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  1. Falcn

    UK equivalent of Weld-on adheiesive?

    Anyone out there know of a UK supplier of Weld-on adhesives or an equivalent reef safe product available in the UK? Trying to build a sump/fuge from acrylic.
  2. Falcn

    Cycling a new reef

    just ordered a Deltec MCE600 skimmer - which should really start to clean the water. It will replace the bacpak which is a little short of breath these days ;-) also have an activated carbon and a phosphate scrubber to put in for the first few weeks. todays readings - ammonia 0, nitrite 0...
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    Aquaray Solid State Lighting

    Aquaray Solid State Lighting Anyone had any experience of these? There doesn't appear to be any info on the spectrum of light produced. The guy at the local LFS claimed the spectrum was sufficient for reefs, and doesn't degrade as quick as MH or T5/T8
  4. Falcn

    Cycling a new reef

    Tonight's update: ammonia zero nitrite near zero nitrate 20ppm Turned the skimmer on assuming the cycle has just about completed needing to get those nitrates down. I had the skimmer off whilst the new tank/LR/LS was cycling. 20% water change also completed will check nitrate again tomorrow...
  5. Falcn

    Cycling a new reef

    Thanks for the reply burning2nd - that's 30Kg not 30lbs my previous setup was a fish only with just 40kg of live rock as the only filter medium other than a skimmer. That tank was successful for about 7yrs
  6. Falcn

    Cycling a new reef

    Day four since the new live rock was introduced. I checked the ammonia and nitrites again, ammonia still zero, nitrites closer to zero than to 0.25 looking at colour chart. Added the piece of dead/frozen prawn just after tonight's test. I wonder whether that will cause the spike. I havn't seen...
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    Cycling a new reef

    Hi guys, I've just converted what was a Fish Only 55gal into whats going to be a reef after a crash. I now have a 4" bed of aragonite sane with LS seeded in there, 30kg of premium Fiji, newly added. 2x 250w MH lights and added a tunze 6055 to the 3 maxijet powerheads. I checked the ammonia...
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