Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / January 2004

I was just doing some measurements on my fishtank and my Ph is at 8.1
and my Calcium at 370.  I've never managed to get it this high
actually, it's usually around 340.  I'm not sure what's holding it
down and my magnesium is around 1050.  Anyway, I tested my kh and it's

I have updated my profile to read Chris C.  and my home e-mail.
Thanks keep the posting going strong, this is great for all of us, your
never to old to learn.
Chris Carney

I'm getting ready to move from Georgia to Maine (approx 1300 miles) and i
was wondering what the best way to transport my livestock. Its a 2 day drive
with a uhaul. Any ideas or proven methods for long travel would be
appreciated.

Let's say you have a 75 gallon system with 85lbs of live rock, 4 inches of
live sand and a protein skimmer as your filtration. You want a system that
is mostly fish with a few invertebrates, besides the clean up crew. What
would be max amount of fish, in inches, that such a setup ...

I removed the crushed coral from my tank and replaced it with a fine sand, I
was wondering that with the crushed coral if I put some of it in a bucket of
fresh water with a low pH, will the calcium leach back out and if so can I
use that fresh water to do the top off's on the tank ...

I've been thinking of changing the filtration in my 75 gallon FOWLR tank to
the Berlin method. Water tests indicate my tank has 0 ppm ammonia and
nitrite. However, Nitrate hovers around 40 ppm. To maintain nitrates at
that level requires I change 20 - 30 gallons of water per month.

When runnin lights that long dont you have a prob with algea.  I run my
lights for 6hrs and things are thriving

First I thought the research phase would take forever- it seemed I would
never get a handle on the most basic of reef issues.
Then came the assembling- waiting for equipment shipments and redoing the
plumbing yet again- it seemed an uphill battle just to get two aquariums

I have added a couple of new photos to the reef section and the cichlid
section.  Stop by and take a look, and let me know what you think.  I
will be adding breeding photo's of fresh and salt water this weekend, so
stayed tuned.  If at any time you see a photo and would like to ...

Anyone use one of these? I saw one at work and thought it was nifty because
it's just a powerhead with a micron filter in it! I thought it'd be
wonderful since I don't have a sump. Anyone have any experience with this?

i have 12mm glass cut to size to make a tank 1400mm long 760mm deep and
600mm wide I am wondering how hard it actually is to silicon these type
tanks together as i would feel such an accomplishment to have built every
thing myself from scratch

I've followed CapFusion's suggestions, mostly feeding more.  I can see
green and red in the sand bed and a few strands in -of all places- the
lip of the powerhead's outlet.  There are also some green spots on the
magnet, but that's it.  Early on, I was assured by I don't remember ...

hi all, returning to hobbyafter a couple of years break
have found ng's helpfull in the past ,
have made a tank 1500mmlong 600mmdeep 600mm wide with three 50mm holes in
base what r the most up to date filtration systems being used, appreciate

I need an in sump skimmer with a foot print of about 5"by5" for a 75
gallon reef. Is there such a thing? I've got a pro clear aquatics
wet/dry thats been running skimmerless for a long time, and I would
like to be able to feed corals more often without worrying about my

I have just acquired a lionfish with a very good appetite it eats anything
however I am a little worried about how much and how often to feed it
it always seems to be hungry
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