Can You Help Me Please.....

[daveo_irl]

Glad to hear you got your flow sorted out. It can be bit of a pain trying to sort out flow I find, especially finding spots in the tank that would suit various corals flow needs! I spent ages trying to find where the best low flow, med flow and high flow spots in my tank were!

 

[shelaghfishface]

well i can`t add pics just yet,as some one has run away with the batteries from the camera.
heres a pic from taday ( just found the batts), after spending ages scrubbing coraline away , it looks much better again now, tho as you can see, im not too bothered about the construction of the rock, layout etc just yet, i want to get the water quality sorted first
before

after

test results today are

phosphates --0
ammonia-0.25
nitrates-10
PH 8.2

so im just off to do a small water change to knock that ammonia out, im sure its just the result of swapping the filter media from sponge to rock,etc

 

[jtnova13]

do the hydor flo deflectors fit on that double? If so, you could probably throw 2 of them on and point them in opposite directions. I heard they suck though.

 

[seffieuk]

you must be pleased - you have certainly come a long way in a short time

Next fun thing will be your aquascape - woo hoo

It is also very likely that when you pulled the sponge out it leached a lot of crud back in to the tank, I would do a nice big water change, wait 24 hours and test again

Seffie x

 

[shelaghfishface]

yeah seffie i cant wait want to try and get some more LR too. agree on the filter

oh before i forget i remembered to look at the bulb before i turned it on this morning, its 14000k is this ok, the guy said it was less than a year old....so will it need changing? and if so how/where?

 

[AK77]

yeah seffie i cant wait want to try and get some more LR too. agree on the filter

oh before i forget i remembered to look at the bulb before i turned it on this morning, its 14000k is this ok, the guy said it was less than a year old....so will it need changing? and if so how/where?

Hi Shelagh,

14000k is fine. Marine bulbs usually range from 10000k to 30000k, with the latter being extremely blue. What light unit is it that you have?

 

[shelaghfishface]

this is a pic of it

 

[daveo_irl]

That's a Metal Halide light isn't it?

 

[shelaghfishface]

just searched and got this http/aquatic-store.co.uk/marine/view/1500 same unit but mine says its 15000k, maybe he changed the bulb