Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / December 2003

I have had an explosion of growth in my CPR skimmer of all places. They are
little white "blobs" or egg shaped things for lack of a better description,
with a crown on top , they are the weirdest things I have seen, they look
like an oval with a fuzzy little crown on top, any ...

I live in the Northeast (LI) and am wondering if ordering livestock
(inverts hermits/snails/shrimp , coral, and fish) is wise during the
cold months.
Any experience out there (of course there is) or advice on which MO to

   Recently, I was viewing my reef at night with a flash light around
2:00am and I found something really wierd.  It looked like a small anemone
but it was so transparent you can not see it in direct light.  I had to use
the indirect light (the outter ring) from the flash light to ...

My tank has been overrun by brown algae. i'm not sure what kind of algae is
it. but it produces air bubbles on the surface of it. also my turbo snails
eat all green algae except for the brownies. and my green algae growth is
under control.

I have a power compact with 96 watt bulbs they consist of two bulbs
for daylight and two actinic.
I thought they took a daylight of 10000 k but all my corals started to
close and eventually die after a year and a half of success.

Is zeolite safe for saltwater tanks?
I have various fish, anemone, various crabs and snails, a few polyp corals
(zoo, button, starburst)
I plan on placing in my sump.

Several weeks ago I purchased two new test kits for these properties. The
process of testing was new to me and subsequently I interpreted the results
on both tests wrong. (Basically it boiled down to, was the more titrant i
put in the higher the results should be. I.e. I took final ...

This is my reef tank that I am having for about over a years now. I am
still learning new things through this news group every day, and I truely
appreciate it to whom ever that had advised me or give me suggestion. That
is the only way to improve ourselves and learn more about the ...

I know I keep adding new facets to my plan, but all in hopes of doing it
right/better for the long run....
I'd like to drill out my 29 for an overflow, and I know I could do it
myself, just wondering where to get the drill bits for that large of an

Hey I am new to starting a reef tank, I just bought a power head from my
LFS. The guy at the store told me I could lower it into my tank so that it's
about 3 or 4 inches from the bottom to provide a good movement of the water.
My question is that the only way to do that is to drop ...

What skimmer is your preffered favorite?  I just got a used Berlin
Classic for my 50 gallon.  that makes foam about half the time since
it's been set up (only 5 days now).  I was talking around and heard of
the Reef Devil and the Evolution 500 and thought they sounded a bit

I have a yellow tang that has been in my tank for 3 months. It is white and
swimming upside down off and on throughout the day. Is it going to die?
Jay

My tank has been running now for 6 days, the life on the live rock and the
small corals that were on it seem to be ok, but some of the life has died
back and now being slowly covered with a white skin, some of the small
corals arn't as bright or colourfull as they originaly were.

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How much can one overdrive T-5 lights?  The exact situation is actually
a bit odd...  My contractor built the front part of the soffet that will
hold my light fixture with a couple pieces of wood that support the
front, but the rear doesn't have those.  The rear has 49" of space