Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / October 2003

Would anyone be so kind as to either post or point me to a place I can
find the meanings for all the acronyms you experts/smarty pants (-: use
all the time?
As a newbie there are still some I can't figure out (especially with

i need some help with setting up for an anemone.
i have an well established marine tank, set up for approx 18mths
as follows
trigon 750 corner tank

I have been keeping SPS corals in my 150 gallon reef tank for a little
over two months since installing a 250 watt HQI minipendant with a 10K
bulb installed, using a icecap 250 Watt electonic ballast.  The
distance from the middle of the bulb to the water surface is about 6

I am considering adding a DIY 150 Watt HQI 20K lighting fixture next
to my 250 watt 10K fixture.  The purpose of this is mainly  to get a
little bluer color to my tank as opposed to a need for additional
lighting wattage.  There is no room for any other type of fixture that

I would like help identifying some worm-like animals that came along with
some Marshall Island live rock.  I noticed them about 3 weeks after I made
the purchase.  They are about 2 to 3 inches long and about the same
diameter/circumference as normal sewing thread.  They are purple ...

I am starting my first marine tank and and I plan on cycling it with live
rock and clean up crew. At the advice of a people on this list I threw in a
couple raw dead shrimp from the grocery store. I have a hang on the back
filter and a power head going and the temp and salinity is ...

Hi;
I realise these words usually aren't associated with Saltwater, but can
anyone direct me either in setting up a 29 g tank or point me to a website?
Ideally I'd like a reef setup with maybe six damsels and a cleanup crew.

    Has anyone recently purchased from 'Flying Fish Express'?  I haven't
purchased from them for quite a while and was surprised to see they had
merged with (or been bought out by) Drs. Foster/Smith.
    Just wondering if they're still a good source for live rock...

Since I am tired of micro dicing garlic to feed to my fish, I went shopping
for oil of garlic at the health food stores.  I found it, but every place I
went it had either cottonseed oil or vegetable oil as an additve.  Are
either of those additives harmful?  In both formulas the ...

I need some input from you veterans regarding a 29 gallon reef tank I
am thinking about setting up.  I have done a good bit of research and
I think I have it down pretty well but I have never setup a salt tank
before.  I have done fresh water for years but never salt.  I plan on

This weekend I have been preparing my tanks for vacation, by
setting up an  auto top-off system credit for the method/idea:
http://www.athiel.com/lib12/diytopoff.htm
I usually have a friend come over every other day to feed my FOWLR tank

I am involved in a venture to open a fish store in the atlanta area and I
would like to hear as many people's thoughts on the following as possible:
1- What are the most important factors that cause you to shop where you do
(fish related)?

any thoughts on dwarf blue leg/red leg/zebra hermit crabs for a reef
tank? i have a red hair algae battle going on --right now  kinda at a
stalemate. it has not taken over the tank but i want to prevent it.
btw  tank has leathers,muhrooms,star polyps,bubble coral,hammer

I'm going to be drilling a 72 gallon bow front, on the back side, to install
a sump. I knew I didn't want my drain holes to be too small, so I ordered
1.5 inch bulkheads. The hole has to be 2 3/4 inch though, which I didn't
realize how big that was until the bit showed up. Should I ...

I was looking at two power compact products for my 30 gallon tank:
1.  Custom Sea Life 2 x 96W 36" Hood w/fan $409.99
or
2.  Coralife 2 x 96W 36" Hood w/fan $209.99