Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / February 2006

I setup a 10 gal tank, just what I need one more tank, but it was
empty so why not. It has 1" sand bed i it (Genuine Florida Panhandle
sand from the Gulf of Mexico, that I had washed, washed and washed
some more, dried, and its been in a bucket and dry as can be for

Hi Sorry for the repeat post but I have just changed news server and I cant
see this anwhere so perhaps it was never posted?
My anenomes appetitte has seriously decreased lately.
The last time he ate (big pink anenome about 20CM across) was 8 days ago and

I know it has been a while since I posted in the newsgroup, so I just
wanted to say hi to the regulars, and hope all of your reefs are doing well.
My own 280g is doing quite well, compared to what it was about 6 months
ago when everything was soaking in phosphate soup.  It took ...

If you listen to podcasts I recommend the TalkingReef podcast. It is
always informative and interesting.

I want to fit 2 new 250W Metal Halide bulbs to my tank. Im going to use BLV
10K 250W Single ended bulbs.
Is it as simple as buying the correct ballast and reflector and wiring it
all up?

Hi again,
I have Zenia's that are splitting and moving and a giant cult coral
that seems to be splitting in two.  what can I do to help them with
their mission to multiply? The cult is on a very small rock in the sand

Look what interesting course announcement I have found:
http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic23160-11-1.aspx
I think I will join this class.

I have an arrow crab in my mini reef and it has molted 3 times and now
is huge - Id say 8-10" in diameter with legs spread out.  It is
starting to mess with my other inverts and eating snails. Will he get
bigger? And will he start trying to eat fish?

I'm selling some caulerpa macro algae and was wandering if anyone has any
experience in shipping this?  Would it be best to put a heat pack in the
box? Outside temp. around here is around low 20's to around 40 degrees. Any
help would be appreciated on hints and tips :)  I'm ...

I am moving homes soon and need to be moving my tank.
Question is how the hell am I going to do this whilst keeping my water and
fish / corals alive?
Any suggestions?

I have a well established tank of 4 years. Over the time I've had my set up
I've noticed that  when I introduce several fish at one time, they slowly
disappear, one by one. I mean they LITERALLY  DISAPPEAR. I never find a
carcass, in or out of the tank, they simply vanish. I ...

Well, I seem to have finally gotten a grip on my 29 gal reef-to-be.
ammonia 0
nitrites 0
nitrates 10 (I think these will continue to drop)

I am always finding weird things growing from my LR.  About 2 months ago
this stuff appeared that looked like green grape vines.  Any idea what it
is?  It has started growing everywhere and even though I cull it is is
starting to grow out of my corals and killing them.

The last couple months, I have been noticing an increasing issue with
my 2 year-old 75g reef. Macro will no longer grow, and my mangrove is
beginning to yellow. Green algaes are growing quicker than normal. My
button polyps are receding. My other corals, inverts and fish seem

I am always finding weird things growing from my LR.  About 2 months ago
this stuff appeared that looked like green grape vines.  Any idea what it
is?  It has started growing everywhere and even though I cull it is is
starting to grow out of my corals and killing them.