Recent content by Redsprint

Hello all I replaced my t5 light set up with a 6 x 54 t5 ATI power module a few weeks ago. I found that my glass now has a film of algae on it within 24 hours. Water quality is good. I reduced full power on tHe lights by two hours from the previous light leaving a purple and blue plus on for...

Hello Smitty, No overflow I'm afraid. I think the poor little fellow is really gone. Did a water change last night and no sign of a "body", though I know from experience how fast the crabs etc can deal with that. I was crushing pellets and even overfeeding corals so that he had stuff to eat...

Hi I lost my very cute yellow blenny this week. He was in my small tank 58 liters. He lived on a cataphylia looking very cute. Other fish left him alone. My only concern was that he was a slow eater the other fish getting to food before him. One day he looked fine the next day..gone. I...

Well point taken. Though I,m not the only one with white spot including people with tanks twice the size. But I'm not trying to pick a fight or anything. I appreciate that you probably mean undersized tank can be one cause. When some of you say wait it out, how long does wait it out mean . A...

Great. I will do that. Maybe two hours on full power and the rest of the time the purple plus and blue plus alone then work up over a couple of weeks? Yes t5. The fish seem rather startled by the full power too. Though that may be my imagination.

Hi, Just upgraded to 6x54ati tubes from 7cheaper tubes. They are about twice as intense but now I get algae on the glass every day. Is that normal? Before I only got noticeable algae after four days. I leave a purple plus and blue plus on for seven hours and the other four for five hours...

Hello All, I have some whitespot in my tank. The asfur angel has the traditional salty look. Sigh.... He is eating very well and acting normally so I was hoping he would just shake it off. However I suspected my kole tang also had it as he was swimming round rapidly and looking very...

Hello, Just wondering if I have too much light? To rehash, I have jet set up a 6x54 ATI power module. And it is very, very bright. The fish look like they are hiding most of the time. Corals look good. I am now taking a thin coat of algae of the glass every day whereas this used to happen...

Thanks for that. I have two purple plus a blue plus anodyne an aqua blue special in ATI and one 10000k cheaper tube. Maybe I will change that one for an actinic.

Hello, Thanks for that. I will raise the pm then. I was concerned it would get wet anyway. So do you think I can at least keep sps alive if not grow with the pm t5? O have never really tries sps. Also what tube mix are you using? Cheers Paul ?

Hello All, I now have an ATI power module 6x54 T5 hanging over my 57 g reef tank and it certainly is very bright. I had 7 cheaper t5 tubes under the hood I had over the tank before but this set up is certainly much brighter.:D I have it 4 inches over the water at the moment but was...

Yes well this tank was built 7 years ago as a potentially lidless tank in ten ml glass. It had a brace lids and hood as I couldn't make up my mind which I wanted. The brace is not actually glued on, just tacked in. Now the LFS says these days they make lidless tanks in twelve ml and are unsure...

Sorry to jump into your thread but I was going to ask the same questions. In terms of th,e veges, if the fish don,t go for it is there much danger of bits of carrot and zucchini causing potion problems in the tank? Also I am told there is a marine mix with sponge in it that is a must for...

Cool. I will aim for about 4inches then. Thevblinds are solid wood so I don,t get much light at all through there. Tha tank doe,svget some afternoon sun from another source but I can't do much about that.

Hello again, Here is a pic of my tank without the hood. I quite like the look, though at the moment I have my older light fixtures just resting on the lids. The new ATI fitting gets here in a couple of days. So my lights currently sit about 2.5 inches from the water. Is it right that the...