Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / November 2004

Just curious, is there any standard requirement on how
wide from front to back you can have before you put support
frame members from front to back. My old tank was 27 inches
wide F/B, the frame holding the tank was 4inches from front

I was trying to raise my Mg I mixed 1 1/4 pre made Mg(epson salt) into my
sump.  Could this have killed my fish?
Ammonia 0
Nitrites 0

I see alot of places carrying live Corals.. which Internet store
carries the most and most reliable delivery and good costs ? Have 2 90
and 2 150 Gallon to set up for downtown corporate office [52,000 sq
feet. Must be reliable and low cost. with good expense for this.

I have a 30 gallon octagonal tank. It finished cycling 2 weeks ago. I
would like to know what fish I should look for to put in it. I would
like hardy fish since I am just starting out in saltwater. I havea
500 acquaclear filter. i know the fish all need to get along, but

We have heard a lot about places not to order from.... what are some of your
favorite places to order different things from?
Tre'

I just added 45lbs of Fiji LR to my 46 gallon tank.  I set the tank up about
a week ago, but have been waiting for my LR.
I checked the gravity and before I added  it is was .025.  I removed some
water to allow the LR to be added and after I rinsed the LR and added I

Folks,
We have a 55gal tank that we slowly built up to 25 lbs of live rock and
approx 11 species over the first 7 months. All was good until 4 months ago,
we lost 7 species within 2 days (a crushing blow to my 12 yr old marine

I have a 29G tank in which there is 20 lb LR and 40 lb LS. And I added 30 lb
dry rock to make it to LR three weeks ago.
The problem is that dry rock is being covered by green algae not coralline
algae. How can I treat this green algae except reducing light.

I have a calcium reactor and my PH has dropped to an alarming 7.8 . Calcium
and Alk levels are good ( 3.5 and 420) but PH is pretty low. I currently top
off the water using a 20 gallon rubbermaid bin connected to sump with a kent
float switch. I was thinking of mixing pickling ...

Is this type of shrimp suitable for a reef tank? The book says "yes"
but many comments on the Web say "no".
Comments from experience appreciated.

    I put a starfish (Orange/Red Linkia (sp)) into my 6 month old reef last
Friday, and I am wondering what kind of behaviour they exibit under
'normal' circumstances.  He (?) spent the first 2 days or so huddled in
the corner near the top.  On day 3, he did a few laps around the ...

For what it worth.  One of our sea urchin's was caught accidentally
skewering part of our small (half dollar size) hammer coral.  The side of
the coral that was skewered has withdrawn and each day less of the coral
emerges.  I am about declare the hammer dead.  Any comments are ...

What other types of food could I use to feed the fish to add a variety?

I've had my freshwater tank for about a year now, and have been fairly
sucessfull with it,
and want to get a marine tank going...
1. Is it best to start small first? I wanted to do something like 110 or 150

I was thinking about things I still need to get for my set up.  I'm looking
around and reading different papers on marine tanks and I realize that I
have read probably a dozen times the importance of a quarantine tank.
How important do you guys think this is?  How often do you use ...