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I have also heard about clams reduce nitrates but i really don't think it would reduce it by a large amount. Most importantly i really don't think it is a smart way to keep lots of clams in a high nitrates tank for the purpose of reducing nitrates. Have anyone here add clams in the tank and nitrates reduces?

My lemonpeel got eaten by a star fish...but got given another one from Ben. Very good service.

Having a sump is better in many ways. But it is not a must to keep marine. (I don't have a sump too)

Yea....when choosing a lemonpeel you really have to pick one that is not as shy. My one was a really shy one but he was the one with the best colour so i still choose him. Don't know how he is going now, last time i went to the shop it wasn't there.

Remember if you go to a electrical suppliers for your T5 make sure you ask for T5 (HO) which is high output and not the standard T5. They have a big difference in both price and output of lights. By the way i don't think a lot of the electrical suppliers sells the blue tubes too...

I have taken the fish back after spending an hour catching him pulling my reef apart...

Ben P: I will try my best to catch him and bring him back tomorrow.... Can anyone suggest how to catch a 2inch fish out of a Reef and it is not eating?? Many thanks

been nearly a week now....lemonpeel is still not eating....he touch a litte bit of nori before but not eating much now...getting thiner too

thanks~~ will try some nori now~~and get some salifert fish food tomorrow.

Hello~~ My new Lemonpeel i brought yesterday is not eating. I have try Marine Granules, Marine flakes, and frozen myist shrimps. Also my existing purple fire fish has hide for more then 24hours after the new fish has been added.... What should i do other then wait...?

300?? are u talking about a Eheim or iwaki pump?? Just get something like a Atman, viaaqua etc if you are going with a queen skimmer.

Hi i have a 90L reef (i think you have see the pic before) Having a Canister Filters (Fluval204) means you would want to put things like bio ring or substrat in it which is for biofiltering. They do a good job of filtering but will build up N03 which is bad for corals. (If you are running a FOT then is fine) It terms of using LR as filter is to keep NO3 as low as possible. In todays reef keeping the best and easy way would be lots LR + big skimmers. But keep in mine that only using LR as filter in a small tank would mean u can only keep a few small fish. I personally do use a Canister Filters with substrat in it for bio-filter due to the reason that i like to have more fish in a small reef tank. I just do more water changes to lower NO3. (Currently have 6 in it) Also have marco algae too. So if your ideal tank is a classic Nemo tank with a few coral, LR and skimmer would do you. If you are like me wanting to add more fish in later on get a canister filter but don't go for fluval, just get a 1200L/h Atman or Jebo (new version) would be ok. If you got the money go for eheim 2227 wet/dry. Best canister around and also can acts as a wavemaker in a small tank. Anyway no matter what a marine tank must have a skimmer, very important. Go get a cheap one if you a short of cash. But i advise you not to go for one with a air stone, one with pump won't cost much more. ViaAqua and weipro both make a hang on one for about $150 Surface skimmer just get one when you water surface is oily not something you must have to start with. Remember don't go for the one with plastic fitting and float around...really crap i had one too. Go for the Atman one should be much better. God~~what am i doing~~ i type a page.....

it shouldn't be for my one...my power head is just on top of the sand bed which is along way to the xenia. And i use eheim 2227 wet/dry as wave maker but it only goes on for a short period every few mins.(Due to the small size of my tank)

Mt Wellington...abit too far for me. I live at Whangaparaoa. Anywhere in Northshore has it? i need as much to cover to top of my tank~~ i got a fire fish~~don't want it to jump out. (Got it for a few months still havn't jump)

Hello does anyone know where to buy those plastic reef racks he uses to hold his corals? Can't see them for sell in Nz LFS.

thanks everybody~~ it seems to be opening up fine today

FOT? If so don't worry too much about lighting just up to what you like. I personally like more blue and white.

thanks alot~~ it just seems to be opening and closing from time to time~~ anyway see how it goes tomorrow

update it has just close again~

thanks guys~~ after moving it up abit more it has open up more and seems to look a little better~~ will post another pic up tonight.

sorry guys just notice there is a edit click~~

Update~

sorry reef~ can't reduce the size of the pic now~ It is because i host it on a public server and i have no right in the the server to make any changes~ All the pic post later on will be the size of the last 2.

I just had it for a few weeks~ It seems to go bad after a week or so... anyway i try to move it closer to the lighting and see how it goes

Would it be better for me to just move it higher up closer to the lighting?