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+1. Just dont do it. Its boarder line animal cruelty and there are definately other ways you can cycle your freshwater tank. I cycled my freshwater...
Thanks guys really good food for thought. I think I will go for a similar list to what NOOZE suggested and will definately do a little bit more...
Hey everyone, Time for an update on how the tank has been progressing: [IMG] It now has substrate and water in it. For the substrate I used Tidal...
Hey Guys, My tank is going along cycling nicely at the moment thanks to some great advice from many of the reefers on here. I wanted to tell...
Thanks guys, I chucked in two small peices of raw fish :-). They have been in there for a day but I am yet to see an ammonia spike. Shouldnt be to...
Thanks guys, I have a 55g tank. I dont have a sump at the moment (its coming) so its just being filtered by an Aquaone Marisys 240 (A cannister with...
Hey guys, I am wondering what the best way to cycle a tank is? At the moment I have about 5kg of live rock in the tank. Can I cycle it with...
Thanks heaps everyone. Its settling down a bit more now so im sure it will be fine in a day or so. Must of just been a case of newby panic :-P...
Its been in there for about 18 hours or so now. I hope that it clears otherwise I just wasted a tonne of money on salt and substrate. [IMG]...
Hey Guys and Girls, Yesterday I put my substrate into the my new 55g tank, which is a fine argonite substrate and then filled it with water....
+1 Prime will not fix your problem, and IMO is a poor temporary solution. Prime binds REVERSIBLY to ammonia in your fish tank, so without CONSTANT...
Yeah, I read that feed you put up and it said that after a year one side failed and leaked everything :S. Which makes me a bit hesitant to do that. I...
Im definately going to make my own sump now. The only issue im going to have is the fact that it can only fit in 51 cm of space... Im not sure if...
Thanks for the advice Seano. I think I will go a DIY sump now. I'll design it myself and get the local glass cutter to cut the glass I need for my...
All good things come in time my friend :-).
Thanks using I think I might use dry rock to build my quite complex PVC structures (such as my overhang I plan to build) and use the occasional piece...
Thanks for the advice (and on all my other threads at the moment ;D). I have thought about it, and I do have another 2ft tank that I could use as...
Hey Guys, How is good is UV light for preventing algae? Will it have any other consequences like decreasing my beneficial bacteria count. I am...
I think I agree. How does this sound: 2 x Clowns, Flame Angel, Fire Fish, Royal Dottyback, 2 x Blue/Green Chromis, and two different small...
Thanks for the advice. Since I plan on making PVC structures and then cable tying and epoxying the rock around the structure, I think ill go with it...
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