Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / January 2006

I am seting up new fish tank with DSB using Southdown sand.
I have read recommendations to not wash the sand, just pour
it from the bag to the tank. I understand this is to keep
the finest particles there for animals - I did as suggested...

Do you guys know where I can buy a replacement fan for my Corallife
Aqualight PC fixture?
Thanks.
Maddie

I have a All-Glass Megaflow Model 2 sump.  I'm trying to connect it to
my LifeReef PreFilter.  The LifeReef pre-filter has a 1" threaded male
adapter coming out of the bottom, and a 1" barbed adapter that connects
to that.  I don't understand this "vacuum" style hose that comes with

Hey Guys,
My 192W PC light fixture went out and I have to order a new one.  I'm
wondering if the 192W (96W actinic and 96W-10,000 K) was overkill for my
30-gallon tank.  I have some live rock with green polyps, ricordea, other

Im looking for an online store to order from.... anyone ever used a
online store called:  vividaquariums.com?  they seem to be competitiv
and have guarantees on all the items purchased thru their website
Please let me know of any and all experiences with them.

Anyone know what kind of livestock _doesn't_ need to be carefully acclimated?
I know about fish and even more so invertebrates.  I was "trained" to do a
careful 30-45 minute transfer of water from the new system to the holding
tank.  Ideally via a slow drip, but in practice usually ...

I noticed it first yesterday and today they look a little worse although
it's very hard to see (even with my glasses on). The spots are only on
her antennae things and are irregular in size and placement. Some look
raised and one antennae (is that what they're called?) is shorter ...

They ate 4 of my Turbos.....  I always thought they were peaceful
shrimp.....they have not eaten any of the other types of snails, has anyone
else had this happen?  will they eventually go after the other types of my
snails or do they just like turbos?

For some time I've been thinking about getting bubble-tip anemone for
my tank.
My tank is about 1.5 years old and has a pair of Clark's clowns,
yellow tang and a pair of Mandarins.

No, I'm not planning to use table salt in my tank.
As some of you may recall, I acquired my entire marine set-up from a
friend of a friend.  Last night, the person in the middle and I were at
a party together, and he mentioned that he had been unable to accept the

Hi all, I need some help here, please.
I think I did it, due to being stupid. I put a lawnmower blenny and a green
Mithrax crab in the tank without leaving it in the isolation tank for 2
weeks. This LFS came recommended to me by a business associate, so I just

I'm obviously new to the aquarium scene, but I've been doing some
reading while at work, and it's gotten me pretty excited about the
whole ordeal.
I'm wondering what is going to be needed/recommeded in order to get a

I have one of the Aquarium Pharmaceuticals  Tap Water Purifiers and
also have a 35 gpd RO unit. I am planning to simply connect the output
of the RO unit to the TWP and then from there on to the holding tank.
Any reason that won't work?

I couldn't wait, so I was doing a water change today anyway and adding
more live rock and found the cole tang (coral) behind the rocks - not
dead but like severe parkinsons, kinda stiff and nose pointed at the
sand, spinning around with one fin moving.  Are the white mystery dots

Ok, 11:00 am tank looks great. Green star polyp 90% opened. By 7:00 pm
algae all over my tank, both brown and some green. But my GSP
completely closed and some green algae on it. could not adress it right
away so by like 8:30pm my tank is covered with brown algae and some