Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / January 2005

Hi, guys
I am looking for a protein skimmer for my 75 G tank with 29 G refugium.
There are two choices.
One is Euro-Reef ES5-2 for $190. The other is Berlin classic for $110. Two

Tonight my Peppermint Shrmip released her babies in my tank.
 If you'd like to see the pictures of these little guys,
please check out the latest entry in my log.
http://www.melevsreef.com/log.html

I'm Currently use "Reef Pure" Calcium-Iodine-Strontium from Warner
Marine Research.
Anyone have better recomendations?
What is the best kind to use?  I have heard alot about reef complete.

How do you go about removing unwanted inverts', coral, etc. from the tank?
Ive read several posts concerning the removal of unwanted starfish,
excessively growing corals, etc., but have not heard how to actually go
about removing them.  Also, what do you do with them once they have ...

Let's say a newbie has a marine tank (fish and live rock, basic stuff).
Excepting the process of cycling a tank, what do you think is the biggest
mistake that marine tank owners make, which may result in dead fish?
dwhite

Somehow, in a bucket of aged tapwater I was about to add to my aquarium
I found I strange, very skinny worm. It's about the general size of a
bristle worms, and it does, indeed, have bristles, but they are smaller
and harder to see than those on other bristleworms I've seen. Also, ...

I've been trying to do a google search on the aforementioned, or general
aquaria convention, but have had no avail.
I'm sure there must be a convention here in the USA or Canada that
sports the latest in all things reef and/or aquariums, et cetera.

I have a 72 gallon bow FOWLR tank. I added 90 lbs of live Fiji rock on Dec
21. Since it is a new setup I did not cure the rock figuring I'd cycle the
tank with the rock. Lights out since the rock was added. (Well ocassionally
a peek in!) Skimmer is running. It produced tons of ...

Thai officials recently recovered more than 33,000 illegally trafficked
wild animals, including tigers, bears, orangutans and birds.
http://www.anc.org/wildlife/wildlife_article.cfm?identifier=2003_1222_thai
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I find this on the glass and on rocks about once a week.  Some sort of eggs?
http://www.geocities.com/levekaquarium/eggsid.jpg

Need ID of what this is...find is once a week or so on rocks and
glass...some sort of eggs?
http://www.geocities.com/levekaquarium/eggsid.jpg

I have a 4 year old reef tank, and over the years I have attempted on
numerous occassions to introduce specimens of sponges into my tank.  I
know that they are not to be exposed to air at all.  Virtually all the
attempts have had a similar course.  They start to shrink away, usually

I have read this group off and on for several years....  It seems that most
people here recommand using an RO unit or an RO/DI unit for preparing their
water.  Since I am not thrilled about wasteing a lot of water, other than
haveing to "recharge" the resins, what is the advantage ...

Given the information listed below, can I get a few comments on the
compatability of a flame angel in this system?
75usg reef, total water volume about 100 gallons.
80lbs fiji LR

I heard this a couple of times and then the other day I read about the loud
"popping" or "clicking" sound that is a shrimp?  Wow...  I thought my glass
broke or a rock fell and hit the glass it was loud.  Why would I remove this
loud little bugger (never have saw him)?