Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / November 2003

Hello everyone.  I have been busy with teaching, so I haven't been able to
check in for  awhile.  Of course I've got a problem, that's what brought me
back to seek help from you guys and ladies.  My 55 gallon tank is doing
well, with the exception of my brown button polyps.  I ...

When should I do my first water change?  I've been watching my nitrates and
they have yet to accumulate over 10ppm.  My trace minerals have been
replenished through the increase of my salinity.  I started the tank at the
mfg reccomendation of 1.023  but after hanging out here I read ...

Live rock, amazing stuff...
I recently introduced a mixture of Reef Bones, Base Rock and Live rock into
a new tank (started about a month ago). Following the introduction of Live
Rock, all sorts of life emerged; as one would expect. Snails, pods,

I recently tried making homemade fish food for my Clownfish.
I used about:
10 whole shrimp
30 small freeze dried krill

I've been shooting a few images in the past 24 hours. Originally I was trying to
get some shots of some new zoos, but that and many other images didn't make the
cut.
These did though.

Are emerald crabs known to bother brittle stars? We bought 4 emerald crabs
awhile ago, and 2 of them just got massive (molted twice!). Recently, we
observed that a couple of the arms of our brittle star seem like they've
been cut. Could this be the crab? I've been looking around ...

I know most reefers prefer the intensity of Metal Halide, or PCFs, but I
hear alot of NO, normal output flourescents users too... I'm guessing they
use T8 lights, and another guess is they are using DIY kinda deals....
Are NO lights, ie, for a 29g 30" wide, in a 4x40W 2-10k ...

I got my first marine fish today which my 3 year old picked out. A Percula
Clown of coarse. He seems to be struggling in the current so I turned it
off. Basically with it on he was only in one place and appeared to be
breathing hard. Now that it is off he is moving around and ...

Howdy all,
OK....I setup my 75gal tank with a 6" DSB. Took about 6 months for all the
various stages of cycling and now everything is very smooth. The only
problem I have now is MACRO ALGAE!! Holy crap does it grow! I mean, I can

why dont i need a chiller?  my temp stays rock steady at 79deg or wherever i
set it.  My heater is not i the tank, it is in an area of high flow, in the
intake of the siphon chamber.  my lights are NO, i suspect this is why.  i
have a home build wood hood with 4-4 footers inside.  ...

I'm in the process of setting up my 55 gal. SW reef tank. I'll be supporting
my LR on a PVC frame.
I'm considering drilling holes in the PVC frame system and connecting an
additional power pump to circulate water from underneath and through the LR

I recently tried making homemade fish food for my Clownfish.
I used about:
10 whole shrimp
30 small freeze dried krill

I am thinking about going from 175W MH's to 250W MH's so I can run the
Iwasaki 6500k's.
My concern is the increase in heat.  I understand that there is some formula
that converts a watt to a BTU, but is it safe to assume there is a linear

Hello, saltwater collegues!^)
For nearly 25 years I use to live in a freshwater. Now it looks like a time
to start reacclimatizing to saltwater - back to the origin of life.
I've already read smth in this NG and somewhere else, but still have several