Recent content by Pandy

Thanks guys :) Without being racist, it's hard to find a fish that would represent Raj, so it is going to be a tail spot Blenny :lol: and Howard will be a wrasse of some sort, maybe a silver belly Wrasse due to the spots on their back matching Howard's alien pin on his turtle neck :cool: It's...

Now we have Sheldon the shrimp and Leonard and Penny, the clowns :dance: Leonard and Penny - Ocellaris Clownfish by Pandy100, on Flickr Sheldon - Cleaner Shrimp by Pandy100, on Flickr Ordered bits for a SCT-1000 temp controller of which I'm waiting to arrive but that should give me a more...

Black legged hermit crab by Pandy100, on Flickr Xenia and Turbo snail by Pandy100, on Flickr Zoas under day lights by Pandy100, on Flickr Picked up a TMC Aquablue LED strip to act as a moonlight after the full lights go out and I think It looks good, although the SLR struggles, it saves me...

Some of the living things on the rock :D What the flip? by Pandy100, on Flickr Little red thing by Pandy100, on Flickr Fan worm type thing? by Pandy100, on Flickr Clean up crew were bought along with a couple of corals, all doing really well and have hammered the algae no bother :D I...

The start of the changeover to marine: Lido Marine by Pandy100, on Flickr View from the settee: View from the settee by Pandy100, on Flickr Getting salty: Salty by Pandy100, on Flickr I bought the top powerhead (2 of them) thinking I was going to receive the Nano 1600 version, but what...

Hi guys, Thought I'd make a journal of my tank since I converted to the salty side of life :) The tank itself is a Juwel Lido 120 (120 litres) in black and I originally started it off as a freshwater tropical tank with real plants and driftwood, but I knew I wanted to go marine and I was...

The tank is now stripped down and I'm in the process of gathering the equipment to go salty :fish2: I should have done it before I spent nearly £200 on bits I'll never get my money back on :lol:

Thanks, I'll look into some Assassin snails or maybe Loaches instead of Corys if the problem persists, I have only spotted a few snails at present though. The plants are weird, I just liked the foliage in the shop, not so much now though. They feel rubbery to the touch and have tight...

The cycle is back up and running again today :) Ammo dropped to 2ppm and Nitrites are up to 0.25ppm. Still having trouble getting my DIY CO2 up and running effectively, mainly because the tubes were the wrong way round in the bubble counter :facepalm: so now it is just getting back up to...

My cycle has definitely stalled, so I have borrowed some substrate from my established tank to help it along (I removed the rock when I scaped it) Also my PH has dramatically dropped from 7.6 to 6.6 over the time I have added the plants. Now I expected a drop but surely not that much? As that...

I installed my plants yesterday and had a rescape, looks much better I think but I'm not struck on the plant placement. Also seems like my cycle has taken a rest as things had took a step along yesterday but have halted today :( Planted by Pandy100, on Flickr

Are those DW pieces merged in someway then? I've just put mine in my tank and it looks terrible compared to this :lol:

Thanks :) I did think about the Gouramis not getting on so will see if I can get a pair or male and female? Fitted my driftwood/bogwood just, this is the final aqua scape for now, until I get the plants Friday and/or change my mind :lol: Bogwood aquascape by Pandy100, on Flickr

Got myself some driftwood pieces today, which will be soaked for a few days, and will get some plants on Friday as I'm on nights this week. The cycle has started , ammo is dropping so should hopefully see some nitrates soon :)

Yes, i have 2cm depth of plant substrate with 2cm+ of sand, as instructed on the tub of the plant substrate and on the advice of others on here :) Its a Juwel Lido so am using the standard filter setup in that.