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Yeah just need to get my water perameters correct then i can get my Emerald Crab in there and hopefully take care of the bubble alge.

Hi All Well further developments so far is that i now how 20 kilos of live fiji rock in my osaka now. Found a guy selling L.R. as he was shutting his tank down, managed to hand pick the best bits there is some bubble alge on a few pieces of the the rock which i intend to deal with. Also you...

Just got backfrom the local Maidenhead and ive just got me a Koralia 1 powerhead now, so flow is sorted, once my new tank is cycled im going to move my Koralia Nano powerhead to this new tank effectivaly giving me 2400 litres of flow per hour. Also ive now moved the spraybar so that it is now...

Hi All After running a 35 litre Arcadia marine tank now for a good few months, last month i decided it was time for an upgrade. So after much searching for a tank that fitted the spare space i had i decided upon a Fluval Osaka 155. After much searching and bargain hunting i managed to find one...

At Work On A Saturday !!!! Not Right

Hi All Just got me an absolute bargain from a guy off Ebay, A Fluval Osaka 155 UnUsed in perfect condition, except the florescent tubes. Now im new to these tube things and it came with the following tubes which are knackered as they rattle. 24W 22" T5 HO Power-Glo 24W 22" T5 HO Life-Glo...

Got fed up being savaged by my 5" male Convict Cichlid.... Re-homed him tank broke down then started a nano, looking at a Fluval Osaka 155 for my next tank

Hey Seffie It deff wasnt a molt as it was having a pitched battle with the cleaner shrimp, which it lost big time, as for it being on its last legs im not so sure ? Oh well who knows, just one of them things. Darren

Hi all I have 2 pettermint shrimps, 1 cleaner shrimp, 2 red hermits & 2 blue legged hermits in a 35 litre nano tank. When i came to my tank this morning i was shocked to see that my cleaner shrimp had one of the blue legged hermits and was proceding to eat it, the crab was trying to fight it...

Joe Im not running any filtration other than 5 kilos of live rock and my water stats are fine, the only mod i know is to put some tubing on the air inlet, i did that and tbh i didnt notice any difference. Have yo been able to reduce the amount of micro bubbles in the tank

Mate Got some bad news for you, the sound it makes is it skimming, and ya cant get it any quieter im affraid, i have my nano tank in another room cos its not quiet like it says on the V2 website. As for set up ive not been able to find anything about setting it up correctly however, i would...

I was given a pack of Hikari Marine A food which i was told was ok for inverts, ive just dropped a few in and the peppermints have gone mental for them lol Also my peppermints tend to harass my hermits lol

Hi all Finally got my Aptasia issue sorted with the help of 2 peppermint shrimps, what i have noticed is that they have left a single aptaisa 90% shredded, and gone off in search of other foods. I tried them on some frozen mussels that i had for my convict ciclids, however they dont like them...

looks like im braving the severe weather warnings tomorrow and im off for a drive round wiltshire for critters

Just back from having the water tested again and all is well yay what numbers for cuc would i need for a 35 litre tank ?

I was thinking the same not got a c.u.c in there yet just the live rock

Had my marine tank going for a few weeks now and just over the last day or so the live rock and sand in places is starting to go a light brown in colour. Is this normal. Had the water tested at the local Maidenheads and they said it was fine.

Hi I have a 35 litre tank that im delving into the world or marines. The tank is approx 45cm wide and currently has a 11watt Arc light attached i know this is no good for corals what alternatives do i have. Ive scoured ebay but im not wanting a hood thats bigger than the tank as its just...

Thanks for the advise im sure it does smell

Cool som im on overkill with the live rock yay

Well its a 35 litre tank, when i did the conversuion it came to 8 gallons lol

Looks like its soldering time lol I do have 2 tiny snails in there, i noticed them last night. The tank is a UK 8 gallon how much live rock do i need in there at the moment i have approx 5 kilograms in there, i also have a Hydor koralia Nano powerhead, a V2 120 Nano Skimmer and a internal filter.

Ahhhh fek tank is only a week old so i cant put in live stock at the moment, whats the best way to kill these and there i was chuffed as that i had life in there lol Thanks for the replies

Can any one identify the 3 aneomies in this picture ? Ive just started a marine tank and have 3 withing 3 inchs of each other. On is to the right of the image, one in the middle near a dark spot and one to the left you acn only just see the top of the tenticals or whatever you want to call them...

Hi all Got a new piece of bogwood and it had been soaking for a week so i put it in my tank last night, ive woke up this morning and found it has started to grow a translucent membrain on it. Is there anything i should be worried about as its in my dwarf puffer tank. I intend to take it out...

I had 5 cherry shrimp die on my in my shrip tank, no fish in there only one tiger shrimp servived all the amarno shrimp were fine too

The guy at the local maidenhead aquatics said they should be fine, but knowing how nasty the male is, often attacks me when i clean the tank im not so sure

Hey all Im thinking about get a few apple snails for my Convict tank, of which i have 1 male and 3 females is it wise to put apple snails in there or is that just tempting fate that they will be eatten ? Cheers Darren

No worries fella

Hi Mate Im in swindon will take the shrimps and snails if there the nerite ones ? Cheers Darren

Just thought id share this funny moment with you all. I was cleaning the sand out of the bell at the bottom of my outlet pipe to the filter this morning when i was savaged by one of my Convicts. Needless to say water went everywhere as it did make me jump. I did do my research before getting...

Hi all thanks for the warm welcome. Well the background is all plum slate, all individually glued in place with Black Glold Aquarium Silicone, i will say the background took over a month to complete. The tank has been through a bogwood stage, however the amout of seepage that i got from the...

Hi There Been browsing this site now for about 2 months lurking in the background as they say, well i have just upgraded from a 60 Litre Tropical Biorb to a 100 Litre Jewel Lido, fiitration is a Fluval 305, and heating is by a external Hydor 200 watt heater. I have moved my current stock after...