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Hi I am getting back into marine and since I last had it a lot has changed. I am after some help with lighting and was looking at L.E.D anyone tell me if they are any good and what sort of power I'd need in watts. I'd like fish and coral and maybe a nem. Sent from my SM-G900F using Aquarium...

Hi I am gettimg back into salt water again and was aftwr some advice reference filtration. I.e skimmer uv sterilisation reactors and thing. What would be a really good filter set up. Any help is appreciated.

I have a thick green carpet growing ovwr my sand bed and rocks and I think it killed my plants. Any ideas on what it is. I did a bit of research and thought maybe caynobacteria. But not sure. Also how to I vet rid of it.

Hi I have just set up my freshwater aquarium. I have sand as substrate a few rocks and some live plants.and 2 t5 bulbs. Iv added a oscar he was fine in the shop but now all he dose is lay on the bottom. Any ideas. I was thinking maybe lack of oxygen as I dont use airstone

Hi my tank is been running for almost 2 years now. I recently noticed my toadstool looking a bit off. But every now and then he would look funny I was told its getting rid of waste and will be back to normal in a day or 2. I woke this morning and my water is very cloudy and everything's dead...

Anyone know what this plant is i have growing from my rock

any one have any ideas as to what this may be. only just noticed it it wasnt there before so t must have grown. its quite hard to the touch

hi i think i have an out break of cyano bacteria. its a red covering on my sand bed moving over my rock work... how do i get rid as i syphoned it onve and it came back many thanks

can anyone tell me what these things are they are growing on my live rock and they look like a seed thats just sprouted through the soil. there are 3 of them.

hi all i think i have cayno bacteria growing in my tank its like a red purple carpet growing over my sand bed. i can add to remove it or any fish invert. is there any treatments i can add that will eat it. and is cayno bad and if so why thanks guys

hey can any one tell me what this pic is please. its in my mother in laws tropical fresh water tank. i have no idea as iam into marine saltwater. in the tank are a few different fish types and some apple snails and iam thinking they are the snail eggs. they are out of the water on the lid for...

am i right in thinking that if i have cyanobacteria in my salt water tank its down to high phos and nitrate. i have a red covering starting to cover my sand bed and on some rocks. i did initially think it may have been coraline algea but now i know its not. and am i also right in thinking in...

hi all not sure if this is in the right section..... i have a mini maxi nem and this morning i woke up to find my yellow sail fin tang dead stuck to the mini maxi nem and it looked like it had been eaten as half of one side of the tang had gone. iam asking if the nem would have caught the fish...

hey all i have some algea id like to know what type and how to get rid of it and if there is any creature i can add that will eat it. i will add some pics but ill try describe it. its mainly on the back and side of the tank its like a brown fur forming and in parts its red. iam not sure if this...

hi i would like to see if anyone can help me out. first problem is i have a leather toadstool coral and its been fine uptill now and all its tenticles have retracted and its not looking to well. second is i have recently added some star polyps like 2 maybe 3 weeks ago and agiun they were fine...

hey i have recently added some green star polyps to my tank they were doing fine for around a week all open and waving about nively and now they have all closed up and dont open and have been like this for a while now...... any idead water is fine

hey all iv had my sat up for almost a year and things are fine. however i have a sand bed and recently iv noticed tiny stone like things all over the place. i havnt put any stones in the only thing iv put in is live rock and sand. i dont think its causing any problems it just looks horrible and...

hi all sorry to keep going on about this as iv been on before with the same problem. well i had massively high nitrates and so i did a huge almost 100% water change and then 2 more 50% water changes over the week to get rid of nitrates. but they are still there i have seen a huge improvment...

after some advice recived on this site i have been mixing my new water for my next change for 2 days now 1 more day left to make sure its all mixed properly.. so after 48 hours i tested the water. i made myself using my ro unit and red sea salt mix. amonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate 0 so all good.. i...

hi all iv been told that my algea problems are mainly due to high nuitrients.. can some one tell m what this means what are they is it nitrate and nitrite

hello all. iv just got rid of what i think (going by you guys advice) was diatoms got a yellow check goby to clear my sand bed of it for me. now i have a strange new problem i need help with if anyone is willing to shed any light on it.. well i now have a very pale green stuff growing on my sand...

hi all i was wondering if there is anything i can do to encourages and speed up the growth of the nice coraline algea that grows. iv heard that purple up is a waste of money so just wanted your thoughts.

hi all i have a new problem now.. my ph wont go up.. when doing a water change i mix my water with a power head for a few hours and test the ph and its where it should be 8.0 8.2 but as soon as i change the water over it drops to like 7.4 and this isnt good. iv used api ph up but it dont work...

i have just brought myself my first mini maxi nem.. are they also called mini maxi carpet nems or are they something different also any info on them would be good as i cant seem to find any... what they eat where in tank do they like to be placed care of them aggression anything guys thanks

right i had problems with my nitrate.. since iv got an ro unit and red sea salt so good stuff. tuesday night i almost emptied my tank (125litres) maybe 3 inch water in the bottom. i then today changed another 50 litres. when i change the water will all the good bacteria go to and will i have to...