By Jove I think i've got it! lol

Okay well taking Jackal's advice I went with this small 2nd hit with "all that was needed" not overdoing my fleet,
Although he transported all his res elsewhere before I hit the fact his fleet didn't flee just proved I had the right
amount of ships for the attack
This means you should all see bigger DF's from me shortly in the next few hits I do in a day or so
Will post up the hit I did on his main planet next.

Battle of the day Monday, January 09, 2012
The battle lasted 5 rounds

Attackers (1):
simonberry40 [X:X:X]
Weapons: XXX% Shields: XXX% Armour: XXX%
Large Cargo 7 Lost 0
Battleship 2 Lost 0
Battlecruiser 25 Lost 0
Loses 0 units
(0 Metal, 0 Crystal, 0 Deuterium)

Defenders (1):
qwertben [X:X:X]
Weapons: XXX% Shields: XXX% Armour: XXX%
Solar Satellite 22 Lost 22
Rocket Launcher 49 Lost 49
Light Laser 5 Lost 5
Heavy Laser 3 Lost 3
Ion Cannon 6 Lost 6
Small Shield Dome 1 Lost 1
Loses 255.000 units
(145.500 Metal, 98.500 Crystal, 11.000 Deuterium)

The attacker has won the battle!
He captured: 314 Metal, 181 Crystal, 57 Deuterium

Loses
Attacking fleet: 0 units
Defending fleet: 255.000 units
Total: 255.000 units

Debris (2 Recycler)
Metal: 0 units
Crystal: 26.400 units

Profitability (2 Recycler)
Attackers (recycling): [Max] 26.952 units
(314 Metal, 26.581 Crystal, 57 Deuterium)

Attackers (no recycle): [Max] 552 units
(314 Metal, 181 Crystal, 57 Deuterium)

Defenders (recycling): [-90%] -228.600 units
(-145.500 Metal, -72.100 Crystal, -11.000 Deuterium)

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^^^
I got the recyclers to get the DF they're just delayed so won't reach until after I posted this