Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / April 2005

I just realized that what I first thought was dust or algea are really
tiny little worms.  these things are everywhere.. all over the glass of
my 29G.
they look like miniature grains of rice or tiny maggots.. nasty.

Hi all;
Had two thriving corals (bubble coral and button polyp coral) that were
doing fantastic. I decided to change my 20K Coral Life bulb last month.
The corals were doing fine until about 2 weeks since I changed the bulb.

I have countless hundreds of these small blue starfish in my tank:
http://www.garf.org/STAR/starfish.html
Ive tried tweezering them off every week but they still just keep
multiplying. Ive read that harlequin shrimp eat starfish and thus ive come to

I've recently had some weird things happening in my reef tank.  My
bi-color angel--a normal sized dwarf angel--has dissappeared.  I
noticed yesterday that my CB shrimp is missing an arm.  My cleaner
shrimp (3) disappeared some time ago.  And now, my yellow tang has a

Ive been moving from a fish only to a full reef tank. Alls going well and I
have a few anemones and startfish etc. No corals yet.
Are corals easier to maintain or anemones? Seems every reef tank photo I see
is full of corals and they are damn expensive specially the big ones! If

I am still thoroughly enjoying my shrimp.  I did get a panic feeling in my
stomach yesterday when I went to the tank and I thought something ate him.
I found his skin and his feeler thingies on top of a rock, but then I saw
him still in his regular barnacle shell hiding place.  I ...

I have a small patch of black hair algae (about 3 inched round)...
should i be worried?  Its small enough i could just scoop it out with
my big net.
Tank specs:

I've had it it with unreliable heaters. In your collective opinion,
what is the BEST heater, in terms of accuracy and reliability,
regardless of price? I have a 75 reef with 20 gallon sump. Euroreef
skimmer, mag9 return.

Got a few Feather Dusters over the last couple of months. Recently two of
them seem to be shrinking and don't look as wide open and brilliant as they
did.
I was feeding them frozen brine from a syringe. I just started using Kent

My 55 gallon FOWLR is now 3 months old.
More and more stuff is appearing on, in and around the LR and LS.
Some type of tube sponge has appeared in one cranny. There are small tube
worms all over the place.

I notice that the RO/DI water I make feels a little slimey to the touch. I
can see the slime also when I eyedropper feed the tank. Also seems like
little floating slime at the tank surface? Is this normal?

Hi, guys
I'm wondering how to install an overflow box in flexi glass tank.
Usually, there is no space for overflow box because its top corner is
closed.

I have two hawaiian feather dusters, and one has anchored his tube on the
other. I've been afraid to force them apart for fear of hurting them.
Should I try to seperate them, or will they disengage from each other if it
bothers them?

Recommendations please.
Robin.
Furry mushrooms shrinking back since one moved into a crevice.

Is this mainly an american read/contributed to ng? Being UK based I couldn't
find an equivalent UK based marine ng so apologies guys if this means
nothing to you!
I was looking to convert a Juwel tank to marine and while I know the basics