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Shame you're in the wrong side of the country (I'm in the NE), because I have LOADS of 15L plastic buckets with snap on lids i want to get rid of - they contained vegetable oil - I run my car on the stuff - you could have these to put all the water, fish and live rock in!

You can use a syphon setup. But the way to prevent floods is to fit a float valve to the sump end. So if there's a power failure, the water flow into the sump will stop when it reaches a certain level - just like how a toilet cistern works. In fact you could use a ball valve arrangement - just...

Hi, can anyone ID this worm for me please? It's about 5cm (2") long, with brown and cream banding, its head has these weird feelers on the end, about 10 of them. I found it in a colony of star polyps I'm acclimatising right now. Sorry for the quality of the photo, it was the best out of a bad...

So what's the story with using small amounts of vodka to bring the nitrates and phosphates down? Has anyone here tried it? :blink:

Get an external canister filter, like I did. You can get a decent one for your tank size for about 50 quid....

You should have gotten a bag with the Rowaphos, but I don't see a problem using tights...! I have a tetratec 700 external canister filter - I put the rowaphos in there, along with activated carbon.

Here's the web address for cyberaquatics: http://www.cyberaquatics.co.uk/cyber4/frame.html Chris Kirby runs the place - a very knowledgeable guy, and very passionate about marines! Another chap there called John, also very knowledgeable too! Right on your doorstep, mate, well worth a look! :D

Hi mate, do you go into cyberaquatics? They're across the Tyne from you in Gateshead Team Valley....v. good shop! :good: They started out 100% marines but have expanded into reptiles and freshwater now. Excellent selection of marine fish, corals and marine supplies.

We saw some boxfish at our lfs yesterday...the wife wanted one, but I warned against it. When they get stressed, they release a potent toxin. In the ocean, that's fine coz it gets diluted, but in the confines of the aquarium, it can easily kill everything. Best kept with peaceful, non agressive...

For a tank that size, it's definitely worth getting an RO unit, it'll pay for itself in no time. Get one with a deionising unit; that'll give you really clean water They are pretty simple to install. Tee off an existing pipe and plumb it into that.

Mate, you're better off getting rid of EVERYTHING except the tank. Start from a completely clean slate. The external cannister filter can be kept, use it for activated carbon and phosphate remover - remove the bioballs. Go to your lfs, have a look around, talk to the staff. Buy books, do some...

Er....no. It's living rock...'living' in the sense that it hosts millions of bacteria that treat fish waste, plus lots of little critters living on the rocks surface and in nooks and crannies. By dunking your live rock in fresh water, you've done a great job of killing off a lot, if not all of...

Yes, you can do this...this is what I did when I started my marine tank. I noticed smaller ammonia & nitrite spikes after I added each lot. IIRC, I had three lots of LR. Of course, I didn't add any livestock until I had all the LR in place and the tank was fully cycled...

Thanks for the info everyone! :good: I changed the DI resin anyway; it's cheap enough to buy more...

Got my first RO unit installed :good: Our local fish shop closed down, so there went my local RO supply...down the drain... :sad: The instructions said I must run off 5 US gallons before using the water or plumbing in the DeIonising (DI) unit. Sadly I got so inolved in getting it setup I...

Weirdest creature we've had so far... :hyper: Completely devoured some nori I put down for it. Why do they like to pick things up and carry 'em around?

My tang greedily eats anything....flakes, brine (live & frozen) & nori...I think she ought to go on a diet! :lol: Yeah, garlic is good, give it a try...I chop up one clove and mix it with a block of frozen brine shrimp, then let it sit for a few minutes, then pour it all in the tank. She...

Err....clowns don't 'host' corals. It's the other way around..the corals/anemones act AS HOSTS for the clownfish..... :rolleyes:

I think the best, quickest and easiest way is to send it to me via paypal. Just PM me with the address you want me to post it to, how many you would like, and I'll give you my email address. Right now, I have 12 buckets left, so first come, first served...but I usually get between 1-2 buckets...

OK, I've got some postage prices: :) 1 bucket - £2.50 2 buckets - £4.25 3 buckets - £6.50 These are first class, next day delivery.

OK, that's great! I'll get some weighed. Unfortunately I won't make it to the PO today before it closes, But I've found a PO near work, so I will take them in on Monday to get some prices. I'll have to get some heavy duty brown parcel paper as well. I'll see how much it costs to send 1, 2 or 3...

Incredible! I have a similar sized tank which I'd like to set up like yours and have on my desk at work! Tell me, is it 2.5 US gallons or 2.5 imperial gallons? What's the capacity it in liters?

LOL...reminds me of a scene from Mars Attacks, where the war mongering general is banging his fist on the table in front of the president (played by Jack Nicholson) 'We've got to nuke 'em and we've got to nuke 'em now!!!!' LOL :lol:

LMAO :lol:

LOL...yeah, Whale Sharks...that's what I though too...! :crazy: :hyper: I went to the aquarium in Cape Town a few months back. :hyper: It was very impressive, but nowhere near as that one in GA!

Holeeee....Wow! Thanks for sharing. Can't imagine how much salt they get through on each water change!!!

Here are some more pics I took this evening: :good:

Aargh! No, very sorry, I didn't! :(

Here's a video of our whisker coral acting as host to one of the clowns (male) the larger female still seems a bit wary about swimming into the corals tentacles! www.thepurplemonkey.dsl.pipex.com/marines/ClownsHostedByEuphyllia.wmv (2.46Mb)

I have roughly the same sized tank as yours ~120 liter. I have a small 12 liter aquarium as a refugium, by way of a syphon off the main tank, and returned via a canister filter. I packed the ref. with lots of macro algae, and in about a week, my nitrates basically halved, from about 40-50ppm to...

Inverts like shrimps, corals, etc. don't contribute as much waste as fish do. Did he have a sump? These are also used to increase the volume of water and add stuff like macro algae, which help to reduce/eliminate nitrates & phosphates So when are you getting a mrine tank then? :D

You could also build a small sump and pack it with macro algae, e.g. caulerpa

Here's ours. Whisker coral is acting as host... :good:

Yeah, I'll try and get to the post office on Sat :)

OK, that's good to hear! :good: I think your troubles are down to a) your source water and/or b ) the way you are mixing your batches of seawater. If you can track down a source of RO water, then use this instead. Better yet, you can maybe get an RO water unit installed in your home, and put...

That's odd...it works for me. Use a VERY long piece of airline tubing, say over a metre! I assume you've taken it to pieces and given it a good clean, and checked the impeller i.e. the pump is pushing water through? How high/low is the water mark on the inlet tube? If it's too low, then it may...

Sure. I have one of these. You need to prime it. Can you see the nipple where you put the airline tube? Put a length of airline tube over this nipple, then turn on the skimmer - make sure there is water in the chamber first, just pour some in with a jug so that it's full. Then open the flat knob...

That's good to hear! :good: If I may just stick my oar in here....40% water changes every week does sound really excessive to me (and expensive!). And why have you decided on 40%? When you mix up a new batch, do you let it mix for a day, or do you just mix it and put it straight into the...

So why don't you just leave the power on when feeding? i don't turn the power of when I feed my charges, and they get fed....they're getting fat if you ask me! :lol:

Um....how can you forget to turn the power back on???