Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / November 2003

I was at the fish store tonight and noticed about half the tanks had air
stones running in them.
I always wondered about this. In most of my readings, airstones are not
discussed for saltwater tanks.  So I'm a bit confused.  You need to

The Blue Linkea is probably too big for a 29 gallon tank, but I wonder
if even a little orange or red one is as strong as it appears and might
topple my somewhat delicately balanced rocks.  I don't know if you can
tell from this photo that I have many small live rocks as well as ...

I have just review data of power consumption for several powerheads
and I am finding interesting results... Look below:
Model          Consumption        Max Flow      Flow/watts
               (in watts)         gph            gph/W

I have tried two types of snails and two general starfish over about a
year in my fish only tank.  All died in hours.  None of the fish have
died quickly and all seem healthy.  Any ideas?

Hello, my name is Evan. I would like to know what a reasonable price
for a 20 gallon saltwater tank is, I am also interested in what you
think a 20 gallon freshwater would cost. My lfs is offering $170 for a
20 gallon freshwater tank (includes: stand, tank, filter, gravel,

My daughter has a reef tank. It is 75 gallons and has the following
inhabitants.
75# live rock (came with a few small tube worms and assorted small corals);
50# Live sand;

We are considering the Aqua Spacelight Metal Halide HQI system for our 55
gallon reef tank.
Has anyone used this system? How well does it perform for you?
We are wondering why it is not fan cooled.

Is there any bad effects of small fan blowing directly over a 250 watt MH ?
Just thought I would ask before mounting the fans in my new hood...
Ken N

I have several varities of species in my FOWLR tank, and was wondering
what the life expectancy of these fish are.. I can't find it
documented in my "pocket guide"... Anyone have any ideas?
Species list:

I had a couple blue legged hermit crabs and about a dozen turbo snails.
They seemed to do a great job cleaning up.  After a bout with ich, and me
over medicating the tank things seemed to come back almost to normal.  A
couple weeks after putting the charcol media back in the filter ...

Is there anyone close enough to Colchester, Essex, to give a good home to
the much loved critters from two marine tanks that I need to break down?
I have a number of fish, inverts and some corals from a two year old set up.
Thanks, Jeff.

Looking for advice on soundproofing a 75 gallon marine reef aquarium.
My wife is the newbie fish freak, I'm just the plumber. I've searched
every bulletin board and Internet site I can find and know about
different pumps and plumbing configurations, including the "Durso

Hey Marc,
Your photos always look great. What kind of camera do you use?
Thanks!
Regards,

Custom Sump/Refugium Diagram and Gallery.
I really like the refugium since it has really helped with the nuisance
algae control in the display tank:
http://www.reeftank.com/galleries/150gcustomsump/index.html

I was away visiting family out of state, but see there are 286 new message to
peruse in the near future.  I'll fit it in as time permits.
From what I can tell, my reef tanks did just fine for the duration. :)
Marc