Recent content by bonsaijohn

hi, newbi question , when you talk about your tanks gallonage do you mean after displacement of water by rock etc ? . regards john

hi , i,v seen an article by santa monica on diy algae scrubbers on a uk forum, but can,t find it on here ? anyway all the ones i,v seen are on small tanks, and it never says how big a screen you need, only flow per inch, so how big a screen would i need for a 1500 liter tank and is it practical...

look great, i want some,,, how do they reproduce ?

any chance of a photo

hi i,m new and live in thailand and i do,nt understand some of your abreviations , whats a frag ? and zoa is a coral ? could you post a photo of zoa so i can see what to buy, i know you have a database but there is no zoa listed and the photos do,nt open anyway for me . i cant just go to the...

hi kaia, it,s hot and raining, rain season now, it rains for 3 months here then nothing for 9 months, strange but my wifes name is kai , which means chicken in thai . when you say you work for santa monica i don,t understand ? do you mean you work in santa monica ? regards john

hi northstar24, i tried to get the water tested a few years ago for the koi pond, but its not easy here, they don,t speak english and even though i can speak thai, not good enough to get technical and the report comes back in thai script< sanscript> . but thanks anyway.i,ll probably just buy a...

thanks for the warm welcome everybody, toolman, yes its a great place to live, its very laid back. i live in khon kaen , google it if you want to see pics. the house in phuket i never use, my wife goes down there 2/3 times a year. the reefs off phuket are great thats what started me wanting a...

hi nanoreefer, interesting !! its going to be a big tank so if i can avoid ro water its going to be easier , my koi pond never gets blanket weed which is very unusual , which tells me there are no phosphates in my water. but i may have a trial run with a tank outside, its easy in thailand as...

thanks everybody, things are getting clearer, i looked at the tunze link , they are what i meant, but too small, sorry to be dense the led lights are they a flurecsent tube? . btw been down to bangkok to see where chingchai,s dsps tank came from and it,s great. stuff is really cheap out here...

hi, yes a sump, but i,v heard of a tunz system , what is that ? , my planned tank is 1340 liters, i,ll use liters because uk gallons is not the same as us gallons.the tank is going to be 1 meter deep. so lighting will be important. also can i ask on this topic why do you add iodine to a tank ...

thank you , but if its because of the chemicals, i don,t think i need it , i live in thailand and do not use government water, my water is from my own wells , i have a 33000 liter koi pond and use the well water and its ok, and i test it all the time for ph gh,kh . so what do you think ...

hi, i,m new to the forum, but used to keep marines 40 yrs ago for many years and i don,t understand this ro water . then we just used tapwater . do you have machines that produce it, and if so why. regards john

hi everybody, i,m a new member but i used to have a reef tank 40 yrs ago in england, then we used undergravel filters and i understand that these are a no no now. so what is the best type of filter to use. i,v seen 2 , 1 where a part of the tank has a section used as a filter and 2 where the...

hi everybody, my names john i am retired and now live in thailand , my main house is in north east thailand so a long way from the sea but we have a house in phuket near the ocean. i used to keep a reef tank with live rock etc 40 yrs ago in england. i know tecnology has moved on so i want to...