Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / April 2004

I got a rock with some nice green button polyps (Zoanthus sociatus)
   http://reef.geddis.org/life.html#greenbutton
I was hoping they would grow and spread.
Now, a year later, they seem to be like weeds.  They've taken over half my

I have something in my tank that likes eating soft corals (specifically
toadstools) that are placed on/near a particular rock. That makes me
suspect something that lives in that rock.
See these two pics:

I recently purchased some soft coral frags from GARF.  8 of the 10
arrived healthy and happy (2 had fallen off their growth plugs during
shipment) and are establishing themselves nicely in my tank.  I also
recently added a small bi-color blenny to the tank.  For the first few

Greetings All...
I wanted to by my husband a new 140 Gallon SW aquarium, however I have
some concerns about the weight of this thing. I have read through some
past post here and have some similarities of what they had as well. I

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I have setup a 120 gallon marine aquarium.  Right now it is just
running its pumps and heaters until I get my live rock.  First of all
I wanted to know if any of you have a really great place to buy
premium fiji rock online.  Next question is will my 2 65watt bulbs

Hello from NC.  Here are my tank specs:
55 Gal bowfront
50lbs LR
3" Agronite, very active, seeded with LS 2years ago

I have just got a marine tank and so far have one happy fire shrimp in it.
Marine tanks are uncommon here in NZ and none of the pet shops have any
books let alone any cool stuff to go in the tank.  I was thinking of getting
some books from Amazon.  Can anyone recommend any books?  I ...

(NOTE: I posted this on rec.aquaria.tech, but this group seems much more
alive!)
I attempted to build a closed loop system based on Marc's directions
(http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/tank/closedloop.html).

put into difficult situation.observing fishtock in lfs.newbie asks me on
what i think of sohal tank for his tank.i question newbie & tank not even 1
month old & advise him not to touch as he will lose fish due to ignorance
etc.,etc.,.leave shop & get call from owner of shop next day ...

We inherited a large, female maroon clown with our tank ... from the fish's
activity, it appeared to be pretty old. The past week, the clown has been
basically lying on it's side at the bottom of the tank ... we thought for
sure it was dying. However, whenever I come to feed the ...

I've been  using Aquarium Pharmaceuticals test til now
since I had high nitrate levels, in my reef...
Over 20mg/l - After incorporating a refugium with algae
and fast growing Pulsing Xenia lowered down my nitrates

I have a yellow and a black goby. what I want to know is will they pair up.
I have search the internet for anything on black gobies and there is
nothing. your opinions would be great.
Thanks

I just brought home a 125 gallon aquarium that used to be set up as a
mini-reef.  All live rock and other animals were given away the night of the
"disaster", but it came with a 5 pound bucket of live sand.  How long will
it live?  It has been in this bucket since Wednesday.  Do I ...

This guy showed up on the back wall of my tank (which is the wall for
the overflow).  I find it a little hard to believe that I might have
gotten a baby seahorse as a hitchhiker on my rock, though.  (Most likely
it's some kind of worm that just happened to bend himself into that