Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / July 2003

Has anyone used crushed marble as a substrate. The size is about .25 mm
average. Home depot has it here in SoCal for $4.49 a 50 pound bag.

I have updated my site - http://www.saftkongen.dk/Reef%20Page/MAIN.htm - Its
in danish, but click on pics - they dont speak any langue :-D
Happy reefin

I need a really simple answer to these two questions.
Background
I have had a 72-gallon bow front saltwater system.  I currently I have
the following items

I have been looking at different DIY plan for Coil Denitrators and I was
wondering if anyone has had any luck building one of these things. I am
really curious what kind of pump and flow rate did you use. Can anyone make
any recomendations or give me specific directions on how to ...

I seem to have a problem with the screws that tighten the skimmer box to
the mag...there to short, I even had Jason at Aqua C send me some a
little longer and they still don't tighten against the mag like they
should? Anyone else have this annoying problem? Its become troublesome

has anyone checked their before & after line pressure while installing
a permeate pump.  i'm curious how well they work.
thanks
shane

I broke the center tube in my ETSS 500 skimmer while cleaning the unit
this evening.  It fell onto the floor and snaped in two.  I can order a
new one from the manufacturer but it probably won't arrive until Tuesday
of next week at the earliest.  To make matters worse I am going ...

Recently I placed two, consecutive orders for 200 gallon IO salt mix buckets.
One from BigAlsonline.com, the second from PetSmart.com Both buckets had
a regular UPS shipping label stamped in red ink with "REVENUE AUDITED" text
and a bunch of numbers. There was a reference to New ...

would a volitan lionfish eat my cleaner wrasse or cleaner shrimp in a 180
gallon fowlr setup?
Ron

A number of years ago I had a 100 gallon reef tank. I had a pretty typical
setup, wet-dry filter, large home made skimmer, some kind of auxillary
power-filter & secondary skimmer combo thing hanging on the back, about 5 or
6 floresent tubes. This was my first venture into reef ...

Has anyone had trouble with exposure to an excess amount of iodine with
their tank and had thyroid problems because of it? Has it been documented
anywhere? I regularly dose my tank with iodine for my xenias and put my hand
in the tank frequently. I have recently found out that my ...

I was wondering from all you reefers out there that run MH lights.
Is there a big difference in the power used by the different types of
ballast?
Bulb life, heat given off by the bulb...

Has anyone here used this type of canister filter on a reef tank - Ocean
Clear Canister Filter.  Any info appreciated.

ok.. seriously... it's a cute little yellow tail, too small to hurt me or
anything else in the tank, but it ATTACKED ME today! I had my hand in
pulling out bits of algae (with my two buckets of freshwater sitting handily
by of course). I had noticed yesterday while I was doing some ...

I'm trying to install a 5 stage RO/DI unit that I bought from EBAY....the
instructions cover a basic kitchen install but don't touch on fish room
applications.  There are 3 lines out that I'm a bit confused as to where
they go.