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Three days into my reef's life and this morning I discovered that the Eheim hang on filter had overflowed, draining 1/3rd of the tank water onto the floor. A very quick clear up job before the wife noticed, and then down to sorting out the problem. I replaced the Eheim with a Fluval BioLife...

When's the best time to start adding my cleaning crew to my new tank? I can't remember when I added stock like hermits and turbo snails to my last reef tank, but I do remember it was quite early on in the tank's life. I'm working on maybe a dozen turbo snails and a dozen hermits....that sound...

Now my nano is up and running, I'm after changing the lighting system to something more appropiate and something a lot tidier !! At present I'm using one 80 watt pendant m/v lamp and one 24" 40 actinic 03, all balanced over the tank on blocks...not very safe at all, and not the best of...

OK guys....the very first pic of my nano tank up and running. It's a camera fone pic, and the tank is still a little bit cloudy, but it gives you an idea of my first attempt. The powerhead will eventually be hidden by the live rock, which will be later today, I hope. The lighting is VERY...

You guys are soon gonna get pissed off with my questions...but here I go again. Tomorrow I'm making a start, and I wondered about adding the substrate...I have a 5kg bag of Underworld coral gravel and I'm buying some live sand to kick things off. How much live sand would I need, and do I...

Re. my post 'need to make some more room' I must have had a total Homer moment I was worrying about being able to fit filter, skimmer, heater in the tank due to lack of room topside...completely forgot that all the lights are being suspended from a wall bracket above the tank. It suddenly hit...

Having just bought myself a skimmer and a powerhead, I'm finding that the tank is rapidly filling up inside...combine those with the power filter, heater, I'm not going to have room for any livestock!! I have a little tank sitting here doing nothing....14"x8"x8", which I reckon would make an...

Probably a silly question...but here goes anyway. Where's the best position to place the actinic light tube over my new nano ? I have a 80 watt suspended m/v lamp 14" above the tank with the bulb positioned dead centre, but the problem is where to put the actinic...at the rear or at the front...

OK, I've done my research, read all the forums and made up my list of equipment for my first miniature saltwater tank. List as follows : 24"x15"x12" all glass aquarium, 64l/16 UK gallons. Filtration : An Eheim Boss hang on type filter. Powerhead : An Aquaclear 402. Heater : 75 watt...

Hi all, yet another newbie saying 'hello'. I've kept large reef tanks for a good many years, but this is my first attempt an a miniature tank. I have a 5 {UK} gallon hexagonal tank which I've just rescued from the garage, and I could use some help in adding the hardware, such as water...