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Hi all, i have a 5x2x2 with 4ft sump reef setup, i currently have in there - 2 true perc clowns - 5 green chromis - 1 yellow tang - 1 regal tang - 1 sailfin tang - 1 green striped mandarin - 1 orange sea star - 3 cleaner shrimp - 1 chalk goby - 1 cleaner wrasse - assortment of...

Hi all, iv been using red sea no3po4-x on my 5x2x2 tank im dosing 20ml nitrates - 25 phos - 0. I will run out if nopox in the next few days but i have a bottle of vodka i was using on amother tank can i just carry on with vodka as a carbon source instead on nopox or do i have to start again...

Hi all, my 5ft 3x150w halide set on fire yesterday so iv had to replace it with a 4ft 2x150w halide its a aqua medic ocean light with 2x14k bulbs. Not the best unit or bulbs i know but it also has 2 rows of 30 actinic blue cree led's to give it some blue. I really like the smaller size of the...

Hi all, seen these in a LFS are they true peppermint shrimp that will eat aiptasia ?

Hi all, as title suggests iv recently upgraded from a juwel trigon 190L to a 5ftx2ftx2ft tank and iv been getting lots of brown/red slime looking stuff in the sump iv tried to get a picture but i had cleared a lot of it, i never had it in my other tank the only new thing i do is put sheets of...

Hi all, never really wondered about stocking as i have a fair sized tank and I'm stocking it slowly just wondering if im fully stocked, over stocked or under stocked so heres my stock list: Regal Tang Yellow Tang Sailfin Tang 2x True perc clown Royal Gramma Mandarin 2x humbug Damsel...

Hi all, had my system set up a while now but only just got the salifert carbonate hardness/alkalinity test i just did my PH, calcium and alkalinity here are the results PH - 8.0 (about 5pm) Calcium - 500+ Alkalinity - 10.2 kg/dkh or 3.65 meq/L The calcium and alk seem really high is this...

As title says iv been looking at a spotted mandarin thats a male for a while in my LFS i just dont want 2 males in the same tank can anyone tell from these pics if my striped is male or female? Thanks

Ill attach a video of now and a photo of before of my bubbletip anemone, before i adjust the flow it was always deflated and looked as if it dying, i have more flow on it now but it seems as though it cant relax as much is his bad? This is the least amount i can physically get to without putting...

Hi all, i got a bubbletip anemone on thursday placed it in my tank after acclimating it properly, it went straight to a rock and had a little wonder that night ever since friday morning its been at the front of the tank where it gets the most light under me LED and T5HO where the flow is about...

Hi all, i have been cycling a FOWLR for while now it has half live rock half dead rock its recently had a huge diatom bloom the water stats are ; Ammonia - .25 (few hours after dosing to 2ppm) Nitrite - 0.50 Ph - 8.2 Nitrate - over 100 Calcium - 450 Phosphate - between 0.1 and 0.3 Salinity...

Hi all, iv noticed my condy anemone is bleaching and recently iv realised my domino damsel is trying to host it which im guessing is upsetting it. Has anyone had any experience with this before? Photos are not great but it can be seen

Hi all, been cycling my tank for a while now by adding pure ammonia to 4ppm, half live rock half dead rock, ammonia is sitting at 0, nitrite around 1ppm and nitrate over 100. I have 2 T5HO one marine white one actinic blue on a timer for 8 hours a day and In the last few days iv had a huge...

Hi all, i have a 60G bow front thats just finished cycling I'm wanting one or 2 large fish in there doesn't have to be reef friendly as its going to be FOWL has anyone any suggestions?

Hi all, iv had my 2 clowns, 1 demsal, 1 regal tang, 1 chalk goby,1 royal grammer and 1 cleaner wrass in a QT tank for a few weeks now to rid them of white spot. I put them back in my display tank today like introducing a new fish bagged them all separately let the bags heat then slowly added...

Hi all, as the title says really my tank has been up and running about 6-7 months its a juwel trigon 190 sumped and it has 6-7 soft corals 7 fish a few shrimps,starfish,urchin,crabs etc and 2 T5 HO 54W bulbs 1 marine white and 1 actinic blue was wondering if i can add a cody anemone or is it a...

Has anyone had any experience with the saltwater test kit made by api? My ammonia reading seemed to be going up and down so i did 4 back to back from the same water and got 4 result from 0-8ppm which one will be correct? I will attach a picture of the 4 test vials thanks

Hi all First go at saltwater tank for either a lionfish or a puffer im undecided yet its mixed 50/50 with live rock and base rock iv been dosing ammonia the cycle is almost done just wondering what peoples thoughts are on it and i its better suited to a lion or a puffer here are the pictures...

Hi all, i have an empty sumped juwel vision 180 so iv decided to turn it into a home for a either new fish in QT or a lionfish im undecided yet. Anyway all i have at the min is a bare tank with heater and filter, i have been dosing ammonia to cycle the filter and was wondering does the water...

Can anyone id these 2 corals please? Iv been given them from a mate who wanted some space but he didnt tell me anything about them? Placement in tank, lighting, flow etc? Im pretty sure the green one is a toadstool of some kind i have another thats fully opened up but this one just stays like...

Hi all, this is my first ever reef tank so go easy on me, hope you all like it and any suggestions of moving things or adding new things very welcome :)

Hi all, iv just got a used reef setup thats been running a while but before it got transported the old owner cleaned the skimmer out its a Tmc V2 600. Iv had it running with the bubbles around halfway up the neck where theres a bit of a scum mark you can see its been before but after a week...

Hi all, today i purchased a large piece of rock with 2 fair sized what look like green rhodactis mushrooms on top, ny LFS put the rock with corals in a bucket full of water for me but when i got it home the biggest mushroom had fell off! The smaller one is still on but is all closed up. The...

Hi all, i have been successfully keeping a 30L nano reef for the past 6 months so thought id give something bigger a try :) Iv got a juwel trigon 190 with sump, it has 15kg of live rock 1 powerhead and 2 wave makers. Whats the best position for these? Also it only has 2 cleaner shrimps snd a...

Hi all, this is my first Cichlid setup there Malawi in a Juwel Vision 180 with a 60L sump, Any advise improvements etc. greatly appreciated :) http://youtu.be/44Tp7kwLCPU