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yeah i will definetly look at getting a pH controller, that way i'm alot safer and hopefully no pH drops, meaning healthy tank. think i will just run it on tank pH though, but the effluent method is interesting! Thanks 4 all ya help reefnut, been excellent! i know that it is a piece of...

yeah it would be excellent to hear from anyone that has had experience with this model! As far as i know it does have a solinoid valve but i will double cheak The eheim pump does feed the reactor and from what i have read it is not necessary to have a pH controller as the design does not allow...

I have no experience with the Korallin reactor but they seem to be an ok unit. How much are they wanting?? Is it a single or dual chamber?? Does it come with the CO2 equipment?? its a single chamber system and it comes with eheim pump and a choice of either a 1kg or 2kg CO2 bottle and the...

I am personally looking 4 a new Calcium Reactor, and have come across the Korallin Calcium Reactor 1501 that is rated at up to 400G. i have a 75 gallon reef that has some LPS, SPS, sofites and 2 clams. Now i work 2 jobs and uni, so it allways hard 4 me to keep on top of my pH, Alk and Cal so i...

the shiphon system wont work unless the canister is situated under the tank. i have mine running beside my QT at the moment and to get it started again i fill it back up by poring water back down the outlet pipe until water comes out the inlet pipe. This is for my Eheim Profesional II canister...

well i was thinkin of cruching up base rock.....aint that just compacted coral skeleton, or does it have different properties?? we sell base rock at work.

See cause i live is Australia, alot of the products u use are not available to me unless i wanna import (i dont wanna import). but are i guess if u could give me a list of all the better products then that would be a good help. Also i was speaking to my mate at work (i work at my LFS) and i...

I am looking at getting a calcium reactor and i wanted to know wat calcium media to get for it. can i get coral skeletons and crush it put and use that?? am i better of buying synthetic material. just want to know wat the deal is with it...how often needs to be replaced ect? cheers guys

i think u find it maybe HLLE (Head and Lateral Line Erosion) can be very common with tangs but im not sure bout Angels....usually happen when they are not getting enough of the right food. do a bit of research, but i hope this helps to get u on ther right path. :happyfish look through the...

i got a 150 liter tub from work so im gonna use that...hopefully that should be all good. think i have all base's covered so thanks for the help guys. :happyfish

the size thats available is 70-100 litres so thats wat im gonna go with.. hope this is ok, if anyone has an opinion it would be good...first time i have tackled ich. thanks

Well i got myself a yellow tang about 2 weeks ago and he was doin fantastic untill yesterday when i noticed he had ich and he had passed it on to all my other tank mates. (btw he went through a bromothelme(sp) blue freshwater dip for 10 min.....i have no QT setup) so this is wat i have 2x...

brough the little guy 2day and hes doin fantasic took straight to brine shrimp with in 2 mins after his 2 hour acclimation, very happy with him. i'll keep everyone posted on his nipping habbits if they arise.(lets hope not) :happyfish

i have also noticed that they are not the mean fish that most ppl think they are as i always get to watch them at work, and as u said they seam like a loner fish. well we got a really small one in today, about 3cm max so i think i will give it a go and pick him up 2morrow, cheers 4 all the help...

just wondering wat problems i could expect if i put a Valentini Puffer in my reef tank. its a 75 gallon 4 foot long tank. fish 1x firefish 1x banggii cardinal 1x purple lined wrasse 2x ocellaris clowns Inverts 1x mantis shrimp (which the puffer will hopefully eat) 4x hammer coral dozens of...

Sixline Wrasse would be a great addition 4 ur tank, they are very active and interesting fish. i would try to make him one of ur last addition, as once they establish their terittories they can become aggresive to NEW additions.....although this is not allways the case. generally they are very...

My rusty angel ate my feather dusters, lucky they were hitch hikers and i didnt actually pay for them. i have read a few scientific articles on the centropogus genus and they are coral eaters but for some reason in an aquarium it is hit and miss. to make sure u have no problems i would try to...

Whats the benifit of running 20K MH lamps and not actinic Fluros, wont 20K bulbs have a noticable blue to them. i think ur lighting should perfect.... wish it was my setup. so far so good i think everything look to be in order. i'm also pretty sure that the sand and LR are on their way, but i...

KimKissyFish, i dont wanna hijack this thread but how do your corals cope with ur Emperor Angel. BTW the tank looks fantastic....and the Emperor Angel is superb :happyfish

Any suggestion on wat i can use, it need it to be a stable product aswell i dont want it leaching toxins in to the water colum. cheers :happyfish