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Joe's Juice has always worked for me.

Aren't forums wonderful things, two birds with one stone i.e two happy people from one thread. Thank you SkiFletch

If I leave the power on most of the food simply gets dragged into the filter chamber of my nano-tank set up. I have to stop the circulation through the grill so the fish have a chance of eating it first.

Nice idea, I use a digital display type for my lights but I assume you mean the clicky mechanical ones. I'll give it a go. Cheers... and thanks from the fish :good: Age .... it creeps up on you !!!

Does anyone know if there is a device to automatically switch the mains power back on after say 10 minutes. I often switch off the power to feed the fish and then forget to switch it all back on. :hyper: I know how to use a soldering iron if necessary but would rather buy a commercial, ready...

Well I am a newbie but in the three/four weeks of set up and having the snails in it's the only time I've seen it. :unsure:

The Cerith snail in the foreground seems to have trailed this white fluffy stuff around a couple of rocks. Are they eggs? If so is there any prospect of babies or will they just rot away. Should I syphon them out now before they polute the water. Any thoughts would be appreciated. :unsure:

Thanks for the advice folks. I've taken the plunge and put in some clean up crew. Not exactly what I expected though. My LFS sold me three TURBOs and a Red Legged Hermit, well that's what they said and that's all they had. My second closest fish shop is miles away so i'll get some more at the...

Thanks for the kind remarks. I have spotted ONE live red THING (in the middle of photo). It has about a dozen bright red hairs to it. Any ideas? Every time I shine a light onto it it pops back into the rock very quickly, it's not mobile at all.

Cured. But I was not impressed that it arrived in an oversizes polystyrene box without being wrapped in anything except a loose polythene sheet. The is a little life on it, I think but not exactly purple like I've seen on some pictures.

With mainlights With moonlights Hope this works !!

Great !!! Thanks for the quick reply. My pH was 8.2 when the sand went in but went right down to 7.8, I was getting worried but it's now slowly going back up and tonight it's 8.04. My SG has been stable 1.023 / 30 for several days. The rock doesn't seem to have too much life in it, don't know...

My Live Rock went in last Tuesday, the live sand (Natures Ocean) went in last Wednesday. I put a prawn in (no frozen shrimp available) on Saturday. 7 days later I'm still at ZERO ammonia, ZERO Nitrite and ZERO Nitrate. What's going on?! There is now brown algae starting to cover the live...

My tank has arrived. Looking at the chambers I still can't see how you can retain the macroalgae in the middle chamber without the flow trying to push it into chamber 3. Has anyone got any thoughts PLEASE. :/

Thinking ahead before I get my tank. If you put the cheato macroalgae in the middle chamber then what stops it being washed through and into the next chamber? Is there a grating or something you need, what stops the whole thing clogging up? :/

Should the lights for a refugium be on permanently (24/7) or can it be switched off over night with main lamps. I've just seen the Arcadia Arc-Pod light 11w with hinge, does anyone know if this would fit INSIDE a Nano Cube 24G lid? Mines yet to arrive! Hope I'm using this forum OK, please tell...

OK, thanks for your help. I'm going to try the refugium first, it's cheaper, sounds easier and better fits a beginner like me. Cheers :good:

Still planning my new set up and noticed the Sapphire NanoSkimmer NC24 on nanatuners website, looks good. But... I had planned to do everything that steelhealr recommended and that was using the middle chamber as a refugium. Being a newbie my thoughts are that a skimmer does lots more than...

Thanks for that reply, I think I'll play safe, but what about fresh cured Live Rock?

This may be a very daft question but reading about some nasty stings and skin reactions and hearing that gloves should be warn got me thinking ..... I'm about to set up a 24g nano (my first tank), whilst building up live rock etc am I safe to assume you DON'T need gloves at this stage? When...

Well thanks folks, didn't mean to start a war but I think you answered one question, TWO heaters are OK. All I need now is for someone with the Nano Cube to say if two will fit into the chamber. Anyone got an answer please?

My first ever post, in ANY forum. I hope this is the correct place, my apologies if not. I have just ordered my D-D Nano Cube and want to put the heater on order. From other reviews/comments on this forum I'll probably go with the Visitherms but ..... 1) Should I get two 50W rather than one...