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So would you agree with my previous suggestion of just 2 x 39w tubes and leave the others blank?   Regards   Adam

Hi Guys/Gals,   Quick question I have a Red Sea Max 250 Reef tank that I am dismantling and was thinking of converting this to a tropical planted aquarium.  At the moment this tank has 6 x 39w t5 tubes, If I was to replace these with arcadia plant pro would I need a full 6 tubes?  234w seems...

Hi Ferris, Thanks for the reply, I checked the water this morning after I noticed the problem and the results are as they should be - zeros across the board, Ph 7.6 and the nitrate 5.0 ppm Having another look now the eye does indeed look swollen. I'm surprised I didnt pick that up on first...

Hello all, Not sure if i need to be overly worried here or not here but I noticed today that my male demasoni has a cloudy eye. He is very territorial with the other fish but normally just chases them away from his patch rather than a full on fight so I'm guessing he has knocked his eye...

Me personally no. I read a few references that if you raise the eggs to fry and so fourth by yourself that when they then come to breed they loose the maternal instinct that they would of gained from their parents so I'd like the mated pair to raise them initially with me as the food...

Morning, My pair of Angels which I have had for almost 2 years have been living quite happily with Cardinal tetra's and a snowball Plec in their 30g without any problems and lay eggs every fortnight. Unfortunately they do like to gobble them up after a few days but I did come close once with...

Congrats Julia, Tis the season for new bundles of joy. Hope you have space for all these fry? My seven Labidochromis sp – “Hongi” are growing at a rapid rate. Almost had some demasoni fry last week but just as I was about to move the female to a seperate tank she spat them and everyone else...

Hi Mark, I believe the first one is a Labidochromis caeruleus (Male), second looks like a Pseudotropheus demasoni (Female), looks stressed which is why the colours are so weak, as the colour should be dark blue and light blue bars: I have this fish and her colours change when I move the tank...

Hi Guys, After a bit of advice please: My (Labidochromis sp) – “Hongi” gave birth to 7 fry (first attempt) about two weeks ago (I didn’t even know she was holding so a bit of a surprise). Infact she was currently recuperating in my community tank (I didn’t have anywhere else at the time)...

Oh la la - Well its certainly a good excuse to setup more tanks...am not sure the floor can take the weight though. How many babies are we talking here? Your right, I'll sit down tonight and surf the net and keep an eye out for puffy cheeks? Jive

Hi Guys, I haven’t been on here for some time as everything has been fine in the Malawi tank but just recently a few of the inhabitants have been acting a little oddly. First I did a mammoth water change when I came back from China in December (about 65%) and my yellow labs started to chase...

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Hi Guys, Firstly my stats: Ammonia: 0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 15 Phos: 0 PH: 8.0 Calcium: 440 Copper: 0 SG: 1.024 Temp: Currently 77 but MH just come on, this can go up to 82 so I've ordered a chiller, which is arriving on Friday. My Background: I have a pair of newly acquired Cinnamon Clowns...

Most LFS that sell R.O water will give you the container for about £1 on its own. I buy 4 25L/5 Gallon white drums at a time with the ro water for £3.50 at any of the Maidenhead Aquatic Stores. You can fit a heater inside and a small Juwel powerhead for mixing.

Hi, No more wine for me...I posted this in the wrong place last night: http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=105567 Thanks in advance.

Hi Guys, Ok so this weekend I went and purchased a new tank off ebay (Birthday present from me to well me which will be on Sept 7th). I only want to keep one tank however new tank needs to go in the same location as current one. My question(s) is/are will follow after what I am proposing...

Hi Guys, Well title says it all, recently purchased an Angel and I can’t seem to get him to eat anything. Have tried: Frozen Brine Shrimp, Frozen Mysid Shrimp, Flake foods, Dried Seaweed and even as a last resort - Algae tablets and all the little bugger will do it spit them back out. Every...

Hi Nicola, Tangs come in a dazzling array of colours and patterning, but looking at your pic then I would say that you are absolutely correct. It's a Sailfin Tang (Zebrasoma Veliferum). Someone correct me if I am wrong.

I'm guessing its per tube - Well hoping anyway. Will have to ring them and confirm. As I said am newbie here to marines. Will see how I get on with the power-glo first and drop you a PM when I come to adding corals etc to ask advice and re-think the light situation then. Cheers SH.

