Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / April 2005

I've recently noticed a creature on my live rock.  It seems to be nocturnal
and sort of looks like a leach.  It has browish and white stripes.  He
crawls for cover when the lights come on.  Any ideas on what this is?  Is it
harmful?  Should I get it out of my tank next time I see ...

Got an unusual question, I have 2 horseshoe crabs, a small one and a bit
larger one.  I got a dogface puffer that I got few days ago.  Yesterday
morning the biggest crab shed his shell, so I am assuming he was very
vulnerable.  When I came home from work last night, the puffer ...

How many watts do I need to keep soft corals in a 55 gal  deep.Can I use all
PC'S?
Thanks Skipp

I have a small 10 gal nano reef setup with a
marineland filter w/bio-wheel and also a Jebo
protein skimmer. About 9lbs of live rock
a feather duster, a few peppermint shrimp and

Please help my Queen Anthias !
I bought a Queen Anthias at a big sale last weekend. The prices were
amazing -- but all the fish were coming in from a local warehouse in
bags, and being offered on tables. When I asked how long the fish had

Is there any harm in including the brine shrimp eggs shells with the baby brine shrimp when feeding a reef tank? Or do you have to decapsulate them first?
Kevin

Is this an aiptasia (center of pic)?
http://jjjacobs6.home.mchsi.com/DSCN0004.jpg
All the ones I've had have been dark brown but this one is completely clear
and only comes out at night.

I help with a friends tank. Recently I went there and the water was yellow.
He said it had been that way since I did a partial water change a month ago
or so. I looked at some water I had mixed up at the same time (about a month
ago). When I mixed it up last month it looked fine. ...

What would the implications be to cutting Live Rock? I want to take slices
of the rock in order to create plates with flat tops and bottoms. This is
being considered to improve the stability and stack-ability  of the reef.
These plates can then be positioned rather easily to ...

I have a 45 gallon bowfront with a homemade overflow (thanks to Marc at
http://www.melevsreef.com/) going to a 10 gallon sump underneath the
stand (all that will fit) with a mag 3 for a return pump and a remora
hang on skimmer (on the sump) with another mag 3 in the sump to drive

I am currently using an Iwaki MD70 turned down a little bit and it is quite
a loud pump.  I would like to get another pressure pump that is quieter,
doesn't sound like a jet engine.  Does anyone have any model
recommendations?  I am running through a an ocean clear filter.  ...

I discovered that I have flatworms in my tank:
http://www.jendesigns.us/images/creature.jpg
I have several pieces of coral.  Are these types of flatworms harmful
to reefs?  I have gotten conflicting advice.  The guy at my local

I have a question about my yellow clown goby.  You all have been so helpful
with all my other newbie questions.  I usually go to bed right after I turn
out the lights on my tank.  I don't really know what goes one in there after
dark.  Last night my son came in and woke me up ...

I switched from a 200 gallon to a 120 gallon so as to control the height out
of safety concerns of the glass shattering. All the water, fishes, LR/LS
from the original tank has gone into the new one.
However, upon testing I find that suddenly ammonia and nitrite readings have

Hi - noobie alert!
I am just in the process of setting up a 55 gallon reef. A couple of weeks
ago I put in about 60 pounds of indo-pacific live rock (which was excellent,
it cycled in about 3 days flat!). I inherited one rock with several blue