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Hi all. I just bought an Eheim 2071 Professional 3 250 Filter. Priming is supposed to be really easy but I found that I had to pump the primer button for ages before the filter filled and then I had to carry on doing it once turned on in order to get the water to eventually start flowing. At no...

Hi. I want to upgrade my lights. I don't have a huge amount to spend. I have a Juwel Vision 180 (that's 180 litres). Currently I just have one white and one actinic blue T5 in the Juwel light ballast. Each is 35w. Also using reflectors. I have a few soft corals that are doing well. What is the...

Hi....can somebody please advise me on how extensively to clean my skimmer? I have had it running for 7 months or so. All I clean is the collection cup which includes the riser tube up the middle where the foam creeps up and overflows into the cup. I also clean the pump & venturi. But I never...

Hi all. I have had my skimmer working fine for the last 7 or so months (when I set up my first marine tank). Up until a few days ago it produced dark, dirty skimate as I expected it would. But the last few days it is completely clear. I cleaned the pump and cup (loath to clean the skimmer barrel...

Hi all. Does anyone know if this is good or bad? I have about 6 or 7 clumps appearing. It does not seem to grow very quickly but I am always dubious about anything that you get for nothing...it usually turns out to be unwanted. thanks for any help in advance. Rick

Hi all....does anyone have any ideas about this? I have run out of ideas. I have a Juwel 180 litre tank with the built in filter box. I use this as a chemical filter. As media I have 3 course blue sponges which I was every week to avoid them going biological, some phosphate remover in filter...

Hi. This is the little crab hitchhiker I caught. Anyone know what it is? Is it reef safe? Thanks.

Hi. I have captured a small crab using my own variation on the 'tilted glass' method (so thanks to all those who described that...it was very useful). I'll post a pic later in the Identification section so someone can try to ID it for me. Meanwhile what to do with it? I have it in a large jar of...

Hi. I am worried that my maze coral is not happy. I have had it for about 6 - 8 weeks. It appears to have started bleaching around some of the edges. This started about 2 a week or 10 days ago. My initial reaction is that my lighting is not strong enough. Yesterday I moved the coral to a...