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It begins with an 86litre lidl tank which has a tetra-tec 600 external.

I got the filter from Andy in Aquarium Solutions. Those of you who havnt met him or been to the shop, go.. NOW .. come back and read this later. Hes a great guy with fantastic knowledge and a great shop.

I have located the spray bar under the water level on the left hand side, and the outlet will be on the right.
Ive also got the tacky background stuck on in the absence of everything else.

I started with some Tropica Aquacare that I got from Dayo in Petstop Blanchardstown. Another top guy that you must go and meet. He has endless information to glean and an amazing...

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Sitting by my tank late last night I noticed a small hitch hiker crab carefully stripping polops of some of my sps frags.

Its now an ex crab.

I have the dosing schedule for Calcium, Magnesium and Alkalinity running now. The phosphates were high (3ppm) so looked at the system to see how I could lower this. I noticed a couple of issues.

1. The...

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This blog is going to follow my first marine set up. 220ltr currently with 50ltr sump/refugieum.

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I collected the tank last week after 2 trips. First time the tank didn't fit in my car. Had to go back with a jeep. Have plumbing setup. Found it somewhat hard to find some pieces such as PVC valves so...

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