Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / December 2003

  I have a 180gal FO tank that is running without a skimmer, currently
relying on a wet/dry and live rock.   I want to add a skimmer to get the
water quality up and to help battle phosphates and algea.  My stand is only
26 1/4" from the floor to the bottom of the tank.  I have ...

Came home late from work tonight, and decided to turn the lights on in order
to try and feed the fish. When I switched it on, noticed that my blue tang
(3-year old named her Dory, of course) was lying against a rock at the
bottom, gills barely moving. I heard this behavior is normal ...

All,
I hope all is having a happy holiday season.
Well my daughter got me a Maxi Jet 1200 For christmas, and I added to my
tank about 6am this morning. But now my BakPak2 is hardly making any foam

Is the sand used in a deep sand bed like that on the beach (light in
colour)?, Or are we talking about something more like what you see near a
river or creak (dark in colour)?
Can the live sand be obtained simply by going to the beach or is it only

I will be moving this weekend and need some advice on how to move my
aquarium safely and without too much trouble. I have a small FOWLR tank
(10gal) with 1 porcupine puffer and 4 blue leg hermit crabs. The only
problem that I see is that the puffer will freak out if I were to net ...

Can someone tell me if I have my rocks set up in the right way IF there is a
right way. I see that a lot of people sort of stack them all in the middle
and I haven't done them that way so I want to be sure that I am not harming
or hindering any growth with my current set up.

Anyone done this?
I'd like to paint the *outside* of the rear pane.
Can I safely do this with the tank running? (I promise not to clean
the roller in the tank).

Is anyone using the new T5 lights if you are please email me and let me know
if you like them.  I will be buying them within the next 5- 10 days so let
me know as soon as possible.
Thanks Much,

Has anyone any experience with revamping and remodeling the older model DAS tank with the "glued in" filter box and square airstone "box skimmer", and I use the term skimmer in it's loosest sense.  lol
I'm interested in removing the box entirely and converting to a sump.  Anyone ...

Hi.  I'm going to be out of town from the middle of next week until the
middle of the following week, about 7 days.  I have a petsitter who comes in
to take care of my cats and other stuff, but they only come once a day.
To feed my marine (fish only) tank, I purchased a Penn-Plax ...

Advocates for Animals are launching a campaign called GLASS PRISONS,
EMPTY LIVES about the problems of keeping tropical fish. You can see
it at the following link:
http://www.advocatesforanimals.org/glassprisons/glassprisons.htm

Can anyone suggest if it possible to set up a marine tank with seawater
and washed up plants from a local beach? If so how to go about it.
I made an attempt recently where 3 little purple starfish, a cockle/clam
 and a snail where washed up but still alive after a storm at my ...

Anyone here ever heard of or used this piece of equipment?  Sounds nice if
it works.
Here is a link
www.ecoaqualizer.com

Hiya Guys
I've had my 200ltr FOWLR tank running now for 18 months, and i would like to
start taking things one step further by introducing some corals. I have
added a some and have achieved a degree of success, but i think that i need

can I use liverock and sand that I collect from my scuba diving trips to the
gulf in my tank? Will the rock/sand have to be cured even if I leave the
items in sea water the whole time. I am starting a new sw tank and would
like to place sand/rock directly in tank with no other fish.