Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / June 2004

According to what I've read, the iron content in our aquariums should be
almost nil. When I lookied up what it is in the oceans, it was almost nil.
(0.000006 ppm).
Well here  is my question for all you geology/chemist  brains out there.

First time poster. I recenly went from fish only to live rock with some
corals. got 30 pounds of rock with corals for $60, could not pass on the
deal. A few i can not id i have pics of them on my webpage at
http://community.webtv.net/wayno72/fishtank

I just discovered an unknown fry floating around the tank. I have contained
it in a net at the top of the tank. It appears to be in good health and
appeared out of no where. I only just started putting fish in this tank and
do not have a pair of anything that could mate.

Just purchased a new Kent Nautilus TE in sump skimmer and am using the Rio
2100 pump Kent recommends.  I can not get the unit to generate real fine
bubbles.  The bubbles in the skimmer are approximately 1/4" in diameter,
thus it is ineffective.

I have a question about lighting again:
I have two 55w 10k and two 55w actinic blue PC's on my 55gal tank.
Inhabitants are some damsels, 1 snowflake eel, green star polyps, a few
mushrooms and brown button polyps. When it comes time to replace the bulbs,

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

Do you know any reef fish nipping on Xenia?

Morning all,
Been lurking and enjoying this group for a couple months now (as long as
I've been in the hobby) and have learned alot! Thanks for all the info. I'm
switching my 24" X 16" X 18" ,37 Gal FOLR from crushed shell and gravel

anyone try this stuff?  The shapes look awesome and if it does indeed take
to becoming live when seeded, it'd make a nice base (from the pics anyhow)
I've never ordered from them but am considering it, just looking for
feedback, good or bad.

http://ricseyler.home.mchsi.com/side.jpg
http://ricseyler.home.mchsi.com/front.jpg
See those Polyps I said are overgrowing everywhere Marc?
I guess it will look kinda cool with all the rocks eventually

My sump maintains a pretty high water level and I was wondering what
the water level range, in inches, was supposed to be used with euroreef
skimmers. I would consider getting one except that I'm not sure it
would work in my sump. Looking forward to any advice from someone who

I have a long-horned cowfish, delightful critter, but very docile,
had to get rid of my damsels, obviously. Tankmates are a yellow tang
that seems to mother it, and a six-stripe that is just a wonderful
fish as well. How will a coral beauty do in this tank, with these

http://www.comp-connections.biz/tank/bubbles.jpg
Any idea what is causing this and what will stop it?

Hi;
Are there any reef aquarists in the Yavapai County area of AZ?
Dan in Prescott

Been fighting red slime for about 6 months with little sucess.  Read
about Redox + and tried searching for some reason posts with no
results.  Has anyone used Redox + lately? and what were the results,
good, bad, otherwise. Also did it have any affect on your corals? I am