Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / September 2003

I'm looking at a used tank (180 gallon).  It has a number of pre drilled
holes in the bottom running down the middle (4 or 5).  What would you do
with these?  They had to have been made for some purpose, but I can't
think of what it is.

Power is back, and I lost the following:
Yellow Tang
Coral Beauty
Royal Grama

I'm new to saltwater, and I've cycled a 100 gallon tank I purchased
from a neighbor.  It was previously a freshwater tank, but had been in
storages for about 2 years.
We cycled using live rock (about 15lbs) and silver mollies.  During

Hi, all,
I thought I'd share some experiences on feeding my H. crispa. I mentioned
about 6 months ago that I had had good luck simply by feeding my fish near
the anemone and it would get sufficient droppings to thrive. Marc L had

Can anyone point me to a link for a Four stage RO/DI unit schematic.  I
can't seem to get it back together properly.  My system has a drinking
water kit with holding tank, faucet, and seperate pressure guage, and a
Kent shutoff valve attached to the end of the RO unit housing.

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just starting up a couple s/w tanks
for now to be FO tanks
and am looking for some live rock and live sand for the sumps/refugiums to
help with filtration etc and a few pieces of live rock for each tank for

just starting up a couple s/w tanks
for now to be FO tanks
and am looking for some live rock and live sand for the sumps/refugiums to
help with filtration etc and a few pieces of live rock for each tank for

i have some white coloured growth on my LR. the growth happened almost over
night. i tried scrapping the growth off and the particles just floats to the
surface like those paint peels. and the area beneath the growth are tender
to the touch. it's feels like it's hollow underneath.

I am considering purchase of HOT type refugium for my 30g reef.
I could not find it in any LFS and pictures on websites are not good
so I have couple questions. Possibly someone on this group has it
and can answer my questions.

Anyone know the suggested wattage per gallon for compact flourecent lights?
I had MH and typically ran no less than 5 watts per gallon (though I had
more like 8).
CF lights are a lot brighter / watt. Right now I'm running about 2.5

I recently added a CoraLive turbotwist 9watt to my sump to fight the
pest algae in my tank (cyno mostly) Anyone have any experiance with
these or similar units? How long before they make a difference? I am
running it with an 802 powerhead 24 hours a day. Its in my 20 gal sump

I just purchased a Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp yesterday evening. It seemed healthy
but so far today I can't find it.  Do they tend to hide a lot in fish tanks or
are they noctornal? A year ago I owned a Skunk Cleaner Shrimp but lost it
during a power outage.  Is there anything special ...

I have a 29g, currently with a bio-wheel and reverse UGF.  Bakpak skimmer
is on the way.  I plan to get rid of the UGF and Biowheel and get some live
sand/live rock.  I am currently cycling (fishless), but aren't all my
bacteria going to go away when I get rid of the UGF and the ...

I have a 125 gallon reef tank and currently have two tangs in it, a
Sailfin Tang as well as a Yellow Tang. I also have a couple Percola
Clownfish, a Bubble Tipped Anemone, a Royal Gramma, a Mandarin, and a
Firefish Goby.  My question, I have become interested in getting a