Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / July 2004

I've been using kalkwasser and turbocalcium and am wondering if it would be
better to use a two part additive?  Anyone got a recommendation for a good
calcium additive?
TIA   -M333

    I have a tank that has cycled once, and I put four new damsels in
(there are three others in already and they are happy).  I brought them
home, and they were in trouble it seems, as soon as they hit the water.
They appear to be gasping at the surface for breath, and their colour ...

I have a Custom Sea Life hood and due to their demise I am put in a bit
of a spot.  One of the sockets for my 4 pin square bulbs shorted out
and melted.  Where can I get another socket?
Thanks,

Time to replace my CSL Smartlife in my nano (as I'm getting green hair
now!).  So I go online to their website to order my replacement bulb, and I  
see they're out of business!!
It says they've discontinued all relationships with all vendors and

Hi all.  I just read the "S-15 Report" at http://www.aquacraft.net/s9910.html
This is truly shocking stuff.  I've been using Instant O. for years and
Coralife only to find out they're not so good based on the S-15 report.    I
tried to find online retail sources of the top three ...

If anyone has time to look at a picture let me know.  I will email it to
you.  Simply reply to this with your email address and I will send photo.
Remove "nospam" from my address before sending.
TIA

Just finished putting together my refugium for my 100 gallon tank. I
wanted to know how long it usually takes for the nitrates to go down.
I am using Chaetomorpha and Miracle Mud for substrate. It is a 30
gallon tank that I converted into a refugium. Thanks

Other then PH, Alkalinity, Nitrate, Nitrite, and Ammonia, which would
be other important test kits to have?
thanks
Oc

Mike Paletta is Coming to Idaho!!!!!
Mike Paletta, the well known hobbyist and author on reef and marine
aquaria will be coming to Idaho to speak to the Idaho Marine Aquarium
Society.  Mike will be here on August 14 and his talk will start at

I have a 10 gal tank with two clownfish, 3 astrea snails (two have died in the
last two weeks),  3 hermit crabs,  and about 5lbs of live rock. Amonia and
nitrite is 0, PH - 8.4, Kh - 10, Calcium - 500.  This has all been very stable
for the last 5-6 months (aquarium was set up in ...

What connectors I need for URI VHO fluorescents? I have 24" and 48". They
are T-5 or T-8?
TIA

I have a 15 gal reef tank which isn't doing so well. I've been having
problems with the pH and with various weed-like things growing.  I
change the water on a pretty frequent basis, but it's hard to keep up.
You can see a picture of it here:

I recently upgraded my computer because it was just a little out of date
and running out of space.  This one is much quicker, but I'm still
having to work out some details.  Getting all my favorite daily programs
to work as before is quite challenging, because I didn't want to ...

my lemonpeel angel wom i adore is strating to eat/nip/chew on my LPS,
especially brain corals, i know they can do this, one coral has seen better
days, will her nippyness kill the corals or are they gonna be ok??
darren

I am interested in buying or making a custom hood to convert my
open-top 29 gal. tank into a reef tank.  If you make hoods, or can
offer advice on how to do this, please let me know.  Post a reply
here, or email me at: