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i know i came asking for advice , what i am saying is that everyone will have their own answer based on experience for their own tank . that is what i am saying. just like Rob is the only person i have seen who takes a month to acclimate his to lighting . here in the UK a week is seen as long...

really there is no real answer as such. i have been talking to people who never have and never will acclimate coral , they just stick them straight into their tank from shipping and they seem to get away with it. others only acclimate to light for 1 day and stick in place and get away with...

just done a quick search for solar window screens that will reduce the amount of light , and the company will only do 1 standard size at £70 in my money plus a further £18 for shipping .. £88 total .. thats over $160 dollars lol. the company just replied back straight away , saying they can...

i use lighting that is specifically made for marine lighting. it is well and truly tested in the UK. this is the UK we do not get framed window screen as we dont usually get enough sun shine that needs blocking . their are a few stores that import the kit from America but because they do so...

who mentioned more light ? you cant compare an anemone with SPS , as an anemone will always move until it finds a spot it likes . my tank cloned moved then settled , then moved , settled for months . and has settled more or less centre of tank. its not as simple as moving the corals they cant...

i moved them up slowly over the course of a week . the blueberry is at the highest point in the tank , and the plating is further down what would be mid way almost. cant dim the LED's . my lighting period is 11 hours . plus i cant move them as they are both stuck in place. will reduce the...

this is really starting to annoy me now . I am not one for SPS corals , but i do have a soft spot for all Montiporia species. i bought an orange plating monti , and a branching blueberry monti a while back. Started them off on the sand bed so i could acclimatise them to my lighting , then...

lol , i know it makes no sense . but every time i see them selling the easier to keep ones the price is always always more expensive.

i guess it all depends on your feeding / amount etc. as i have been talking to someone who has kept 6 flames for 3.5 years. the thing with clams ,, here in the UK even the easier more brown ones are fairly expensive , one of my American friends could not believe the price compared to the...

Hello folks , a blast from the past here. I know it has been a long time that i have posted on here. Well that is my tank coming up for its 1yr Birthday , not as far on with it as i wanted to be at this stage , but nothing wrong with that. I have a few more LPS added , been brave and also...

ah well , done a water test last night for the first time in months ,,, ooops lol. but i need not have worried as all the readings were fine. Temp 25c SG 35ppt PH 8 Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 3 dKH 11 dont have a calcium kit so cant test that lol. All my zoas have opened up...

cheers , just wish the other zoa frags would open lol. only the red oriental and the mix rock are open , the 2 in the middle pic are closed up. used my red critter led torch and discovered my Dendro is out , all 4 heads. not fully extended i dont think. but on their way .

I know i originally said i would not have any zoas in this tank , as i suffer an allergic reaction to them. well after having spoken to a few others who also reacted to zoas , and talking to my Dr i decided to go ahead and buy zoas. What i do now is i have a bowl of hot water with some...

Not a great deal to update really , I have a couple of fish in the tank now , and a tiger pistol shrimp ... he has killed 4 corals in total now , by adding them to his cave lol. my BTA squeezed a bit of her foot through a heater guard and gave her self a bit of a burn to the side and on her...

i have even considered getting a 2nd bubble tip lol.

Well i was going to be ordering a green with purple tip branching hammer , so i can stick that up on the rock and see what happens. and i am always on the look out of nice ultra grade Mini Maxi nems , but here in the UK they can be fairly expensive even for mini maxi nems that are "" basic ""...

i have a couple of Acans , Acan lords . and an Acan echinata which had to be put down the bottom of the tank . The Acan lord is where the Lobo is in the picture as sadly i lost the Lobo , it was not eating and started to recede back to skeleton , and then started to go faster and faster. I...

Ok so for those of you who have seen my diary and the tank picture ...... incase you have not here is a picture of the tank ( sorry fairly old pic ) my problem is coral suited for the area thats bare ... my RBTA is roughly in the same place , and i now have a duncan frag and blasto...

hmmm ,,,,, what to do ? I have 1 bubble tip in my tank at the moment which is red. and eventually i want to introduce a mandarin to my tank. BUT i am now deciding if that would be such a good idea , as i have now got a soft spot for bubble tips , and i am considering in buying a 2nd...

yes they sell in the UK , but i do not use ebay / Paypal after an incident several years back that caused my banks head office to contact me asking for my permission to close my account down for my own security. and the stores that sell Aquaone local to me charge 6x more than anywhere else...