Recent content by jim.m257

Haha, I'd have said very high. Reminds me of my old marine tank! Thought you might have been having algae trouble with that much light. Tank looks good though. And if your fish aren't suffering then dose it up. How are your PH and KH levels?

I sincerely apologise. I didn't mean to offend. It's not really clear from the video how many plants there are. Why did you decide to start dosing CO2?

I have the same fluval kit and I've experienced the same issue with the retraction of CO2, ergo water between the diffuser and the bubble counter. I've got a (correctly installed (I work in IT as well (I'm a BI developer (Just passed my 70-463 exam today)))(Did I close all those brackets?))...

Why are you even dosing CO2? There are what, 3 plants in the tank? Did they start showing signs of deterioration before dosing? All of those fish look fine, they're having no problems. Fish will be literally gasping at the surface if there is too much CO2, as in almost stationary with their...

Hi! I'd assume that any non-toxic plastic would be fine, but that is a total assumption. On the other hand you CAN buy substrate supports here: TGM Aquatic Substrate Supports | The Green Machine although they are from the UK.. I'm not repping for them, merely pointing out that it is possible...

Hi All! I need a little help with my first aquascaped setup, with regard to my KH. At the start of January I bought a Fluval Roma 120L from my lfs and set it up (half full of water as bogwood didn't want to sink) and eventually had it all set up and ready to go with plants on or about the 5th...

You could get yourself some of the bigger shrimp. Ghost shrimp would probably be too small and end up as food, but there are some FW long armed shrimp that might do. I'm considering getting some blue shrimp for my Kribensis tank as soon as they come back in stock..

It looks like some kind of mollusk? Does it move at all? Maybe you could send the photo to a marine science lab, such as this one: Contact Us - Institute of Marine Sciences That's the contact page with a heap of people who I'm sure would be happy to help.. Maybe you've discovered a new species...

I know that after the cycle has 'finished' ammonia should be 0, nitrItes should be 0 and nitrAtes should be under 40ppm, then to keep your nitrAtes under control you just keep on keepin' on with the PWC's. My two kribensis have seemed pretty happy with ammonia running at around .25 - .50 (the...

Update.. the day I posted my last response i was at work.. When I arrived home I did my usual test and discovered sky rocketing nitrItes.. well 0.5ppm anyway.. I've since got my nitrAtes up to about 5ppm and I've been doing PWC's to keep everything in check. Fish are looking and acting much more...

Welcome aboard :) I can just image an immense reef in that giant tank of yours! You could move a recliner in front of it and pretend you were on the great barrier reef! haha. Sounds like you have quite a decent variety of fish there. One question.. Is your female kribensis bigger than your...

This sounds like a pretty scalable question and is applicable to many an industry, well those where a small few compete against a few large anyway. Here in Australia there is a raging battle between the two biggest grocery chains and the independent (indies) stores. The indies compete by...

Is the tank relitively new?

I've thought about buyig myself a Sea-Monkey hatchery to grow myself some brine shrimp. It comes with all the stuff you need to grow the brine shrimp to adulthood and they cost about AUD$25! So you can keep your shrimp growing if you need only a few at a time, and they live in a cool Mars-scape...

From what I've read the process for getting your NitrItes into NitrAtes is alot quicker than Ammonia to NitrItes, I have heard around the 1 to 2 week mark for the nitrobacter to appear and make a big impact on your N02 levels. If you did notice a spike and then drop in your NitrItes, I'd...