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its about 30 gallons that I've got I think you may have converted into american gallons which is different to UK gallons its plenty big enough for one cardinal.. Thanks for the info on the algae I will do a water change and have re positioned my powerhead

Yes I've got a skimmer, one power head, a internal filter and its a 28 litre tank,so do you think pellets were the wrong choice for my cardinal then

Its supposed to say I use ro but spell checker must have changed it

Yes water change once a week and I use to, I tested my nitrates yesterday and they were at 2 but ammonia and nitrite were at 0

Will do, as you also might be able to see I have a bit of a green algae problem on my live rock and glass, I'm assuming this is normal considering my system has only been up and running for 6 weeks.. Is there anything I can do to get rid of it or will it go on its own

Yes first fish! OK I won't worry so much then for now and I will look into getting frozen too just to give a bit of variation, thanks very much for the advice

Hi, I just bought a pyjama cardinal fish today and I left it a few hours before I fed it which I just did but as recommended by the LFS I bought pellets... Which sink to the bottom which is where the fish is not even attempting to go, will they go down and eat them or is this food not suitable...

Sounds good and the picture of the colony of them looks really nice,thanks for all the help!!

OK thanks, I know the picture is rubbish! Are they a good edition to my tank.when you say fast growing do you mean they become more than one or they them self get large

Yeah I think I'm going to try to look for babies/adolescents so there's little or no fighting..

Hi, can any one help me identify this polyp type creature I first saw it when it was a bit smaller and was moving around on my rocks when I first set up my system 4 weeks ago, then it dissape ared for a week or so then appeared again on the edge of one of my pieces of live rock where...

Hi can anyone help me identify this little polyp type creature on my live rock I've had the system up and running for a month now and I first saw it when it was a bit smaller and moving along the rocks then it disappeared for a week or so and then appeared on the edge of a piece of...

Ok thanks that's good advice,

Great!!! Thanks for all the help

Ok , thanks very much I will definitely get them at the same time then, I'm hoping to get a black and white ocellaris and a orange and white ocellaris do think that would be ok to mix them if they are different colours