Salt water aquariums

[Paddy]

I have been running a marine aquarium for a few years now with reasonable success, but since my recent move things have gone pear shaped.

I made the move with out managing to make any fatalities, and apart from a shaky start things were definitely improving.

I went away this weekend and (sods law) half my corals are dead . I have only ever used dechlorinated tap water but with hindsight I wonder how much higher the phosphates are here in wales....

I am having to cut my losses and try to preserve as much stock as I can by replacing the entire volume of water with re-buffered reverse osmosis water.

This is going to involve a lot of extra kit and a fair bit of planning.

Does anyone here have any experience in this field, or can they recommend a good forum that might be able to help???

TIA!

[Greebe]

You shouldn't change more than 20% of the total water volume at a time and you must always test anything and everything prior to putting it into a saltwater tank. Only takes a little to completely destroy the habitat.

Funny how mankind thinks the enviroment especially lakes rivers and oceans have an infinite capacity to absorb the shit we dump into it.

http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/

http://www.saltyzoo.com/aquaforums.html

http://forums.aquariumhobbyist.com/forum.php

http://www.thereeftank.com/forums/index.php

[Paddy]

Cheers matey... I made the mistake of assuming that the water chemistry was going to be *roughly* the same 250miles away

My father in law is a printer engineer and has access to an infinate supply of RO water.

I'll set up an exchange system that will gradually replace the tank's water with the re-buffered RO water.