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Hi All, I picked up myself a Koralia Nano 900 and the corilamorphs aren't as happy as they used to be. So far I haven't found an angle that suits but it got me thinking whether I could just put the power head on alternating on/off 15 minute cycles. The two primary concerns are waring out the...

Hi all, My oscellaris clown of 7 odd years I am sure has whitespot / ich. It looks reasonably developed and certainly not just starting out. I think it came from the coral beauty I added weeks ago. In any event, the coral beauty has started to do the 'rub against a rock' thing, so it seems...

Hi, I subscribed to one of the forums as an RSS feed, but it never seems to update / refresh. I use Firefox and it seems to refresh all the other 10 or so feeds for other sites I visit. URL: http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/external.php?type=RSS2&forumids=45 Any ideas?

Hi, I'll let the picture do most of the talking. I've taken on advice that this is a button polyp but to be honest when I look at all of the button polyp images online they don't look much like this. I've looked at Sea Mat's and they don't seem to resemble these much at all either. This one...

Hi all, It's been sssooo long since I've been here and for about as long I've had almost no time to maintain my tank. Here's a summary: 3 foot, 45KG live rock, 180L (less the rock), 1200L/hr canister filter, HOB multi-skimmer (includes protein skimmig function), 2x35w fluros (white/blue), 1x...

Hi folks, I thought I would share this article about an unfortunate trend. Barrier Reef coral growth 'will stop' > Environment > LIVENEWS.com.au Hopefully the laws for run off will help the situation. :(

Hello everyone, Here's a shot of my current tank. It's at an angle so it's warping the real front on view, but you should get the idea: My 55G Tank Side View - Aquarium Advice Gallery What I would like to know is how much rock do I need to keep in my tank to maintain a steady bio filter? I...

Hi all, I'm a little worried about my current air pump. I have concerns it might malfunction and potentially cause a fire. Basically it happened to a friend who had a 4yr old air pump and mine is up around this age. It's probably undue paranoia, I'm sure. In any event I am considering...

Hi all, I have a ViaAqua multi-skimmer (not the delux model) and it doesn't really capture much gunk. It used to, but not anymore. I suspect this is by and large caused by it being set up incorrectly. For instance most of the time it just filled with water and I really didn't care as I was too...

Hello, I've been at my local hardware store (don't get me wrong, they're a HUGE international chain) and I noticed they've really upped the range and style of T5 lights you can buy. It got me wondering if any of them could be used for the aquarium scene, so I was wondering what I need to check...

Hi folks, This is a bit old by a few days, but still worth sharing.. it's a new bulb that produces 140 lum/w and reaches 6000 kelvin at its core from 250w of power. Here's a video: Plasma Light Bulb I'd imagine this is quite expensive when it eventually becomes commercially available. I...

Hi, Are the RSS feeds going to be available again? They were excellent for very quick access to the latest threads. Thanks.

Hi all, I thought I'd share this with you. Seems daunting. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22922985-5009760,00.html There's a video on there too.

Hi, I've currently got a pretty standard 55G community tank with a scopas tang, orange tail damsel, two perc clowns and a bi-colour angel. There's 45KG of rock and a few corilamorphs and button polyps. I'd like to "convert" to a seahorse tank. The tank is way too crouded with live rock and...

Hello, I have an near adult sized bi-color angel. I came home today to discover it wedged itself between some rocks. It likes to swim fast so I assume it really miscalculated the gap. Anyway, I got it out and it's eyes are cloudy and one of it's fins looks much smaller and worn away. It...

Hi, I have some small polyps which were growing terrific. I feel a bit like a parent to them because I 'raised' them from when they were so small you couldn't even see them. Now, a newly added coral beauty has decided to nip at them. I'd like him to stop. I am thinking I could possibly...

Hello, I've currently got a 55G marine tank set up and am thinking of changing to freshwater. The only reason is that freshwater seems far cheaper to run, but in reality I think my heater (300w) is the most expensive bit. Looking for any tips, advice, articles, suggestions, differences etc to...

Hi, I have a problem whereby the water seems to splash up onto my light bulbs and then slowly, via salt creep, makes its way over to the terminals for the bulb. This causes my safety switch on the house's electrical wiring to trip and I go into a blackout. The solution is easy.. add a slash...

Hi all, I thought this was certainly something to share with you all. It's an article that in very brief terms talks about new thoughts on special algae in corals that allow them to tolerate heat stress far more than previously expected. The idea is that the reef will survive the current warmer...

Hi all, I've taken a number of new photographs and uploaded them to my Webshots album. I'm pretty chuffed at my new digital camera - Canon EOS 400D. It's a 10mp digital SLR. The fluffy and "regular" coralimorph were taken with a 300mm lens from about 3m away from the tank. You can view them by...

Hello, I went out and got myself a Canon EOS 400D digital SLR camera. I've got two lenses with it.. a 18-55mm and a 75-300mm. http://www.canon.com.au/eos400d/ I'm not expert but it seems as though the best way so far that I've been able to find to take good pictures is to leave it on complete...

Hi all, Is anyone else suffering from this problem that's seemingly been here for about a year now? I post new topics, but then don't get email notification. I always check that the checkbox for being notified of replies is checked. After someone replies and I manually go back, if I respond...

Hi all, I've seen these at the LFS and they look neat. I want a yellow fish for my tank. Are the blue spotted butterflies any good for aquariums? I've heard they don't adapt well and are difficult to feed. It'd be a shame because they're so nice to look at.

Hi, I've slowly been building up an short brown hair like algae growth all over my rocks. I've since changed to feeding every other day, regular water changes and reduced lighting period. It seems to have worked a bit, but I'm not sure if I'm being aggressive enough with the lighting period...

Heya, I've been fighting a brown algae problem for a while now. I've reduced feeding to every other day, moved lighting to 7hrs and do fortnightly water changes. I still get this algae on the rocks. I'm now thinking of some cleaner crew guys or something else that will eat the algae. Are...