Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / November 2003

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I have a 55 gallon tank with 36' power compacts.  I have approximately
8 fish and some soft corals.  When I first set up my tank, I got a
huge growth of calcitrous algae and it looked great.  Lately, the
calcitrous is not growing as much and I am starting to see growths of

I have a green bubble coral that doesn't seem to be doing well and I
can't figure out why. I've had it for a couple of months now and it
rarely is fully expanded. It also looks more brown/tan than when I first
got it.

We just started a reef tank recently and we have had good luck with
everything so far except with the blue/green chromises(sp).  We are down to
one and I don't have lots of hope for him.
We have a pj cardinale, coral banded shrimp, coral beauty, yellow tang,

I want to sell my reef system, and need to figure out how much to
charge for everything. I was thinking $2,500 for the following (the
initial setup cost me *at least $5K* 3 years ago):
180 gallon Oceanic tank, custom oak stand and canopy, 3x250 metal

Does any one know if it's possible to replace an RO membrane without first
destroying the housing? If so, what is the recommended technique? The
housing on my Captive Purity system has a large, friendly looking, screw cap
on one end that has refused to loosen despite my efforts. ...

Is it safe to keep a cleaner wrasse in a 50 gal?

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Today while I was staring into my tank, I saw what looked a heck of a lot
like a Mantis Shrimp. I have had some hermits and crabs torn up, but had
always thought these were the unlucky losers of some internal fighting ...
Anyone have any opinions on the traps mentioned at the ...

Hi all...I recently came across "an offer I cant refuse" (as in free from
the LFS)as it were for a small condy. ,My question is this....whats the bare
minimum as far as lighting for this pretty lil fella?I hate putting it that
way,but Im just a poor country boy (recently got laid ...

I use one to push and one to pull air across my 250MH units although
this is not recommended by Ushio. They contend that it may cause
premature failure of spectrum. They say if you see blackening around
the ends before six or eight months, you have overcooled the lamp.

I have a 55 gallon reef (sps). I have a homemade cal-reactor and also
dose kalkwasser.Just took a calcium test (Salifert) and is 650ppm.
Alkalinity was tested (Salifert) at 15.5. I have no reason to think
that the kits are bad due to that I have taken some test on it

If I have a powerhead with an airline intake that blows bubbles out the
powerhead's stream, is that alright or should I raise my powerhead so it
gets the surface turbulant? Is there a way around it so I don't need
anything bubbling? I notice it gets the glass on my canopy salty ...

could 2 lionfish go in  75g tank with   eel?

I just changed the filters & DI cartridge on my H2OFIX RO/DI unit.  I
shut off the water at the saddle valve, did all the changes, then opened
the saddle valve again.  Now my unit is only producing a trickle; maybe
at most 1 gallon per hour from what was a 100 gallon per day unit ...