Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / September 2004

I have been running a 'Ratz' Trickle Filter/Sump system for 12 months and am
unhappy with performance. It is a 100 gallon tank with 60kg of Living Rock
running for 10 months now. Low stocking density but I still struggle to
control hair algae and water quality will not support an ...

What do you all think about Horseshoe Crabs and Fiddler Crabs and FOWLR and
LS ??
are they ok or should i stay away from them ??

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I will put them on a web page if that is better.

I had a little bit of trouble with Aptasia but over the last 2 weeks
it has started to disappear and now there is only 1 left from what i
can see.I had about 12 or so but now only the 1.
Does anyone know why this has happened ?

I bought live rock for my new tank about 1.5 months ago.  (Carribean
Aquacultured) I noticed a couple of urchins came with the live rocks, but
now I have seven.  Are these creatures a pest I need to worry about? I read
they eat algae which is fine by me, but do they do any damage to ...

Well this might sound like a dump question from the subject but am kind of
confused.
I went to the LFS to get a calcium test kit and this time i am buying the
SeaTest test kit and after a brief conversation with the owner.  he told me

I build aquarium controller with an Atmel AVR microcontroller
to control the water temperature, outflow from water filter, lightning
source,
CO2 Gas and feeding. The important measuring should be display on an LCD

Would someone in the DFW area run by Marc's place and see if he fell into
that big new tank?  he may have fallen in or be trapped inside it's sump.

I remember a few weeks ago somebody was looking for pickling lime to make
kalkwaßer.  Well I went to several stores tonight where I had bought it in
the past and there was none to be found.  One of the managers said he hadn't
been able to get any for several months.  I went to ...

I,ve got a 25w Vecton uv lying around and i,m just starting upa 130 gal reef
set up just for corals an inverts,
maybe just 1or 2 small fish just to create a bit of movement.
Opinions please on should i use this uv on my reef tank?

Green grass growing on rocks.   It spreads like crazy
I hate hate hate hate it.
Phosphate is not a problem
I pull it off the rocks with tweezers.  It's like mowing the lawn, it just

Has anyone been able to connect to it today?

A common consideration when adding a new fish is added to an aquarium
is the type, number and size of existing fish.  I recently wanted to
add a Pacific blue Tang to my 150 gallon reef aquarium, and was
concerned since I had a medium sized yellow tang in the tank for about

Title says it all. Been thinking of blending it with RO/DI water for
some home made Mg up. Is there a  formula, or is there other things in
the mix I am not thinking of that would be poison to a reef?
I figured I would test it for copper and phosphates..anything else bad

I just aquired a large bunch of Halimeda, the first time I've ever
had it. I understand that it likes decent lighting, the only place I
have anything other than NO flourescent is my 75 display. I'm curious
about careing for this, and if my inhabitants will leave it be.