Nano Reef Aquarium

This week i am going to doing some aquascaping , I have put this off for many weeks and having read ultra marine magazine over the past few months there is a great article on building a reef aquarium with loads of information and tips. I learnt that by placing your rock work to either side of your reef tank gives the illusion of more space and draws you eyes to the centre of the tank and hides the unnatural look of the nasty corners. I am going to place the larger pieces of rock to the bottom to provide more stability and have purchased some deletec reef putty to make it more secure it is awkward when carrying out maintenance as the rocks move and make me nervous . The last thing i want to do is break something. Hopefully this will then leave the centre open for corals and for the fish to swim and hide the pump, heater and skimmer sump that is home to rowaphoss and de -nitrate Here go's Ok not got rid of the sump, it does look a better and gives the effect the tank is bigge...

Being a reef Keeper involves quite a bit of responsibility and discipline . Monitoring levels and controlling them on a regular basis saves many problems. Every reefer has there problems one issue i had was a massive outbreak of green algae , a massive problem and very difficult to get rid of. After finding it was down to negligence, it was my fault. This made me realize i had to be more involved It was down to high nitrates and lack of regular water changes that was to blame. Now i am a changed reefer. Now i do a 10% water change weekly and now i have minimal nitrates and best of all no algae ! Having gone on ultimate reef forum i found that this is a big issue and many go through similar problem. With this in mind i decided to post a thread on how to become a successful reefer , with very positive comments around the forum community. To help me overcome the problems I've been having i decided to write a diary, to help me keep track of things that need doing and the things tha...