Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / May 2006

I need a good reference on corals. Which are compatible, how to acclimate,
how to attach. I have a 29 gal/sump with 175w of PC lighting. I am planning
on soft corals, zooanthids, mushrooms.
I believe Anthony Calfo has a book on coral propagation. Would this be a

I have a 29 gal w/ sump that I hope to build into a reef tank. Currently
home to 1 longnose hawkfish, 1 maroon clown, a small rock w/mushrooms,
and cleaning crew.
I think the biggest cause of nitrates in this setup has turned out to be

Some of you regulars might remember this thread from a few months back. I
had a nice clean tank that a diseased fish that I did pre-quarantine
infected, and all the  fish died quite rapidly . I got some invaluable
advice and warnings from several people here regarding Potassium

http://home.austin.rr.com/salahiandson/Re-exposure%20of%20whoami3.jpg
http://home.austin.rr.com/salahiandson/Re-exposure%20of%20whoami4.jpg
Sorry for the bad pics but it was the best I could get for now. I am curious
what the little creature just right of center is. I have noticed ...

Just wondering really as i have a 125 gallon main tank (uk gallons) and a
35G sump with wet/dry and a skimmer is there really any need for a cannister
filter? I have live rock in the main display and in the sump refugium also
with a caulerpa bed for nutrient absorpsion. Hmmm.

my wife and I have a 55 gallon african Cichlid tank we have a total of 10
cichlids and we were wondering what would cause a fish to discolor our
labidochromis caerulues (electric yellow) is now a brown color and we are
not sure why, he doesnt looked stressed we have had our water ...

    I want to know what to do next. ;) ... I want to know what's the best
route for my live rock, simply because I was told that this is gonna make or
break my nano tank setup.
    I have a 15 gallon Hagen, 30 lbs of crushed coral, AquaClear 150, extra

I've been lurking here for quite some time, and have learned a lot. I have a
couple of questions that maybe you can help with:
My 40 gal reef (about a year old) has constant red algae. I've tried one
chemical remedy and I vacuum up what I can weekly but it reappears. The

Thanks in advance for taking the time to read and possibly respond.
I hooked up a Quiet One 4000 tonight (only for circulation on a 55 gal. new
reef tank), but it's creating a heck of a lot of bubbles in the tank (can
see air trapped in the intake/discharge lines, and can't clear ...

I know the "which salt is best" is everyone's favourite topic, but I
just tested my RO water and my RO water freshly mixed with Reef
Crystals salt mix and found the RO water to not have any detectable
phosphate and the Reef Crystals water to have 0.15 mg/L of phosphate.

Anybody has used these before:
http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewItem.asp?idproduct=AP3133
http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewItem.asp?idproduct=AP3137
I am generally happy with AP fresh- and saltwater tests but

I know , well sort of know a Bob Sallee in Florida, that I have
converesed with in a web based forum.
Just curious

Please forgive my ignorance.
I recently(Saturday) purchased a blue linckia starfish for my tank.
When I first introduced it, it climbed on the glass and was clearly
alive.  It now is doing nothing.  Just kinda laying on the substrate.

Can somebody give me a positive ID on this coral?
I think this might be Goniopora ...a.k.a flower pot (24 tentacles)
http://www.gushingearth.com/images/tank/untitled.htm
Any info on this would be nice, since it was sold as something else.

what is the best way to have a scuptured background in my mixed invert/fish
tank i want to try & the filter assembly intake / output won`t be affected,
i know live rock is probably the best & although i will have some live rock
i don`t want to make an unstable background