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Afternoon everyone, I've not been on here for some time, been couped up on a reef specific forum. Any way, I'm in the process of breaking down my marine tank and returning to freshwater. I love malawi mbuna and used t get great pleasure from a mbuna set-up a few years back, but my Osaka 155...

Hi, On my nano I run a 36w power compact tube, I've just noticed though that the ballast says 18w. Apart from the tube taking 5mins or so to brighten up the light sems to work perfectly well. But just had a thought, it it only putting out 18w of light, or is it running at the full 36w tube...

Finally took delivery of the test charts for my API Nitrate kit yesterday, so tested the water of my tank. I was shocked that it had a nitrate reading of 20!!! Stocking is low, 5 leopard danios and 3 guppies in around 60L, with weekly 20% water changes. So I thought I'd test our tap water...20...

Hi all, I've just gone to mix up my water change ready for saturday, but unfortunatly my spare heater that I use has cracked:-( Now...I know temp effects SG, but is there a conversion table available on the interweb. This way, I could get on and mix my water, then buy a heater at the weekend...

Hi, Just a thought. I have an API saltwater testkit, Is it possible to use this to test for Amm, N'rite and N'rate in my cycling freshwater tank. Just wondering what the difference was? Ad

Hi all, Just joined today, and wanted to pick peoples brains. I have kept fish for about 9 years now. Started with a Juwel Rekord 90 tropical, then upped to a Trigon 190 with Malawi cichlids. After running this for a while I changed it over to a reef setup. Unfortunatly I did so following advice...