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I used base rock in my FW with Ciclids before I got into marines, was ok, and the fish seemed happy but I didn't like the look so changed to volcanic rock. But in my marine tank I added about 15kg of base rock as umm, a base for the live rock and it has seeded very quickly and looks great. I...

Trying to attache a picture to this post showing my 2 tank bred clowns in their anemone (malu anemone) which I think is the same as the one you posted. but keep getting; "THE FOLLOWING ERROR(S) WERE FOUND The total filespace required to upload all the attached files is greater than your per...

Try a home-brew shop, I get mine from there, 25litres with a sealable lid for £7.00. As it's for beer brewing it has to be food safe so is fish safe!

Hi, I have a Juwel Rio 180 tank and have kept the orginal filter but have no medium in the enclosure, just the heater and powerhead. I also have 2 external filters and 4 other powerheads for movement. Really it's your choice, I have kept mine (but not as a filter) just because it's easier...

Something that I noticed one week when doing my checks was that the Nitrates were very high 50 - 60ppm, I always add AmQuel+ to my water, be it the freshwater top ups and to saltwater changes but I couldn't get the Nitrates down below 40ppm regardless of what I did - my leather toadstall had...

WK, My fan keeps the tank at about 24.7C but the heater tries to bring it up to 25C. The fan is your typical 20cmish diameter two speed type from B&Q, with the base resting against the wall. I do have a couple of the battery operated clip-on types which I will convert to running from a power...

Hello W.K. I have a Rio 180 marine tank which has been running for about 5 months, I also live in a top floor flat, part of a converted building built in 1899 which gets very warm on hot days typically I can come home to find it at 28-30deg C in the summer. So it's fair to say that my tank...

Hi, I used about 20kg of good live rock on top of 10kg of "grot" rock, this provided a very good base and had growth on it from the live rock within a month. I used coral sand from the bag - not live in anyway and everything has gone to plan very quickly. Having said that, I waited 6 weeks...

Hi Andrew, Not sure where "Reef Critters Direct" are but your location says South London, today I went to Heritage Aquatics ( http://www.heritage-aquatics.net/40501/index.html ) based Wallington, Surrey nearish to Croydon. I was very very impressed by Heritage, I thought my local shop...

Hi All, Thought I would introduce myself as I have been floating about for the last few months gaining information from you all, ready for me to start my own salt water set-up. I have kept freshwater fish for the last 5ish years including some very boistrous cichlids but have yearned for a...