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Hey everyone I have just come home from work and found my sea hare is beeing attacked by my Cleaner shrimp. The sea hares back is open and the shrimp is trying to pull out the insides. The hare is alive and is releasing small amounts of Ink into the tank. What should I do They have been...

I have a sea hare for about 6 months Was advised to get one to keep back hare algea, but I find this thing poos more tha it eats. Is this normal is there an easy way to clean it up as im haveng to do a water change so often and the vac does usually suck itup it just breaks it up Cheers

Hi All. A while back i posted a thread about some sort of string type thing that kept appearing in my tanks. Its a jelly type substance that when unravelled was about 1 - 2 Meters in length. I have now Identified this object It turns out that it sea hare Eggs SO for the past year I have been...

Hi All Its Been a while. Im looking at uping my Lighting so I can start to introduce some soft corals. Have found his one online and wondered what you thought. eBay.co.uk: AQUARIUM LIGHT T5 100 CM (item 320135679143 end time 12-Jul-07 21:08:58 BST) Thanks Jason

HI All I was cleaning out my tank the other day and had to remove one of the rocks to clear some gunk off of it Which I have spoken about before. I noticed A little bug fall out of the rock move along and crawl back in. The Best way to descrbe it was Its Black With lots of legs amost like a...

Hi All Hope you all had a good weekend. I posted a while back about some weird thing I found Under a rock. Its a string like thing but not sure what it is I have flipped the rock over to take the pic, I hope its just a lng strand of muck , Can anyone advise. If it is muck fair play to the...

HI All Im going to ask a lot of questions and will give as much detail as possible. 1. I have just purchsed a Lobster who is a beauty although I didnt realise they dont like light. However when I got the bag home I notced A small Black Leaf looking thing in the botom of the bag I fished it...

I have just finished a clean on my tank and when I moved one of the rocks to clean under it I found What looked Like a Large Ball of Spagetti. It was over a meter in length and all curled up stuck to the rock, It had no Motion and didnt seem to be living, Any Ideas what it might have been or...

Hi All. After Various cut outs made in my hood to take new lights and protien skimmer I think im in nead of a replacement. Aquarium Hoods & Lighting: Eclipse Filtration and Illumination System I have found the above hood and wanted you opinions do you think it will do the job, Looking to add...

Hi All and Seasons Greatings My problem with hair algea has come to light since I upgraded my lighting. I have alot of hair algea spreading and am having to mix the stones and scrap the tank every day at the moment. I went to my local store who said that i need to get my nitrate and phospore...

Hi Again. Since upgrading my light just over 2 weeks ago there has been a lot of activity. Firstly the growth on some of the rocks I have had alot of green moss type stuff grow at a rapid rate but this only seems to be on 2 0r 3 of the rocks in the tank. Is this safe of is this a form of hair...

HI All . I have finally upgraded my lighting from a standard bulb to T5. I have a Juwel 120 tank which had a standard Bulb . I visited my local Store who advised me that I could buy a T5 Kit, Which consists of 2 55W T5 Double bulb holder. I have put them in place with 2 Daylight double bulbs...

I have read alot about R/O water being used. I have looked at a system for about £60 but one of my friends is a specialist window cleaner who uses fitered water this take out all impurties and make the water completely pure Would this be suitable to use and would I need to add any chemicals...

Thanks for all your help guys on my previous thread. Just to keep you updated I have retuned the 2 Damsels to my LFS he didnt seem too keen on having them back and I only got half what I paid for them but at least no more bullying.(They were a B!tch to catch Had to get all the rocks out of my...

I have to upgrade my lights, and thinking of making a new hood to hold them. What is the best material, as I dont want to poison my little fishies. Also what would be the best lighting I could buy for a reasonable price, How many bulbs and what bulbs would you recomend, At the moment I only...

Over the past 2 Years I have enjoyed my marine tank . However I seem to get through alot of live stock, All my levels seem to be fine but as you can see from the bottom alot of fish have passed. Dos anyone no why or is it just beginners luck. Thanks Jason

I have had my tank for over two years. This week I noticed a small white shell type thing stuck on the tank. As th week has gone on there are now 3 of these. On close inspection they look like snails but where would they have come from? I have not put any new livestock into my tank since...

Hi there. I recently purchased a 2nd hand Protein skimmer. It has done wonders the other day whilst cleaning out the tank I decided to Give the skimmer a good clean. Since then It hasnt worked. I cannot get the water to start circulating. The pump sounds as though its going but doesnt seem...

Hi there. I have just had to change my power head, Which was a maxijet 200. It finally died and didnt really move the water around. I asked my local stockist and he recomended a maxijet 600. Now my tank is a juwel 120. Since putting this new head in my tank all my fish stay on the other...

Hi there I have a juwel 120 Tank with a standard White bulb. I am looking to upgrade the lighting so I can have some live rock and soft corals. I have been told that I can fitt a T8 Starter with 2 Bulbs What bulbs do you recomend I should use. I have been told that the setup should cost...