Recent content by ben1987

He's hopefully playing on the motorway or with fire somewhere.

Closed tank down yesturday. Kept my clowns though for my new one :)

Anthias are usually fairly compatable with each other. Have you kept them before? if not id suggest starting witha few bartlets and lyretails. They are the easier species. Anthis while they are stunning dont tend to do that well in captivity. On the reef they are eating all day every day so...

Id didtch the the filters completely, in marine they arent used for bacteria like in freshies. The bacteria that filters out tanks usually live in live rock which is a far more effective method of filteration. This means that unless you are constantly cleaning the filter meida it cloggs up with...

Ocean rock will not seed off live rock. If you are looking to do this then search for 'reef bones' ocean rock is quite smooth, where as live rock is really pourous. The bacteria that filters the water in out tanks lives in the tiny little holes on thes surface of the live rock. Ocean rock does...

6 Line wrasse turn quite aggressive as they mature and i think you have potential problems there with the clowns and damsels as both these are also potentially aggressive too. I kept a couple of 6 line wrasse as they are good predators for SPS pests and they did turn a bit aggressive to fish of...

2 T5s should be fine for a toady. They like it if you keep them in low flow and your hands out the tank though! nice to see you back nat

im looking forward to this one too! be nice to have another sps fan!

How long is a piece of sting?? ypu can keep fish, in a set up similar to a trop tank, just with extra salt and something to measure the levels of salt in the tank. So it may cost an exta £50 over a trop set up. Then again, you could spend £10,000 The best thing for you to do right now is...

Yes run your skimmer it will help speed up the cycle. If your live rock was cured as you say and the dead stuff may have been soaked too. You may not see a harmful spike. Id suggest testing the water for ammonia daily before removing the crabs. They could be nice free CUC. Try to get a...

im not sue whats salts are readily available over in the US, i use The D-D one myself if you trust the LFS then you could use their water to get a taste for the hobby and buy your own RO unit later, but you need to get salted and fresh ro as water evaporates it doesnt take the salt with it, so...

will this be a reef of a fish only tank?

Certainly looks like your enjoying the salty side L Mushys looked like they have settled in well, welcome to the coral addiction :) Scape looks great too, one thig id say though is make sure there plenty of flow aimed at the surface of the water to increase the gaseous exchange, most of it...

good to see you back B! id say to meet the 20x turnover in your tank, go for a couple of smaller pumps. its easier to avoid dead spots using smaller pumps angled in different places. If also easier to place corals out of the way of brutal flow from a big pump. my tank has over 65X turnover and...

agree with the above, if it is common or percula clowns similar to 'Nemo' then 30 gallon tank would be an ideal size. But if its maroons or bigger clowns then your looking at a much bigger tank. If you research exactly which type we can help you with an equipment list