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Hi All, Really progress is being made on the planning now, I have made most of the decisions, however a few are yet to be made. The lighting, I can get 5 T5 39W lights above my tank, they would be approx 5cm/2inch above the water line, giving me a total of 195W. They will be 2xActinic's...

Hi all, I'm really struggling with my Watts/Litre. My tank is a 270L Bow fronted, which means that the rectangle section at the back is 120cm x 26cm, and then the front bows out 19 cm more. I can't buy an off the shelf lighting system. If I install regular T5 tubes I can only get 3 x 34"...

Hi all, I'm looking at purchasing a protein skimmer for my new marine tank (its all in the planning stages). I have got a 270Litre tank (approx 70 US Gallon). There are two options available to me : (1) A hang on the back protein skimmer (external) (2) An external one, such as Deltec APF 600...

Hi all, I've read the very informative article on this website about Live Rock. I therefore have a question, If I only put a small amount of Uncured rock in the tank, say 2 lb, allowed it to cycle (The levels wouldn't get so high), then I can add the rest of the Live Rock as Cured rock yes...

Hello to Everyone, Well I am new here, as you all might have guessed, hehehe. I have been keeping fish ever since I was a lad, some 20 years ago. I setup a 270 Bow fronted Tropical Tank 18 months ago, which has just been decommisioned as we are about to move house, it had 5 Clown loach, 2...

Hello to Everyone, Well I am new here, as you all might have guessed, hehehe. I have been keeping fish ever since I was a lad, some 20 years ago. I setup a 270 Bow fronted Tropical Tank 18 months ago, which has just been decommisioned as we are about to move house, it had 5 Clown loach, 2...