Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / July 2005

I just got a Sun Supply Maristar fixture and installed it over my 120g reef
tank. This fixture has 2X250w MH and 2X45w PC. How high should it be above
my tank? I started at about 15" but have raised it to almost 2' above the
water surface at this time. I did this mostly to ...

Researching this hobby on the internet is a nightmare.  Everyone has a
different opinion about everything!  Things I have learnt about
Lawnmower Blennys today, all from reputable web sites:
1) They will only eat fresh algae on LR, not other foods

See, I liked them originally. They were cute. Then they
started....spreading. And spreading. And spreading. It's become what
can only be termed an infestation, making very real for me the lesson
that European reefers call these little darlings 'pest anemones'.

I have a slipper coral on the sand bed of my tank.  Apparently these are one
of the easier corals to keep and as a beginner i thought i would try one.
(Polyphillia).  My water parameters are fine - better than the shop that I
bought the coral from!!

This is just an buyer beware type post. I purchased LR from a sit
www.sal****erwonders.com (they also go by River Wonders) and was no
happy with the LR that I received. I had put an order in for 30lbs o
3" to 5" pieces (i needed smaller ones) and what I received were

Does anyone have trouble keeping algae off their sun polyps?  Mine are in a
good water flow but every few days I have to gently brush and pull off algae
or it would overgrow the tubes. After the cleaning they "sulk" for a little
bit.  It takes them longer to open up for dinner ...

on my cup coral ive got what they call "brown slime" ??
ive read on a few sites that to combat this problem you can dose Vitamin C
to the system?? dose this sounnd right??
what causes this problem??? as ive never experience this before and the

I have purchased multiple corals from Cquarium in the past 5 years and
have received good service. Recently however, I purchased 6 corals. I
only got four items in the shipment, and when I sent multiple emails
questioning when I could get a refund for the paypal payment, I have

Tasmania is the southern most island state of Australia and cold. I was
just at our news site and came across the following. Might be of
interest to someone here?
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1415818.htm

Average pH of seawater has fallen as atmospheric CO2 has increased  
BETTE HILEMAN  
 If current CO2 emission trends continue, the oceans will become so
acidic that corals will cease to thrive, says a report issued on June

I bought a big used custom Euroreef skimmer.  It's 2 years old and is a 12"
diameter X 33" high model and uses two Sedra 9000 pumps, this thing should
skim the heck out of the new 240 Gallon reef I'm setting up.  Only problem
is the bottom and insides of the skimmer body as well ...

Fellow Marine Aquarists,
For those that don't check the website religiously on the 15th we are
pleased to announce the release of the July 2005 issue of Advanced
Aquarist's Online Magazine. Remember to check back here each month on

After spending many months learning about keeping a reef tank I've come
to the conclusion that no two people do it the same and no set up is the
"right" way necessarily. I really wish someone would just say, you do
this, this and this as us women aren't too good at making ...

Hello all hobbyists...I am hoping someone will have the time to reply
to my message..
After several visits to my LFS and thorough internet research...it
seems everyone has an opinion of set up for a reef tank.  I am going to

I'm after some advice on what I can do for my sick fish.
A couple of weeks ago my phosphate filter clogged up & blocked all water
flow at sometime during the night, the next morning my regal blue tang was
looking pretty sick & I thought it was going to die.