Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / November 2003

I'm refinishing a tank stand and would like to put a really nice marine
grade polyurethane on the inside and out to protect it well. Does anyone
have any recommendations?
thePoet

Since I am new to this coral tank hobby I am finding myself needing to ask
questions all the time.
Today I picked up 20kg of Live rock, I took along with me the recordings I
done of the water in my tank, the guy there said the KH levels in my tank

I have a question about my skimmer, I bought a AKS brand skimmer, it uses a
power head to push the water and air into it, anyhow, the tube that connects
to the power head is a very loose fit and the bubble that collect in the
main container seem to leak out from this water input ...

Marc,I,as well as lots of other folks I'm sure,LOVE your tanks....I'm pretty
much a novice at this still and was just wondering what a typical day/week
was like for regarding all the maintenance and supplements etc etc?
it seems the more involved in this "hobby" (I prefer the term ...

Here are a number of pictures.  Enjoy. :)
Orange Montipora capricornis frag:
http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/1103/mcap_111803.jpg
Blue Milleopora:

Has anyone here ever raised brine shrimp from eggs? I had a go a few
years ago but didn't really get very far, have the bubbles going and
everything as suggested but nothing.
Can anyone please suggest any tips or are there any kits out there that

Moved some of my live rock today, and I found what looked like a juvenile
brittle star, about 1/8th inch in diameter and arms extended was about an
inch tip to tip, white with dark marking on center. Am I right on the I.D?

pls help. my blue sponge is bleaching (dying) after 2 weeks in the tank. and
it's the 2nd time it happened. can someone pls tell me why is it happening.
what is the ideal conditions (lighting, water elements etc?) for sponge to
thrive? my fishes are doing well.

 Hi, I had lost so many fish because of the powerhead, and I just wonder if
anyone have any great suggestion on how to prevent this. I just lost a
six-line wrass tonite :( , so I hope that someone would help me to stop this
kind of tragedy to reoccur. I had used some plastic net to ...

Well my girlfriend went home yesterday lunch time to find the flat
full of gas, somehow the hob on the cooker was slightly on?
anyway, the fish didn't look very well, so I put a spare powerhead in
there and aimed it at the surface hoping to get more oxygen in the

I got a bubble anemone and the lady at the lfs who sold it to me said to put
him in the water and he would decide where to go. I placed him on a rock but
the current sort of moved him around the side before he 'caught' on. Now he
is on the side and not getting much of the light. ...

As dr. Shimek wrote, DSB needs adding new worms after some time.
Is adding new live rock (how much?) enough to reintroduce new worms, or is
it a must to buy some truly "live sand" or worms alone?

got a mandarine on saturday and put him in my tank which is a 55gal
with loads of live rock. He was real pale this morning, i actually
though he was dead! and hardly moving but as soon as i put the lights
on he coloured up and seemed to be ok. Now he seems fine but has a

Just a sample of addresses that should or will be receiving lots of email.
Hope a lesson is learned...
Pszemol@BigFoot.com
Pszemol@PolBox.com

We are redecorating our living room and plan on upgrading my 20/29 gallon
freshwater tanks (on an iron stand) to a 55 or 70 gallon bowed front marine
tank. The new tank will be housed in a new custom built wall bookcase. The
tank will set on a heavy duty) shelf with cabinet space ...