Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / December 2003

I got a couple new pieces of LR yesterday and today I noticed a very large
crab in the tank. It's about 1.5 inches in diameter and looks like a sort of
green\grey color. Definitely not an emerald, he looks very stocky (fat claws
and shell) and has black pinchers. I have only really ...

Please help id the creature at
http://charon.assert.ee/aquarium/unid.htm
Thanks,
Henn

Anyone have experience with AquaC  EV180 skimmer? I'm using the required Mag
7 pump. Makes nice foam but next to nothing gets up into the cup. I have
adjusted the waste gate from wide open which sets the water level to 1 inch
below the reaction chamber as per instructions. and I ...

Can anemones be upside down?
I ask because this morning when I turned the lights on I discovered that it
moved all the way across the tank.
I've only had it for a couple of days so I am sure it is trying to find a

I recently bought a jar of zooplankton ,to give it a try,but I was wondering
how much should be fed at a time?I have a 55 gallon,with a yellow tang and
various damsells and one purple firefish.

The only protein skimmer I've ever owned is 20" (120 gal) hang-on-back
by US Aquarium.
I suspect that it's not such a great skimmer but am unsure what to
expect since this is the only one I've ever used.

A few zoo shots.  The first two pictures are the new zoos I got a few days ago.
They are the larger kind, with a disk the size of a dime.
http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/1203/mega_zoo.jpg
http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/1203/mega_zoo1.jpg

Our tapwater test was pretty much a success.
I did find one flaw in my design but it is easily remedied and best that I
do it now instead of later.
Details and photos at http://www.cearbhaill.com/tapwater_test.htm

Today I wanted to add a couple of power heads to my reef.
Like a dumb $h!+ I put them in the tank and plugged them in to make sure
they worked.  While I placed them and was trying to hide the cords behind
rockwork, they unded up pointing downward and stirring up about half of my

This is going to seem like a stupid question but what is the proper way to
feed one of these. I purchased one from the LFS for $1.99 on sale and was
like ok cool good deal. Well I get it home and this thing is a cannibal.
After acclimation I dropped it in the tank and right away it ...

Have durso standpipe.
Am attempting to fine tune the length of the pipe as regards overflow
height.
http://www.rl180reef.com/pages/standpipe/construct-standpipe.htm .

Anyone have some pics of a DIY Wet/Dry filter application?
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RedForeman ©®

I will make a long story as short as possible here. I purchased a 90 acrylic
tank from BLUE SIERRA in Issaquah, Wa. on 9/17. Since then I have built my
stand, hood, wired all the electric in the stand including a PLC to run
things, plumbed everything and all the while curing 90lbs ...

My son recently asked Me what kind of fish gil was,I had THOUGHT it was an
angel of some sort...but haven't found any evidence supporting that
theory....any ideas?

I added a long flat piece of live rock two days ago and today I noticed that
underneath on the bottom of it are a bunch or larger air bubbles. Is this an
indicator of something wrong?