Recent content by Grug

Yeah.. i think Jsoong is on the money with this build.. maybe dont hide the heater in there.. would mean pulling the whole tank apart to replace a dead one.. but definately have circulation down there.. a pump on top of a step. (hidden by rock) blowing into the space at the bottom (which...

being in the glass industry here in australia. yes.. what your planning is possible. BUT really really tough and way too much to go wrong.. i would make a glass cube. all sides square.. and then find some way to fashon the steps inside.. Also.. realise there will be no way to keep the substrate...

Your right.. you cant cut glass once its been through the toughening / tempering process.. but you can do it beforehand.. edges will have to be done by a CNC polishing machine or try to find someone with a waterjet cutter and a belt machine to clean the edges.. wont be cheap.. but will be...

Hi there.. i have a Aqua one 620T with standard lighting hood.. it came with 2 x 18w power compact fluro globes.. there is enough room in there to run 1 x 24w and 1 x original 18w globes and i would like to do this. Question is.. will it damage the ballast if i put in a higher rated /...

Update.. 48hrs.. skimmer chamber is looking better (bubbles going in the right direction).. but still no good looking gunk in the cup.

Hi all. Long time no speak. After being a bit destroyed by my initial failure at reef keeping.. i left my tank to "marinade" for about 6 months.. with a hermit crab. a duncan anemone and a leather coral guy who we call bubblegum. they were all happy .. and life was blooming in the tank.. but i...

id do that if it was across all my fish and i had bad test readings..

Hi all, i have successfully cycled my tank and added two Clown fish (false P. clowns i believe) one is as happy as anything but the other seems to have a "dent"? in its forhead and some white flakey stuff around the area. Swimming and eating happily.. but hanging around the surface of the...

its ok.. i think ive solved it.. hermit crab moulted.. didnt know they did that.. now i do.. snail still a mystery.

PLEASE HELP ME! i have a brand new tank setup.. cycled over 4 weeks.. all was well.. (barring the aptasia problem) Put a snail, Hermit crab and blue tang in tank last weekend. come home from work today and my heart sank.. my hermit crab had left his shell and died. something had been...

aptasia X works if done properly.. (Slowly) im still getting some back but in different places.. keep at it and you will win one day.

id love to.. but i dont quite know how i did it.. :)

Excellent stuff.. thanks everyone! i was worried for a min there.

tis all good.. just saw a bigger one.. definately shrimp like.. well.. to my eyes anyways.. this big one is like 2-3mm long.. (TINY.. ) but lots of little legs and well.. wow.. kinda cool.. :)

Thats promising.. they are plentiful.. so happy tank mates..