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Subject Author Date My current reef videos Marksfish 12-12-2006  Re: My current reef videos Gill Passman 12-12-2006  Re: My current reef videos Marksfish 12-14-2006  Re: My current reef videos Gill Passman 12-14-2006  Re: My current reef videos Marksfish 12-15-2006  Re: My current reef videos Gill Passman 12-15-2006  Re: My current reef videos Marksfish 01-05-2007  Re: My current reef videos Gill Passman 01-05-2007  Re: My current reef videos Marksfish 01-05-2007  Re: My current reef videos Gill Passman 01-05-2007  Re: My current reef videos Marksfish 01-06-2007  Re: My current reef videos Gill Passman 01-06-2007  Re: My current reef videos Marksfish 01-06-2007  Re: My current reef videos Gill Passman 01-06-2007  Re: My current reef videos Marksfish 01-06-2007
Posted by Gill Passman on December 15, 2006, 9:25 am Please log in for more thread options Marksfish wrote: > Are you having a sump Gill? The reason I ask is that I think it is the best > bit of kit I have. a) it takes all of the equipment from the main tank > (except the powerheads of course) and b) I can keep my algaes in there. My > nitrates were on the rise a few months back rising to 25ppm. I have had > prolifera, mexicana and grape algaes and mangroves in the sump, all doing > nothing. I managed to get a hold of some chaeto and it is amazing stuff. > Nitrates are down to 0.1ppm in the space of a couple of months!! > Nope, it's only a 60L Nano reef....sits on the worksurface in the kitchen....I decided to try small first to see if I liked it before going out and spending a fortune....It's got powerheads and a protein skimmer - live rock does the rest - nitrates have been zero for weeks but I do get a trace reading on phosphates - could be that the algae is using up the nitrates. I do think some algae to outcompete the red stuff would be a good idea - I had an idea of putting some in one of those breeder traps so it could be easily moved out for asthetics. >>....but red algae is a problem.... > > > Is that the brush type algae or the slime stuff? I never had the slime algae > (cyano) in this tank but have read that if you angle a powerhead across the > top of the substrate it helps to get rid of it. It's the slime stuff - I guess some repositioning of the powerheads would help - will do it this weekend... > As much as I like my marines, I do miss my discus and may well "encourage" > my wife to allow me to have another tank somewhere with a pair :0) > > Mark > > I know what you mean....apparently if I want a larger reef tank I'm going to have to give up one of the freshwaters *sigh* Gill Posted by Marksfish on January 5, 2007, 3:51 am Please log in for more thread options > Nope, it's only a 60L Nano reef....sits on the worksurface in the > kitchen....I decided to try small first to see if I liked it before going > out and spending a fortune....It's got powerheads and a protein skimmer - > live rock does the rest - nitrates have been zero for weeks but I do get a > trace reading on phosphates - could be that the algae is using up the > nitrates. I do think some algae to outcompete the red stuff would be a > good idea - I had an idea of putting some in one of those breeder traps so > it could be easily moved out for asthetics. > Looks like I will be joining you in the nano stakes Gill. The forum I use has a sponsor that is selling the Orca TL-450 reef nano and it's stand (you can have any colour you want so long as it is black :0)) for £140 delivered!!! (see here http://www.marinefish-uk.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=10543 ) For a small tank with everything included, seems like a great deal and will suit me nicely as a frag tank. There are a few members on the forum that have already purchased it and seem very happy with it, fingers crossed. Mark -- www.marksfish.me.uk Posted by Gill Passman on January 5, 2007, 9:42 am Please log in for more thread options Marksfish wrote: > > Looks like I will be joining you in the nano stakes Gill. The forum I use > has a sponsor that is selling the Orca TL-450 reef nano and it's stand (you > can have any colour you want so long as it is black :0)) for £140 > delivered!!! (see here > http://www.marinefish-uk.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=10543 ) For a small > tank with everything included, seems like a great deal and will suit me > nicely as a frag tank. There are a few members on the forum that have > already purchased it and seem very happy with it, fingers crossed. > > Mark Looks like a good deal - my LFS has a Nano on sale but not as cheap as that one.....found the supplier/sponsor - looks like another good on-line retailer :-) It's certainly a lot cheaper than a similar one my LFS has on sale....and it is bigger than the little 25L I got as a freebie from PFK that I was going to set up. My only concern would be the lighting level but I guess it should be fine for soft corals....very tempted - I can see just the bit of wall to put it against from here - he,he.... I'm really enjoying my little 60L Nano which is now coming out the other side of it's algae bloom - shame is I now seem to have lost the ability to keep shrimps.....but once all is settled again I'll try again. Thanks Gill Posted by Marksfish on January 5, 2007, 10:10 am Please log in for more thread options > I'm really enjoying my little 60L Nano which is now coming out the other > side of it's algae bloom - shame is I now seem to have lost the ability to > keep shrimps.....but once all is settled again I'll try again. > > Have you got any pics?? I started to use alt.binaries.aquaria recently, but it seems dead these days (apart from the odd bit od spam). Mark Posted by Gill Passman on January 5, 2007, 1:27 pm Please log in for more thread options Marksfish wrote: >>I'm really enjoying my little 60L Nano which is now coming out the other >>side of it's algae bloom - shame is I now seem to have lost the ability to >>keep shrimps.....but once all is settled again I'll try again. >> >> > > Have you got any pics?? I started to use alt.binaries.aquaria recently, but > it seems dead these days (apart from the odd bit od spam). > > Mark > > I've been keeping a photographic record of the tank ever since the first pieces of LR went in - I've been posting periodically about the tank on The Freshwater Aquarium with pics ever since I started it in September - need to get some recent ones though....My newsserver doesn't carry the binaries groups so that isn't an option - I could mail you some if you like..... Gill Similar Threads Posted Reef gone, back to discus again October 25, 2007, 4:05 am Brand new UK Marine reef website! 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