Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / December 2004

I saw something on Ebay about 2 months ago that was kit to turn a 10 gal
tank into a sump for life rock and algae. Does anyone know you sells
something like that. I am about to setup a 75 gal tank and want to use
75 lbs of rock in the tank and another 10 pounds in a lighted sump.

Is it my imagination or havre there been more ads posted in this forum
over the past month or so? Is everyone else comfortable with this? Not
even sure if there is anything that can be done about it.

I recently set up a salt water fish tank. I seeded the tank
with bacteria from another tank, added Stress Coat and
Stress Zyme, waited 24 hours, then on Wednesday I put in 5
small (1.25-1.5 inch) damsels  (3 yellow tails and 2 black

http://www.darmoland.pl/pszemol/9110f2c63518713d900ab33a6ee0fabd/shell.html
Shell length about 2".

I have something quite pretty growing in my 29 gallon tank which I
definitely did not put there.  Maybe I should be alarmed at an evil
invader, but I have been welcoming its growth.  I'll describe it/them.
It begins as a single deep red upright finger and then splits into two,

I know it's been a while since I posted on r.a.m.r, but I
had a bunch of images I thought you'd enjoy.
First, 11 shots of a hitchhiker crab that is kept in the
refugium, just in case. :)

   I've had my Phosban reactor running for about 2 weeks now & it has
killed about 40% of my bryopsis.
   There's no question here, I'm just super happy that the thing is really
working. Unlike other stuff that claims to work but never really does. Also

Come look at my setup, http://www.reeflover.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=13&sid=4a60cc13360a1b0db077cf037
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comments welcome, and BTW help me grow the forum, by just registering...
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I have recently come across a grassy weed-like thing growing into my star
polyps.  It may have come from a piece of mushroom rock I recently added.
It has managed to attach itself to the polyp rock and is now spreading into
the polyps, smothering them.  It appears to grow in patches ...

I have a devils Hand coral which is losing fingers. They seem to be tearing
away. Several have fallen to the floor of the tank. I have not removed them
because they are still living. Is this normal? could my fish be nipping away
at it? I haven't caught anyone nipping at it. This ...

Well, I followed Marc's lead and put my tank in the wall.  Why didn't I do
it sooner??  It's neater, cleaner, much easier to work on...and I swear the
fish are more active.  Thanks for the inspiration, Marc
Dan

Dear friends,
I am naturephotographer and am interested in aquatic photography.
Now, I have updated my website. You can find pictures of more than 130
species.

I tried to identify this fish by looking at the images on the big fish
store sites but had no luck. Please help.
Image: http://www.mindmess.com/fish.jpg
Thanks!

I'm thinking about converting a 55 that is currently frershwater into a
saltwater tank. No plans yet, it's just something in the back of my mind
-- is the process and cost prohibitive? Someone describe the process --
or is Junior's sig about having more money than brains right on? ...

I have been reading about these aptaisia eating little devils for a
little while here, and have come to the conclusion that they eat
strictly aptaisia's (which I have tons of) and that they can't be kept
in your reef tank.  Well, I have 2 tanks, a 50gal which has pretty