Recent content by john.o

Thanks seffie. :good: Yep this defiantly not some think you won’t to tinker with :unsure: it needs to been done correctly or you’re going to end up with a lot of salty water on the floor :crazy: If you could get the tank drilled {most LFS will do this for you} it would defiantly be the way...

In short nope What you need is an over flow box like this...

Well after been let down by the buyer {not paying :grr: } I have decided to put this back up for sale at a reduced price of £32.50 including post :good:

Thank you mattlee I have 10 x tank volumes running through my sump now with a return pump, so there for I won’t need any additional power heads right? Sorry for all the question guys I am just trying to sort out what to keep and what to sell on from my tank brake down Regards john In fact it...

Ok thanks for the advice Kitty Kat :good: So I should trade the halide for T5, s and keep a hold of my Co2 reactor and RO unit for now? What about tank turn over/flow what is recommended?

Hi peeps I am new to the trop side of TFF But I have been around on the salty side for quite a bit, and now I am over here looking for advice!! After suffering a second wipe out in my marine tank “££££” I have decided to break it down and go tropical planted. Now after starting off on the salty...

Thanks for the kind words there very much appreciated :good: Some of the local guys from around me have help out today by mixing up some water for me, we have changed 25 gallon today and I currently have to big skimmers in the sump pulling out the crud, and the tank has 2 large air stones in...

Thanks for the kind words biffster. :good: I believe the “bloom” was caused by my bio pellet reactor, the pump became blocked which cheto and the pellets stopped fluidising {cant of been for any more than 12 hr, s while I was at work} when I noticed it I unblocked the pipe work and there was a...

Time to say good bye :-( Well after yet another wipe out I have decided enough is enough {And so has SWMBO :flex: £££ down the drain} Two days ago I had a bacteria bloom and my tank was a white out, you could not even see the live rock it was like fog! :huh: So I changed 15 gallon of water...

The slime/snot is all part of the process m8t :good: It’s basically the bacteria clinging to the DOC and as it leaves the reactor you want the out let tube as near to the skimmer volute as possible so that it can skimmed off the DOC :good:

Martin i just been to my LFS and they have 3 units left,I will send you a Pm

Martin I am really sorry m8t I did not see that there had been a reply :blush: :blush: Unfortunately this item has now been sold. sorry!!

Yep like I say I truly believe the secret to getting these to work is having a well balanced tank… TLF reactor and 350ml NP bio pellets And strong over skimming... BM150 pro As for test kits I always use salifert for their reliability :good: {elso are also very good but ££ :good: }

alk= 150.0 x 0.056 = 8.4 dkH ummm what test kit do you use, {my API was 9dkh and my salifert 6.4 dkh {do you buffer} I must admit I was expecting this to be low as the bacteria on the pellets consume it really fast and with the extra bacteria your skimmer should be going nuts pulling out tones...

Hanna checker I have a brand new Hanna phosphate checker like this one for sale.... http://www.hannachecker.co.uk/phosphate.html it was bought for me by a friend as a gift for some building work I done for him as a favour and after refusing payment he went and bought this as a way of his...