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Hi all. Could I have some info please on what water is best for my tank.Currently I fetch sea water from a deep clean part of the coast(Mission rocks)I filter it through a stocking and filter floss.I use some of it immediately,but the bulk of it is kept in storage at the back of my garage(no...

Hi All, I have tested my PH 8.1,Alkilinity 3,salinity 1.023.Is this good?What should it be ideally? Goodisor

Thanks alot for that info.I am going to seriously study it.From what I have read so far it appears that they agree that a sandbed of some discription is good and a plenum with it makes no difference.MAN!!!!I wish I had known this a week ago!!

This is the same tank as the previous photo,as you can see the camera shot was just from a different angle and the tank looks terrible.

Here are some of the before photo's.Other than the tank setup there are no after photos yet.As you can see....how did the sytem ever maintain itself.Well that's easy to answer....It didn't!And that is why I am now restarting from scratch.Any and all help will be greatly appreciated in helping me...

Tank 1500x600x600mm 2x1750L/H & 1x2000L/H Powerheads. Aragonite floor No live rock...yet,but plans for 40kg to start off with. 2x36Watt blue 1x36Watt 10000K white. 2x150W MH's Sump 1000x400x400 Deep sand bed with a plenum Reefoctopus 1000 skimmer 4000L return pump Reefmaster RO unit with...

Its just to stop any burrowing creatures from reaching the plenum.

Hi all, I have had my tank for about two years,but have had a really bad design.It has only just survived because of my regular water changes.So now I have spent some...alot...of money and I am in the beginning stages of restarting my whole system again.This time I hope to do it properly.Check...

Uh .....ooookk!I have a headache now?That's definitely more offensive than CAPITAL LETTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi Andy.Sounds like we could team up and let others learn by our bad experiences.When I started with the tank,in my excitement I found a small pretty fish at mission rocks and of course I tossed him into the tank.All was well until a few days later my thriving elephant ears were completely...

Sorry didn't look at your profile details.So another Banana boy in our midst.Did you receive my PM

I live in Richard's Bay,South Africa.You say the lighting is low,but it seems so bright to me.I even thought I was over doing it,then again what I know is dangerous!!!!I have attached a(bad quality)photo of my tank the day after I set it up for the secod time in two years.Let me know what you...

Ok.!!!Firstly I think I will obviously have to replace my "small no name brand chinese" skimmer.My tank is 180 gallon.I have a bio filter(sump) about the same size as the tank(140gallon),two 150watt metal hallides,two blue flourescents and one white.I change 10% water every two weeks with new...

Hi there.Can anyone tell me what to look at when deciding whether my protein skimmer is working properly or not.Do I check how often I must emty it or are there symptoms in the tank indicating it's efficiency,etc. Thanks Goodisor

Does anyone know what kind of starfish these are.I can't seem to stop them from reproducing and my tank is covered with them.They all started from about 5 of them that I put in the tank.They're all different colours and they seem to be thriving,not only in the tank but in my sump aswell.