Your current Fish tank Setups!

Admiral Huddy · 15 Jan 2010 at 15:43

wordy said:
Unfortunately there are different types of Algae that could be caused by different things.

Is there a good turnover a water where the Algae is growing? Do you use any CO2 products? Your tank maybe lacking in CO2.

No this is completely new on me. Could you expand please wordy?

Malt_Vinegar · 15 Jan 2010 at 15:44

Admiral Huddy said:
I've been messing around with light for ages. I tried 6 hours which didn't make too much difference but killed off the plants. 10 hours the tank got green in days so with 10 hours daily the growth slows down but it's back within two weeks.

I fail to understand how I can stop it. With water temperatures at 24 it's a breeding ground for the stuff. oh and feeding is once daily.

Do you ever do water-changes? Can you turn down the temp of the tank, im not sure what temps are ok with your stocking, but knocking it down a couple of degrees should not do too much harm.

What kind of algae is it? If it grows back in a matter of hours, it might be BGA?

http://www.theplantedtank.co.uk/algae.htm - look here

wordy · 15 Jan 2010 at 16:03

Admiral Huddy said:
No this is completely new on me. Could you expand please wordy?

Sure, however It'll probably be tomorrow now as I've gotta go training and then we're off out for our tea.

In the meantime have a browse on here www.ukaps.org//forum.htm

They have sections on different aspects of of a planted tank, one scetion is on algea, it might prove helpful

Admiral Huddy · 15 Jan 2010 at 16:34

Malt_Vinegar said:
Do you ever do water-changes? Can you turn down the temp of the tank, im not sure what temps are ok with your stocking, but knocking it down a couple of degrees should not do too much harm.

What kind of algae is it? If it grows back in a matter of hours, it might be BGA?

http://www.theplantedtank.co.uk/algae.htm - look here

It does grow back in within a day. It's the green speckled stuff GDA going by the link you sent

wordy said:
Sure, however It'll probably be tomorrow now as I've gotta go training and then we're off out for our tea.

In the meantime have a browse on here www.ukaps.org//forum.htm

They have sections on different aspects of of a planted tank, one scetion is on algea, it might prove helpful

Printed off for train reading

thebeagle · 15 Jan 2010 at 16:55

utajoker said:
i have had my tropical tank set up about 4 weeks have some neons in atm and plan to get some more tomorrow or sunday now readins have returned to normal but i want to get real plants aswell.

do real plants need a different bulb from the standard one you get when you buy a tank?

if your tank is 4 weeks old a word of advice as I have been there and many others, try not to overstock it too soon! I ended up with new tank syndrome and nearly learn't the hard way, luckily the fish are all alive still and healthy

. I'm using the standard bulb that came with my juwel tank with the real plants. I have it on a timer to come on at 16:30 and go off at 23:30.

utajoker · 15 Jan 2010 at 18:43

wordy said:
What type of lights do you have at the moment? It should tell you on the tanks sepcs, also how big is your tank(volume and depth)?

box is in the bin so cant check but i think its just a standard light, tank is 60 litres and is 12" deap

thebeagle said:
if your tank is 4 weeks old a word of advice as I have been there and many others, try not to overstock it too soon! I ended up with new tank syndrome and nearly learn't the hard way, luckily the fish are all alive still and healthy . I'm using the standard bulb that came with my juwel tank with the real plants. I have it on a timer to come on at 16:30 and go off at 23:30.

current fish have ben in 2 weeks all levels have gone back down so it should be ok to add more

Malt_Vinegar · 16 Jan 2010 at 09:25

utajoker said:
current fish have ben in 2 weeks all levels have gone back down so it should be ok to add more

Just keep an eye on the levels, and make sure you are ready to do a big water change if any spikes arise.

You are stocking that thing up a bit quickly!!

apatia77 · 17 Jan 2010 at 18:24

Cool tanks guys, this is my setup (small marine tank with a pair of clownish, firefish, peppermint shrimp, some soft corals and snails).

utajoker · 17 Jan 2010 at 19:26

^^
/jelous

i cant wait to be able to afford the live rock for my 400L tank i have in the garage.

heres mine with 6 cardinals(i thought they were neons but wernt

)

want to get some live plants next week to fill the void rather than ornaments.

also iphone pics suck :/

WaynelleUK09 · 17 Jan 2010 at 19:47

Here is mine and the mrs 64litre tank, it has 1 honey gourmari, 4male guppies, 2 female mollys and 4 lampeyes, we have recently put some some real plants in there too

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Psypher5 · 17 Jan 2010 at 19:57

heh same tank as mine, Picked it up cheap with a stand/table. I swapped the filter for a silent external though due to vibration noise.

WaynelleUK09 · 17 Jan 2010 at 20:01

Yeah i know what you mean about the vibration it can get a bit noisy at times

Gishee · 17 Jan 2010 at 20:20

apatia77 said:

Please tell me you names HIM nemo!

apatia77 · 17 Jan 2010 at 21:28

Gishee said:
Please tell me you names HIM nemo!

This one is actually a female (Nemo was a boy), I originally named my clownish Terrance and Philip but since one of them is a girl now I changed it to Philippa LOL as it sound girly

This is a cool true story!!! :cool:

EDIT: Also utajoker - having 400L marine tank is impressive but this will cost you a fortune and this is not only for live rock, you need protein skimmers and other equipment in a tank this size but this all depends if you want fish only tank or reef tank which is even more expensive. You can get a lot of information from lets say ultimatereef.net which is a dedicated marine tank forum (probably the biggest in UK).

Greenlizard0 · 17 Jan 2010 at 21:30

Aren't clownfish one of those animals that can change gender depending on others around him/her?

SoSolid · 17 Jan 2010 at 21:36

I have a really deep tank and want higher wattage bulbs but the highest bulb you can get which is 18 inches long is the 15 watt variety. What should I do? All the 30 watt bulbs are like 30 inches long!

apatia77 · 17 Jan 2010 at 21:42

Greenlizard0 said:
Aren't clownfish one of those animals that can change gender depending on others around him/her?

This is true.

Stolen from wikipedia

Clownfish live in small groups inhabiting a single anemone. The group consists of a breeding pair, which cohabit with a few non-reproductive, "pre-pubescent", and smaller male clownfish. When the female dies, the dominant male changes sex and becomes the female.[2] This life history strategy is known as sequential hermaphroditism. Because clownfish are all born as males, they are protandrous hermaphrodites (pro=first; androus=male).[3] This is in contrast with another form of hermaphroditism, known as protogyny, in which all fish are born as females but can change to males later.

MagicBoy · 17 Jan 2010 at 21:43

T5 or T8's?

Minxy · 17 Jan 2010 at 21:43

apatia77 said:
EDIT: Also utajoker - having 400L marine tank is impressive but this will cost you a fortune and this is not only for live rock, you need protein skimmers and other equipment in a tank this size but this all depends if you want fish only tank or reef tank which is even more expensive. You can get a lot of information from lets say ultimatereef.net which is a dedicated marine tank forum (probably the biggest in UK).

I can vouch for this. Our 5ft tank is 500 litres and you're supposed to have 1kg of live rock for every litre of water. At a tenner a kilo it gets very expensive very quickly. It costs a small fortune in electricity every month too what with 10 things that require plugging in.

I'm also a fan of Ultimatereef.net.

SoSolid · 17 Jan 2010 at 21:44

MagicBoy said:
T5 or T8's?

T8