Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / September 2005

Greetings seasoned reefers, I just signed myself up for reef adventures by
purchasing 55G tank and have been reading megabytes of info on
reefcentral.com.   I suppose my first purchase (after the tank) in this
endless adventure will be RO/DI unit.  Yes, I know that I'll be using ...

Hi all, I just have to tell someone how great our last week has been in
Vanuatu. I've never been diving or snorkelling but in Vanuatu I gave
snorkelling a go and was gob smacked by what I saw only metres off the
beaches. Coral and fish all swimming alongside you with no fear or ...

Does anyone else using Tropic Marin Pro Reef and neat RO find it low in
Calcium?  I find readings for calcium at about 350-375 with an SG of 1.024
and would expect it to be higher.

I've gotten a Kent Hi-S RO unit from a buddy who has gotten out of keeping
fish. He said this is a 35 gpd unit, but I'm not so sure of that. It only
takes it about 4 hrs to fill a 13 gallon container, so I wonder if it's not
actually a 60 or 75 gpd unit.

Interested in purchasing a CPR Overflow but do not know how to actually
hook it up to a 49 Gal Saltwater tank coral with some nemo fishes...
any suggestions or advise. I have a CPR Refugium but somehow there is a
think oil like substance above the surface all time which I had spoken

Just a note .
I just saw my six line wrasse CLEANING my flame angel !
Russ

Sorry for multipost:
Can anyone recommend a protein skimmer that is no taller than 18" (stand
cabinet's limit) that can handle 55gallon main tank + 20 gallon sump?
Thanks in advance

Can anyone recommend a protein skimmer that is no taller than 18" (stand
cabinet's limit) that can handle 55gallon main tank + 20 gallon sump?
Thanks in advance

I am in the process of moving house and have cleared out one of my two main
tanks, which is about 50 gallons. Once moved and assuming that I have
sufficient space, I am considering setting up one as a marine aquarium ...
mainly because they much more intereting to look at; ...

Hi all, I'm in the middle of cycling my SW tank (pure ammonia and bacteria
culture method) Ammonia has spiked and fallen to 0, Nitrite has risen and is
peaking at the moment.
I wasn't going to have live rock in the tank but after seeing some of the

Hello,  I'm trying to find a reference or the name of a common way of
setting up crushed coral substrate.  The name Joebert or Joeber rings a
bell but I'm not getting very far with search engines.
Basically, a flow-through shelf is placed in the bottom of the tank so

has anyone ever had there water heated up too much with the use of just
2 external filters??
equipment is as follows;
64g tank (uk gals)

I'm having a problem with my tree coral (type is Capnella maybe?).   I
think there's some sort of thing growing on it which is attacking it,
but I want to make sure it's not part of the coral.   Take a look at
pictures at:

I'm taking a trip.  I wanted to leave some water with the marine salts
already added to make it easier to change water. This is for those who
will be looking after the tank while I'm away.
Will it start fouling up... with algaes. I thought maybe storing it in