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hi all,i have a black spiny urchin and have had it for a while,now last night a strange thing happend my water was starting to go slightly cloudy so i had a closer look and found that there was a creamy white substance secreating from four points surrounding the urchins bottom [that bit that...

ahh right,well it aint moved yet so ill take that as good sign,thanks for the info mate. :P

unfortunatly im very limited for space in my aquarium,the only place i have really is a little area on the substrate which luckily is pretty much directly under the halide.the water depth is actually only 18 inches deep,the clam has opened up and seems to be happy so ill just have to see how he...

thnx :o

ok guys i found out what it is.....maxima,ring any bells?

150watt halides,as for the species im not entirly sure,a customer brought it into the shop i work at cos he was taking his tank down.its brownish in colour with yellow flecks,it hasnt opend fully yet but looks like it could be blue in the middle.hope that helps.

i have a 2foot deep tank with metal halide lighting and t5 actinic lighting.

great i have mine in same sort of conditions...thnx

hi all,i have just added a clam to my tank and was just wondering if any1 had any tips on where to place it,should it be in strong water movement?any tips will be appreciated.

my night temp is 80,so should be ok then,thanks alot :lol:

hi all,i have 2 150watt metal halides above my tank,during the day when they are on my water temp rises to 83degrees.will this cause me a problem?,if so how do i sort it? :roll:

melafix is a good treatment,and it makes your tank smell really nice :P ,word of warning though some soft corals dont like it,african blue been one of them,it melted mine i was gutted :wink:

yeah,i got it from work so i think ill just get it replaced,thanks for the advice all. :wink:

ive checked for blockages and its only 2 months old,ive heard of a needle conversion kit you can get,but i think it should be collecting more than it is without it. :?

i agree emerald crabs(or gorrilla crabs which they like 2 call em at work)work really well at getting rid of the dredded hair algie,it worked for me anyway.failling that i had a meeting with the guy who develops all the bio claire products,not sure if u r familliar with bio-claire but basically...

im using a seltz1 40 pump which im assured it is the right 1,and the venturi is opend fully

i couldnt add an airstone cos the skimmer works with a ventury :roll:

hi all,i have a berlin red sea classic skimmer which i have had running 4 about 2 months now and all it has collected is about a quarter of an inch of waste.its obviously isnt doing its job so i started up my old skimmer that is built into my trickle filter,that collected more in a few hours...

i have a 60gal reef setup concisting of both hard and soft corals and various other inverts,like i said ive never had a prob but i did add a moray about 3 weeks ago,i did think i was over stocking slightly with it but the wife fell in love with it.anyway the eel has gone and im hoping this fixes...

i did a test with my own kit about 6 hours after turning on the lights,the reading was the same.i had a moray eel witch ate a lot but i took him out of my tank this afternoon,i only have a copperband a maroon clown,a mandarin,and 2 damsels which i am trying my hardest 2 get out of my tank :evil...

hi,ok ive never had a prob with my ph,ive been using ro water for about 4 months and i use caribasea arragamight reminaraliser,now i had my water tested at my local marine specialists and my ph was 7.9.i dont have a build up of crap,i do weekly water changes and yes i retested after about 6...

ive had my mandarin for about a year now,she was in 1 of the tanks at work for a while and her belly was starting to concave (obviously not feeding).i have a 60gal tank which is absolutaly choka of live rock so i took a chance on buying it.shes going strong and has a nice fat belly on her,now i...

i recently purchased a red sea classic skimmer,its seems pretty good but wouldnt say it was cheap at 179pounds,plus 55pounds for the pump :roll:

hi again,ive just got a 2 hit 150watt metal halide unit,14000k.now what i need 2 know is can i run these without aditional actinic lighting?.any info is much appreciated...thanx :lol:

yeah i could try that....thnx :lol: