Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / September 2005

We have a green bubble anemone that has been thriving for about 9
months. Unfortunately, it somehow got a big part of itself sucked
through the grill protecting one of the powerhead intakes used for
circulation. All of the tentacles down one side were ripped away.

I need help ID'ing something that looks liike a crab in my 9 Mo. old 10 gal
nano-reef. I woke up this morning and before turning any lights on inside
the tank just happened to look in and see a small white tarantula looking
creature near my ricordia. It is about 3/4" and I couldn't ...

Currently i have a 33 Gal tanks.
My question is :  i have  2 aurora 50/50 (20w ea)  & 2 coral sun actinic 420
610 mm - stats from the package
I took the advice of  LFS on the lighting,  My goal is a reef tank.

I need some advice on how to cool my tank.  It is getting up to 27/28
degrees C and my corals are hating me for it.  I need to come down to 25
degrees C but HOW?  Buying a chiller would be an option but they are hellish
expensive here - about US$ 850.  I tried taking my coiver ...

It happened last night..  my hitchhiker " stomatella " climbed to the
highest point of my tank.
It was excreting something out of its "side antenna".  It went on for a bit,
and climbed down.

Guys, I put together a webpage about the giant sump I put under my 280g
reef.  It may provide some answers to questions you had in mind, or
simply give you ideas for your own future sump.
http://www.melevsreef.com/280g/280g_sump.html

Does anyone use washing soda for a buffer?  And if so, where did you find
it?  I can't find it anywhere.
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HELP
I have a few mushrooms  - blue
They are coming off the rock. - the current is not to strong.
any ideas ?

I am in the process of having a new aquarium and cabinet made for me and I
am in the UK. I have kept marines previously, but went to discus for many
years. I now feel the time is right with all the recent advances to go for a
user friendly set up. I am having a 48"Lx 15"Wx 18"D ...

I have a simple question.  I just got RO/DI 125GPD unit, assembled it.  Do I
just connect somewhow 1/4" input tube to the facet and let the water going,
or I need a special pump?  What is the proper procedure to make water?

Looking for some information:
I have a pencil erchin, i have read that they will munch on my soft corals.
(this am my green mushroom was gone ) in a 33G tank
 Some sites are telling me they are "reef safe"  and or with caution.

I think I'm having some serious problems with my Sebae.  First off it was
white (and what I thought really pretty) when I got it.  It took up
residence, at first, in the back of my tank wedged between a piece of LR and
the back wall.  Over the last few weeks, it has meandered around ...

I am looking for my pending reef apx. 75 lbs of "dead" sand, aragonite
preferred.  I tried to find Southdown in my local Home Depot (Minneapolis),
but they don't have it.  Do you guys know where can I buy quality sand
somewhat cheap?

The back of my tank has a lot of pink/purple coraline algea on it. About 1/3
of the glass is covered. My live rock is well cover as well. My question is
should I leave it on the glass? is this a bad thing to be on the glass? The
looks of it don't bother me, I think it adds to the ...

I have managed to scratch the inside of my tanks glass, by using some
magnetic glass cleaners.
It seems that there was a piece of the substrate on the magnet inside the
tank, which has scratched the tank....