Recent content by pandc

I meant the clown fish were the 1st fish we bought, the tank was left to cycle with just water, base rock and coral sand for 4 weeks then the live rock was added and it was another 4 weeks before any fish were added when the water tests showed that it was steady. Think my Flame Angel is now...

I've checked all power heads, filter pump etc but no sign of any of the missing fish or shrimp. I tried taking a photo but it comes out rubbish with the flash on as it just reflects the flash and if I turn it off then they come out blurd. I have a 275 litre corner style tank with a pyramid...

Also forgot to ask do hermit crabs eat each other or just steal each others shells as they are dwindling too.

I have had my Marine tank set up for about 5 months now and a few of my fish and shrimps are gone. The 1st to go were the blood red shrimps, we only saw them for about 2 mins before they went into the rocks and never saw them again. I was told that this was normal so thought nothing of it only...

Yes it's an external filter but it does not have a tap to let you fill the filter body, just a priming pump. I manually filled the whole thing with water and hey presto worked straight away. I didn't need to do this on previous occasions and it does not tell you to do this in the manual but it...

I have had my Salt water tropical tank for 4 months now with no problems at all, well till today anyway. I performed a clean out of the filter unit, an Eheim Professional II 2026 model, which up to this point had been working without fault. Now that I have put it back together the priming...