Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / September 2003

In addition to moonlighting another thing I have looked at is a good ph monitor
but I see some that say they are ph controllers for a calcium reactor setup.  I
have a calcium reactor so this has interested me.
What exactly do these do? Do they somehow control how the calcium reactor ...

Just back from a dive trip in Lembeh Strait, (North Sulawesi,
Indonesia).
Here's an unidentified creature that was hiding in a roughly
rectangular hole.

When I bought my tank, I got a Rio 2500.  After about 5-6 weeks it began
to lock up when the power was turned on.  I could get it to work by
taking it apart and putting it back together before turning it on, but
it was unreliable.  One blackout could wipe out my tank.

These creatures have been in my tank for over a year now. Are they
barnacles?
http://www.geocities.com/rperiut/barn.jpg
Thanks in advance.

Any one know of anywhere in Michigan where I can get some argonite sand.
SouthDown Playsand would be great but I cant find any anywhere?

So if one already has made the decision to get a RO/DI unit and don't care
too much about the price (once you've made the decision you might as well
get a quality product) - would there be a preferable manufacturer/model?
F.ex. what about http://www.aquariumwaterfilters ...

just picked up some amquel+ cause i ran out of amquel finally :)
its the newer formual for amquel
and it advertises a few things that at first i dont wanna beleve, but it kinda seemed to
work wanted to know what you thought of it.

Here's some pics of my new setup, comments welcomed
http://users.eastlink.ca/~xerces/index.htm

What is the difference besides the coral/anemones etc?

Did anyone actually post an answer and possibly the reasons why one was
better than the other?
JOhn :-)

I have a 175W MH that has quit. Is there an easy way to tell if the
bulb has burnt out or the ballast has fried? The entire outfit is
about 6 months old.
David Young