Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / February 2005

Is there a website that has the amounts needed to mix up Instant Ocean?  My
friend gave me some in a can, but it doesn't have the mixing instructions,
and now he is out of town.
Thanks.

I was contemplating using ozone in my 75gallon reef tank to help improve
the efficiency of my skimmer and overall water clarity and then I read a
couple of things about using hydrogen peroxide.
The more I thought about it, the more it sounds like hydrogen peroxide

Hi......is it true that when you carry out a water change and use tap
water instead of R.O or deioinized water,the ph always settles at around
8.0-8.4......and is this ph ideal for most marine fish??
Also....do you have to mix the new water going in-into a bucket and keep

I have a 10 gallon tank with two clown fish, several snails, 5 hermit
crabs, and a cleaner shrimp.  One of the fish has started lying
motionless on the bottom in the corner.  If someone comes near the
tank, it will get up and come to the front of the tank.  It is still

    I have been trying to catch a destructive bristle worm in my tank for
quite a while now, and I just caught a half of him! (he is AFAIK about
12 inches...all I have seen of him).  My question is: With only catching
a half of it, will it regenerate as a shorter worm, or will the ...

Upper middle left of the picture on the rock  is a whitish with brown
streaks slug type thing in a sorta "C" shape.
Anyone know what this is and is it okay in a reef tank?
All help appreciated.

Anyone know if there are large stainless steel clippers which can be
used for cipping large pieces of coral.  On occasion, I want to
reorganize placements of corals in my tank, and would like to remove
large segments of SPS coral growth.  I am looking for something that

Is a Seaclone 100 a good protein skimmer for a 55 gallon tank?  Thanks.

Does anyone use this skimmer?   I've had mine up for about 2 days and the
bubbles produced in the venturi are only about 1/2 inch high.  I can not get
this to skim at all and I wonder if it is a normal problem with this skimmer
or if the pump has problems and is not powerful enough ...

In my new (1 month old) FOWLR set up, I put 30 lbs of LR and for a
substrate, I put 40lbs of aragonite sand and 20 lbs of live sand. I can
now see two distinct layers in the sand. A layer of white about one inch
deep with a gray layer below it. I've seen pictures of tanks where ...

Im in the middle of making a top off system anyone know if stainless steel
is ok for reef tanks?
The floots that I can get for free are all SSteel. or is plastic better?

I currently have 14 freshwater tanks and just won an auction on ebay for my
first saltwater tank.  I am going to go pick it up in a couple of weeks
because I want to get a couple of things ready first (protein skimmer, foods
they like, etc.).  I have googled the fish that come ...

Half way through my 5 gal bucket of corallife salt, the water I make with it
is murkier than before.  It has cleared up some after a few days but it is
still slightly murky.   Before the water would be perfectly clear after a
few days.  I'm using the same source water which is ...

Does anyone have/seen a marine tank with a whole cut out in the base for
drainage or a sump type sytem?
My new marine tank has this,and im concern'd to say the least.especially
as i dont intend to use a sump sytem.

Recently purchased a 54 gal bowfront that was drilled for a
overflow,magnum350 canister filter, 60lbs live rock& coral substrate
Someone told me that the canister was not intended for the overflo
style tank and that a sump was needed.  Been running the tank for