Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / June 2004

I am looking for a good reference book on Marine and freshwater fish. I have read many books but I am looking for a book that tells you what fish is compatible with others and problem solver

 Can you please tell me, from experience, what other fish can be
peacfully house with puffers? And can you tell me what their
personalities are like. I am very intrested in starting a FOWLR set-up
and having a puffer as the main fish.

     I've been trying to drill a one and one eighth inch hole in the side
of a glass aquarium but everytime I get near to the end of the hole the
glass begins to crack.  I am using a Diamond glass hole saw (with a drill
guide) and applying water for lubrication according to the ...

Hi;
I just found what appears to be an anemone...It's about an inch in diameter
and sits in the sand out in the open.  It is white and the tentacle tips are
about 1/2" long and magenta in color.  It just sits there and, when

Does anyone know where to order these online?
http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/0504/t5.html

I have an adult queen angel for approximately a week and can not get it to
eat.  All the other fish in the same tank are eating just fine (red sea
purple tang, demsels, clowns, cardinals).  The tank also contains soft
corals.   He is slowly coming out more, but I get concerned when ...

I am lookng for a good marine and freshwater book on what fish is compatible with what fish and a problem solver guide

http://www.melevsreef.com/acrylics/teeth.html
Marc I looked at your site a while back and wondered how you made those
teeth.
I a like DIY and have all the tools But I could not work how you got them so

I have a Fish Only-Live Rock 120 gal aquarium which only one of my
tangs show signs of white spots.  3 weeks ago I started to lower the
Salinity to 1.009.
After carfully lowering the salinity to 1.009 so that there was no

Can I use Superbuffer dKH to reduce PH level? The PH level of my water is
about 9.0.
Thanks

Would there been any negative benefit to placing aragonite sand on top of
crushed coral, about 2 inches of each in a 55 gallon aquarium that is being
set up for a reef tank?
Currently have about three inches of crushed coral on top of an undergravel

I have a 60gal Hex tank that has sprang a leak somewhere at the bottom.
What is the best way to reseal it?  I was told by someone at a LFS to scrape
off the old silicone and apply the new and then fill it with water.  The
pressure of the water would then push the silicone into the ...

About 2 months ago I upgraded the lighting on my aquarium to a Metal
Halide\Power Compact combination. A few days later my tank was covered in
diatom algea, hair algea, and red slime algae. I have tried everything to
get rid of the algea.....but it just comes right back! My setup is ...

a friend of mine has a very strange problem.  His sps corals are dying,
but only in the upper region of the tank.  The tank is 2x1x0.8 meter, it
is lit by two 400 Watt metal halides and two 250 Watt MH's.  The tank is
fitted with a large kalkreactor and skimmer, all the ...

Anyone else seen these? A LFS had 4 or 5 of there. The crabs were living
inside
of staghorn coral... They looked like the drilled a hole in a staghorn
frag and moved inside.