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For sure, do it once and do it right. water quality is very important and if you get that right you will have far less problems. some of these small ro units will be available soon. Nano RO station (8515.000) 30 to 60 litres/day at 3 to 6 bar (43 to 87 PSI) and 15 deg. to 25 deg. Celsius (59 deg. to 77 deg. F). TUNZE® Nano RO Station 8515 is a compact high-quality reverse osmosis plant employed for the easy production of pure water (RO water) , it is especially suitable for small and medium-sized marine and fresh-water aquariums. It is very easy to operate and can be connected directly to a water tap using the accessories supplied by the manufacturer.

new type of lighting using leds. great looking lights. hate to see the price. Good thing is that you dont have to change bulbs for 10 years ● Greater light efficiency ● L.E.D. Technology mixed to T5. ● Power LEDs: 1.2 W; 2.3 W; 3 W High Bright. ● Forced ventilation with speed adjustable fans. ● Supply: 100- 240 V AC o 12 V DC. ● Dynamic control of the colour (RGB) in the 12 V version through an external signal. ● Long life (from 20.000 to 100.000 hours, depending on the versions). ● Low heat developed: thanks to the cold light of the LED, they don't heat the water, saving energy in the use of chillers. ●Large range of colours: LED 4000 °K; 6000 °K; Blue, Red, Green, Yellow. ● T5: 6000 °K, 10.000 °K, 15.000 °K, SuperActinics 03. ● Extremely simple maintenance: the LED are extremely easy to substitute.

Pointless buying water as it will end up costing too much, you get a ro unit from a drinking water supplier, try your local yellow pages.

Try this one olympus 1030sw, can be used under water, great camera, about $500 http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_secti ... oduct=1363

More updated info on new Tunze products. http://www.tunze.com/fileadmin/downloads_en/interzooen.pdf Hopefully they sorted the clamp problems.

Viewing reef central and came across this thread re phyto plankton. Might be a thread worth following and see what results they have had when dosing. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1403288

I mentioned that i did not dose the recommend level as my tank was showing signs of nutrients, based on rock work going dark green, skimmer pulling out so much that it almost overflowed the cup. Caulerpa algae going nuts, What does this mean? It means excess nutrients/food in my tank being removed and excess being waste in the tank. I agree that is too short a time frame to trial but i can tell already that things were only going to get worse for my tank. Too much of a risk on my acropora. Image if i dosed the correct amount. Noticed today that rock work is clearing again with dark slime algae disappearing from the rocks. Stopped dosing last week ane looking for changes in the tank As mentioned this is the same thing that happened many years ago using Phyto. Not knocking the product in anyway, just stating my observations. Same thing will happen if i overdosed coral food etc. I might still dose phtyo once a week to give a variety of foods to the organisims. Maybe doses need to be far lower? How do you get to the dose you state on the bottle.? Been dosing phyto to my baby brine shrimp. they do last longer. Unlike the ocean, reef tanks are a closed system so you have to limit food. Have you heard the expression 'too much of a good thing is no good.' As mentioned get somelese to dose the same amount in a low nutrient tank and see what happens after say 1 month of continued dosing with out any water changes.

Your tank is way to small for those fish. Also you will never keep two pair of banggai, unless you have a 2000L tank, as mentioned they will wipe each other out.' Huge canister filter wont do much, A protein skimmer would be of better value for the tank.

There could be hundred of reasons why you have valonia growing in your sump and maybe it could be the bulbs as they change spectrum as they get old, and new bulbs can also cause algae growth as they bring out the problems in poor water quality. However to say that the culprit is the bulbs is highly unlikly in this thread. So if i put old bulbs in my tank i will then end up with valonia? i think not, but if i have poor water quality then yes it will cause the valonia to spread in my tank.

i doubt it. Remove the rock and brush it off. Check water conditions and get a tang.

Should put down 1/2 the human population then as they cause more problems.

I would give the fish a freshwater dip as it might have some pariste. Place the fish for 5mins in a bowl of fresh water, make sure the ph is the same and the temp. also add a cup of your tank water into the bowl. The fish might not make it but i dont think it will be around for long anyway by the sound of things,

Thanks for the compliment, but there are few tanks that get far better growth than me due to my tank being overcrowded with corals which compete with each other, also my calcium/kh levels are not consistent as i dose these manually and always forget, so my levels are not optimum which makes huge difference in growth, All to change once it gets upgraded to a 5000L tank in the near future. Testing another tank that is fairly low in nutrients will give another view to see if they get the same results. I am sure they will as adding food to a tank that is no utilised will result in waste being in the tank. There are few people dosing phyto consistantly and you can see from there tanks that they have high nutrients, some even say they have 2ppm phostphates which is huge, ok for some corals but not sps.

Will get one up soon. Phyto dosing. As per the phyto dosing so far i have little evidence that it reduces nutrients, It’s been two weeks of dosing and it appears that it gets utilised by only a few corals like the goniopora. My doses have been below the recommended levels as it’s too much for my tank as my skimmer removes lots of it and my tank is showing signs of excess nutrients. I tested the Phyto itself and it contains small traces of Phosphates but minor, will do another test on it again, the nitrate was zero when i tested it. Some hobbyist claims that it removes PO4 and cyno which is not what i found as i dosed some in a high nutrient tank and the cyno go worse. Which makes sense as you are adding forms of nutrients. The phtyo is useful to breed fish fry and feed brine shrimp etc, but as a regular use in a tank i am not sure yet as based on my observations to much of it will cause nutrients. However if you have corals like goniopora and similar i would say they would utilised it however again dosing too much will could put excess nutrients in the tank if not used , just like any coral food product. put too much in and it will cause problems as excess cany be used. Would be ideal if someone else with a fairly decent tank and common sense could try some and see if they get similar findings. My findings are the same as when i dosed phyto about 3 years ago. I am not being critical of the product as it does have benefits if used the right way and for a particular purpose, pretty much like any product.

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NO. not a rose, unless colour blind. This is a rose anemoe

Its a bubble Tip Anemone (Entacmea Quadricolour) .

They are hard to keep and need to be house with only a few fish in a tank. Over 60% die in before even reaching the retail stores.

maybe, not really a problem. effect butterflys and soem angel fish, Copperbands always seem to get it when you import them.

Some new Tunze products due out by year end. More toys to try. Here are so pics & info i found on reef central. Redesigned the Stream, due by the end of year- Stream 2, includes magnet mount, quieter, smaller . Multicontroller, 7096, The 7096 is USB programmable and each pump can be seperately controlled and the food timer can also be adjusted. You can also connect and control the wavebox. New small Needlewheel skimmer 9410, pump available in two sizes. The 9410 uses only 16W largely thanks to a Neodymium drive unit. all the water exits through a 50um filter sock making it an all in one drop in filter. The sock and new pumps will also be added to the existing Master DOC range.

to little, need to add a cup every 5 mins.

Its the same fish

No cure, can sometimes vanish overnight. You can pull them off but then it leaves wounds for bacteria to enter. No big deal as goes after seom time.

My new copperband looking nice and fat with Lymphocytis a virus .