need some advice please, have 90 ltre marine setup with no sump. recently was suffering from what i think was dino long brown strands from the sandbed and corals with air bubbles in. tried the blank the tank out but it came back again so i decided to strip it down. approx a week after i now have " green water" which came about quickly so much so that if i clean the glass it comes back on the glass within 10 minutes. the only thing i've tried is filter wool which doesn't seem to have made any... Read more ..read more

My first time using FM for a test. It was received at 9.32am today, result at 10.56am. Could it be any faster ..read more

So, its becoming difficult to find little magnetic islands for glass 15mm+.....i decided to make my own. Pretty rudimentary to be honest - inside each side has 2 black epoxy coated Neodymium magnets (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B077SH81Y8 - magnets are not cheap!!) 3d printed shelf and containers for the magnets..... Then glues some sand to the top part of the shelf and glued a small piece of rubble onto it - the idea is that if i wanted to move the frag down... Read more ..read more

The wife suprised me and got me a new laptop. Its a bit like that new tank feeling ..read more

Morning guys. Was just wondering is there a certain calcium carbonate people are buying for DIY coral snow ? Cheers ..read more

Morning all. After a year of heartache with my MT. I need to concede I just don't have the time currently to walk the balance of a true mixed reef. This tank was supposed to be old school softy dominated with algaes etc. 7 years of ramming anything I like in and it growing into a solid block of coral has just made it too fiddly to balance on the time I have available. The gorgonians, shrooms, algaes and leathers etc constantly pumping turpenes out in so much coral, with reduced flow from... Read more ..read more

Hi. I have a question I bought the co2 reactor with 1000ml of media . Connect yesterday around 2pm Check today media change the colour less then 20h.???90% of media? It’s that bad is my PH? Always testing 1 a week give me results 8.0 light green colour salifert test? Any ideas or advice? Thanks ..read more

I've picked up a large sump from the FTGH for a future upgrade. Any issues with storing it upside-down outside under a tarp other than keeping it out of the missus sight ..read more

Sort my KH Manager ..read more

My previous tanks all had a refugium refugium and am a great fan of them. But my new setup really does not have sumo area for one so thinking of at least growing some chaeto in a reactor. Most decent reactors seem pretty bit and I imagine they need to be of a certain size but wondered if anyone can recommend a smallish one that will work well. An alternative idea I have mulled over is just some sort of small polycarbonate shallow tank I can fit above the sump to use as a fuge and pump the... Read more ..read more