Recent content by coral_beauty

Take this man's advice! My carpet anemone managed to get itself sucked into a powerhead once... that was a painful experience for me, the anemone and the powerhead!!! Ouch! And your anemone will find its own home, they tend to roam for a while before settling in (then they rarely move, if...

Thanks for looking!

Well I guess I jinxed myself by mentioning my nudibranch Gus, he was doing so well, but unfortunately he died yesterday. Not happy. But I have learnt my lesson now....

That's preety much the same as me, in that I'm currently running a canister filter and haven't had any problems with it. The reason I started this thread was because my canister is dying and I'm going to need to either replace it or get something else very soon, so I thought I owuld see what...

Thanks for the links - I will give them a go! Is the assembly required on retro kits difficult? I can't say I've ever built something like this from scratch before so I have no idea. I'm usually pretty handy with these things though....

Thanks for the tips!!! I didnt know you could get individual reflectors or that you could overdrive the lights, although I have only just started looking. Thanks again! :D 8)

Thanks heaps - I took your advice and let te shop know about the nudi today. They said they aren't very impressed by it either because apparently they ordered some "fish" from a supplier and they received no fish, just inverts like nudis, and other inverts that people generally dont like to keep...

I don't think this is a moot question. I think we are all talking about canisters and sumps in a more generalised fashion ie what each one is for, the benefits of each etc. I think you have made your point very clear previously that they are in fact different pieces of equipment. However you...

This might sound like a dumb question but why do u need a UV steriliser to keep tangs? I thought they ate algae and would benefit from having it in the tank? Well I think I'm clear on the whole canister vs sump thing now, thank you all for your help! :D

Thanks for the feedback! The anemone has always appeared to be healthy to me (getting bigger and bigger every day!) so I had never really considered that there might be a problem with it. It is a darker pink in real life than in the photo, but I will research anyway - I want to provide the...

Thanks for all the tips mr_X! I do like the look of coralline, although I dont have that much. Any way to encourage it? My skimmer doesn't produce all that much skimmate, but I think its doing a good job. All ammonia/nitrate/nitrate tests v. low. Oh and thanks for letting me know about the...

Ooops, sorry about the double post back there :oops: Thanks for the advice on looking around for more than one LFS but I think I have found them all already. There are 3 within 30km (about 18.5 miles) of my house, and this one is hands down the best. There are a few a bit further abroad that...

Ah ok, I get it now.... By that definition then, I think he meant a wet/dry. He was crapping on about filter media. I think they also call them minireefs? Anyway, so you guys reckon I might not need a filter at all? This is a pretty foreign concept to me because u always get it drummed into u...

Ah ok, I get it now.... By that definition then, I think he meant a wet/dry. He was crapping on about filter media. I think they also call them minireefs? Anyway, so you guys reckon I might not need a filter at all? This is a pretty foreign concept to me because u always get it drummed into u...

As in bio balls, clay balls etc etc - the abundance of stuff u can use in ur filter that all do the same job, just to varying degrees. Sorry, I probably should've been clearer. Dont get me worng, I dont believe everything they tell me at the LFS, but this guy does actually seem to know what...