Make sure they're new one otherwise if it use then it at your own risk if it not faulty!

Tony

agh ! The auctions going to be over soon and the ebay guy hasn't contacted me Agh well

Hi all ! Just to update - got my college exam results through today and am very pleased (politics 97/100 = A ) !!!
lol so shall be getting the tank soon as a way of saying well done to myself lol

well done mate!!!

Good i hated college exams, but i managed to slap my ICT teacher in the face (not literally) basically failed first year of ICT, re-took the year didnt even get the exam stage, collected my exam results and saw my ICT teacher and said to him, "hi steven, guess what!?, ive got a full-time job where ICT is mandatory,". The look on his face was priceless.

Well Steve Varman ive do the impossible ha! in your face!

Phil

WELL DONE!!! once again

congratulation mate and get ur parent to buy u that tank as a present. that what parent are for

TOny

Lol! Thanks folks No such genorosity from the parents lol I think im going to keep my eyes peeled on ebay

awesome ive seen a tank on ebay (may be too big to qualify as nano ) and the guy who delivers has just emailed (me no idea how much he charges though !! )
So I may be getting a tank very soon - the frantic reading begins - can anyone reccomend any books or sites ?

Thanks for your help - hope everyone had a good weekend :)

really sorry for triple posting but i cant seem to edit my posts !

heres the spec of the tank for you to case your expert eyes over

Jewel Rio 180 Tank (i have cut small holes in tank so piping goes in and out neatly.
Jewel Cabinet (in black) which has been modified to take the big marine filter
160 odd litres of salt water
Jewel Integrated Filter, Powerhead and Heater Unit
Maxi-Jet MP900 Powerhead
Red Sea Protein Skimmer
Jewel Integrated light bar with 1 blue light and 1 white light
2 stick on thermometers
Aqua One Aquis 2450 UV-C (with integrated UV light)
5 pieces of live rock (about 30-40 kg worth)
1 Red leg hermit crap
3 Turbo Snails
1 Maldive Star fish
1 Long Horned Cow fish - [I will not be keeping him!!!]
2 Clown fish (also known as nemo's by non fishy people and children)
1 Blue fin damsel fish
1 Easy test kit from interpet
Spare piping and accessories
Jewel Automatic feeder
PH Buffer
Any spare food i have left over
Decorative reversible coral scene background
Spare jewel filter wool

Looks allright ...

Budget for a new skimmer , as the Red Sea is crap...

If you get the tank you will need to bin the integrated filter , as this is just a nitrate factory .... the whole point of the live rock is that it is the primary filtration , if you have loads of sponge or floss in the Juwel filter it just becomes biological , which is ok in a fish only system , but as a reef ( which you have LR ) you want as low nitrates as possible.

So budget for another powerhead to replace the filter and a new heater because you will be binning the integrated one ...

Also, budget for a new test kit as the interpet ones are crap .... and budget to buy some salt as you will need it for your water changes , make sure you ask the guy which salt he has been using so as you can carry on with it , as changing salt has to be done gradually ...

How much is he wanting for this lot ? allow yourself another £100 ish to make the mods you need .... we can advise where to pick stuff up cheap !

I'm intrigued to see what the red leg hermit crap looks like

Good luck , any other questions, just ask !

H

RE . My post above ...

There isn't enough LR in there to provide a 'berlin system' filtration , so if you get it you will have a decision to make ...

A) Bin the LR, keep the filter and go 'Fish Only'

B) Bin the filter , buy some more LR and go 'Reef'

You can't keep them both as he is doing, you will find that the nitrate level in that tank is very high ... the filter is acting as a biological filter ( like in a freshwater aquarium ) , and you do not want this is in a reef setup with inverts and corals and stuff ...

Looking at it closely, i don't think the LR is proper LR .. looks like old coral skeletons .... be careful ...

I would look at rehoming the cowfish and the star ....

H