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some very nice pics there. i want a DSLR so bad but it was either get one or go marine. i chose go marine :D. have to make to with the macro shot on my digital camera. the shutter is way too slow, if what your shooting isnt moving you can sometimes get a good pic.. thats if the autofocus will...

i think one of the hermits might have eaten them? it was all over the rock where they were and now theyv gone. havnt bought the pack from coventry aquatics yet, probably be next week now. the cheato, rotifiers and copepods arrived today, got them up to temp and added them to the ref...

is that good or bad?

very nice. keep em coming. :) we wanted to go to the maldives for honeymoon but it was very expensive, one day we'll get there.

lol at the urchin. got some nice corals there harry

yeah got plenty more. next time i go back ill get some better stuff. went there last time with zero marine knowledge. wish od got some more footage of the clowns in the nem. not sure what most of them fish are called. know the angel, the tang, clown and the parrots. just spotted a picasso...

time for an update. the clowns seem to be getting on really well, theyr chasing each other around and rubbing against each other. one of them is quite a bit bigger than the other now. does this mean theyv sexed? i lost another turbo last week so theres only the one left. gonna order a clean...

must have ate them all up. they dont seem to be spending as much time looking in the gravel now and are exploring the tank. the koralia 2 has arrived today :D some re-arranging of equipment is on the cards for tonight.

heres one of the vids http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biSKRegDTEg

no probs, there is some of a lionfish an octopus any a ray in the sand. ill put em up later. got a few nice vids that i need to upload to youtube too. one of them is very good :) went to a place around 5 miles north of naama bay, had its own private beach with a jetty over the reef. spent...

thought id share a few of the pics i took when we went to egypt. the place where my love for the reef began :) some of the fish were huge not the best quality as they were taken on my underwater camcorder. loved this one, was swimming around me for ages almost touching my face as it swam past

found one of the turbos dead today, hasnt really moved since i got it, iv been checking it everyday to see if it was ok. smelt pretty nasty when i took it out. tested the water while i was in there PH 8.5 ALK 2.0 NO2 0 NO3 10 Sal 1.026 @ 26 degrees the clowns are looking well althought theyr...

waters looking spot on, done a 30% water change last night and the phos remover and carbon is in the sump. decided to have a look in the LFS earlier and spotted these 2 clowns in their own tank away from the others. they looked quite a bit more colourful than the 20 or so in the other tank...

here he is

Don't share shells. Sure it isn't a molt? Arthropods shed their outter skin to grow and sometimes it will look nearly identical to the actual animal. They also tend to molt when stressed (like being added to a new tank ;)) ah that would explain that then, didnt think the colours would be...

yeah probably GAB's, had already started writing my post and CBA to go back and check lol. i quite like the look of them so pleased to know theyr good :) yeah waiting for the koralia to be delivered, then its bye bye to the nasty looking powerheads. need to get the skimmer in the sump too...

heres some pics koralia should be here this week so will be hiding the pump on the right, taking the thermometer out and putting the skimmer in the sump to tidy it up a bit. put the phos remover in the sump today too edit: been wondering what these small red spiky things were all...

ill have to look at modding the cup. you got a pic? i never siliconed the unit together incase in needed to take it apart again

returned from a weekend away this afternoon and decided to take a trip to the lfs. got them to test my water to see if anything has happened while i was away. the results were as follows PH 8.1 AMM 0 NO2 0 NO3 <25 said the water is spot on for adding CUC so i bought some :D 3 Turbos 1...

when can i start putting cuc in? what should i get? do the stats look ok for this stage?

dont mind them as long as theyr not huge like the ones i took out. i wear gloves when i mess on with the tank. need to get some thicker ones. gonna get the chemical gauntlets from b&q on the weekend. should keep the water out completely and stop any punctures.

worms now in the bin :) Just tested the water again and results as follows PH: 8 NO2: almost zero NO3: 25>50 ALK: 1 completely forgot about testing for ammonia so gonna get a kit tomorrow the previous test was PH: 8 NO2: 0.05 NO3: 50>75 ALK: 1 does this mean anything to anyone lol

not sure what to do with them. how do you get rid of this sort of thing? toilet? never really had to chuck anything like this away. tanks looking like this for now. need to get the skimmer in the sump when the tanks cycled. still waiting for the koralia 2. when its here thatl be...

it seems you were right seffie. had the first egg crate problem today, bit of a relief finding what i did though. that fireworm that i found earlier must have been a baby. looked in my tank when i got home from work only to find one wrapped around the egg crate a few times, stuck. pulled...

stripped the skimmer down and give everything a good clean. the small internal pipe from the air intake to the bubble chamber wasnt looking too good so i replaced it. put the thing back together and glued an airline to the air intake which has stopped the gurgling and also seems to have...

ill have to check that one out :good: started again yesterday so if its not that i think its the impellar. £15 for the replacement, will be buying a new pump if the impellar has gone.

all parameters still the same but theres signs of life in there.. :) snails, a few brittle stars, another fireworm. think theres a mushroom thing growing too and loads of tube things sticking out of the rock, a feather looking thing is sticking out of a long white tube in the rock. getting...

iv left it in for now until i get some more info on the possible probs :) the sandbed wont be going down for a week or so anyway. found some more life in there this morning, is this a bristleworm? few different snails in there too. changed the rock around edit: just found out its a...

will do. how does it cause problems? just found the first sign of life in the tank. a tiny star fish thing. 4 long thin legs. its white/grey. any ideas? good or bad?

i bought it used, maybe not such a good idea. the bloke said its working fine just upgraded to a bigger tank so needed another.

its fixed solid with the suction cups so 1 isnt the problem, i did wonder about 2 but it seems to have sorted itself out for now

does anyone have one of these? cant seem to get the bubbles to come over the chamber in the cup. can get them almost to the top and thats it. doesnt seem to be putting many micro bubbles out either. whats bedding in? cheers

yeah cant wait to start seeing life in there, is the salinity ok for now? wasnt aware the egg crate causes problems, was only putting it down to protect the bottom of the tank. ill take it out when i arrange the rock. do the water parameters look ok for this stage of the process?

got 16/17 kg rock today :yahoo: looks like pretty good rock, really porous. got it straight out of the tank and took half an hour to get it into my tank. the tanks still a bit cloudy from adding the salt and live rock sludge yesterday. the bloke i got it off give me some egg crate too...

finally got the tank filled up today and everything was spot on for a few hours but now the return pump has started making a noise. do you have to bleed the system or anything?

cheers, found the instructions for the salt, 1kg per 30l at 24 degrees should give me 1.021 sg so going with that then gonna top it up

Just filled up my tank with ro and 25 l of mature water, how many grams per litre do i add?

just filled the tank and everything is spot on :D only thing i would different is maybe raise the central bubble trap divider a couple more cm, still work good and when the return pump is off the water level is just under the baffle. result got some sludge and rubble from the LFS LR holding...

just filled the tank and im pleased to say there are no leaks :D the levels in the sump are spot on and the water level in the main tank is also exacly where i wanted it. got some sludge and rubble from the live rock holding tank at the LFS too. Gonna pick the rock up tomorrow if the tanks...

iv took a few of the empty 25l water bottles from the office ready for when they are needed :)