Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / January 2006

Okay, so I ordered some scarlet reef hermit crabs from eTropicals last
week and they arrived today. One of the little guys (about the size of
my thumbnail) has a hitchhiker - he's got what looks like a 3/4" tall
hard coral growing on his shell!

Hello folks,  I was wondering if there are any reef/coral-safe methods
of eliminating, or at least controlling planaria (aka: redworms or
flatworms) in my reef tank... I received some of these annoying little
buggers with some liverock a few weeks ago and I've been advised that

I've got several freshwater tanks, so I'm used to feeding everything
from flake, to pellet, to fresh (brine). Now, however, I'm trying to
learn how to deal with frozen foods for my two new Clownfish.
What I'm doing now is to thaw 1/2 a cube on a flat plate. Once it's all

Hi, yesterday I added my first inhabitents to my new reef/fish tank, 2
humbug damsels - doing very well and very entertaining to watch them
chase each other around the tank! 5 blue legged hermit crabs - again
doing very well and very active (these guys can really motor!) and a

I bought two 1" long tank-bred Percula Clownfish at my LFS yesterday and
they're doing well. A friend of mine came over today, looked at the
fish, and said that I had been sold False Percula Clownfish, not true
Perculas. When I asked him what the difference was (IE how he ...

help
how removed nitrite in salt water aquarium?
please help

Hi all, my 80 gallon tank has 2 medium hermits, 1 green brittle star, 1
Emerald Mithrax Crab, 1 Lawnmower blenny, 1 Fridmani Pseudochromis, and 1
Flame Angel. And a bunch of snails. I've been VERY slow to add new life to
the tank.

I am picking up some , wonder what your experience with it is like ?

Can anyone point me in the direction of any vendors offering reasonable
prices for 40 Gallon long Fish Tanks..(48" x 12" x 14")
Thanks for the compass-
CuttySark

At the risk of sounding like a complete ninny, I've made up a page of
pics (dialup friendly) to see if any of you have the time and patience
to identify some things that are growing on my live rock. I just can't
seem to get my brain round all the stuff to learn with a saltwater ...

I noticed my cole tang (small) had little white dots on her face and
some on her body I never noticed before.  She had also started being a
little aggressive with a lawnmower goby I have too. This morning she
didn't come out for breakfast......I'm worried.  Any ideas of the dots?

If I were to go to a beach and get salt water, how long could I store it
for and how should it be stored?
I can probably get around 800 litres in one trip (2 1/2 hours each way)
but the water would then be in 200 litre (44gallon) drums with only a

Y'all solved the Chiton real quick.  Now I have another for you.
http://home.comcast.net/~bberg100/Aquarium/What-is-it-II.jpg
It is painfully obvious I am a rank amateur at salt water tanks, but why
is it so difficult to track down what things are?  Or am I just to obtuse?

does anyone know of a distributor of Iwaki pumps in Australia?
Thanks in advance
Paul Jarvinen

I just got  back from a cruise Monday.  We went to Catalina Island and went
on the glass bottomed boat.  It sure was fun.  Those garibaldi fish sure
were beautiful.  Next time we are going snorkeling so we can see them up
close and personal (and hopefully not get bitten).  All ...