gadgets you could add to make the water quality pristine, from ozone generators, redox meters, ph controllers, and calcium reactors. You had to be a marine biologist and a chemist to maintain a coral reef aquarium. The nano reef aquarium would seem to go against all these principles. Can we really keep corals alive in a 10 gallon aquarium with no sump filter or a protein skimmer?
What has been learned through the years more than anything is, most of the biological filtration occurs in the live rock and live sand. Lighting has also played a role in enabling the reef aquarium to become smaller with the advent of power compact fluorescent and the smaller HQI metal halide lamps. Having invertebrates that sift through and clean the live sand and live rocks ads to the ecological balance of the tank. Most of the trace elements are replaced through a strict regiments of 5% weekly water changes. There is yet to be a salt water mix that has adequate calcium and strontium levels for good coral growth and these elements should be maintained separately.
The best products to maintain calcium, strontium and other trace elements are made from aragonite, such as AragaMilk from CaribSea. So what is aragonite? Aragonite is fossilized coralline algae that has extracted minerals from the ocean to grow. Grinding aragonite into a fine powder and adding water creates a milky substance that precipitates quickly adding these minerals to the water naturally. Add a few drops to top off water to maintain calcium levels at 450 ppm. You will be amazed at the growth rate of SPS corals. Yes I did say SPS corals that can be easily maintained in a nano reef aquarium.
Fish For The Nano Reef Aquarium
Fish are a great addition to a nano reef, but you must take extra care of you nano. You will have to be sure to keep up with your water changes, because a small body of water can collect nitrates quickly. The following fish are nano reef safe: anthius, true and false percula, banggai cardinals, pajama cardinals, royal grammas, fire fish, clown gobies, pseudochromis, basslets, and most damsels. While you are not limited to just those fish, these are hardy and good for beginners. Keep the number small from 1 to 5 fish depending on the nano aquarium size.
Cleanup Crews For The Nano
A good cleanup crew will keep your nano reef running smooth, and free from algae, detritus, and other unwanted wastes. Commonly kept cleanup crew critters are red leg hermits, red tip hermits, sand sifter starfish, sand sifter gobies, turbo snails, and astrea snails.
Corals For the Nano Reef
There are may corals that are compatible with the nano tank. Soft corals would include zooanthids, zenias, star polops, and mushroom anemonies. Lps corals would include Fox Coral and Blastomusa. SPS corals do well with metal halide lighting. Acroporas and montiporas are the easiest to grow in a 24-29 gallon nano aquarium. SPS coral frags are the way to go in a nano reef. They are much cheaper and easier to ship. The benefits of buying corals online is the greater variety that cannot be found at your local pet store. Buying several items from the same seller can reduce shipping costs. Simply use some Marineland's Hold Fast, which is a two part epoxy similar to plumbers epoxy, to glue the coral frag to a live rock. Be sure to give them plenty of space for growth.
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