Aquaria - Marine Reef

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what is on when cycling a tank	05 Aug 2003 22:03 GMT	7
I finally got my new 29g to not shock me anymore (an electrician ran a dedicated 20A circuit with a GFCI for me) Now, with the chiller pulling the water down from a steamy 90F to 80F, I am ready to drop a shrimp into the water to make ammonia and cycle the tank.
Comments on initial stocking of fish	05 Aug 2003 21:42 GMT	3
I would like some comments on stocking my new 55 gallon tank that is currently cycling. 55 Gallon 45lbs Fiji LR
Seting up 100g	05 Aug 2003 21:40 GMT	5
I want to set up a 100g aquarium with a wet/dry filter sump that I have and would like to know how I should set up the tank and sump for a mini reef?
Southdown in the UK	05 Aug 2003 20:58 GMT	1
Im here in the UK and i am setting up a DSB in an external tank. I read alot about Southdown playsand and likewise but im assuming that there trade names and obviously we dont have the same over here.. Wickes and The Early learning centre do playsand for childrens sandpits, is
copepod	05 Aug 2003 19:33 GMT	1
One of my hermit crabs died in a rather out of the way place where I was not able to remove him from the tank. I watched my levels every day while he was decomposing and they stayed in line, no ammonia, no nitrites, nitrates were less then 10, ph at 8.0, SG 1.00022 (yeah, I am ...
Help with Sarcphyton please.	05 Aug 2003 12:45 GMT	2
My sarcphyton soft coral is currently only extending its' polyps at night nowadays nothing has changed recently, other corals are ok but the sarco does not come out when the lights are on any more. It used to have brilliant polyp extensions.
AquaC Remora Pro Break In.	05 Aug 2003 04:02 GMT	9
I replaced my Seaclone piece of junk last Friday with an Aqua C Remora Pro with the skim box and Mag 3 pump. Everything is setup and level. Per the instructions I washed the unit in warm water prior to installing it to clean off oils from the manufacturing process.
power out for over a week.	05 Aug 2003 03:26 GMT	2
and the only thing that croaked was a common starfish. But I was lucky and had done a 40% water change the day before the storm, and both tanks only had a couple of fish in each. The odd thing is the damsels look more stressed than the percula clown. I figure what did
Too Many Questions 2 List	05 Aug 2003 01:59 GMT	3
I'm fairly new at this. I'm in the process of setting up a Natural Reef Tank (75 gal.) From speaking with various other hobbyists I've been told the following: use a 2 - 3 inch sand bed
HELP- PH levels	04 Aug 2003 22:40 GMT	2
Can anyone reccomend some ways of bringing my PH levels up safely. My Levels have dropped from 8.2 to 7.8 What is a likely cause of PH levels dropping when they have been fine all along.
Algae eating organisms	04 Aug 2003 14:03 GMT	2
I've completed curing 65 lbs. of live rock in my 55 g. aquarium. Water tests show ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, and pH numbers to be at proper levels. I have noticed some brown algae forming in small patches here and there in the aquarium. I'm assuming that now would be a good ...
Cycling a new tank? Saltwater mollies available!	04 Aug 2003 07:19 GMT	8
If anyone in the Toronto area is looking for some fish to cycle a new tank with that are less aggressive than Damsels, I've got some saltwater raised baby orange sailfin mollies available that I'm soon going to have no room for when they get bigger. They were born in and have lived ...
electricity in water	04 Aug 2003 05:48 GMT	9
Can a PS generate current into the sump that it is sitting in ? Last night I was able to put my hand into my sump, now, 8 hours of running time later, I get a mild, but nonetheless unpleasant shock that does not seem to discharge or kick my GFCI.
Help with simple light upgrade	04 Aug 2003 03:33 GMT	2
I recently converted my 38 gallom tank to salt water. I am now looking to ugrade the lighting. The tank is 36" wide. Currently has a perfecto hood with single bulb.
Fungia bleaching or dying ?	04 Aug 2003 01:47 GMT	1
<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> This coral has been in my tank for two weeks. It has never opened up. I'd expect it to stay closed for a few days maybe, but not this long. Today