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Fish and their Chips

26th November 2018 Sweaty Dave 0

You’ve seen the creation of the Aquarium, introduction of the fish and corals and watched it settle in.  The set up took around three months from initial purchase, fit out, water conditioning and maturing to [more…]

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Aquarium – Corals

19th November 2018 Sweaty Dave 0

With all the fish in place, the next step up is coral. There are two types generally stocked, soft Corals and Hard Corals – the soft ones are easier to look after, needing less light, [more…]

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The Inhabitants Arrive

12th November 2018 Sweaty Dave 0

The tank is in place, the systems all built, the water and rock conditioned – the impurities are down to 2 or 3 parts per MILLION (nitrates, nitrites, ammonia and phosphate). Things were starting to [more…]

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Aquarium building 4

5th November 2018 Sweaty Dave 0

With the sump and the closed loop all in place and tested the aquarium was ready to go. Placing it was ok – the floor had been strengthened, the helpers careful not to drop anything, [more…]

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Aquarium Building Continued

29th October 2018 Sweaty Dave 0

In previous episodes I’ve talked about starting a project to keep Marine tropical fish and corals. Such an endeavour is not to be taken lightly or if you are short of cash! With the tank [more…]

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Building the Aquarium

22nd October 2018 Sweaty Dave 0

In the last piece I got to the point of having bought a fishtank. Bloody massive thing, weighing in at about 150kg when empty (it took four blokes to lift it out of the house [more…]

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Project Fishy

16th October 2018 Sweaty Dave 0

Anyone who has read any of my articles knows I do like a good project. If I know that I’m going to be stuck in the house, looking after kids with bad weather, I need [more…]

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