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makes perfect sense but was worrying when I got different quantities.... Anyway, Mag reading is now 1280 but calcium has dropped a little to 360 so I am raising this now back to 400. Hardness is also down a bit to 7.... All livestock looking well though.............. Jetbox

Hi Ski, Yes salifert kit I am using.. my problem was/is adding the third solution with the small syringe with a nozzle fitted. When you fill the syringe to 1ml as instructed (with black rubber piston at the 1ml mark there is a large air gap and the fluid only reaches approx 0.8ml) I was not...

Magnesium!!!! Well I bought a salifert Mag test kit and find it difficult to use... The tank level was down at 1100 so I bought some bio mag (TMC) and started to dose. been doing this for a week now and level still only 1160???? So having been using instant ocean salt (Calcium 340 , mag...

Good luck from another lifespace 680 owner.... Your budget will be busted but you can always start slow. I didnt have a skimmer to start with.... (but the MCE 600 is great for this tank) Liverock is the killer cost after the equipment Jetbox

just checked mine and it fits both ways fine.. the only thing I see is if it overflows around one way the oveflow will be processed by the skimmer agian and the other it would not..... (I have the latter, the only time it has reached overflow was when I just fitted the UV and it made the...

hi fishstick, maybe your skimmer cup is different as mine has the clear side facing out (so you can see it easily) and the overflow is still on the left side. Its a bit of a tight squeeze inside the l/h doorway (the hinge gets in the way when you try to remove for cleaning etc) but at least...

The new inmates!!!!!! What a Beauty.... and Dougal ( as my wife calls him...)

yep cabinet is full, which is a bit of a pain for maintenance... have 20kg of live rock in the first chamber, DSB and cheato in the second and return pump in the third. also have phos reactor (home made) in the first, UV sitting above the third, tunze auto top up in third etc etc..... weir...

hangs on the outside (see pic) moved the r/h baffle to the right and down to the bottom to allow for DSB hanging on the outside adds a bit of extra water capacity too... the more the better.....

Thanks Ski... I am happy with the tank too. Just want some more colourful corals.... Started to dose mag today to slowly raise the level

Hi, I have a lifespace 680 with an MCE 600 hanging on the sump inside the l/h door. It takes water from the centre section and returns it to the first. Got lots of pod population living in my cheato no problem, so i guess it can't effect it too much. The skimmer only takes a tiny proportion of...

Update!!!! Green hair algae WAS still a problem although cuting down the photo period was working a little... Since then i have added a coral beauty and an algae blenny, they have btoh been grazing like mad and almost finished off the algae.... Also got a couple of zoa's mail order which are...

Hi, used it too and it worked for me... also installed a UV after that outbreak... no more since

I have used them and it was not the best I have seen...... bit disappointed Jetbox

Well, the sponge detached from its rock as it grew so big so I had to remove it.... Zenia doing well but have noticed the calcium levels are down now (320) so i need to address this. Also got a bit of an algae problem with lots of green hair algae... Have cut down the lighting period to 7 hours...

New stock added!!!!!! 2 x picasso clowns carpet xenia settling in well.......................... :rolleyes:

Hi the Betta tank is great.... well pleased with it... not an expert on whether to go skimmer less or not but all I can say is I have a sand bed in the sump, 20kg of live rock, some cheato, a uv a phosphate reactor and the skimmer hung on the front of the sump. The cabinet is FULL.... but with...

don't want to kill sponge bob but a light pruning is required urgently... I had put rowaphos in a bag in the media compartment of the MCE 600 but it did not appear to be very effective (it lowered the level a bit but not to 0) So made the reactor to fluidise the rowa.... works well after three...

Sponge still growing..... starting to restrict flow around the weir so need to take action soon.... I think the green hair algae is not unusual but it doesnt look great. Was thinking of an algae blenny to try to control it. I have a small amount of phosphate in the tank (can't remember the...

Nutrient export maybe your right... nitrate is zero at the moment... :hyper: Its becoming a problem though as its growing around the weir (covering about half the weir now) I am going to have to move it or cut it soon

yes looks ok but worried its getting too big... Its about half an inch above the water line now too...Can you take cuttings from it and grow new sponges from it do you think???

New Chromis !!!! They were fighting with the sixline but they all appear to be getting on fine now... jetbox Here is the sponge that seems to be taking over at the moment. about the size of half a football now. growing out of the water too. Not sure what i should do with it???

Here's a picture of the sponge. should it be cut or left alone??

Been away for a week and come back to find a sponge has taken over the tank. It was fairly small when i left but now its the size of half a football, some of it is even growing above water level. Its light brown in colour, not the most attractive but it looks ok (hitchhiked on LR) Can I simply...

Hi lostjock... looks good. what livestock do you have now??? I am away at the moment so can not take photos but added three chromis last week. Also have two cleaner shrimps.. jetbox

i have a lifespace also and had the noise you talk about. if you play around with the tap you can balance the flow and get no noise. do not adjust the overflow pipe length, its that length for a reason, so that if the main drain blocks it will overflow. I have also tried making a durso but its...

I have a mce600 hung on a sump. its dead quiet and works v well

latin name (Penicillus sp.) Does this help???

way to go lostjock.... good luck how is the mce 600???? my sixline is doing fine. hope to get some more fish this weekend. looking out for clowns again.

Hi, Found shaving brush for sale at local fish shop today... never seen them before and don't know anything about them. Are they worth having in a reef tank? are they easy to keep Looked quite attractive.. jetbox

my mce600 is great, very queit would recommend it