Recent content by Spishkey

hi thanks for your reply.....ive been trying to upload a photo so you can see the set up but its not working. it says the file is too big? how do i change this please? ive fished out another 2 sick fish today they have a weird 'slime' covering over them and red sore looking areas. should i be...

nobody?

hi a little update on the situation and am looking for some more advice. its been 18 days since i last posted.... we stopped the uv filter and didnt add anymore powder for the algae. we've been doing lots of water changes and did a really big one a few days back (emptied about 50% of the water...

Our pond has been up and running for a while now (few years) without problems. it consists of a few parts....a black rubbermaid tub (filled with plants) which flows into a bath (filled with plants), which flows into the main pond (made from pond liner with a few plants in) on the other side is a...

thanks! and the eggs have already hatched......jeez, i have a lot of fish!

time for an updat, the little buggers are now 6 weeks...not so many as there was but theres still a good 50 in there..... mum and dad have since decided to kick them 'out of the nest' and lay again...twice as many eggs as last time..... wahoo!

so this little guy seems to have appeared in the tank, no doubt in the new pieces of live rock we recently introduced any idea what kind of crab he is? hes pretty cool looking (almost 'glows') but im hoping he's not a threat to anything in the tank!

the carbon was put in 3 weeks ago when we brought the tank home and replaced yesterday.the bio balls dont seem to have anything stuck to them at all. there is a green colour sponge under them that has a sort of yellow slime round the edges...?

no its not frozen food. we feed marine pellets(?) and flakes..3 times per week at the moment. the tank has been set up for three years prior to us receiving, but for the last 6 months badly neglected until we picked it up and brought it home (it was at my mans work in the office, the boss was...

nitrate levels are coming out at 20 :( havent got my phosphate test yet but it is on order. dont have a sand sifting cucumber but there are some sort of bristle worms in the sand and lots of brittle star fish?

how do i get rid of it???

ive just seen this mentioned in another thread and *think* this may be infesting my tank (i have a red slimish carpet over everything at the moment) but looking at the causes im not sure if it fits. i have plenty of powerheads running,skimmer on, dont overfeed the fish..lights arent on that...

ok so im about to order a saltwater test kit...anyone got any recommendations? ive been looking at the tests by API (i like these test kits, i have the freshwater liquid test kits for my tropical tanks but unsure if these can be used on saltwater???) but am confused as to what the difference is...