Oh that poor star, what do you think might of happened to it, inverts attacking possibly? Are sea stars hard to keep, I thought you brought an easy one? I LOVE your photos, so vibrate and bursting with colour. What's the yellow one called in the first picture to the right of the ill-forgotton...

The Rekord is 96 Litres or 21.12 UK Gallons or 25.34 US Gallons. Why we all can’t be on the same volume conversion I'll never know. Hmmm well even more confused with the lighting issue now. I went out and brought the power-glo anyway so that I have both just incase I need to swap. I will see...

Hi SH, It's taken me 3 days to read this entire thread - You are a natural born writer. I'm sure this could be a mini paperback book LOL. Words cannot sum up how important this thread is, its certainly helping me and I'm sure will be beneficial to others. Well done! Add P.S - I'd be...

Hi Steel, Only a small tank (Rekord 96). I've been reading your LONG post in another forum about the 24G nano cube and will probably take an identical path to introduce me to marine. I am only upto page 8 so dont know how it turned out - Your post has me hooked :) So the Rekord only has the...

Hi Guys, I seem to be getting contridicting advice with regards to lighting from two differant LFS's and hoped you could clear it up for me. A basic tropical bulb came with my tank so I went out asked the LFS which bulb to get for my hood (its all built in) and replaced the bulb with a...

Hi Ben, Well I couldnt get the internal filter out even with a sharp hot knife hacking away at the silicone, I've removed all the sponges and the only thing thats in there is the heater. The external filter (Fluval 204) currently still has all the media inside, Activated carbon, biomax and...

Hi Steel, Yes it it taking up space and I've decided to remove (after I slept on the idea). Thanks for your help. Add

Hi Guys, I've just brought all the equipment for a marine tank today but with the new tank came an internal filter (I brought a seperate external as seeing as Im new to marine thought it best i try fish first before live rock). I was planning on taking this out to give more room but it does a...

Hi Guys, So recently - 3 weeks ago I decided to buy two small 8 gallon tanks so I could try and breed Dwarf Gourami's and Honey Gourami's. (I have never kept these particular species of Gourami before) I think I may have gone about this the wrong way and didn’t buy filters for these two tanks...

Hi Guys, I've been keeping general tropical fish, Cichlids and Discus for around 12 years now and thought about trying Brackish Fish before the big jump to marine. I was hoping that you guys might be able to help me regarding the basics to setting up a brackish tank. There is a tiny bit of...

I have herd that no treatment is necessary as once the parasite has completed its cycle it will simply die. Don’t know how I got it but read someone that it may have come from snails. It's not lethal (apparently) but doesn’t look too attractive on silver and gold fish. Perhaps I'll try the...

Hi Guys, Does anyone know which of the Interpet range of disease treatments: http://www.pet-bliss.com/acatalog/Aquarium_Treatments.html Will be a good medication for Black Spot? I can't seem to find an exact medication for it but could it be: Interpet Aquarium Anti Slime & Velvet No.7 or...

Hi Sarah, Just looked at your signature that lists your tank contents and it could be that your getting close to being fully stocked for that 63L (I know it doesnt look much but those fish need room). The mollies probably want to share the same space as the Bristlenose and therefore fighting...

I had a clearseal 18x10x10 with a plastic hood and one of those lights which you buy off the self from arcadia, which you then fix yourself to the plastic hood and it got EXTREMELY hot even with the metal reflector between the bulb and the hood. It didnt melt though so my view is it would be...

...And just to confuse you even more - I have had 6 Angels live quite happily with a rather large silver gourami to the point where the gourami "mothered" the angels. Fish can really surprise you at times.

Hi Ferris, 18" - Wow - That's a biggie. Anything a little smaller? Hmmm I have just had to remove my BN from another tank and take him to the LFS as he was extremely territorial. I didnt think to put him in the Cichlid tank. Doh!

Hi All, What can I put in with my malawi to tackle food at the bottom? Up until now I havent had any algae problems so perhaps no need for an algae eater as such. I do have some albino corys in there at the moment (left over from when the tank was cycling) but now the Malawi's are bigger they...

Hi mbhw, Yes Hongi does actually sound familiar now and when i do a search on yahoo for images its near identical. Thank you SO much :cool: Pseudotropheus Zebra - Red Zebra right? Add