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  1. les

    Cheap and easy DIY foods for marine fish and corals

    Cheap and easy DIY foods for marine fish and corals. Some background first I think is in order. I have been making my own cheap marine fish and coral foods for more years than I care to mention and certainly I was making them back in the 80s. At the time I was warned that I was playing...
  2. matt19849

    Overflow Help :(

    Hi, We've had our tank up and running for a while now and never been completely happy with the overflow The guys who installed it didn't do it properly which is a shame. We have two pipes going down into our sump both at the same height (although I think one is a mm taller). We are struggling...
  3. J

    Worm problem!

    Hi all have come home from work today and one of my crabs have died this is the 2nd one now, my wife told me a couple days ago that she has seen 2 big worms living in the rocks one clear/white and another clear/red. I suspect it was the red one that Killed it. Any advice what these worms are...
  4. I

    Which do I believe, stc 1000 or seneye

    Hi everyone, I've just brought a seneye reef monitor and this is saying my water temp is 24.2 while my stc 1000 is saying 25.9 Which do I belive?
  5. doug_amanda

    Countryfile

    Did anybody see countryfile on the TVs last night? Two bright young PHD students came up with the idea of building a hydroponics unit with a tank full of fish at one end producing nitrate filled water, that was then pumped into a tank with a load of floating plants and vegetables that fed on...
  6. les

    Something you should do with most skimmers.

    I guess you're wondering just what that might be and I would also guess few ever do this, so what is it? Most skimmers are fitted with an air inlet pipe and or silencer and as you will know air is sucked into the skimmer via one or the other. Now along with air, the skimmer will also suck in...
  7. H

    Freshwater to Marine Aquarium conversion...?

    Hi Guys Im a noob here, but been a fish keeper for over 30 years . Currently been keeping Malawis for the last 5 years and have a salty itch to scratch.... Current set up is 5'6x2'x2' using three external Eheims and cheap Led array. What would I need to convert this into a nice Reef...
  8. doug_amanda

    Reef-Roids through a microscope

    just out of curiosity I mixed up a small amount of Reef-Roids with some water and placed a drop on a microscope slide, Not sure what I expected to see, but corals love it. its not easy hovering an iPhone over a microscope lens.
  9. G

    Fingers crossed

    Hoping I am not giving the kiss of death by saying this but .... still got the 3 fish and a week has gone by ,do you think I dare start to breathe again . I got my lfs to reduce salinity in salty water when I went in which was the first water change after the medication time so at present tank...
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