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Hi everyone i am just looking for some advice on lighting for my refugium. I have a 24 gallon jbj nano and was wondering would this type of lighting be able to support cheato if i placed it over chamber 2 in my nano. I have look at many lighting optoins but this type of lighting looks...

Thanks Musho for the advice i want to be able to raise ph in the tank slightly and maintain it. Not crash it and burn!!! I had just read a post by steel and he advised using Kalk over Bi-carb/carb as it would not cause further buffering problems with calcium etc. I didnt realise it could cause...

I am now running my tank with reverse lighting. I am going to add cheato to the middle chamber what would be the best type of light for cheato and does it have to have light all the time????? Regards Steve

Hi John Good luck with the new nano. I too am a newbie just slightly further down the cycling process than you. As BigC said dont be afraid to ask for help. There are some people on this site who really know there stuff and are all to happy to share this info with you if needed. I dont...

How much kalk do you think i should add to the 2 litres of RO and how often do you guys think that i should dose then??? Steve

Just an update, i have started dosing the tank with Kalkwazzer I put 2 grams into a 2 litre container of RO and drip dosed it into tank. Hopefully this will help to stabilise the p.h. How often do you guys advise i dose the tank ??? The ph today was 8.0 at lights on and 8.25 at lights off...

I have bought seachem kalkwazzer today. I am going to set up a diy auto top off system can anyone tell me how much i need to add to a 2 litre container?? Dont want to over shoot this and cause more problems. :blink: Thanks everyone for the help i will get there in the end!! :crazy:

No Musho always check ph when lights are on. Normally just before lights out. I find that the ph is always lower in morning when lights have been off. Do you think that reversed lighting would help also with the ph it might help as there wolud be certain amount of natural light during day hours...

Hi just an update on the ph issue i have noticed just through the surface aggitation that the ph has risen from 7.6 to 8.1 which is a good improvement i have done another 10% water change and seems to be slowly getting there. I have ordered seachem Kalkwazzer as i have been reading some threads...

Bought tank from Grosvenor Tropicals Lisburn will be planning to buy most of Livestock from there. I have also been to Exotic Aquatics off Castlereagh Road Belfast they were very helpful and had some nice fish and corals. I am not planning to have many fish in the tank i am more interested in...

Hi BigC I am from Northern Ireland also i am from Limavady.Where abouts you from BigC? I have riderected my powerhead and the nozzle of stock pump to the surface got a bit of aggitation going on now. What do you think if i bought a surface spray bar for my extra pump would this help? Also got...

Thanks Skifletch yes it is in meq per litre i will test again around lunch and see if it is still the same i will take your advice and look through Crazy Fishes posts and hopefully will help to rectify p.h do you think that the introduction of C.U.C would be bad thing? stephen

Hi I am am newbie to marine i have kept freshwater tropical for 2 years now, i must of thought i hadnt enough frustration in my life!! :blink: I recently bought a 24g jbj nano cube. I got it home and built and got the water mixed and into the tank i use pure R.O water that i buy from my lfs...