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Ok thanks guys well the surface scum is there still in the sump but not too bad and my tank is cycling really well. I have 17KG of Liverock now and is full of life, no unexpected critters unfortunatley have shown themselves yet. My ammonia is almost at 0 after 3 days but my nitrite and nitrate...

Ok well I know I started a thread a while back being my journal but I didnt have the time to get my tank up and running as fast as I would have hoped for. Anyway today I added my first 5kg of live rock. My tank is 110L and I have a sump which is 95L. I know its a big sump but I thought bigger...

Okay well I have just got my tank up and running today. Just water at the moment. Now I got a new-jet 3000 pump from my LFS very cheap to use as a return pump from my sump. Now the problem is my display tank is 110L. I was going to run a 500lph flow rate through it. Thing is I havent measured it...

Well its ok now as I have decided to drill my tank next week hopefully. Got everything now except live rock. Got my RO unit up and running today after a couple of little problems but me being a typical man doesn't read instructions!!!! :shifty: haha. I will post pictures of everything soon. O...

I am a totall newb to salt water but I can answer you RO question. RO water is tap water which is filtered through certain membranes to take out all contaminents we get in tap water such as chlorine and other elements which are harmful to fish and corals. You can buy special units which filter...

Well guys I have bought my RO unit and TDS meter from RO man. What a service they offer, if you are going to buy an RO unit get it from them! Anyway my first problem appeared, I didnt fancy drilling my tank so I ordered the Schuran overflow box for my tank :blink: WOW it has arrived and it is...

Just looking through some posts and I have read that Halides can burn corals?? Is this true as my tank is only 15" deep? I am very worried now, can anyone give me an answer ASAP as I might still be able to cancel the purchase?? P.S The Halides will be about 8-9cm away from the water. Anyhelp...

It has 2 T5 39w Actinics and some moonlight LED's aswell. Thats good I will go for it then. I was thinking of putting some softies where the light blends out a bit at the ends of the tank and some LPS and maybe some SPS or anenomies in the middle. Thanks again for that I will keep you posted

Anyone know if a single 150w halide with 2 39w T5 moonlight bulbs would light up the whole tank length ways???? Enough to grow some nice soft and maybe a few hard corals? The unit I can get could go so i need to know ASAP Anyones help will be appreciated The tank is 100cm long. Cheers

Just a quick question!!! I am looking at lighting and I can get for around the same price as the arcadia T5 lights I can get a single 150w halide with 2 T5 moonlight lights. 1) The question is, is will a single 150w halide lamp be able to light up the whole of my tank? I am asking as the tank...

No wasn't thinking about livestock at all yet. My main aim at the moment is get everything up and running smoothly during the cycling period. I will practice water changes and everything during this stage just too make sure I know what I am doing. I was going to wait untill all ammonia nitrites...

I think thats what I am going to do with the sump, use an overflow box. I will hopefully start cycling next week sometime, with just the substrate for a couple of days and then adding the live rock. Depending how much time and money I have spent by then I might be able set-up the sump by then. I...

Wow thanks for all the help this is really helping me plan at the moment. I am sorry about all the questions, thought I knew most of the starting-out stuff!!!!! Ok well just a couple more questions for now: 1) I know the metal halides are the best lighting for reef tanks, but as my tank is...

Thanks for all that information, I will take note and read more on that. I am looking at the arcadia for lighting, maybe a 4 tube T5 lighting set with different spectrums giving the dawn and dusk and maybe moonlight effect, not sure on the moonlight effect though but I will have to read more...

Okay so after keeping tropical freshwater fish for a number of years I have finally plucked up the courage and money to start a Marine tank. Right so I have just bought a tank on here off another member, it is a UK 30G size and is approx 3ft x 1ft x 1ft. I feel this is a nice size for lighting...

Okay so after keeping tropical freshwater fish for a number of years I have finally plucked up the courage and money to start a Marine tank. Right so I have just bought a tank on here off another member, it is a UK 30G size and is approx 3ft x 1ft x 1ft. I feel this is a nice size for lighting...