Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / March 2005

Anyone out there have any puffers? I have one and it seems very happy in his
environment with a Tang and a few chromis. My question is what do you have
in there with your puffers? Mine doesn't seem to bother anyone and I'd like
to get some more fish.. Some anemones would be nice too ...

I'm thinking of trying to starting to make some of my own live rock.
I would like to know if anyone has any experience or suggestion on this
subject.
I have a 40 gal tank that I'm not using and I want to fill it with

I recently installed Coralife lighting with two 65W bulbs, 10k and blue
actinic 03, (thanks to tips from some people in this board) on my 29G
tank.
Almost overnight I had an incredible amount of what seems to be brown

I notice very tiny creature on the glass that look like small
snowflakes.  They are white and have tentacles that radiate thru the
center. They don't seem to move.  They are about the size of a small
isopod. What are these creatures?  I have several turbo snails in the

I always found myself asking the same questions when it came to buy new
fish,  "Is this fish compatible with that one". Well today I went on line
and found a chart that breaks it all down for me. For those of you like me I
decided to post it. I hope it helps.

It looks like I'm losing my bird's nest coral, the flesh is slowly
receding and leaving only the white skeleton behind.  I want to try
and save some of the still healthy bits.
Any tips, I presume I can break off parts that are healthy and attach

I was reading in Vol.1 of Delbeek and Sprung's The Reef Aquarium, that
one way to rid yourself of unwanted hitchhikers is to put an octopus
in the tank with the live rock, and in short order, it will find and
eat a lot of unwanted stuff, mantis shrimp, etc.  Since I've never

I have a 200 G fish with live rock fr about 10 months now and want to shift
completely to a reef setup. All the required equipment is there. Lights,
Eheim Wet/Dry, Eheim canister, powerheads, Uv, Skimmer, Chiller etc.
Problem is the nitrates keep increasing till I water chnage. Is ...

I brought home 5 small Green Chromis fish on Thursday. By tonight there are
only two left. Something is grabbing them up but I can't figure what. Here's
what's in the tank for animals:
3 Emerald Crabs

I have a critter that came on my new live rock.  I have searched hitchhiker
sites but cannot find it
Basically it is shaped, colored and looks like a very large red raspberry.
The little "pimples" on it turn orange and out pops little polyp looking

Hi eveyone,
Can i keep more than one emerald crab in my 36*24*18high reef tank?
Thanks in advance,
Paul  M.

I've got a troublesome butterfly (a double saddleback, about 4 inches long -
I doubt it matters). It attacks blue discosomas, the blue bits on my clam
and any fish smaller than itself - it leaves the pulsing Xenia alone, worse
luck!

Does anyone know why the Breeder's Registry website has been down for weeks?
Any other way to contact them?
thanks,
quietreef

I am moving from a 200 gallon to a 120 gallon approx. due to security of the
tank concern. Basically reducing the height to a more managable 30''. The
new size is 6'/2/2.5'.
Also moving to a reef system. So planning to hive off the wet/dry and keep

I have a 125 gallon tank, I am currently using ocean water from the bay
near my house.  For evaporation I use purified/filtered
well water.  Filter is a wet dry and a Magnum 350 canister, Magnum 250
for vaccumming substrate which is a crushed oyster shells 3" deep. I'm