Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / November 2004

Woke up to a dead partially eaten cleaner shrimp this morning (one of
three). It looks like it had been in the process of shedding. All of
the fish have an innocent "Who me?" look about them - i.e. none of
them paying the "remains" any attention.

Can someone enlighten me on these cretins?
Thanks
SuperX

I am in the process of cycling a 46 gallon tank.  I didn't want to go with a
reef tank, because of $.  I am new to marine tanks (this is my first one)
and have been reading so much about them I'm starting to get overloaded.  I
have crushed coral mix for substrate (30 lbs of it) and ...

Got a green bubble anemone a few days ago. It rooted within a few
hours with its foot buried at the back of a little cave in the
rockwork. There is now a strange lighting related routine that seems
to go against the text books:

I am pretty new at this so I am hoping someone can help me.  I
received half of the live rock for my 90 gallon tank 2 days ago.  I
have been constantly doing multiple water changes (30% 2-3 times a
day), but the ammonia just does not seem to be getting under 1ppm so

I have looked on google and yahoo.  most diagrams are confusing with little
direction.  I have a 125gallon fish and coral tank.

How many inches of marine fish can a tank which holds 96 UK litres house?  I
will have a fair amount of living rock in the tank to take into account.
I have read that when adding living rock, you should restrict marine fish to
1 inch per 5 gallons of water, which is for a 96 litre ...

I have a 75 gal tank with 50 LBS of LR. The tank is over a year old and IM
not having any problems with it. I wanted to added more LR and was
wondering, how much rock can I add at a time without dire consequences? I
know I have to watch the ammonia levels; would 10 lbs be too ...

just picked up one from my lfs, want to add to my 80 gal reef.
thoughts appreciated

I haven't been around here in ages.. but figured this might be the place to
ask this question as I have not been able to track anything down online so
far.. maybe it's a non-issue.. but..  I have been selling my excess macro on
eBay for a little while now and so far havn't had ...

I have a Xenia elongata which has recently become unhappy. It had a
thick "trunk" and pulsed energetically when it was first installed.
Its "cousin" Xenia (don't know the subsp - it's pinker with shorter
"fronds") is sprouting and dividing like mad. The former Xenia,

HI
I have a 30 gallon tank. I bought a fish from a guy and since then my
tank got all screwed. I did a water change but all my fish are dead
except for the two clwon fish. I tested the water and here are the

I want to build a Protein Skimmer for a 125 gallon LR, LS, Fish and coral
tank.  Most of the DIY instructions do not make alot of since.  Plus how
many GPH will I need through my pump?
Also if you can include pictures and diagram.

I just did a water analysis on my marine aquarium, and would like your
opinion.
46 gallon bow front aquarium
Fluval 404 filter, with bio-balls

Which is more efficient to operate?  It would seem the PC is less $$/watt to
replace bulbs but how does it compare for operating costs?
Thanks,
Dan