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Hi That at the moment is a difficult question for me as everytime I go into the local shop I just drool at everything I see and the beautiful colours... wow. So at the moment I was just trying to sort the equipment out the best I can within my budget before making up my inhabitants list Cheers

Hi I have another thread running regarding my tank build that I am currently designing but this thread is for some specific advice on lighting if anyone could please help My initial intentions are to put 4 Iquatics Juwel compatible high output 54W T5 lamps with reflectors onto the jewel hilite...

Cheers Ainsy I see what you mean about the overflow level yes, so would I be best making the secondary overflow lower than I show it do ya think ? I will look into the filter socks yeah, I see people recommend 200 micron for this purpose and possibly using filter wool between the bubble traps...

I have now mulled over my sump / weir design options and come up with the following designs if anyone would like to pass on any remarks / advice please: Weir design option: Sump design option 1: Or sump design 2: I am leaning towards sump 2 as apparently I have read that by doing this...

Hi yeah from ikea it is one unit although they do them as single 800 units too. Tank looks really well on it

Looking on the website they are high output and i would be putting reflectors with them. I have just seen on the website they give various combinations with descriptions and I'm thinking this may be the one: 1 White 2 Aquablue 50:50, 1 Blue Plus This combination will give you an overall slight...

Hey, cheers for that, photobucket it is and sorted many thanks for that, my photos are now in the original post... The MARC looks great I will have a good look around that thanks In terms of the powerheads I may have a rethink then and look at your other suggestions, I was mainly looking at...

Having a mare trying to add more than one photo, sorry

Hi All and firstly thanks for looking I have been keeping Tropical fish for a couple of years now and have been itching to look into keeping a Marine aquarium for some time, I've done quite a bit of research and posted a few questions on the forum as part of it. Anyway I thought I would start...

Cheers Dave Where did you get the bulkhead fitting from, if it was online i may be able to see a pic. Im guessing with this type of fitting if the return pump failed you would syphon very little from the main tank through the bulk head (Will it run fully submerged ?). I have just been looking...

Looks great Dave, thanks for pointing your blog out to me, I like the idea of no weir box but just a couple of questions if you will, What do you mean by bulkhead, something to stop things getting into the pipe i presume but how would it look ? Do you need 2 outlets from the tank, or is one...

Cheers Dave I will have a look at that, not sure if I have posted this in the right area really with all my questions, what do you think ? I have now hopefully managed to rescale my photo to upload, so hopefully this will show my current tropical setup. Its going to be a long road ahead me...

Hi All I am a beginner in this arena although have been keeping tropical fish now for a couple of years in a Rio 240. I have been itching to move into keeping a marine aquarium for some time now and with my big 40 coming up, my good lady has agreed to it. We both love our current setup and...

Hi Danny Spent a lot of time reading your journal tonight, it is excellent and fascinating, well done. I'm wanting to start out in the marine world in much the same way and would really appreciate your input to my many questions, I don't want to hog your journal so I will start my own thread...