Recent content by Mandy_R

Hi Guys, Thought I'd give you an update on my broken-finned Lion. He is recovering extremely well - the smaller fin that broke has fallen off and a new one is growing in its place. The larger fin is also regenerating but the broken bit is still hanging there. Looks like he will have a...

Thanks heaps for the advice, he's eating really well and seems happy so hopefully he'll be ok. My water is ok: -pH 8.3 - Ammonia 0 - Nitrite 0 - Nitrates around 35ppm (pretty high i know - i have been finding it difficult to lower! I only got a decent skimmer last week so hopefully that will...

Hi, I have had a volitans lionfish for about 6 months and he was thriving until I introduced a Blue Tang about 6 weeks ago. The tang developed Ich and the poor lion got it too. He was looking pretty sore and sorry for a couple of weeks, but is looking much better now. The only problem is, a...

Hi Guys, My 75g tank has been set up for about 6 months now, and my powerhead is rusting... The metal bar thing that holds the impeller in place has a fair chunk of rust on it, and its only about 6 weeks old! I've taken it out of the tank for now - is rust in the tank dangerous for fish? And...

Thanks heaps guys that helped alot!

oh yeah my live rock was pre-cured :-)

Hi Guys, this is my first post!! I set up a 48wx18dx24h FOWRL about 4 weeks ago, ammonia has spiked and is now zero, and nitrite has recently spiked and is on the way down. My live rock has some debris and stuff on it that i would like to scrub off, but I'm worried about interrupting the cycling...