Recent content by Dan_Forbz

Always dissolve any powder buffers etc that you are putting in your tank with corals, in my own experience API buffer max. it seems to highly agitate corals and they shrivel up. using either tank water, RO or distilled water in a cup. if it's dissolved it wont be so much of a bother. funny...

i reckon do a slight water change, keeping all fish buying to a minimum for now, and add something to re spike the ammonia ( i used fish food) and restart the cycle, and if you must have something in there, try something small like a snail and that can help in continuing the cycle and help aid...

dont worry, it was only one luckily and on top of cooking the little pest, i also burried the part of the rock it was residing as there was a really nice specimen on the other side.

hey all, i had the fun of obtaining a heap of coral from a store and within one of the pieces i found an aiptasia anemone, actually the funny part was i didnt realise they were bad until i was reading up on peppermint shrimp and found they eat them, after i saw a picture and identified i...

i know with my saltwater tank, it took over 3 months for the water parameters and nitrogen cycle to actually happen, maybe your tank isnt ready? also wat is your SG? particular fish dont like certain salt levels, i tend to sit on 1.026 and my clowns and corals are fine, have your actually...

i had the fun experience today of attempting to remove rocks from my little maingano's (grumpy's) mouth. it was a very different experience, after noticing for a few days that he hadn't been eating, i decided to take a look in his mouth, from reading in books that a major problem with...

hello there, i was testing my saltwater tanks water today after starting a cycle about 2 weeks ago. my water tested at a ph of 8.2 , ammonia 0.25 ppm , nitrite 0ppm, nitrate 0ppm, and salinity of 1.028. i personally think that the water is not ready but i thought i'd ask to get other peoples...

also had a look at the api test kits , they are the same for salt and freshwater tanks, by looking at the individual bottles saying for use with saltwater / freshwater :) might help some people save a bit of cash with that :) ive tested this theory, the nitrite one is for both, and the high...

yes i do know about cycling tanks. dont worry, no fish is going in there until the first nitrogen cycle has passed :)

the water around this area has a few fish near the shorelines, , especially near the rocks and at the river mouth( where i obtained the water) dont worry its a saltwater river. the brown algae is tiny little bits of hair like substance that eventually builds up and forms large clumps. so...

how exactly could i connect up a sump to a top load biochemical filter with the whole top covered ?? :P

thanks alot, this is very helpful, so it would be better to obtain water from out far in the sea :) ill make sure to pack some plastic jerry cans in the boat next time :), supposedly i heard that if the water is placed in a cool spot for about 10 days, this should guarantee that the water would...

haha also how do you use a refractometer, im looking at one and it seems you look in the end of it ?? any ideas ?? lol

okay, ill look into the pure water, i am cycling the tank at this present time, as for the aeration, would just an air pump, going through a bubble curtain and the pump be sufficient, or would it be best to look into a skimmer?. as for refractometers, would ebay be a good place to purchase...

hello there, i just today set up a saltwater aquarium ( there are no fish) so far this tank is a 20g, that used to have freshwater fish in it, so firstly i took everything out and cleaned the whole tank down with a cloth ( no chemicals) after the tank was spotless, i decided to wash some...