Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / April 2006

I went to my local hardware store looking for food grade silicone
grease, but the owner only had dielectric grease.
The packaging says tha it should be kept away from the eyes, children
and so on, and when you swallow it, better get you ID and start walking

This curious little chap was floating along on the surface of the water
near a reef off the coast of Oahu's North shore.
The body was about 3/8" in diameter. The "legs" were normally extended,
as pictured, but would retract when touched. Each leg was bifurcated at

Last week I picked up 2 very large(3" or so in diameter, just a bit
smaller than a baseball I'd say) turbo snails.  One of the snails seems
to want to eat algae and such off my glass, the other seems more
interested in playing football with the other snail.  He crawls on the

I purchased an acrylic tank 48x24x24 drilled for a 1 1/2" drain. I
have two questions; first, what size pump would you suggest to return
the water, and what size should I drill the return(s)?
I am planning on a reef tank with soft corals if that helps at all.

A few days ago I went downstairs to feed the fish and my coral beauty
and sailfin tang went beserk all over the tank. The pyjama cardinals and
ocellaris didn't look too happy either. I stood there, moving on
occasion though, watching and trying to think what could be wrong. After ...

I've just found something in my tank that I need identified before
tonight as I have no where to put it that can be heated and it looks
like it might be a nasty.
In the pics here

help
my problems is DERBESIA
how eliminate nuisance derbesia in my tang
please help

OK, something to watch out for;
I've had my corals and anemones for a couple years, and was noticing
a gradual decline in the health of the critters the past couple months.
I've also noticed an increase in bristleworms. Finally found the

On average how long before you can add an anenome into a saltwater tank?

I purchased a rose anemone about 8 months ago.  About a month ago I
noticed that it was noticeably bigger.  It had split in two.  I was
thrilled with my success.  On the weekend it did it again.  I now have
three rose anemones in my tank.  Has anyone had a similar experience? My

Aside of reef tanks and fish only tanks with a lots of live rock,
what are the methods of nutrients export in a fish only tank?
By nutrients export I mean removing accumulating nitrates,
phosphates and maybe some organic waste fish produce...

I'm double posting this here and to RC--I know some people frequent
both and I'm new to the whole overflow-sump thing, so here goes:
1: Oceanic 58RR w/ megaflow, running 1 day, converted from a 10yr old
30 sumpless. The megaflow isn't great at surface skimming 'cause of

At the risk of being flamed for wanting to rid my tank of what some
might call a beautiful coral, I would like to know the best way to RID
my tank of elephant ears. I bought a small piece of rock with metallic
green xenias and within a week a small elephant ears started to grow. A

I just finished building my custom sump setup for my tank and with the
added room I had underneath I decided to add both a refug. and a coral
prop zone.  For my last birthday my wife bought me a 175W Metal Hailide
ballast kit and a generic bulb (which I plan to replace).  My main

I'm double posting this here and to RC--I know some people frequent
both and I'm new to the whole overflow-sump thing, so here goes:
1: Oceanic 58RR w/ megaflow, running 1 day, converted from a 10yr old
30 sumpless. The megaflow isn't great at surface skimming 'cause of