Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / August 2003

   The IO I have says to use 1/2 cup/gallon of water.  When I use that I
only get 1.00021 after aeration and mixing for 24 hours.  From what I
understand, that is not enough salinity.  I think the correct mixture would
be about 25% more IO to get about 1.00025, wouldn't that be ...

I have a 120 gallon tank and have a problem.  My tank water always test
fine.  I have almost every piece of equipment you can buy installed.  I have
a:
120 gallon tank

I have been doing fw for many years, and came across another tank, and
thought, "what the heck?" I've been wanting to do a marine tank for a while,
and I've decided. It's not large, (10 deep, 16 high, 36 long) about 25 gal,
so I'd like to do just a little live rock, perhaps a shrimp ...

My contribution to the group since I can see that 'Boomer' thinks I can't
contribute anything other than what I have posted in regards to Marc.
Topping off our aquariums is one of the most time consuming chores in this
hobby for me.

I have a new 125 gallon tank that I'm just getting set up and it's
running a little hotter than I'd like - 81F
I'd like the temp to be about 77F, so I only need to cool down 4
degrees.

Hey all,
Im getting ready to setup another tank.  And as with all setups
lighting is a concern.  Ive had combination of all lights in the past,
MH, VHO, PC.  With this tank im going to be very limited with space.

I've been lurking on this board for months, and one day I ran across a
post
from a guy who had flushed one of his fish.  You wouldn't believe the
stupid "I'm a better reef keeper than you" because of what you did

I know that the Dialyseas system, an extremely expensive dialysis
water exchange system, has been discussed in this newsgroup before.
It is produced by a company out of Florida.
http://www.seavisions.com/products.htm

I'm moving to a new place about six hours away and I'm planing the
logistics of moving my 46gal tank. For the live rock/sand I've decided
to purchase a plastic trash can from Home Depot and put as much live
rock, sand, and water as I can in it and load it right on the U-Haul

Yesterday I noticed that my PH tested < 8.0 on the salifert color
test.  I added Kent superbuffer that I sometimes do between water
changes every (two weeks), when the alk. and PH get out of wack.
Yesterday I went to check the PH and the color was RED?! I got

Some of the fish.. polyps.. and ricordia. any ideas on what the individual
polyps at the bottom of the picture of the ricordia might be?
Teeb
http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=2560988&uid=1346726

Thinking of selling and was wondering what my tank is worth:
DAS 115 Gallon
4   110 watt vho lights
15 watt aquanetics in line quartz UV sterilizer

if so, can you please share your experience. thanks.

I have a CPR bak pak2, that has worked very well.
The pump needs replacment, I have a pre skimmer, and want to keep using it.
New pump must be same or smaler than Rio 600
any suggestions

How often should I change my water?  I have tested my water and it is
fine nothing is out of wack.  Should I change the water to keep it
fresh, or should I leave well enough alone.
The reason for this question is that I have an anemone that is balled