Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / January 2004

I have a just completed and have now running my  300 gal Australian
reef,approx 1200litres, or coral ,rock,and creatures and lots of digital
pics but dont know how the best way to post them for you all to look at.
Pics include start to finish of project,from building the tank ,the ...

Hello to all you saltwater experts,
I have a question about cycling live rock.  As usual, all the research
I have done is a little different so I am just looking for a few more
opinions.  I am setting up a 10 gal tank.  I am going to use about 12

Whats the best mix and why?  I'm confused
Using a 55 galtank with a undergravel filter should I use
1.2 canister filters with out bio-balls and also using live rock with
a protein Skimmer

http://www.melevsreef.com/id/
Marc :)
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I got a pretty good shot of my new rose anemone if any are interested.
https://home.comcast.net/~kensn/images/rose.jpg
Ken N.

Looking for a reef tank/or FO salt water tank and am willing to trade or buy
one.  Not overly picky will sett for tank only or FW setup but if I have to
invest a bundle in lighting and filtration, then I might get a bit picky.
Anyhow, am looking if anyone is interrested post ...

I'm setting up 40 gal Hexagon tank (not a reef)  Just going to use for
fish only. Triggers-Tangs-Clowns-Butterflys-Angels
using
2-Ehiems (2015)

Hi. Some weeks ago I stopped at a pet store where they had a pair of
beautiful eels. Their colours were similar to the Chain Eel (Echidna
catenata) and the Honeycomb Moray (Gymnothorax favagineus). They were around
1.5 m, so I doubt it was the first specie. But judging from the pics ...

Ok here we go 30gal 12x36x16 . I've been out of the hobby a couple years and was always
skimmerless but have decided to use one this time.
Heres the deal I havn't made up my mind on a sump yet so I need a hang on.
my choices seem to be

know, I've asked this before, but I've forgotten, and my archive search
has turned up some confusing posts, I need more practice searching through
there.
Why should one not use a canister filter (for ex. an Eheim 2320) on a

I made a little experiment this morning in my bathroom...
I hooked up two pumps to my future sump to compare their
performance in pumping water into InstantOcean 6 1/2 g
bucket positioned in the bathtub with the upper edge

I use to have the name of an excellent online store in Van.
quick and pretty reasonable when it came to $.That was a while ago and I've
since apparently  lost it ..Its been quite a while since I've ordered
anything and can't remember the name! I heard about it from this group in

Last month I purchased a good chunk of some beautiful blastomussa and after
the first two weeks it was loosing its color so I moved it to an area with
lower lighting.  The color to the blastomussa is now back to a deep red.
This morning I was checking out the tank and I noticed ...

Semi snail like <but not really>, oval like a chinese hat, 1" diameter,
gliding like a hovercraft?
Photos  http://www.cearbhaill.com/id.htm

my turbo snails are just not surviving in my tank. the moment i put them
into my tank, they will not move an inch. and the next day i check on them
they are dead. i presume they are dead cos when i turned them over, they
have no movement at all.