Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / February 2004

Hey everybody, thanks for reading.
I am having a very difficult time deciding on a pump for my return line. I
have considered a GRI (Gorman Rupp) 510 (can't find much feedback on these),
Custom Sealife velocity T3 (worry about heat exchange with this one)  and a

Does anyone have an info (success stories) on this approach (using the
nudibranch berghia verrucicornis) to controlling aiptasia?
Would like to try this myself...
TIA

I just wanted to share this experience...
I discovered a power head had "melted".  Basically, it cooked itself and all
it's fried innards were realeased in to the water column.
Fortunately, this happened in my phytoplankton culture media bucket and not

I'm returning to salt tanks now that we've discovered the secrets of
live rock, live sand, and skimming.  My 34 hex reef tank is 1 month
old.  The water is great.
My sebae anenome is white with purple tips.  It wouldn't stay where I

HOW MANY HOURS A DAY CAN I GET AWAY WITH LEAVING MY LIGHTS ON A DAY    
NOW I AM RUNING THEM FOR 8 HOURS A DAY
I HAVE A 55 GAL REEF WITH 1 220 WATT JEBO COMP-FLO AND 2 3
2 WATT SMARTLIGHT COMP-FLO

Hey all,
I just got an ecosystem style sump/refugium and I wanted to know if
there was a DIY method or an existing sand/mud mixture that I could
use as a substitute for the miracle mud. The price for miracle mud

I put two peaces of  'toast' pulse in my tank about 10 days ago and both
were doing well (better than they were in the shop).
after a few days i saw the odd pulse head & stalk floating aroud the tank.
a couple of days later pules no.1 was detached from its rock  while no.2 was

We bought the RO unit. 3 stage, 10GPD.
We get about 5 gal. of waste for every 1.3 gal. of purified water.
Any suggestions for using the excess water?
I know that if certain chemical levels are above the limits of the RO unit

I have a GE RO unit, which is close to two years old.
Last year, I replaced the pre and post filters.
Now, about almost a year after that, I've noticed that instead of doing
two and a half gallons at a time, (coming from the storage tank,) it's

I found this emerald crab the other day literally. I turned over a rock, the
last one I bought about 2 months ago, and this emerald crab came walking
out. HUGE! Now today I noticed one of his front pincher (the whole leg) is
gone. I haven't seen my other emerald crab which was much ...

(reposted from .marine.misc, group appears close to dead, apologies in
advance)
I'm setting up me new tank,  I've done FW all my life, this is my first
attempt at marine. I've

I had been planning a trip to Harbor this weekend to get 20-25 lbs of rock(4.50lb=$112+tax)
and a bunch of snails. 2-2.5 hrs each way (with good weather)+ tolls.
The wife was going through my links trying to learn more and came up with Reefer.
45lbs $143 2nd air, $159 overnight.

Hello;
What do people consider the minimum light requirements for a healthy
bubbletip anemone (E. quadricolor)?  Experiences?
Thanks in advance.

Farmed salmon carry about ten times more cancer-causing chemicals than wild
salmon, according to a new study
http://www.anc.org/farm/farm_article.cfm?identifier=2004_0203_salmon
Animal News Center Webmaster

Just thought I'd show you guys the latest sump I built, replacing the original
one I'd made for my 29g 1.5 years ago.
http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/tank/sumps/sump_model_a.html
I've very happy with it.