Recent content by simon sid james

hi all,i have a black spiny urchin and have had it for a while,now last night a strange thing happend my water was starting to go slightly cloudy so i had a closer look and found that there was a creamy white substance secreating from four points surrounding the urchins bottom [that bit that...

ahh right,well it aint moved yet so ill take that as good sign,thanks for the info mate. :P

unfortunatly im very limited for space in my aquarium,the only place i have really is a little area on the substrate which luckily is pretty much directly under the halide.the water depth is actually only 18 inches deep,the clam has opened up and seems to be happy so ill just have to see how he...

thnx :o

ok guys i found out what it is.....maxima,ring any bells?

150watt halides,as for the species im not entirly sure,a customer brought it into the shop i work at cos he was taking his tank down.its brownish in colour with yellow flecks,it hasnt opend fully yet but looks like it could be blue in the middle.hope that helps.

i have a 2foot deep tank with metal halide lighting and t5 actinic lighting.

great i have mine in same sort of conditions...thnx

hi all,i have just added a clam to my tank and was just wondering if any1 had any tips on where to place it,should it be in strong water movement?any tips will be appreciated.

my night temp is 80,so should be ok then,thanks alot :lol:

hi all,i have 2 150watt metal halides above my tank,during the day when they are on my water temp rises to 83degrees.will this cause me a problem?,if so how do i sort it? :roll:

melafix is a good treatment,and it makes your tank smell really nice :P ,word of warning though some soft corals dont like it,african blue been one of them,it melted mine i was gutted :wink:

yeah,i got it from work so i think ill just get it replaced,thanks for the advice all. :wink:

ive checked for blockages and its only 2 months old,ive heard of a needle conversion kit you can get,but i think it should be collecting more than it is without it. :?

i agree emerald crabs(or gorrilla crabs which they like 2 call em at work)work really well at getting rid of the dredded hair algie,it worked for me anyway.failling that i had a meeting with the guy who develops all the bio claire products,not sure if u r familliar with bio-claire but basically...