Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / March 2004

Hi
I'm planning on starting a salt water tank. I want to get a 55 gallon
tank and am planning on starting with a fish only system or fish with
live rock system and possibly later on converting to a reef tank. I

Does anyone know if the ASM G-3 skimmer is ozone safe?

I've read here and on Marc's tank website that you shouldn't throttle
centrifugal pumps with a ball valve but that you should divert some of
the flow back to the intake side.
I hope I'm not being obtuse when I ask, "Why?"

Last night I fed the very hungry fish, and after a couple of hours, shut
the lights off.
This morning was horror! Tang, damsel, goby dead. 75% of cleaner crew
dead. Couple of crabs out of their rocks (still seem shocked), and a

I'm looking for an online retailer that you have used to your satifaction
that sells good-looking decor for reef tanks.
tia

Any one out there got instruction manual for Tunze 3410 internal skimmer.
Any help appreciated,
Billy.

I have a small white brittle star - about six inches from tentacle to
tentacle. Will it each my shrimp? My wife is rather attached to the
shrimp and would be upset if the star ate it.

Two days ago I noticed my bubble tip had a small section of it caught in one
of my powerhead filters, this filter had a green sponge in it to stop any
chance of this happening, but it somehow managed to get a small section
between the join of the sponge a bit of it went inside and ...

Is it ok to use a protien skimmer during the cycle of a new tank?
Any one have any experience doing this?

Can someone give me the link to Flame Angels site ?

looking for negative reports (or positive) before I put 2 in my cycling
75g reef tank, thanks

http://www.polbox.com/p/pszemol/rybcie/polip-pomaranczowy.jpg
I aqcuired them around May last year and they did not multiply
since then as I would expect. They look pretty much the same.
They do not accept frozen artemia, like other of my polyps do...

Looking for a protein skimmer for a 55 gal hexagon, prefer the type I
can hang on the tank but may concider others as I will most likley
move to a larger tank (100-150gal) next year or two.
Any e-tailers you would recomend?

Now that planet pet is gone where can I get live brine? I hate to drive all the
way to fish paradise just for brine. I am in Mid Cities area.

At what pH level will a calcium reactor start to work or start desolving the
calcium into the water ?.