Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / November 2003

Hi All I have a 55gal setup that has mainly been just TBS Liverock, Live
sand and the cleanup crew. It has been growing tons of stuff. I am running
1 - 256gph ph, 1- 156gph ph, 1 - 55 to 160gph sweep ph, and finally a 160gph
HOT Millenium 2000 Biofilter.  Well I went and added a ...

pls tell me why!
my 3 cow fish, 1 blue tang and 1 camel shrimp are dead over night in less
then 8 hours. when i last see them, they were as alive as ever. i fed them
with defroze brimp shrimp just before i went to bed and when i woke up the

My 46g tank has been cycling for about two and a half weeks now with 70Lbs
live rock, and 55lbs of live sand.  These are the readings I got today and
want to know if these seem normal for 2-3 weeks of cycling, if there is a
"normal".

I have an imperator fish in my aquarium and he have a cloudy eye.
When i look into his eye i saw a small worm in his eye.
Please help
  baruchbl@inter.net.il

I am writing some aquarium software, and I need the following:
1. Photos/video of fresh/salt fish & inverts (with species names)
2. Photos of plants (with names)
3. Photos of equipment (tanks, stands, heater, pumps, skimmers,

Hello all....
I have a 75 gpd 4 stage RO unit. Until recently, it had been producing
about 3 gallons per hour of 2 ppm water. Over the last month the
amount of water produced in an hour has decreased to about 1.5

I just want to put this info out for other folks like me who always go to
google groups and research online vendors before they make a purchase..
I have just recently had good experiences with the fallowing vendors:
www.foryourfish.com

We plan to purchase a RO or DI system for our saltwater tank.
However, we have started with a tap water treatment chemical designed to
eliminate heavy metals, especially chlorine. Our LR has been curing in
treated water, and our fishless quarintine tank is cycling with treated tap

My 46g tank has been cycling for about two and a half weeks now with 70Lbs
live rock, and 55lbs of live sand.  These are the readings I got today and
want to know if these seem normal for 2-3 weeks of cycling, if there is a
"normal".

Does anyone know of a site that can help identify the various lifeforms I'm
finding on my LR?
Thanks,
Dan

I am starting a 90 gal reef with plenum. I intend to start with 30
pounds of live rock and add more as I go along.
I read that some people put Shrimp to cylcle. Do you have good or bad
things to say about that method?

In July of 1994 my Aquarium was the aquarium of the mounth in MFM,
unfortunatly (to make a very long story short) I lost the magazine.
Does any one out there have or know someone that would have a copy of
this Magazine?

Does anyone have any experience with the Prism Pro Deluxe Skimmer.  If so
please post a reply.  I currently have a Back Pac and am a little
disappointed in the performance.  Thanks

WEll that was the problem of the Green Hair Algae. LFS tested Phosphates at
"I dont Know" meaning it doesnt matter how high, cause the test water is too
dark to be good, but it looked like around 1.0 or more to me, i wanted to
know.  then the same for the PH, it was a wide range, ...

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