Oliver

Thanks camnbron I will go down to the rock pools and get some soon.

Hi I have got my marine gear from all over the place, from fellow forum members and my dad also made most of the expensive parts of the tank e.g the lights the protein scimmer and the cabinet.

i have just updated the pic

I have now got 3 new fish two Bangai Cardanalls and a manderinfish (my favourite) This is my tank (picture taken today) ] The brown algae on the back of the glass and rock still hasn't gone away does any body know if this every will? because its looking pretty ugly.. would growing macro algae in the sump help make it go away? What types of macro algae are available for growing in the sump and how would I go about getting it My sump is lit at night with a metal halide. thanks Oli p.s this is my manderin fish called mandy after my mum :lol:

Hi our tank has been going now for 6 months. we made our lighting hood using second hand components from fellow forum members and it is all working well. I think the second hand halide lights are at the end of their life now as the light from them is very yellow. We have 3 - 150 Watt mh's that we should replace. Does anybody have any recommendations on type and avalibility. Our hood also has 2 Phillips 30W Aquarelle Fluoros does any body have any thoughts on these.

I have a deep sand bed and so i think i need some worms or something were can i get some? Cheers Oli

Well today i learnt that i should always check my ice cream containers for holes lol

Ok thanks for the help

The skimmer is working well... the picture below is the skimmers waste after about two weeks of it running. http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/9946/23131kp6.th.jpg' alt='23131kp6.th.jpg'>

Also what should i feed them??

I cleaned an ice cream container and put some holes in the bottom and stuck that in her tank with her in it so now if she has anymore they can swimm away and she cant eat any =)

Its just the other tank already has a tang 2 clowns 2 shrimp so anything born in their will be eaten so i just have a choice of let her stay in tank she is in now and maybe have a few more or put her in other tank and if she has any more they will be eaten by the other fish

My molly just had about 9 babies but im not sure if i should take her out of the tank and into my other tank incase she has more do you guys think she will eat them?

i got an RODI just a couple of weeks ago

diatoms are off now another algae lol