Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / June 2004

How can I accelerate the growth of that yummy green stuff ? I currently have
it in white 5 litre buckets and one 33watt fluro over the top, it grows
well, but slow. If I empty 1/2 a bucket into the tank and top the bucket
back off with tank water it takes about 1 week to get back to ...

I am curious if anybody was thinking about it,
what is the accuracy of measuring Ca++, Mg++,
Strontium, alkalinity, phosphates, ammonia,
nitrites, nitrates - not mentioning pH tests?

anyone use any night lights as I remember someone telling me there are very
few dark nights on a reef.  it's just my algae seems OK when the lights are
on but first thing in the morning the brown scum is back on the rocks and
gravel.  I have 8 red legged hermits but no turbo ...

   I saw this on Ebay the guy claims it will remove unwanted fish.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=66795&item=4309000106&rd=1
   I was interested in seeing what it looked like.
I thought that the picture was so ugly, maybe he thought it would make the

I have a 25G(30x12x16) with FluvalPlus3 filter, 1x20W light ... it's
presently set up as freshwater
I also have a brand new 75G(48x18x20) with Fluval404 filter and 3x40W light
... it's empty now.

Book of the Aquarium
Published prior to 1874
One of the very first aquarium books. Some very interesting
information and accounts.

I am looking for some creature that is reef safe that will eat hair algae.
I have some damn damsels, yellow tanks and variuos hard/soft corals. Some
hermie crabs and snails
Any suggestions?

I am setting up an undrilled tank for my son and am looking for
recommendations.
He wants to have some corals (still undecided what types at this time)
I want to know my options. We have tried tanks with a hang on over flow with

I have a H. magnifica that periodically wanders, including time spent on the
glass.  Not a good look. I've tried to make a nice reef for it and varied
the 175 10000K MH location, to no avail.  Yesterday it was on the glass,
this morning it was back on the reef.  The biggest problem ...

I have noticed my PH going down from the normal 8.2 at 10AM to
8.4 around 11PM for the past 4 years. But over the past year
my readings have slowly gone down  to 8.0 at 10am to 8.2 at 10PM
over the last 6 months its more like 7.8 at 10am to 8.0 at 10PM. I

What refractometer do you use for your tanks?
How precise measurement does it allow you to do?
I have RHS-10ATC and it has 1 division per 1 ppt,
total 100 divisions in the range from 0 to 100ppt.

I haven't had much success with crabs.  I bought 2 emerald crabs, a red
coral crab, and 12 blue-legged hermits yesterday and they are already
showing signs of shutting down.  The red coral is barely moving and one of
the emeralds has completely stopped moving, as have most of the ...

im looking to add an anemone to my tank and was wondering if these lights
were enough. my tank is a 55 gallon long 18 inches high.
2x65W Coralife LUNAR Aqualight Deluxe Series
1x Actinic and 1x 10,000K, 2x 3/4W Blue LEDs

What is a better choice of salt type. Dry salt in bags, or wet salt in
buckets ?

Can anyone explain to me why there are conflicting ideas regarding
bristleworms in a reef tank? Some articles I read categorize them as
problem critters and I have seen traps to remove them, then I see
places selling them as part of a janitor package. Why the difference