Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / July 2003

I have a 29 gallon SW tank that has been up and running for about 7 months
now.  I have 2 damsels, one common clown, 1 cleaner shrimp, an astrea snail
and a hermit crab.
My filter is a Marineland 170 filter with biowheel.  The temp stays around

Any opinions of these snails? I have a 90 gallon tank, and got hold of 100
snails. I want to build a cleaning crew of turbo snails, emerald crabs, etc.
Are nassarius snails good critters to put into this mix? If so, what would
be a good ratio?

Hey all.
I'm getting back into the SW hobby after about 3 years of living
without any fish whatsoever (Did he say living without fish?!
Infathomable!).

I've been topping-off with kalk water for a while now but can't seem to
siphon out a fully dissolved mixture, or the powder is coming out of
solution in my reservoir.  Does this happen with everyone else?  Here is my
procedure..

Will appreciate if you guys can help a newbie like me. May i know how do i
feed my anemones? I've been told that their diet consists of crustaceans and
small fishes. Will fresh water shrimps like the ghost shrimps do? And how do
i go about feeding it? Is there any special ...

Just got off the phone with Mike - incredibly nice guy & real helpful. The
"much cheaper than CaribSea" is really an understatement! :)
Also wanted to let others who were considering adding more sand to their
tank that Mike mentioned that UPS gives great shipping rates if large

I had a problem recently with an extremely unreliable Rio submerged pump
running my wet-dry filter on a 75 gallon saltwater tank.  It failed during a
power outage while I was on vacation, and took out the majority of the fish
in my tank...I'm still recovering from the carnage.

Does anyone know how to kill Hair Algae without killing all the fauna ?  I
had a terrible out break of this stuff and I can
not seem to get rid of it.  I have moved the animals to an OT and rebuilt
the old system.  The new tank

last night I bought a firefish and an undulated triger, not following good advice I
repeatidly give to people in this group, i introduced both to there home now after about 5
mins i lost track of the firefish :| I still cant find this little fish :| the only good
thing is the ...

how many yellow tangs can i put in a 6foot tank ??
so they will be happy

Biologists and volunteers have been working together to save a rare fish
threatened by debris from the Aspen Fire earlier this month on Mount Lemmon
in Arizona
http://www.anc.org/wildlife/wildlife_article.cfm?identifier=2003_0726_fish

Some of my mushrooms are infested with what looks like a parasite, but I
can't find any information on them.  I have several different types of
mushrooms, but the infestation seems to be limited to one or two types.  The
ones they're concentrated on are dark grayish-green and have a ...

Marc thanks for the help over the last few months My wife and I are
very happy with results so far. We're glad you hang on these groups
A few pics http://www.auctionsharks.com/photos/chuck/salt/salt.htm

My LFS just got in two 1.5 inch Yellow Watchman Gobies from the wild that
are paired with a .5 inch Tiger Pistol. Do you think this is too much of a
bioload for a 7g nano. I don't have a skimmer but do 15% water changes a
week. Opinions appreciated!

I have problem with two sets of test by SEACHEM.
Iodide, Silicate tests do not work even on a reference sample.
They do not have any expiration date on the box, so I have no
idea if they are old or still fresh and I am doing something wrong.