Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / March 2006

Anyone ever kept one of these things in a home aquarium?  Is it even legal?
Are they endangered?
I saw some leafy seadragons (Phycodurus equus) at the Birch Aquarium in San
Diego, and was immediately jealous:

I encountered this stranded creature on a beach in Thailand.  Can
someone please help me identify it?  I searched the Web but haven't
found anything resembling this.
 http://www.worldpower.org/ross/Marine_Mystery/

I need to snare a purple surgeon. He's too big for my tank, and being
rather a bully.
Any recomendations, or good products for it?
Mike

Hey guys,
  I'm getting ready to buy a medium size ( 6" across) green carpet
anemone for my 55 gallon reef tank. Currently 2 kinds of green star
polyps, xenia, and a small colt or kenya tree ( can't tell yet).

We have a 500 gallon salt water tank that was leaking. (8 ft wide x 4
ft high x 2 ft deep).
It is not repairable and we do not want to spend the 10 grand it will
cost to replace it.

I have a major outbreak of Aptasia in my tank and know with time it
will damage my coral.  I have heard of all types of ways to get rid of
them such as getting peppermint shrimp, getting a syringe with needle
and use it to squirt vinegar into them and as well buying solutions

I recently upgraded my lights to include MH's and, of course, have seen a jump
in tank temp. It looks like I'll be in the market for a chiller and would
appreciate an reccomendations. I have a 130 gal with a 25 gal sump. I think I'm
looking at about a 1/4 hp, at this point, so noise ...

I am wondering what brand test kit is most accurate.
Looking to start a new tank and need the basic kits just to be sure which is
best and most accurate.
HARRY

Shark Viewing!
The Marine Aquarium Society of Nova Scotia (MASNS) will be hosting its
inaugural meeting next week, Sunday, March 26, 2006 between 2-4pm AST.  This
meeting will feature the viewing of a two-week old Bamboo Shark, frag

I'm not a geologist and don't remember much about what I was taught at
school on the topic but my hubby tells me that over in the far back
corner of our farm is an area that a geologist told him had been a
volcano. There is rock there that looks very much like some live rock,

  Hello;
   I have a 210 gallon very stable reef tank with a couple of dozen soft
corals, four clams, half a dozen tangs which are from 2-6 years old and some
gobies. I rarely have anything die on me but I've tried a blue linkia starfish

I recently purchased a Coral Beauty Angel, after learning it's a grazer
fish; me being the good LF owner, I place seaweed in the tank once a day as
well as feed him a combination of flake, Frozen brine and mysis shrimp. I
give flake on Monday Brine on Wednesday and Mysis on ...

Hi gang,
About 3 weeks ago I started up my closed loop circulation system.
Basically like the one shown here...
http://www.melevsreef.com/closedloop.html

Hi to all,
has anybody ever herd of ( right now bacteria) ,
Regards craig

  My wife has made the decree...we are getting hardwood floors next in a
week!  I need to move the fish tank - 180gal SW Fish and live rock.
I am looking for ideas on how to physically move the tank itself.  I am
planning on moving the fish into a 55gal tank in another room, put ...