Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / November 2004

Have anyone tried "penguin power filter 330 tricks"?
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/power_filter_tricks_iv.php
I am just wondering if its performance is better than "Fluval filter". I
think it'll cost about $90 to make it. It's almost same price of Fluval 404.

My current setup is a 98 gallon tank, 40 gallon sump, and 30 gallon
rubbermaid container as a refugium (sitting above the tank - gravity fed
back into the tank).  I'm planning to add a 75 gallon refugium, also
above the tank.  (I haven't decided if it's going to replace the ...

I have seen several aquariums on eBay recently called Nano Cube which is
supposed to be good for reef setups.  Does anyone have experience with
these?

I have a Yellow tang, tomato clown and a yellowtail damsel in my tank, I
am planing on going out of town for 2 days. Can they do with out food
for a day or two with out issues?

Has anyone used CaribSea - reef bones?  I currently have a 100gal tank and
would like to add more rock and this seems cheaper than adding live rock -
any ideas?
RLB

Well after one long month my tank finally has fish in it!  I have a list of
desired fish, but the only ones they had at my lfs were the clown fish.  I
didn't want to overload the tank so I bought 2 clowns to start with.  I also
bought three (I think acorn) snails to help clean up.

I am looking in to buying a RO/Deionization unit, I am seeing some
priced at around 150 and some priced at 350., Why? Looks like the only
difference is that amount per hours they can generate.

I have a cleaner ship that molts once a month is that normal?  The
thing is getting hugh.  The antenna? (not sure what it is called)is
almost 11"-12" across.
Will this thing be like the fish out of water by Helen Palmer? If it

I have a single 400W mh (20k) over my 55 gallon. I have a 65 PC and 15K NO
(actinic) that I could
add aswell. Do I need more variety of light over the tank or is the MH fine
by itself?

my tank hovers at 600ppm calcium and has for about 6 months now without
adding ANY Calc supplement, unless superbuffer adds calc.  it kept it near
450 using turbocalc until i got a bag of argonite to finish up my homemade
refugium.  do i need to do some water changes or will that ...

Just got a 75 gal tank. I am looking to set it up after X-mas. My first
question is how many pounds of sand would I need to have a bed of 3 or 4
inches? Second questions what type of sand should I get?

I want to change out some lighting, miss that rippling light reflection on
the bottom of the tank.I have 4 NO tubes, 40 watts 4 feet each.  1 actininc,
1 50/50, and 2-10ks.
I want to upgrade the lighting.  Where is the cheapest place i can find to

We unfortunately lost our long nosed hawkfish last night. She jumped
out of the tank and we found her lying dead behind the tank in the
morning. Not sure what happened.
One option is to just replace her, but we thought we would ask for

http://compnetwork.us/fish/crab.jpg
Larger pic in the binary group.
Could it be a stone crab?

I currently have a low calclium (340 PPm) and high alkalinity.  My PH is
consistently 8.2 .  I switched from using limewater to using kent liquid
calcium and stopped adding buffer to let the alkalinity drop.  (which is
starting to happen.)  I have been reading about the relationship ...