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HI, I looked up in the abbreviations but BR isn't there, please tell me what it is! Thanks :-) Paul.

OK, any brand you guys recommend? I am about to buy an Eheim 3531 Gravel cleaner/vacuum, as this seems like a good battery powered one. Unless someone grabs me by the ear and stops me that is! Keep well, Paul. PS : Found test strips that do this: pH NO2- (nitrite) NO3- (nitrate) KH...

Hi there, thanks for that, so this could have been our problem, the high nitrates? I did a search on the forum and couldn't find RO/DI, it is probably a dumb question, but what is one.... :-) P.

I have looked up the well water statistics and have the following info, although Copper is not mentioned: Ammonium Ion <0.03 mg/l Nitrates 35.4 mg/l Nitrogen 0.027 mg/l Manganese <0.5 mg/l pH 6.62 Iron 0.04 mg/l There are bunch of other things like clarity, smell, colour, cloudiness, bacteria...

Great advice, I have already had our well water professionally tested, so will look out the results for the metals etc. I hear you regarding keeping the water 'pure' and I have been told that our well water is pretty good, lets put it this way, we drink it and bathe in it every day :-) That...

Hi there, thanks for the advice, there was some sand, although I don't know what Arogonite sand is, perhaps I can use both, as I like the look of the corals too? I will look up arogonite sand. Also, I have my own well water and we add nothing, except a tiny amount of silver every 3 months or...

Hi there guys :-) Sorry I have been off for a while, basically got busy after cleaning the aquarium and piled the various parts in the garage after cleaning. So where are we now? I have some parameters for you, which are as follows: (Please forgive UK/European terms and units!) 1) The tank...

Guys, thanks for your responses... He is long gone, the last message my wife left for him left nothing to the imagination :-) So, it is down to me to learn. Good news : Sounds like we have a good set up and no need to buy anything (much). Current situation : Tank totally empty of everything...

Hi and thanks for your response :-) The brown residue started at the beginning and I never got rid of it, until today. The chap did actually come back a few times, each time with some preparation to rid me of the diatoms and each time they remained. After our Moray sadly died, the tank wasn't...

I have loads of 'rock' coral, or whatever it is. Little pencils, they were lying in the bottom of the tank, in the overflow bit on the side and in a big compartment in the bottom sump (thanks for the new word!) I have dredged them out, as they were filthy and have put them aside. I was...

Hello all, I am a Brit living in the Czech Republic. My wife and I have been diving for years and we decided a couple of years ago to get a salt water aquarium. We have a lot of hobbies already, so when selecting our 'expert' he needed to be local and prepared to do all the work setting up...