Recent content by mooriginal

To be honest Groovy, Ive never worried about coralline at all - in fact i dont want too much of it as i prefer more porous rocks to those covered in coralline... Hence ive used reefplate - porous rock in the canister and for a large part of rock near the front base in the tank...

no dude i never did I tend to find that weekly water changes clean the scum cause i spend a few mins before i drain the old water with a jug clearing the scum.. a weekly water change [lazy doesnt always happen with me catches it before the scum anyways ] The ato is still my right arm -...

hi there no ca supplements for me - weekly 12% water changes with d&d salt is all i do. The goni in question is from a another tank thats closing down soon. Ive had that sucker 3 years now - and its getting better now as in the other tank it was squashed in a corner ... I had a...

hi guys Some updated pics Clam corner - both are fairly large - above 3 inches 2 orange Slow growing acans from Adam this greeny example is doing well since its been in tank for 3 months SPS was stuck on raw plugs and put into gaps in rocks - and have now encrusted and tips...

Thanks All

Happens so many places doesnt it - local availibilty is rubbish cause its all exported ! Moon lights are from ebayer in Hong Kong I can give pass on details if you like I like the moonlights as they are very strong and quite sturdy - theyve dipped into water countless times and being...

ato - is by my right hand :gcool hehe lose about a 1inch in about 2-3 days and bit more during the warmer days when i had the fan blowing on water surface. Going to be looking at a very simple bottle type affair to ATO. As for surface scum - still getting a bit - but noticed when fan...

some updates - Summary - lots of stock that had been poorly has been languishing in back recesses of the cube. Had a recent move around and put some of the recovering stock out and finished of the rockscaping of the tank - this is how its going to stay now ... new items for the cube -...

thanks guys i use top of by hand at moment its not too bad as i have the MH quite high but even so about a litre jugful every 3 days is not too bad or less on cooler days... I am indeed getting surface skum- so have a plan either replace the cave affect with some tubing with branches...

Thanks Guys ! its coming along

heres some shots of the pipework and cabinet pics today of some new stuff acan maxima night time blasto frag - not sure if its too horizontal onto light being to much light green acro [new] night time left tank view orange yuma happy at bottom in cave orange...

Also wanted to explain why its stealth There are no part or extras on show in the tank if you looked around all the sides you wouldnt see any equipment - the HOB there is temporarily The main flow is coming out of exit hole hidden in the cave formed by the white reef plate rock you so in...

thanks guys here are some updated pics for you all ... I can take some shots of the 'workings' of everything ..later Ed - I wish I had your Rics ! they are lovely I shall take a special pic for you of my orange yuma with leds on it ! Just briefly for Tim - cannister is eheim 2126...

Here are some pics of my new tank that ive been nurturing for a while now :langle Finally started to get some stock in there... A few stats: 40 litres External Marine Heated Eheim Canister filter Custom built to include the tank and cabinet to look as one piece. No pipework of any...

thank you all for your kind comments it took about 18 months to just stage ... heres a shot of my current frag plate - which is waiting for my new cube build to cycle before it gets moved in