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Well guys 'n gals, here's what I'm doing today. Anyone who visits the forums regularly can perhaps remember my comments on how my wife has contracted Alzheimer's. Well, it's progressing at quite a fast pace to the extent that i have a clip to wear on my shirt saying "LYNN ROBSON - Husband". You...

I found that the Cillit Bang black mould remover works well. I already have this to clean my shower as it also has similar problems from time to time, especially on the shower head. Lat night was another night with the extractor fan going at half speed and once again there was no condensation on...

This topic possibly relates to the hobby in general, rather than specifically to saltwater topics. However the problem of condensation and mould didn't occur when I was doing freshwater. So, the problem I've been getting for over a year now is that the rooms that have my tanks in, and...

My LFS has a tank full of aptasia which he keeps for the Berghia. He breeds them. They do cost a bit though, but anyway Hartlepool is a long way from your home

There's another point to mention here. Covers are supposed to be a big no-no for marine tanks, but what I've come across is that in both rooms where I have tanks, the ceiling above them became covered in black mould. I mean, REALLY mouldy. I'm currently topping up the freshwater tank to keep the...

My tank has gone a bit off with algae right now. Since day one I have left the signs of brown algae alone on the rear wall as it's not easy to scrape off and anyway, it's supposed to be a good food source for some of my fish and shrimps. Yeah, they do nibble at it, but it's now at the point...

https://clipchamp.com/watch/FI53qfXBYTx Had a makeover and new stock of fish. Coral has done really well too. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I just took delivery of a couple of bags of amphipods ( Gammarus Shrimps )but never thought about the order...

I thought I'd just give a follow-up to the above post on these lights. Originally I had 2 over my AquaOne 120ltr tank. It was a bit difficult to comment on how effective they were at that time as I didn't have much in the way of coral frags in the tank, or at least those I did have were being...

The clip on my last post fails to bring out the 3 dimensional construction of the reef, and also doesn't show much of the corals in place. I guess there's nothing quite like seeing things at first hand eh? Anyway, the lights have just come on this morning and I've uploaded a fresh video scanning...

Regular members may well remember my saying that I was switching from freshwater to marine. It's was some time ago, and I remarked that it wasn't particularly difficult having got a tank up and running. Well ........ it sure as hell wasn't easy either. My efforts did produce a tank of 120ltrs...

Beautiful markings on the fish. I have a pair of the black and white Clarkii in a similar size tank with a flowerpot as they are in full breeding condition. They are super aggressive. I just can't put my hand in to clean the glass with a standard razor as they really nip me and on one occasion...

I did have covers like that on my freshwater tanks but they aren't as well suited to marine. The ph levels dip with lack of oxygenation, or so I'm told. I have added bicarb to bring the level up to 7.1 and I do a daily check on it, along with salinity levels. However the slowdown of evaporation...

It's a bit of a mix here. The useful bit is about the fish I deem to be one of the best for a tank. As we all know, the sand seems to collect "brown stuff" that can be damn difficult to clear. It's unsightly and seems to accumulate no matter what we do. I have set up a new tank this week using...

Trials and tribulations. Successes and inevitable cock-ups. I'm just setting up a new D-D Reefer 900 pro right now so once i get things sorted I'll update.

I just bought the Gako A052's for my 90cm wide tank. After looking at many others these came out looking good for operation, PAR levels and spectral quality. I already have a pair of Kessil A160WE Tuna Blue lights with the associated Spectral Controller after reading topics that gave them a...

Well my last impression of coralcrete seemed OK, however the rock architecture all came apart while lifting it. It seemed perfectly stable when the stuff had dried out, and I left it to fully harden overnight. In fact a couple of overnights. Back to the drawing board. While searching my...

They're amphipods. Breed like crazy but eaten too fast to build a population in-tank. You'd need a separate breeding tank. They are - at least the marine version of them - are placed into the sump and refugium. I'd say it would be easier to just put a tub of rainwater with some plants in it...

I think that the freshwater injection didn't work as well as I thought it did because I now seem to have more of the damn things. I found a filefish in my LFS and bought that but it's so small it won't make a real impact. In fact placing it in a tank with only a single piece of rock with an...

