Recent content by kellane1

Unfortunately I cannot lower it into the tank any more than it is, And from what I can gather if it was possible to do this then it would just pull more water through it and lower the tank level until it was at the same height, the return pump is not a submersible, it is an external pump, I have...

Hi, Unsure what you are referring to by overflow, if you mean the sump, the dimensions are aprox 600mm x 400mm x 410mm, the sump is baffled and there is plenty of water in the last baffle from which the pump returns water back to the tank. If you are talking about the weir, it is a home made...

Hi all, I am the Ranger at a stocked impoundment in Cairns, Australia and am currently in the process of setting up a display tank for our visitors, the tank is 6' x 2' x 2.5'. I am running a Aquasonic pump as a return to the tank,and it pumps 62 L/M. The sump is gravity fed by a "hang off the...

Thanks james. I havejust emailed a seller of the 400wat retro kit, in regards to shipping and voltage differences here in aussie. kell

Can i pull my live rock out of my tank, dip it in fresh water, eject mantis shrimps and replace it back in the tank without killing anything that is growing on the rock or living in the rock. regards kell

My lighting is a two twin flouro's, one set is coralstar actincs 30watt, and the other twin is white light 30watt 10,000k. (whatever that means) These are attatched to my hood and the two ballasts are seperate, the ballasts are about two foot long and have no writing on them, so i can't get any...

sandstorm It should all be ok, the same happened to me about three months ago, my ph slid down the tank and blew into my dsb all night, was not pretty next morning ! But it all cleared up and fish did not seem to be bothered. Prob just drop a bottle of visine into the tank so that the fish can...

I am totally lost on this lighting subject, sorry to sound dumb but is MH a flourescent tube, bulb, fitting or what. Can i change the existing Dalbarb lighting that i have to take a 300watt flouro, seems a big jump from 30 watts to 300. Is high output flourescent flouro just another type of...

lighting Logan, i am totally lost on this lighting subject, sorry to sound dumb but is MH a flourescent tube, bulb, fitting or what. Can i change the existing Dalbarb lighting that i have to take a 300watt flouro, seems a big jump from 30 watts to 300. Is high output flourescent flouro just...

lighting logan, i appreciate the advice you gave me on the lighting, i need your advice on a couple of questions that this has since raised. Firstly and most importantly is my anenome, i came home from work today and found him looking better, but he was actually upside down under a rock, i...

filtration and lights Biggen, my filtration consists of two canister filters, they are Aqua 1. they have the usual filter media in them and are a mechanical, biological filter and they filter 1200 ltr an hour each. I also run a internal powerhead which is lifetech and it filters and circulates...

Hi all, please try to put some light on this, cause i have just about had enough> Approx 2 months ago i lost all of my fish to itch. (was not and am still not happy) This was not through introducing infected fish, and i still do not know what caused it. Anyway, i have just waited five weeks to...

anenome have a clown but he is a absolute freak, he is a ocillaris and all he does is swim up and down the tank and then along it. he has not looked at the anenome yet and does not to be the least interested in it. Should i get another as a mate for him?? And how do i feed the anenome direct...

sebae he is a sebae anenome, umm payed about 25 dollars australian for him, he seems a lot happier today but has a couple of swollen tentacles hopefully he will come good.. Do i need to feed him directly or will he manage to get enough food from the suspended particles in the tank when i feed...

anenome not real sure what type he is, but he has white tenticles with pink tips, is real pretty kell