Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / October 2004

All my preperations for one of our biggest fears....the power
outage...were put to the test today. The power was out for nearly an
hour, and everything fired right back up the way it should. Sorry,
just had to share:)

I checked my tank yesterday at around 2 PM and everything was fine. I had
just done a water change of 20% the day before, and everyone ate well and
looked normal.
I walked into the room at 6 PM and it looked as though a fog machine went

anyone have a golden pygmy angel or known about this one. found a store
that had one in its reef tank---not 4 sale. didnt bother any corals,
what a pretty fish. i think official name is centropyge aurantis, could
be wrong.

I am about three months into starting my first reef tank.  It is 120 gallons
and I am using an aquaspacelight with (2) 250W metal Halide bulbs and (2)
24W Blue lights.  I have noticed that these lights along with all the pumps
etc.  have almost doubled ny electric bill.   Are VHOs ...

i am about to inherit a 22 gallon formerly freshwater tank from my
sister. I Already have a 10 gallon freshwater tank and would love to
start a saltwarer tank.
my question is im told u have to have a 55 gallon tank, but from

Hi. I have a tetra that looks like it has dropsy and it is not improving.
I've tried antibiotic on it but may have been too late.  Is this contagious
to the other fish?  Is this fish suffering?  Should I put it out of its
misery?  How?

I came home tonight to find my coral beauty, partially engulfed by my
crocea clam.  I have never heard of crocea clams preying on fish, but
I find it hard to believe that the fish died, and then just happened
to fall in the right position to be engulfed by the clam.  Also,

Heres a quick question......Do all reef tanks have particulate matter to
some degree floating in the water column ?

I am trying to find someone that can give me some help. I have put out
about $200 on percula's only to have them all die on me. I have a 55G
tank with a tidal wave wet/dry. Water tests are all very good with
ammonia and all testing at 0 and not having any problems with the

I'm getting very good live rock from a chic name zoe in rockhampton. She
sells it for $5.50 a kg and seems to have an endless supply.  a lot cheaper
than shops Her address is parks45@hotmail.com
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I am trying to find someone that can give me some help. I have put out
about $200 on percula's only to have them all die on me. I have a 55G
tank with a tidal wave wet/dry. Water tests are all very good with
ammonia and all testing at 0 and not having any problems with the

I purchased a white Malu anemone a week ago to act as a host for two
percula clowns.
Lighting was upgraded specifcally to support anemone (and future
corels). Water quality good (no ammonia, no nitrite, <5ppm nitrate,

Is there such a thing??
I need a quite pump for the sump of my 55g tank that is in my office.  I
find I have to unplug the one I have in order to concentrate.  (It's a
CAP-2200, which is all the LFS had to replace the fried RIO.)  It is far

www.fragtraders.com
its a new site so not too much info there right now but with your help it
will be a great place to go for info and trading.
also looking for admins to maintain the forums in the near future

DFWMAS is having a fragging workshop on October 16th.  For
those that are near the Dallas / Fort Worth area, please
check out this link.
http://www.melevsreef.com/dfwmas/frag_workshop_rc.html