Recent content by Willow 123

Out for a motorbike ride with mates from the AJS club today

Thanks for your input, whatever it was has disappeared , probably eaten I would guess. As for the Sally Lightfoot crab, as I'm not 100% sure in which direction I am going to go with this tank, I will enjoy his (her ?) company and if the crab becomes a problem then my lfs will always take him back.

Ok so a little update. To help the cleanup crew a sally light crab and an emerald green one has been added and the alge is well under control. So much so that i think I have my first hitchhiker appear. can anybody identify the 'growth' in the pictures?

I probably would have been better served with the lights off but if you don't give it a go, you don't learn. 2 lessons learned. 1, hair algae, given the right conditions, grows so fast you can almost see it happening.:eek:😂 2, the right cuc can eat it faster than that. (strawberry conch...

The older I get ( 69 years young) the less I like tech. I had never even heard of matten filters till 6 months ago. I have 3 f/w tanks running successfully on Mattens and wondered if the same simple air powered tech could run a s/w tank successully. The tank was started on the 23rd of march so...

To answer your questions. I've found over the years that having a tank properly cycled and matured means I have very few livestock losses and once matured the tank virtually looks after itself. The saltwater is made with Ro whch I also use for evaporation top ups. The algae outbreak has been...

You asked for it, if you go blind or throw up its not my fault! 😂

Update, hurrah the tank is an algae mess, hair algae, algae on the glass and on the sand. Clean up crew has been upgraded to include 3 turbo, 4 ceriths and a strawberry conch. They are doing a grand job, 4 days in and already they are putting a dent in the problem. All parameters are fine, so...

Update , due to my grow out tank containing the silver mollie and the platy fry developing a leak, the platies have gone into the main tank and the mollie fry have been acclimatised and transferred to the experi-Mental! marine tank. This should be interesting!

I can't take credit for it, all the koi carp boys use this method. As far as pipe work is concerned over here the smaller pipe is known as overflow pipe( and fittings). It has an od of 21.5mm and an inside dia of 20mm.( Larger stuff is 40mm dia (inch and a half approx) Can I suggest drilling a...

Here's the promised pics