I took a good look around for rock glue stuff after my last expensive mistake and have found something that seems wonderful. Coralcrete by Seachem. I bought a stick of it and placed some between some new rocks. It says on the pack that it hardens in 15 mins. Mine was still pliable the next day...

Sorta sad as my wife has Alzheimer's

Quick crunch to the head, removal of legs and shell. Anemones loved it.

The only change is positive. The ammonia is still fine and the levels have dropped to almost zero on nitrite and nitrate. I put the sulphur goby in the tank yesterday and it's settled fine, feeding and chasing copepods. I also put the crab I found in the tank too until I got confirmation what is...

The tank was all cleaned out that was used to condition the rocks and sand from the beach. How in hell it got through that I'll never know. Just for the record though, the description of green crabs being escape artists hits the nail on the head. The one I put in the tank when I was conditioning...

Just dragged this out of my tank. I have no idea how it got in there and I'd like to know what species it is to get an idea if it's a danger to my reef tank. It's about the size of a 10p coin over the shell width, ie about 20mm. It has sort of light spot marks formed into a curled V shape over...

Just had a good look over the rocks in my tank. There were lots of aiptasia on them. They are hard to define exactly as the surface ripple shadows fall across them. However, I know that as soon as I try to poke one with the tweezers they immediately withdraw into the main body. I have some that...

I did a water check yesterday and found a trace of ammonia - somewhere between 0.2 & 0.5. Nitrite showed as 0.5 to 1.0 and nitrate showed as about 0.5. Quite where those build ups came from I have no idea as the water was changed 100% and I haven't put anything in there apart from copepods to...

Exactly that. And of course, what effect would it have on the fish over a week or so.

Just been browsing the reef topics on youtube about control of water parameters. I see some clips that suggest, in fact make positive comments about Seachem Prime taking the toxicity out of ammonia and nitrite in the water. Not remove it, just neutralise the toxicity. The addition of extra...

Sticking rocks together isn't easy with superglue though. I used the method of plugging gaps with cigarette filters and dripping the glue onto them which worked well on my freshwater tank wooden architecture. The problem with rocks though is that they are just too heavy and they really aren't...

I really have no excuse to not reading the Epoxy pack. I just took it as read from various online topics that they were safe. As the topic title says: BIG MISTAKE. It was Wilko's own brand and it does say, in very small text, that it's toxic to aquatic life. I need a good kick up the backside...

I have a 60ltr tank with 4 small fish, or at least had 4 small fish. The tank was pretty sparse with rocks but I had some bristleworms in there that I didn't want so I needed to clear them before adding new rocks. I eventually got them out, all 7 of them, and in the meantime made up a new reef...

I already saw some comments about bristleworms being fine in a tank, but I was concerned about them nevertheless. I really don't overfeed my fish, and in fact mainly use live copopods, brine shrimp and Mysis shrimp so there really isn't much to rot on the bottom. I saw a worm curled around a...

I made the change last year and believe me, it ain't difficult. The fish, frags and other live stock can be expensive though, but when I think of all the stuff that has been discarded from my freshwater tanks it evens out. Plants for instance. How much I spent on those is beyond calculation. The...

I just built an internal sump behind a black perspex divider. Easy enough, and in fact you can see this arrangement on many marine tanks in the shops. I also have a 2nd tank that uses a canister filter from a previous freshwater setup. The main thing with filtration is that it's there to remove...

Got an infestation of the dreaded aiptasia after putting in some shop bought live rock with frags on them. I can quite easily remove all the coral frags from the rocks, and remove the fish, shrimp and snails, so I would like to try the shock removal of the aiptasia by lowering the salinity. My...

It's been a while since I last visited the forum. Too busy looking after my wife with dementia at present. Anyway, for those in the UK, and probably a lot of places in other parts of the world right now, the weather has really gone cold. I went out to the car this morning with a fair covering of...

My tank didn't have a lid so I lost a good number of fish jumping out. I got a sheet of stiff polypropelene and cut it to shape with about a quarter of an inch gap all round. Then I cut the corners off just enough to allow the inlet and outlet pipes. I then cut a gap of 3" by 2" in the front...