Retirement and forum shutdown (17 Jan 2022)
Hi,
John Howell who has managed the forum for years is getting on and wishes to retire from the role of managing it.
Over the years, he has managed the forum through good days and bad days and he has always been fair.
He has managed to bring his passion for fish keeping to the forum and keep it going for so long.
I wish to thank John for his hard work in keeping the forum going.
With John wishing to "retire" from the role of managing the forum and the forum receiving very little traffic, I think we must agree that forum has come to a natural conclusion and it's time to put it to rest.
I am proposing that the forum be made read-only from March 2022 onwards and that no new users or content be created. The website is still registered for several more years, so the content will still be accessible but no new topics or replies will be allowed.
If there is interest from the ITFS or other fish keeping clubs, we may redirect traffic to them or to a Facebook group but will not actively manage it.
I'd like to thank everyone over the years who helped with forum, posted a reply, started a new topic, ask a question and helped a newbie in fish keeping. And thank you to the sponsors who helped us along the away. Hopefully it made the hobby stronger.
I'd especially like to thank John Howell and Valerie Rousseau for all of their contributions, without them the forum would have never been has successful.
Thank you
Darragh Sherwin
New Marine Set Up
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One problem is gurgling overflow box, both in the box and in the sump sock. Lot of bubbling In sump sock, its very noisy, anyone any ideas?
Also not sure about heater position in sump, would it better in beside return pump?
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Not drilled for overflow so used a BLAU 1500 overflow box with a H2Ocean 200 return pump.
Retrun pump is adjustable and I turned it down fully which did reduce the noise but would still like it a little quieter..
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Presume I will start with some clowns and tangs, any suggestions?
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Any ideas on what fish to keep yet
Doesn't matter where the heater is
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It was still difficult to erect, actually 3 sections, assembled each section out of water and then joined all 3 under water. Once I kept the live rock wet all worked out ok.
I tried CG glue from Ecotech, looks/feels like superglue first, while it is very good for fixing corals and it is useless for large pieces of live rock.
I got 3 blue/green chromis to start and for coral got a zoanthids and green star polyps.
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Another issue I had was with the brand new Deltec SC1455 Skimmer. Once I started it, I had excessive micro bubbles, so excessive it was filling and overflowing the cup within 30 seconds.
After returning to Seahorse Aquariums to confirm it was working correctly, they suggested running the skimmer without the cup.
I raised the skimmer in the pump to the absolute minimum 140mm and ran without the cup for at least 8 hours.
With the cup still off, I then focused on getting the bubbles as big as possible by adjusting the water level and air intake on the skimmer, this took at least 2 days of tweaking util the bubble were large enough. I was then able to add the cup.
While it was a nightmare to get started, the skimmer is working really well after 5 days,dark lumpy skimmate.
I would still recommend the Deltec SC1455, very quiet and efficient.
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I think nearly all the deltec skimmers give bubble probs at the start but once you find a way to help it at the start their bullet proof great skimmer very quiet do an amazing job
I got some chromis a few weeks ago too great fish for relaxing other fish (shy fish) they bring everything out to swim, hungry little feckers too
What else you thinking of getting?
Yellow tang
Bristle tooth tang
Coral beauty
Fire fish
Bangi cardinals x2
Blue cheek gobie
Their a few fish that would suit ur tank and of course a pair of clowns the black ones are deadly going mad I didn't get a pair of them
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Found it better to do it outside, keep rock wet, fix the rock, leave for an hour, it isnt set by then but you can carefully lift it back into position into tank. After 24 hours you wont break it.
Definately getting gobies and yellow tangs, clowns also. Not ruling out triggers or puffers, not yet, just love them.
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Skats? you mean Skates?
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Sorry not Skats.... but scats (scatophagus argus)
can survive fresh water, brackish water and marine water.... scavanger that eats just about anything!!!! Not fussy which means they help clean your tank too!!!
Mono's are another undervalued fish imo
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Anyway, went mad again today. Got the following:
1. Clarkes clown (2" only €35 in Seahorrse)
2. Condy Anemone, white (€30 special offer again in Seahorse, all gone now)
3. Duncan Coral (Duncanopsammia axifuga)
Will post photos when everyone has settled.
(PS Hammie: Post some photos when you have them)
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Also great for keeping the sand clean!
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