Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / October 2003

I have soft coral colony growing on a rock that is light brown in
colour. When extended each organisim looks like  a palm tree with 8
brown  branches on a stalk that is whitish.  It looks like a zenia. When
closed it looks like a colony of rounded whitish nubs.  I found it once

I started my marine aquarium just over one and a half months ago.
Being new to the whole game, there was a lot I should have first read
up on before being impulsive and just going ahead and doing stuff. I
guess I was in too much of a rush to get my first fish in. Ok, so now

I have tried to say - "please....let go of my live rock" to these corals but
it just didnt help at all....
So how can i else remove corals like Sinularia , Rhodactis, ect. They are
extremely attached to the rocks. I just have to many and i would like to be

I picked up some new corals.  My prized SPS died over the past couple of weeks,
leaving a giant hole in my tank and in my heart.  Here's some pictures of what I
got.  If you recognize any specifically, please give me the ID.
This acropora is very hairy, and has good polyp extension ...

Okay, in the past I've typically changed out water 10% to 15% per week to
keep nitrates low for my invertebrates and fish, as well as to prepare for
my eventual foray into the world of live corals.
I've recently set up a plenum, and I've begun to grow algae to help

Up until recently, I've always built shelves for my tanks entirely out
of wood. Having only a circular saw and nominal carpentry skills, I'm
not looking forward to doing it again but need more tanks. So, what
I'm thinking of doing is using cinder blocks to make shelves. I've

I will be setting up a reef tank (60 gallons or so,)in the Dominican
Republic.
The place where I'll be, suffers from tremors every now and then. They
are not major earthquakes, but enough to knock things from the shelf,

I have three critters in my aquarium which I would like to identify.
Pictures of them are at www.wshitchcock.com/aquarium.htm .
The brown coral is 1/2 inch across. I would like to know what it is so I can
give it the right amount of light.

I am setting up a 90 gallon reef tank and want some info on which fish (
Currently in other tanks ) that would be ok in the new reef tank.  The list is
as follows:
(2) clowns

Hiya guys
I have a spare Rekord 60 tank knocking around which used to be a
freshwater setup, but the inhabitants passed away when the heater
failed (i went away for the weekend and the temp went upto 65 dgs).

i would like to know how to get rid of mantis shrimp. i recently spotted it
crawling on my live rocks after having the live rock in my tanks for almost
6 weeks. i suspect he's the one who murdered my skunk shrimp.

Anyone know of compatability issues with scarlet reef hermits and emerald
crabs.
I've lost about 3 or 4 S.R. Hermits in the last week and I am finding the
emerald crabs are always munching on the remains.  I'm not saying the

I will be setting up a tank system here in San Francisco, CA, where I will
be chilling the water down to emulate local conditions (55-60F) and was
curious if there are any message boards, usenet groups, or other internet
related web sites about chilled aquaria.

I'm starting to clean 180 pounds of LR to get rid of the green bubble algae.
I already have clean about 20% of it and put it in a 55 tank. I left 4 of
the rocks in a 5 gal bucket w/water and forgot about it for 5 days, PU. Can
I just rinse it really good and add it into the 55 with ...

Is it possible that the plump little < 1/8" five-armed white creature is
really a starfish?  It was scooting around the glass surprisingly fast.
 I certainly didn't put in the tank, so I assume it came with the rock
or sand.  I assume you have all seen such stuff and I shouldn't ...