Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / January 2004

I am having a heck of a time keeping my Hard Corals living. My soft corals
are doing great but I just had a Moon Coral die and my Brain Coral is coming
off of it's skeleton. I have 10,000 watts of lighting and everyone says that
is plenty..anyone have any ideas why these corals are ...

I found a small creature ne'erbefore seen in my tank. Was hoping you might
be able to help me identify. Could not get a decent photo.
it is rather the shape of a tear drop and resembles a "sowbug"  -- flat on
the bottom, rounded on top, with antennae out the front.  It moved pretty

I want to replace my "T connector" between my Iwaki 100 pump and the
two bulkheads with a "T-Valve" that is connected to a power source
(110 AC, or DC if need be). I just want to alternate the flow of water
returning to the tank. I have looked at the Squid type (non powered)

well, this is my page, decided to gather information.  This puts it into a
semi clear picture and allows me to keep logs for my tank.  hope you all
enjoy.
its actually a link to my site, you have to go to the reef section.

I have a single 150 watt 10k metal halide and 2 Daylight 5.7k fluros, and 1
atinic blue fluro over a 4 foot tank, what would be the best hours per day
to run these lights ? Also since the tank is a fairly new setup, would
leaving them on longer then normal increase or speed up the ...

I have been doing my research on which lighting setup to buy, but I'm having
trouble with which type of bulb to go with.   I will be getting a 65 gallon
tank (36x18x24) and plan on going with only 1 250w MH with CF actinic
supplement.    I am going to have only a few SPS, LPS, fish, ...

Went to the store in Bedford today for supplies and they looked to
have gone under. Sign says sorry we had to close. I sure hope they
have a going out sale of the live stock in there before it's not live
anymore. There fish where always ICK but the corals where nice.

I am setting up a new calcium reactor and am wondering what the bubble
rate should be per minute.

I've got a bunch of the normlal guys, but here is a few special ones in my
refugium.   At this point, there are three big ones, that don't look like the
standard pink fleshy ones.
This guy is about 5" long, and was looking for some food on the surface:

A while ago I wanted to setup a pond outside, but after playing with reef
setups and salt water I am thinking of the idea of making an outside salt
water tank, but not the usualy glass type, I was thinking of making a wooden
frame about 3 meters x 3 meters and about 1 meter high ...

I have started web page for my tank if anyone is interested in looking at my
setup. I don't have all the sections complete, but do have some pics of
tank, corals and PLC-electrical.
Let me know what ya think of the setup and the page.

I have a 215 reef, sand substr, t-5 lights (Sunlight Supply Tek T-5 Lights,
8 X 36" X 39W  I LOVE THEM).
Using ETSS Protein skimmer EVOLUTION 500 driven by RIO 3100
The effluent that ends up in the collections jug is pretty 'clean' and

This morning when I woke up, I took a look at my tank and saw my two baby
Clown fish swimming within the feathers of a Hawaiian Feather Duster.  It
looked like Clown fish rubbing against a BTA.  Is this normal?

petsolutions.com has SCWDs on sale for 19.99 each.  Mine is working
perfectly, but at that price I bought a "spare" to have a backup on
hand or to experiment with.
disclaimers

Does anyone have any tips or techniques for breeding shrimp?  Ghost,
peppermint, ect?
I was just hoping someone new the optimal temp, saline, light cycle,
or anything else that would help in the successful raising of shrimp.