Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / September 2003

is it right you can run a tank on just live rock as a filtration system and
don't need any other kind of filters?
Thx

Can someone tell me some beginner corals in the area of small polyps etc?
I have 3 400 watt metal halides on a 180 gallons. All other proper equipment
is deployed.
Ben

I am a little bit confused...
My future 10g refugium with DSB is still offline but
I have a lot of macroalgae in it and 24 nassarius snails.
Snails seem to be hungry so I feed them once per couple

Are there any host anenomes that are less prone to wandering across
the tank and trashing everything along the way???

I'm new to reef keeping and have recently purchased an anemone.  The anemone
seems to collapse at least once a day for an hour or two end then fills up
again.  Is this normal?
TIA

I am in the process of building a counter current venturi protein skimmer
and I am thinking
about using a SEN 900 pump. Does anyone have any experience with these pumps
?

Well as I've recently posted on here, I just noticed some new growth in my tank
and was wondering if someone here could help me out with identifying what it
is.
I've got what looks like a small stem coming out of the live rock, with what

OK here goes.......
3ft tank
crushes coral / coral sand
2 up lifts with a power head on each

I recently started a new tank 75 gal.    50 lbs of LR  4 " base of sand
mixed with Live sand.  The water is cloudy, I'm told this is normal.  When I
move th rocks to set them up, I get more clouds, so Im not touchng it until
its clear, and then only 1 or 2 pieces at a time.

Another animal offered at IPFS are mini clams genus Tapes
http://www.ipsf.com/sandbedclams.html Anybody here ordered them?
Can you tell me something about your experience with them?
Have you looked up their scientific species name?

Enjoy:
http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/0903/0923_pics.html
Marc
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Can anyone give me a list of items i will need to set up a 3ft marine tank,
excluding all livestock...i need a list for Pumps and filters etc...I am
very new to this idea and need some direction as to what i need and how much
things will cost..

A week ago a friend gave me 40 lbs of live rock (he downsized tanks)  
He kept all of his corals, however there are spots on the rock where
burgundy colored mushrooms had been attached and they appear to be
growing, and there are a couple that appeared on the sand bottom.  

I have had a percula in my smaller tank (20 gal) for about 5 months now,
he eats like a pig and is very active.  However he looks a bit
thin.....is there a disease that would cause this?  No color changes and
other fish in tank look normal.

Power outage dropped tank temp to 62 in 24 hours. Im amazed at what is
coming back. Slow warm up back to 78 Might still lose our Hippo and
mybe our yellow But all corals are starting to look better. Will Post
more info over the next few days.