Desperate Diatoms Help + Skimmer Help

[seffieuk]

Bargain whats the skimmer

Seffie x

 

[robincushing]

Woo hoo

Although, can I urge a note of caution - PBT are not a beginners fish, they are not easy to keep and Ich prone, Also, 240 litres is not big enough for a tang imo

Anyways, congrats on sorting out the problem diatoms excellent job

Seffie x

i went to the LFS yesterday with the intention of buying a few bits of ocean rock as the base for my live rock, but while i was there she told be about this advert in the local paper for a man selling 25kg of live rock.
so i rang them up. they had only got 15kg left.
so i went down there (about an hours drive) and came away with about 15 or 16kg of live rock, a huge external skimmer and a submersable pup for £25.
bargain.

i meant a submersable pump which is an ocean or3500
and the skimmer says on it red sea burdin 25-250gallon

 

[robincushing]

im still battling my algae problem, it went for about a week then came back.

this is my tank:
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when i got my live rock (bargain at £25), i was also given a sump pump (which i have sold and got my money back for the live rock)
and a skimmer.
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can anyone tell me how to use this and would it be too big for my tank?

thanks all

some day i may be able to answer questions instead of keep asking them lol.