Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / May 2005

I'm looking at getting an RO/DI system and was wandering as the tank comes
with a stainless steel holding tank if anyone knows if this being stainless
steel will be a problem for my reef/fish tanks? I was concerned as I thought
I read somewhere you don't want to keep water in ...

I need some basic technique on how to do a partial water change.  My local
LFS wont give me a straight answer. I have a 75 gal FOWLR tank with 75 lbs
of Live rock and 3" sand bed.  When I do a partial water change, I take the
syphon and dig it into the sand bed (careful not to ...

Hi, My new tank has these little orangy-reddish guys on the glass and
rock and from what I've read they are flatworms which are real bad,
anybody have any recommendations please ?

I want to add a sump to my 48G Bowfront for the two primary reasons listed
below.  I do not plan to make this a refugum at this time (like the Marc
Levinson has ones on melevsreef.com).  I will place the heater, skimmer,
H.O.T. wet/dry filter and canister filter in this sump.  ...

Hi - I'm a complete newbie so wondered if someone could help?  My new
29G is still cycling. It has 10kg of living rock, 1" - 2" of pre-seeded
aragonite sand and a huge skimmer. Ammonia is low but not zero,
nitrites are quite high but coming down and I have just started getting

So it is suggested to do a water change of about 20-25% every few weeks (3-4
weeks).  Is this 25% of the tank? or 25% of water in the tank after
evaporation?
So I have a 50 gallon tank, is that a water change of 12.5 gallons?  Or from

I'm a newbie thus fishing around for more info at
About.com/Saltwater-Aquarium section when I stumbled on this article:
DIY Carbon Tube Filtration System
By combining Hiatt's Tri-Based Pelletized Carbon (TBPC) and Right Now

In my mind, snails will eat dirty stuff and keep the tank clean. But I
am not seeing any document mention that.
Any ideas?
Thanks

I have a marine setup 55 Ga with only a sharpnose puffer and a
clownfish. They are doing fine, eat well, don't fight a lot, but my
puffer is getting thinner and thinner. It is always and still very
active and lively and eats well but it looks too thin now, what can I

Just like to know if I can use ocean water from Miami Beach and put it
directly into my aquarium. Are there any precautions or additives that I can
use or should I just keep buying saltwater from my pet store. I know some
one who uses water from the beach when it is hide tide. He ...

Have purchased from Saltwaterfish.com and am happy--any other
suggestions--also any suggestions for store in NYC area?
Thanks

I hope someone out there can give me an idea what's going on in my tank.  I
have a 29 gallon reef/fish tank with approx.15-20 lbs live rock.  It's been
set up for about 10 months.  After I had it set up I bought a pepperment
shrimp who got big and was thriving.  I found him dead ...

I inherited some live rock from someone shutting their tank down.  Rock had
good form/shapes, but was not in good shape i.e., blackened at a portion,
smelling, etc.
I'm not sure if I did the right thing, but I started out by cleaning out the

I have the following fish in my tank, and there seem to be some
casualties/attacks in it.  What is doing this to them?
-2 x Three Spot Domino Damselfish
-2 x Three Stripe Damselfish (one of them is missing an eye this morning)

I have a 200G with two mounted 250W 20K MH. Looks really cool with
these..the bluish white hue is awesome.
Can I just leave these 20K,s or do I need to do anything about the lighting?
I have some anemones but no corals yet.. everything seems fine so far- the