Recent content by SumpItUp

Just an update, Did the first water change yesterday where I did not have to remove any cyano - great! It has taken a few weeks but by reducing the feed, changing the flow and lightcycle it has slowly died off. Some of the corals have suffered slightly and moved to different areas of the tank...

Thanks for that, it has caused me to research this a bit as I had seen for sale RO units for drinking water, e.g. http://www.home-water-purifiers-and-filter...osis-filter.php Pay special attention to point 7... "I notice that a reverse osmosis system will remove just about everything from my...

think 6 month baby's are a bit like fish, can't handle the chlorine and additives so they recommend using either filtered water or boiled water when giving them watered down fruit drinks - think the RO water would be more pure and economical than that out of a britta water filter. Also helps...

Haven't checked the TDS yet but decided to buy my own RO unit as it will work out cheaper in the end and can double up to provide my 6 month old baby with filtered water for her drinks. At the weekend I manually removed the algae (like the skin of a rice pudding) and hoovered up as much of the...

I am feeding fish flakes on a daily basis except on a weekend where I deforst a frozen shrimp block and feed half on a sat, other half on sunday. For the coral, I have an orange liquid which the guy I bought it off used but the label has long gone so I don't know the brand. I apply a minimal...

Thanks for your reply guys. The RO water comes from the local aquarium shop and I don't have a meter to measure tds I am afraid. The salt I add is Instant Ocean and I mix this to 1.023. The sump light is on all the time and uses an aqualglow t8 20w bulb - this may seem an obvious question but...

Hi, I bought a well established second hand tank setup 4 months ago now, transported it to my house and it has been running fine after an initial settling in period. However, almost 3 weeks ago, one of the small hermit crabs died (all others are fine and healthy) and I stupidly left it in the...