Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / August 2003

hello all, i was at the lfs on sunday & they had a pagoda coral, the
help there said it was a easy coral to keep --it looked good in the
store but i was hoping if anyone had any info on this one to share it ,
Im a newbie & right now i only have mushrooms, a few feather dusters,

Still waiting for the armageddon which I was assured would come later
rather than sooner.  Short recap: I made a *just add water* instant
saltwater aquarium, complete with fish and live rock and minimal
lighting and (oh no!) undergravel filter, all within one hour.  Thirty

I have a few pumps that I would to like use for water
movement in my tanks. The rubber suction cups never hold
and I either lost or never got the hang on clips. Is there some way to fix
these to the tank at different levels that you have used? They are

Thinking about it...
Currently I have a separate pump running my chiller.  For the sake of noise
I have it on the temp controller with the chiller.  I know it isn't good for
the pump.  My return pump is a Mag7 as well.

Just thought I would toss this out to all of you.  I have been looking into
this for awhile but the abc.net site below sums it up well so I thought I'd
share.
http://www.abc.net.au/science/scribblygum/october2002/default.htm

I stopped by my classroom this evening for just a couple of minutes to check
on my aquariums.  Thursday I added to my 55 gallon tank an "algae pack" from
That Fish Place.  I wanted to make sure those critters were doing okay and
to test the water.  Everything was going fine.  I then ...

What is the bet hang on protein skimmer for a 100 gal tank?

Can anyone tell me whats happening to my anemone? When i first bought it, it
was dark brown. But after a week or two, it gradually  turned yellowish and
looks a bit transparent. Is my anemone dying? What can i do to help? : (
Regards

I have quite a bit of grape algae in my tank and have heard it can go
sexual.  How do you avoid having this happen?  Do you control the
amount in the refugium or is there a stage in it's growth that you
know you have to remove it?

 As some of you may know, I am in the process of setting up my first
marine tank (55 gallon).  I have 45 lbs of Fiji LR and 15 lbs of
Tongan LR.
 I have read for hours upon hours on the internet and in books on how

I have a bubble tipped anemone that has split twice.  From what I have
read sometimes after they split both are the side of an 'adult
anemone' but each time it has sseparated I find what I call a baby
anemon that is very small (about a 1/4 inch diameter).  It's like just

I was into freshwater tanks a few years back, and tried salt water
once with two damsels in a 10 gallon tank.  They didn't make
it:-(.  I was told that the chemistry of salt water is too delicate
for such small self-contained tanks.  I was thinking of getting

Hi Group
I was going to use Kalkwasser but wanted to get everyones idea first.
So any and all suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks

I have a bubble tipped anemone that has split twice.  From what I have
read sometimes after they split both are the side of an 'adult
anemone' but each time it has sseparated I find what I call a baby
anemon that is very small (about a 1/4 inch diameter).  It's like just

Hi, I have a 1 1/2 month old 60gal tank w/ about 30-35 lbs of live
rock and 60 lbs of aragonite sand.  A few weeks ago, I've had a bad
problem with this purple/reddish fast growing stuff on my sand and
glass!  It is now beginning to slowly appear on some rocks. I sifted