Recent content by rick82

The tank is 185L. though i measured the actual water from the sand to the top of water line and took into account the Rock and filters and worked it out at about 100 litres, 21 gallons. Now this would give me aproximatley 3.1w/litre of water. Is this still a bit low and the reason the BTA is not...

I have been looking at buying a metal halide for a while now and one has come up at an affordable price. Is it possible to have too much light beacause its 2 x 250 watt halide's?

Update on the BTA. Seems a little better, still not taking any food though. Sorry for the blurry picture. Can't get a clearer picture zoomed at this angle. He is just under halway up in the tank on a rock he was on the sand so moved him up on a rock so he was closer to the light. I have...

Its 185L tank. I am running two 14000k 33w day tubes was thinking about this today though and maybe the tubes are not giving the right uv off anymore. apparenty they only last for 6 months? I had the water fully tested today PH was a bit low which i am buffering over the next 5 days. And the...

Hi for the past week or so my bubble tip has been looking rather unwell. Im not sure what to do, wether to take it out or leave it a while to see if it perks up. This is what it look like now And this it what it was like about 2 months ago It did bleach quite a bit after about a month...

I had a reply on another forum saying that underneath the shell should be split is that correct? Doesnt seem to be split anywhere

Hi My sally was moving around eating like mad as usual, about 4 hours ago. I have just found him upside down on a rock. I know these look like they are dead but have actually shed there shells and have gone into hiding until there new shell hardens. From what i have read the shed shell usually...

The lighting is Arcadia 2 x 35w 14000k fluorescent. I have got liquid tests for NH3/NH4+ and PH but the rest i do are on strips.

Hi I bought my green bubble a week ago now and i have noticed the tenticles are looking a bit deflated, sprawled out and looks a bit brownish. Does this look like its getting ill? I fed it last week and i will continue once a week. The tank is 180L with roughtly 25kg of live rock with...