Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / February 2004

Does anyone know the reason all floursent ballasts use solid wire? My two
atinics are mounted to stands that sit on the top of my tank so I can easily
move them but the constant moving causes the soid wire to fatigue and break.
Does anyone know if the same awg stranded wire can be ...

Came from the famous hitchiker infested but very cool tampa bay salt
water live rock like a little over a year ago. Since then he has almost
tripled in size. the quarter is there for size reference. Any idea or
links to a crab database would be cool.

Where does one get such a thing? I have checked several internet
sources for electronic componenants and such with no luck.

I am starting a new reef set-up and was wondering can I add 50 lbs  cured LR
to tank without using MH lighting, also is this enough for a 30 Gallon tank
48x18x12
Thanks,

I have a 48 * 13 * 20 55 gal tank.  I currently have 130 watts from a
customsealife smartlite.  I am interested but not locked in to the idea of
getting an anemone.  Anyone know about what types would be appropriate with
this amount of light, or how much more light I might need?

thinking of gettting one of these whats the problems.  do they need a pump
on all the time like the old ones used to and are they good enough to plumb
into the standard water supply
Robin.

I am preparing to get an under-sink RO system with pressurized storage tank for
both drinking and aquarium use, and have a question about the auto shut-off
(ASO) valves included in most systems.
When the ASO valve is activated it shuts down the input to the RO cartridge and

what's the most beautify tank you have ever seen? can you post your
favorite tank picture? i found the following:
1. the famous japanese tank:
http://www.cpfarm.com/images/gt_01.jpg

I have a finger coral for 5 days and it still as not opened sometimes it light
brown sometimes greyI have placed it all over the tank and it wont open where
should i put it why wont it open i have 150w |Metal halide and 1 Tube and
medium flow and high flow if needs be please help

Now this is not a debate on which salt to use, just where you get it and the cost.
I use IO and had about 1/3 of a bucket still good, but i'm out.
The wife went to one of the large chains today to get more for me but they wanted $75.
Thats nuts. I paid $34 for my last bucket. prices ...

The local supermarket has a large machine at which one can purchase water.
Reading all the fine print, it claims to be;
carbon filtered
UV treated (2x)

I suspect these two are the same type. The second one is smaller, and
browner in colour than the other. I have heaps of them, and several
can be seen crawling over my silver gorgonian at night.
The big black crab - check out the claws on this one!

ok...im wanting to set up a marine tank with corals ect. the tank is
48x18x12.
i have so far 1x biolife filter 1x fluval internal filter 1x fluval
external 203 filter 1x fluval external 304 filter 1x belin airlift 60

I just wonder if anyone  has used marine snow from two little fish to feed
their coral. I don't think I have time to cultivate the plankton myself.
Thank you for any responses.
Thai

Get something to drink, this could take a while...
I've had my 75g reef up for just over 6 months now and just when things got
going, I gotta tear it down.  I've gone through all the algae cycles,  I am
sustaining  a couple of anemones, I have a Green Mandarin that seems happy,