Your current Fish tank Setups!

rebel rebel · 26 Dec 2018 at 22:17

NoobCannon said:
Found my dracula goby on the floor when i came in just now. Happy christmas to
Me

Off to buy a net top and a relacement goby tomorrow in the sales i think.

Lucky advanced aquarium aquatics is only a walk away so can skip the nightmare traffic round here.

Sorry to hear that mate. My next tank will have a lid as I think the net spoils the look of open top tanks.

I miss going to AAC, their sps frags are the best in the country!

NoobCannon · 26 Dec 2018 at 22:30

rebel rebel said:
Sorry to hear that mate. My next tank will have a lid as I think the net spoils the look of open top tanks.

I miss going to AAC, their sps frags are the best in the country!

I think its gonna have to be a necessary evil, ive lost a couple of fish now to jumping and i dont plan on replacing my tank at any point

Lids create thier own set of problems with overheating and reduced lighting options etx

Spook187 · 26 Dec 2018 at 22:35

Reef tops do custom made lids the DIY kits are rubbish and don't look as good.

NoobCannon · 26 Dec 2018 at 22:36

Spook187 said:
Reef tops do custom made lids the DIY kits are rubbish and don't look as good.

The red sea ones look ok, thats what im planning on grabbing or you got experience with one?

rebel rebel · 26 Dec 2018 at 22:37

NoobCannon said:
I think its gonna have to be a necessary evil, ive lost a couple of fish now to jumping and i dont plan on replacing my tank at any point

Lids create thier own set of problems with overheating and reduced lighting options etx

That's very true, a pelmet and net would be a good option on a custom made tank. But in this house i'd also have problems with condensation with an open top tank. Not that a new tank is a possibility yet.

Spook187 · 26 Dec 2018 at 22:38

NoobCannon said:
The red sea ones look ok, thats what im planning on grabbing or you got experience with one?

Up to you mate but no where near as good looking as a custom polycarbonate one.

NoobCannon · 27 Dec 2018 at 11:22

Spook187 said:
Up to you mate but no where near as good looking as a custom polycarbonate one.

Took your advice and ordered one from
Reeftops, watched a few vids for the red sea one and cannot be bothered with the grief of making it.

Why on earth they dont provide a readymade one for thier own tanks is beyond understanding

rebel rebel · 27 Dec 2018 at 14:55

Did you get a new fish Noobcannon?

NoobCannon · 27 Dec 2018 at 15:07

rebel rebel said:
Did you get a new fish Noobcannon?

Nope. Couldnt see any drac gobies in there and it was banged out in the shop as usual so just grabbed a fleece roll and left.

Will have another look when my lid turns up i think as worst thing would be to get a new fish and loose it before it arrives!

They are on sale below tho so it is tempting!

https://www.aquaticstoyourdoor.co.uk/product/dracula-goby-sku165301/

rebel rebel · 27 Dec 2018 at 15:30

NoobCannon said:
Nope. Couldnt see any drac gobies in there and it was banged out in the shop as usual so just grabbed a fleece roll and left.

I should have realised you would wait for the lid! There's so many gobies I like, but I loved the Red Scooter Blenny and didn't want them competing.

sneakysnail · 27 Dec 2018 at 15:39

random query guys.

Any personal recommendations for a good fert/ supplinent for anubias nana / java fern? seems like my anubias is struggling a bit with some form of deficiancy in its old leaves. thought it might have been iron so adjusted my fert a few weeks back but its still progressing.

have another one lined up (easy life pro fito) but figured id ask incase any one has some food first hand experience

NoobCannon · 27 Dec 2018 at 15:51

Excell?

b0rn2sk8 · 27 Dec 2018 at 22:40

NoobCannon said:
Excell?

That could make it worse if there isn't enough NPK and micro's.

I would recommend anything that is a complete fertiliser that includes NPK and Micro's. Many are just the Micro's which is why you can easily run into difficulties when using them (*Cough* Seachem Flourish).

All of these are fine:
Evolution Aqua - The Aquascaper Complete Plant Food (500ml, £12)
TNC - Complete (1L, £16)
Tropica - Specialised Nutrition Aquarium Plant Food (300ml, £9) (its the green one not the orange/brown one)

Unicorn · 28 Dec 2018 at 20:32

sneakysnail said:
random query guys.

Any personal recommendations for a good fert/ supplinent for anubias nana / java fern? seems like my anubias is struggling a bit with some form of deficiancy in its old leaves. thought it might have been iron so adjusted my fert a few weeks back but its still progressing.

have another one lined up (easy life pro fito) but figured id ask incase any one has some food first hand experience

Could agree with the excell making things worse issue as above

I dosed excel for a year solid (Auto doser) i had major major die off in some plants i couldn't work out why. Turns out they was just wrecking my nutrients in the water to the point it became too clean and they wanted nasty tap water top ups to actually get some minerals to continue to grow. I did debate putting excel back in my doser and running with some Micro's/macros too but for all the effort to speed my growth up i stopped autodosing entirely and let it just take its own course.

Meanwhile in my reef.. Nothing going on much :') Moved from messy rowaphos back to seachems phosguard and my tank hasn't looked better

My sand is WHITE. Rowaphos just didnt seem to work effeciently enough for my system maybe my tumbling of it was too harsh i don't know but even on slowest speeds it did the removal was poor. My nem is doing well as usual hes huge now (hes so big he cant even fully retract back into his own foot at night i still see a load of tenticles sticking out 2-3 inches) i want him to split but he doesnt seem interested in actually splitting and i won't force him to either so as long as hes happy i know im doing okay

I keep looking at making my mp10 anemone proof with a printed 3d cage (ebay) but the sponge is working fine for now if i remember to clean it

Spook187 · 28 Dec 2018 at 20:54

NoobCannon said:
Took your advice and ordered one from
Reeftops, watched a few vids for the red sea one and cannot be bothered with the grief of making it.

Why on earth they dont provide a readymade one for thier own tanks is beyond understanding

The trouble with selling their own with these type of tanks is everyone has different lighting setups for the cut outs for the brackets.

Bought myself a nyos torq reactor carbon and rowa in one

NoobCannon · 28 Dec 2018 at 23:01

Spook187 said:
The trouble with selling their own with these type of tanks is everyone has different lighting setups for the cut outs for the brackets.

Bought myself a nyos torq reactor carbon and rowa in one

Just googled that looks like a good idea with the built in pump.

Have been running my tank with nothing othrer than waterchanges, the clarisea and a skimmer since setting it back up. Not having any algee problems or nutrient deficiencies etc. The kiss method seems to be working for me.

Dont have any demanding corals tho to be fair, just some nems and a couple of lps that are doing really well

Unicorn · 29 Dec 2018 at 00:38

Spook187 said:
The trouble with selling their own with these type of tanks is everyone has different lighting setups for the cut outs for the brackets.

Bought myself a nyos torq reactor carbon and rowa in one

Curious to see what you think of the nyos after using it for abit. I was tempted but sad to see the smallest chamber is only single media and I'd need the middle sized one to make use of dual media's

Spook187 · 29 Dec 2018 at 01:14

Unicorn said:
Curious to see what you think of the nyos after using it for abit. I was tempted but sad to see the smallest chamber is only single media and I'd need the middle sized one to make use of dual media's

Yeah I got the middle version carbon in the bottom and rowaphos tumbling in the top, infact I do have to do some water tests not done any in months lol ill try today sometime and see what my levels are.

Spook187 · 29 Dec 2018 at 10:38

Spook187 · 29 Dec 2018 at 10:40

My rather untidy sump but it works