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Hi I have now let my 130 settle for 6 months now after a total re-scape and clean out. My current equipment list: Tunze 9002 with media basket and stevie T collection cup 2 x original return pumps Phosban reactor 150 with rowaphos TMC V2 auto top up Additional koralia nano pump in...

Hi What type/brand of top up equipment can I use in a RSM 130? I want to get organised well in advance of a summer holiday.

Hi Does anyone use an external filter situated in the cabinet of their RSM 130? If so, what type and if not how do you capture detritus in the water? Currently run Tunze 9002 skimmer & media rack, & TLF phosban reactor. Any help appreciated?

Hi, thank you, I will google it now.

Hi, I have had my 130 for 3.5yrs and my second stock heater is not heating correctly. Has anyone replaced their stock heater with a different make and model that fits into the RSM electric console? If so can you let me have details as I don't want to use another plug straight into the mains. Thanks.

Hi, fantastic responses, just the thing I needed as I was never sure of the best clean up crew. I made the mistake of building a wall along the back, looked good initially but in hindsight this has caused so much problem with water flow. A re-think on rock-scaling is needed, Mischko I love the...

Hi Mischko I am at my wits end with the tank, it's been 9 months since the crash & the tank looks awful. I am doing twice weekly water changes and using phosphate removing methods but the algae still keeps coming back. I think lack of water flow is a problem, hence the return pipe now to be...

Hi, my 130 had a huge crash last Oct, lost everything except 1 clown & green star polyps. Since then, huge amounts of hair algae & cyano due to excessive detritus from live rock die off. Now had enough as spent lots of time & money trying to rectify, so here starts my action plan: 1. Empty...

Hi, cannot afford to change pumps yet so was wondering if anyone has fitted an attachment to their stock pumps to make the water flow around the tank better? Pay packet permitting in the next 6 months or so , I would eventually like to replace both stock pumps and replace also adding an...

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Hi, I was wondering what you all use to syphon the top layer of your sand bed that does not take the top layer of sand into the waste bucket. I know you can get a syphon for tropical fish gravel but is there one specifically for sand?

I have not had much luck with clean up crew but I now wonder if this is due to too much nitrates & phosphates in the water. Will be happy once I have done re-scape and all essential parameters are good, then I will add more clean up crew. If I do replace sand bed with a new live sand bed...

Hi, I will pick the best rocks when I re-scape and go with 1&1.5 per gallon I think. Also, I am thinking of replacing my sand bed as I am sure it is full of nutrients, I had a crash last year and everything died. Since then, I have had the algae & cyano problem. If I re-scape and then put fresh...

Hi, I am going to completely re-scape my 130 as it is accumulating too much detritus which is causing hair algae & cyano due to too much nutrients. I have a 'wall' of rock up the back and I want to know how much to put back in but placed better for flow around it? At present I must have too many...

I'm such a technophobe, I still can't upload from photobucket on my iPhone. I want to download some photos to get some advice on my rock scaling as I think it is causing dead spits which is encouraging cyanobacteria. Please help if u have an iPhone but thank you for your previous help.