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Finally got my first starfish now my tank has had time to stabilise.... Got a Maldive Star (Marble Sea Star) & it seems to have settled in ok, but its hooked itself on the glass about 1cm down from the water level, which atm is ok, but when I go to do a water change sunday its gonna expose it...

I am after someone who will ship/post some amphipods, copepods here in the UK, anybody know please? Cheers Shelton.

I'm getting temp swings of 2-4F in any given 24hr period, jsut wondered if this is going to be acceptable when I start keeping corals? If its not any advice on how I could (cheaply) temp control the fans I have so that they come on if the tank goes up by say 1F? & then turn off again once its...

OK, since i got no takers in finding this skimmer on this side of the pond I'm looking to get one shipped from the states.... Firstly I see it comes with different options as to the pump from rio's, maxijet & mag3's so does the pump fit in the unit? We have the maxijet pump here (dunno about...

Looking to replace my Prizm with one of these here in the UK, trouble is I can't find anybody that sells them over here :( I can't use a Deltec MCe600 as I'd have to butcher my custom lid & I REALLY don't want to do that! Anybody help me out? Cheers Shelton.

Have just bought a D&D 10W UV unit, it recommends a flow rate of no more than 500l/hr but I am having real trouble finding a self priming pump that will get anywhere near this???? The closest I have got is by hanging the unit off the lid of my tank & running a Maxijet MP1200 powerhead, this...

Got a Banggai yesterday from LFS, must stress it came home FINE from him... Got up this morning & it has a lump attached to it, couldn't really see whether it was part of the fish or not, looked not though..... It was suggested a fresh water dip might remove it if it wasn't part of the fish...

Just wondered the forums thoughts on UV sterilisers? I was wondering whether it would be a good idea for me to run one since I don't have a QT? The only trouble is a search on here only came up with one link which didn't really help? I also presume I will need some sort of pump since I don't...

OK time for another question! I've tested my PO4 today for the first time & on the salifert kit its coming out at 3 (v.bad) So I presume the best way to reduce this is RowaPhos, the trouble is I have nowhere to put it? (no rude suggestions please) I just have a skimmer & LR for filtration & I...

I have only 1 fish in my tank atm, its a strawberry gramma, supposedly a peaceful fish but he's causing grief or so I think? He was added to the tank 12 days ago with a peppermint shrimp which he hassled right from the word go... I was told this is natural & it should settle down? The...

Going shopping tomorrow for <hopefully> a couple of cleaner shrimps, maybe another peppermint & then some snails & blue hermits... Firstly snails I'm thinking of just Turbo's as I believe the hermits should leave those alone? I'm thinking maybe 3 or 4 for my tank? Secondly although I have a...

OK, transfered this question from another one of my threads to get more response & thoughts...... I'm now adding to my setup & want to end up with fish & soft corals, from my other list I'm looking at the following: Strawberry Gramma (now aclimatising) Clown Neon Goby Firefish Baggai cardial...

Well here's a tip from one newbie to any others reading this: Today after speaking to my LFS who agreed the tank has cycled I decided to do some last minute aqua-scaping, big water change to bring the Nitrates down & then use reef putty to hold it together since I'm only working with a small...

Just a quickie, I know realise that my current test kit for ammonia,nitrites,nitrates has to big a jumps between sections (0.25ppm) So I'd like to know what brands people on here use, more so UK people.. Also the same goes for active carbon to go in my skimmer please Cheers Shelton.

Sorry it seems very easy to worry you ain't doing something right with this hobby, I feel more so as I've never kept a fish tank before. Right, below (hopefully) is my readings from my tank over the past 7 days, it seems afwully quick for a cycle, but my LR to water ratio is 1½lb per gallon...

OK, tank is halfway through cycling so I'm looking at stocking list, as below a 30gal tank with 20kgs LR & clean bottom. Is this a good list for this tank? I wish to add a few soft corals in atleast 6 months time... Also if you agree with the below, is the order right for adding to the tank...

I have tried using a tap water purifier here, which hasn't worked out for me. I can't have an RO unit as I'm on a water meter & it would be way too expensive! Is de-ionised water actually better than RO water or another form of? My wife can get proper de-ionised water in 25litre containers...

Started cycling the tank 2 days ago with LR & tiger prawns I've just checked the PH with my Hana tester & its 7.85!!! Also the salt shows 1.026 is this normal during a cycle or should I do a water change? Cheers Shelton.

Another question! Got a Prizm Deluxe skimmer for my 30gal (UK) tank & with it comes a "free" bag of active carbon & holder to go within the skimmer. I have read some books, looked at some sites & it seems they all agree its worth using carbon, but & the big but is how long you leave it in...

Firstly a big thankyou to all that have helped me with my (silly?) questions up until now :D Having setup/ levelled the tank lastnight the tap water purifier & salt arrived today, so I've started to fill the tank tonight & got the heater running, once full & upto temp tomorrow I'll add the...

OK, just emptying the tank in the garden after testing it, can someone just tell me if the list below is correct & in the right order please? 1. Fill tank with purified water & connect heater, air pump (since mixing will be done this first time in tank) & powerheads. 2. once upto temp start...

OK, I'm very sorry for all these questions, but its knowing who to trust! LFS#1: LR with a skimmer as per LR thread I did this morning.... Now here comes the fun bit LFS #2 fine you can go that way but you are wasting a lot of money! He suggests LR with a canister type all in one filter unit...

Hi, Slowly getting things together.. For a recap I'm having a tank with no substrate or LS on the bottom just 20kgs of LR with a Deltec MCE600 Skimmer plus 2 x maxijet 900 PH's (34gal uk tank) Now my LFS has Madagascar LR & he thinks this is actually better than Fiji (though he's says he'll...

Looking through the couple of books I have I can't really find a proper answer to this? My new setup (This weekend hopefully) is a tank (36x15x18) with no lid as I intend in a few months time (hopefully) to add some soft corals to it. To recap I'm to start with LR to cycle & then fish, then...

getting things together now! Gone for a new tank (35UK Gal) & now I come onto the water side of things: I have just read an article in the latest Practical fishkeeping & for the sake of copyright it roughly says that a R/O isn't nessasary & that a API Tapwater Purifier is more than enough...