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Hi had my tank now for about 5 months everything ok, just did a partial water change turned my back and all my water was cloudy i watched the tank for a few mins and a what looked like a bristle worm popped out and squirted a load of milky fluid. can someone put my mind at rest, worried about...

Any one any idea what these fluorescent green worm like things are on my live rock ? Thanks in advance Brendan

Hi had my tank set up for about 4 months now got some live rock about 1 month ago and ive just noticed all these small silverish bubbles is this bubble algae and if so do I need to get rid of it. Cheers Brendan

Noticed last night one of my dwarf gouramis had a swelling on one side just seen it today and it seems to have a hole in its side were the swelling was going to quarantine tommorow when my quarantine tank is set up has anyone any ideas about what this is. Cheers brendan

Hi Bought 2 tank bred percula clownfish about 6 weeks ago for the first 4 weeks they were fine but for the last 2 weeks the larger of the 2 keeeps attacking the smaller one all the time. Is this normal behaviour. Thought about adding another to draw attention from the one that's getting...

Had my tank set up for just over a month and suddenly started seeing nitrite,up until now it was reading zero all the time my parameters are: Temp:-27.1 Specific Gravity: - Just over 1026 Salinity: - 36 PH: - 8.2 Ammonia: 0- Nitrite:-0.1 Nitrate:-20 Phosphate:-0.25 My tank is a 25 gallon...

Hi set up my aquarium and all is well so far I am going to buy some more salt in the next few days, when I set up I used instant ocean but looking around I see that Tetra marine salt is quite a bit cheaper as I am on a budget I was thinking of giving this ago is it any good or am I better off...

Hi got a dead turbo snail in my tank the hermits seem to be eating it would you remove it or leave it to them, the tank is a 25 gallon nano Cheers Brendan

Hi Bought a turbo snail yesterday for my 25 G nano drip acclimatized for about 1 hour then put in tank and it has not moved since I put it in done all the usual tests and all parameters seem ok. Any advice would be appreciated Brendan

Hi thinking of getting a cleaner shrimp tommorow my parameters are:- Temp: - 27 C Specific Gravity: -1.024 and a half Salinity:-33 Ammonia:-0 PH: - (Time 19:40):-8.1 Nitrite:-0 Nitrate:-20 Alkalinity:-12 dKH Will it be OK Cheers Brendan

A small golden mussel like critter apeared on my rock a couple of days ago would display pick but cant seem to do it. Brendan

Whats the best way to get nitrates down mine are at 20 ppm want to get it down to 0 do I just do partial water changes daily till it goes down or is there any other way Cheers Brendan

Hi I have 2 lights in my nano 1x36w 10000k 1x36w actinic would I be able to have any corals with this lighting Thanks in advance Brendan

PH been 7.8 for last 5 days did part water change yesterday still 7.8 do I need to put a PH buffer in to rise the PH Any help appreciated Brendan

Had tank running for about 1 week and a half, my ammonia, nitrite are at 0 my nitrates are rising and my PH is dropped to 7.4 is it time for the part water change my tank was set up using live rock from a 2 year established tank and around 1 kg of live sand. Any help appreciated Brendan

Hi a friend who has just shut down there tank has given me about 8 kg of live sand is there anyway I can store it and keep it live until I get a bigger tank. Any advice would be appreciated Thanks a Lot Brendan

Hi I am new to all this marine malarky and was wondering about the lights in my 20 gallon nano, at the moment I am cycling the tank and having the white lights come on at 8 am and go off at 8pm, (the live rock is cured) then I am putting the led's on for a few hours then turning it off...

Hi just started cycle on my tank, its a 90 litre cube with 15 kg live rock tested ph for last couple of days and its about 9 I know this is to high how do I bring it down or should I just leave it till the cycle is finished and hope it sorts itself out. Used RO water to fill tank so dont know...