Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / November 2004

Howdy Folks
I am currently planning the finishing of our basement, which will
include a built-in stand for a 120 gallon tank as well as a small
"fish room" behind the wall.

any idea why my conch snail died, had perfect water conditions as far as i
know. no traceable nitrates. it was upside down, and i saw it right itself
the first time i put it in the tank.  itoved about 3 inches, buried itself
in the sand, the next day it had moved a little by ...

I am relocating to the Charlottesville, Virginia area and I am
interested in what stores are available in this general area.  I can
peruse the yellow pages but would like to hear if anyone has any
recommendations regarding good stores/bad stores etc.

I have a calcium reactor, works great, my levels are steady @ 430+ ppm
calcium and about 3.6 meq . Only problem is my PH is a little lower than i
would rather it be. about 7.8 @ night and 8 during the day. I was thinking
of dripping kalk with a doser or kalk reactor. Is dosing ...

I've lost the instructions for the CA test, and haven't had much luck
locating anything online. Anyone help me out?
TIA

   I recently bought a 55gal tank with about 50# of LR and a 3" DSB.  It
came with all equipment, which includes skimmer, heater, magnum canister
filter, powerheads, and air pumps.  All testing supplies and a whole box of
dosing supplies.  The hood has dual 55W PC bulbs.  Well the ...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20041122/ap_on_sc/marine_census
Census of Marine Life: http://www.coml.org 
Scientists Find 178 New Species in Oceans
Mon Nov 22, 6:20 PM ET

Is this actually possible?  How would you actually do it?

Start here...

I have heavily overstocked 30 gallons tank with high
pH swings and low pH average (day: 8.1, night 7.6)
I was wondering if there is a way to help things up
a little without removing animals or moving to a bigger

I am coming up on time to change out my 175 MH bulbs and was wondering
if any of you know a good place to get "cheap" bulbs other then the
normal places IE foster/smith, marine depot. I like the 20k but do
have 50/50 pc's to compensate if it is not "blue" enough for me. Thank

Hey Group,
I'm looking for that site that tells you what size your aquarium is,I lost
all my
bookmarks the other day (due to a virus ,you low life hackers),now I got a

I found this great little site. I signed up two weeks ago and got 2 Disney tickets and this week they are sending me 2 Universal Studios tickets. Here's the link http://66.219.102.40/ and by the way I am a real person, this is my real email address. I'm not a spammer and didn't ...

I've read in several places that brittle's will regrow limbs, though
will rarely do so in captivity. Lo and behold, my green brittle is
doing just that. Curiouser and curiouser....

I'm looking for a DIY wavebox design - any & all tips, hints & links
would be greatly appreciated. To be precise: I'm not looking for
bucket-type surge devices, but internal, pump-driven wave creating devices.
Thanks