Recent content by daveydave

Josh unless you have been already, Wayne is part way through expanding back into trops and cold water again. He still has a good selection but usually has more in. well worth a half hour journey. Dave

Mines got over 26 for the first time today :rolleyes: 26.1 these old terrace houses (small windows) are good in the summer but cold in the winter!!

yeh the one and only marine shop in the area IMO the other one in town doesn't compare, unless your after a shop full of dry goods which are usually cheaper online. Wayne has it spot on, loads of tanks for wet goods and just the right ammount of dry goods to get you started or through a...

a needle wheel impellor is only different to normal by using 'neddles' ie. pins instead of vanes these reduce the bubbles pulled in via the venturi to micro bubbles. quite a few pumps have the option of after market needle wheels. a decent air pump and wooden air 'stone' would be a better...

I have personally had no end of trouble with nano streams sticking after cleaning or power cuts and needing a 'clout' to get them going. never had a single bit of trouble from Koralias. i have a k2 in my sump and k4 in the tank, but i'm considering a M7 to replace the nano's and k4. keeping them...

http://www.ecosystemaquarium.com/products/miracle-mudr.html a great shop i visit from time to time has working displays of these systems which led me to try it on my old 3x2x2 i have never seen such a vibrant looking tank as the 30" cube they have set up. this display has been running for years...

it has been proven (by some clever boffin (not me)) that skimming also pulls good stuff out. hence the development of skimmerless refugium systems. as stated above i run a skimmer massively underated for my system size, its set low and will be coming off once the refugium has been running for a...

best thing i'd say is try it! how about having the skimmer on a timer to run at night only? i have run a 3x2x2 'Just' on a refugium my present 1300l system has a refugium (still maturing) and a v2 400. quite obviously underated but still pulls a small ammount of skimmate every week. I did try...

I know the main post was a while ago BUT...... there's a cracking shop on the outskirts of lincoln, in dunholme opposite the pub. only 1 minute off the A46. undergoing expansion back into tropicals and cold water. marine section is awesome although usually more stock is carried than at the...