Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / September 2005

The blurbs for Ebo Jager heaters claim they're 'submersible to water
line.' Does this mean that if they slip down above the water line,
they're going to take on water?
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Does anyone know what has happened to the Nano-Reef.com site?
Been trying to view it for a couple days and keep getting a 404 error
????
Paul P

I have a 100gpd RO\DI unit (purchased from Marc) and less than 2
months ago I replaced the cartridges. The previous set lasted nearly
six months, and my usage has not increased very much in that time.
However, the DI unit is already fully discolored, indicating

I have a standard 55G glass tank from Wal-Mart, it comes with "weak" in
sense of lighting hood.  I am contemplating on getting a power compact
retrofit.  Is there a source that sell something that would fit/work with
Wal-Mart tank?

Here's a nice picture of a 10 gallon nano tank that was submitted to my
reef aquarium picture rating site.
http://www.toptank.com/index.php?username=corriewf&phid=12
I love looking at other hobbiests tanks and I'm sure you do also so if

Well I'm back. I'm using Earthlink now to access the
internet and newsgroups. Pathetic aol dumped all
newsgroups some time ago. Since I had long ago moved over
to my own personal e-mail address, it made moving eayer.

I have a puzzling question. In researching lights to set up a new tank, I
can't find anything relating Fluorescent tube wattage and MH wattage to
lumens, or a comparison to incandescent...like you always see on CF tubes
for home lighting, i.e. 20W CF equals a 100W incandescent ...

Can someone follow the link below and tell me what the purple fish 5
pics down is called?  I'd be really grateful.  There's one in our LFS
that I'd like to get but I want to learn about it first.
http://www.ultimatereef.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=30695

I do not want sea creatures to rearrange things inside the tank, so I plan
to use something inexpensive (relative to live rock) as a support plate
buried in the sand.  Are granite/marble flat rocks reef safe?

I've read a few articles about Jaubert systems and the like so I tried his
1" thick gravel bed (either 4" with gravel tidy or 1" solid).  My tank has
deteriorated so that I have 3 clowns and a yellow tang and the nitrates are
uncontrollable.

What would be a minimal FO setup for a pair of maroon clownfish ?
What kind of maintenance would be required other than quite obvious
regular top off of evaporated water compared to a regular fresh water
fish only tanks?

In the next few days I'm going to convert my freshwater tank into a
saltwater tank.
All I really want is a porcupine puffer and a lion fish, though I'm
uncertain if a 55 gallon

For those of you that wished you could have attended, or just for those
of you that are curious, here are a few pages about the event, with
images and video:
http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/melevsreef/pics/macna17/

Hello group,
My son has a reef tank. The son has now moved away to college and has left
this mess for ole dad to care for.
I don't believe it is set up right because he has fought algae (slimy,

I have 1110 Mg & 350 Ca in a new tank.  Can anyone shed any light on this
for me?
I have drained and cleaned a 240l planted freshwater tank thoroughly with
tap water.  Left it to stand and dry for a few weeks in the garage and then