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A bit late now as i have only just read this but one of the best and most respected marine shops in the midlands is wharf aquatics in derby definatly worth a visit seems how your in derby

Just jumping in at the end off this, Im sure i have read that one of the problems with led is spectrum as manufacturers cant get them exactly the same every time im sure that there is also another technology coming out which will be a better replacement of m/h than led, if i find were i read it...

Adult membes and long pelvics gone now. Im going to make it next weekend i think i gave you lot a bit of short notice.

As im breaking down my cichlid tanks i need rid of my fish so im offering you lot first dibs but they need to be collected this weekend ! I have , Adults 4 afra red to chewere wild caught 1m-3f 3 zebra long pelvic chesese wild caught 1m-2f 4 synodontis njassese wild caught 3 acei 1m-1f 1 not...

I took a different approach i fed it ! eventually he came right out to get the food and then SQUISHED IT a bit brutal i know,the only thing is you get one chance then they learn not to come out.

I control a/c motors with no problem at all pity there 3phase monsters and cost a small fortune ! Back to the subject the atc800 is a great bit of kit not only controlling the fans but also the heater and there tried and tested just dont forget to set the stat on your heater higher than you...

As some of the regulars might have noticed i have not been on here much lately and its all to do with my marine tank. Now i have moved house my plans have changed from getting a bigger mbuna tank to upgrading my nano to a 100g marine. I will miss the mbuna but since the move i have had nothing...

A bit late now but the long pelvics are great fish one of the only ones i have not had problems with also had the mbenji blue a little more aggressive but not to bad. I also have these for sale as well there about 1 1/2 inch and i even have 2 holding at that size !

I need to sell off some of my young f1 afra and long pelvic, there getting to be about 1"- 2" in size now with the long pelvics showing some good colour and even have a female holding at 1.5". The afras are not showing much colour yet but they will as they get a bit older. I also have some red...

These are slightly different to most timers there rated at 4amp resistive most are 2 amp

Hey Ski, Could you cast your eyes over this its a timer that might be better for those of us in the UK timer

Its been changed to 45deg now and had a wet test tonight, I will start a new post found out tonight it takes about 175 litres which i think takes it out the nano section ! Oh and ski i will be looking for a few suggestions soon :rolleyes:

Thanks for the positive comments, the star is green its just my camera has problems picking it up. The upgrade bug kicked in a while ago and the tank is half built but a house move slowed it down, anyway here is a pic of the new tank its about 40 us gallon plus the sump, I like to think of...

With melevs reef and more than a little help from ski you cant go far wrong, I have added the link to my post about the same thing it may give you a few ideas my sump

thought i would add some pics as my tank reaches the 3 month mark, so far only 2 losses 1 snail and 1 clown. How it started Emerald crab spot the starfish mushroom mushroom polyp polyp green star polyp peppermint shrimp cleaner shrimp tank shot tank shot

Its an old post but i have found a great timmer for the UK and there from B&Q of all places, there not stated as to what they are on the box but if you check online there rated for twice as much as normal timmers. here is the page, timer the bit your looking at is the 13A resistive load/4A...

Thanks, I have moved mine once and what a pita, just one other thing how do you go about water changes with the rock so close to the top. Oh yeah i love the tank :nod:

Thanks for the input guys. I think im going to do the right thing and wait until my other tank is ready it might also give me the incentive i need. The amount of times i have told people what they do with african cichlids and they have not listened only to post later that there all killing...

I will have to get a sinking fish then :rofl:

not sure, my wrasse is great all ways active having a good nose around and i found the clowns a little boring so probably a swimmer

I have a 15g nano which currently has a sixline wrass and one clown (which i may take back)and i cant decide what to add next, I found this site which has a good choice of fish, cheapmarinefish dont know if i would buy from them yet. The tank will be upgraded to my 35g when i finally get it...

Well i took most of my rock out and i cant find any body ? . Im guessing its being pulled into a cave and being eaten so i have got loads of water mixing just in case and keeping an eye on my stats Thanks for the help

The tanks a 15g been running about 3 months 1 sixline wrass, 2 clowns well 1 now and 20Lbs of l/r I will try to find it, at least its easier than doing the same with my cichlid tank theres over 100Lbs of ocean rock in that one !

Could you go in to a bit of detail about moving tanks after 4 times you should have some good tips Thanks

I lost one of my clowns this morning when i came down this morning he was on his last legs by the time i had got a shower came back down to remove him he had disappeared assumed now deceased, thing is if its died i need to remove it but i have no idea were it is and i really don't want to start...

If you think about it when you add rocks you displace water so the actual weight of rocks makes little difference to the weight of the tank. You have to put the rocks on eggcreat or something similar this will distribute the weight and stop the pin point pressure of a rock resting on a single...

Been a while so time for an update. I had a bit of a problem with the tank, a nasty gorilla crab which eat my hermits i had to tame it in order to kill it. after that i moved house 3 tanks to move and i had no losses. so im now settled in the new house my 35g tank is on the back burner for a...

I think you will just have to try it as its such an odd mix, I have kept the Astatilapia Brownae and i found them aggressive but they would loose against my mbuna and would not learn that they would get injured every time in the end i had to remove them. I think you will find they fight the same...

"As Nick said" been at the booze again dthoffsett :crazy:

Apart from the water parameters being opposite the zebras will kill the puffers, a mbunas best defence is there speed which is the one thing puffers dont have dont forget the zebras will be 4" in about 6 months

You just need to give them some time i find feeding them by hand helps, they also seem to recognise people as mine will hide from strangers and anyone who wears turquoise !

Yellow Labs ,ok but a bit boring Greshaki , good choice Acei ,great fish really need a longer tank but mine are fine in a 48" Chipokae...

200L or 300L does not make much difference i have a afra which is one of the smaller species at 3" and when he is being a pain he will take 3 foot of tank and not let any other fish near him. you will be able to go a bit higher because you can aqua scape better to break the line of sight...

most species end up around the 5" mark so say you had 4 synos and 16 fish thats 100" of fish. You can go higher than this but as a general rule a 48" tank takes about 12 fish plus bottom feeders this is normally 3 species with a ratio of 1m - 3f, this is tried and tested route to go and a good...

I would say about 16 plus bottom fish max, your tank is bigger volume than the usual 50-55g most have but its the length which will really determine your stocking quantities. I run my tank over this amount and i have paid the price but removing fish can cause as much trouble as adding fish when...

If your going for a malawi mbuna tank most of the fish get to about 4-5" try to add all the fish when there small so they grow up together and be more tolerant of each other, try to keep to a min of about 12 fish again this will reduce aggression. Dont add adults to a tank chances are the will...

Cant be right every time, I was going to do the same thing with my tank as i have had some major aggression problems so far 3 dead fish which started when my afra stopped being boss, I have replaced my limestone and gone back to ocean rock which has sorted a lot of the problems and it seems as...

There may be one solution which is to add a boss to the tank a fish that will keep all the demasoni in check you could try adding an adult male aurtus it may calm the tank down as he will control the tank and any aggression but it may back fire so be prepeared to remove it if it does not work...

Same here just waiting to get connected, finally moved house 2 50g tanks and 1 15g nano and no losses never again !

I had exactly the same problem and nothing worked. it ignored traps and seemed to know when i was thinking about spearing it so in the end i tamed it, i could get it to come about 2" from the rocks then one day BANG squished it, kinda cruel but it beat emptying the tank out