Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / January 2004

I have a 29 gal FO tank.  I've been getting too much of that blue/green
cyanobacteria and the LFS
guy suggested that I have poor water flow (all I have is a whisper wet
dry)  I had an old PH, which

During my business trip to Seattle last May I watched
a movie about octopuses in Seattle Oceanarium...
The person taking care about animals there could not
answer me questions about where can I buy such a movie

The International Fund for Animal Welfare has welcomed a decision by the
Mexican Government in late January to pursue sanctions against 28 officials
involved in a massive illegal hunting scheme.
http://www.anc.org/wildlife/wildlife_article.cfm?identifier=2004_0129_mexico

I was wondering if anyody new where i can find instructions for the Sailfert
KH/ALK test?  I seem to have lost mine.  Any help would be greatly
appreciated.

Anything to make one work a bit better?

Corals are both Flora and Fauna, Flora because of the Zooanthalia, a type of
algae, and nitrates are food for algae, is it possible for Zooanthalia to
thrive in a Zero nitrate environment?
Are moderate nitrates a bad thing? (20-30ppm)

Is there anyone else out there that has jellyfish in their tanks? I have
hundreds of them. I believe they are Casseopia as they seem to like lying
"head" down on the sand pulsing. The largest is approx 1.5 cms across and
still growing. I would be grateful for any info on keeping ...

I've been searching and searching and have not yet been able to find
an identification for a little hitchhiker on a recently-acquired
astrea snail. As I don't have a digital camera, I can't easily
photograph the critter, so I'll try for a description and if that

Hey guys, you need to check this website out....

Even though I've been out for a couple years I'm not use to loses for no reason.
Ok heres the deal the tank was set up Jan 6 with my old rock that had been sitting
in water for 2yrs. after a week I introduced a yellow tail damsel. everything is fine.
green algae started last week, ...

The International Fund for Animal Welfare has welcomed a decision by the
Mexican Government in late January to pursue sanctions against 28 officials
involved in a massive illegal hunting scheme.
http://www.anc.org/wildlife/wildlife_article.cfm?identifier=2004_0129_mexico

My XM 250w 10kk bulb just came in and WOW
a big difference over the Ushio 10kk! Much brighter!!
And a very pleasing color.
It has a bigger "pill" and the bulb is also bigger (longer)

Guys,
I bought a live rock from a local store last week. After a couple of
days, I could see a bunch of red plant like stuff.
I have attached pictures ( very poor quality though ).

Does anybody know if there is any risk of contamination from using non
aquaria Co2 cylinder and regulator to feed my Calcium Reactor. I've used a
cheap disposable Co2 'welding gas' cylinder, brass pressure regulator and
brass needle valve. Works fine but now I'm thinking what if the ...

I have just set up my latest marine tank using a crushed oyster shell and
sand mix............ Is this going to be ok ??
It's only a thin layer of course. My other tank uses coral grit but I
fancied a change......... Just wondered if anyone has any thoughts on this