Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / July 2006

Hey all,
Never posted to this group before, but I took a 90 gallon acrylic
aquarium as a trade on a pinball machine and never did anything with
it.  It is brand new still has some of the protective paper on it.  It

I just finished helping break down a 100g long and moving it to my
house.  Quite an upgrade from my 30g!  First order of business is to
upgrade the lighting.  Right now I've got a 4' coralife 4x 65w PC on it
which just isn't enough.  Where should I go from here?

Hello;
I'd like to remove the coralline algae from the side and back glass
panels of my tank.  The algae is growing in sheets which are only
lightly attached to the glass, and scrape off easily.

http://www.melevsreef.com/closedloop.html
I followed the directions to the letter, I purchased a new mag 5 drive, I
cant get it to stop leaking.. does anyone have any types i could try?
thanks

I've had my Coralife Aqualight fixture for about two years now, and I'm
disappointed to find that the electrical caps (? the sockets that
connect to the lamps) seem to be corroding, to the point where I can't
replace the bulbs without cracking the caps and exposing the lamp pins.

Hi all;
I purchased a halide/PC fixture for my tank. 2x175 HQI Halides @20,000K and
2x96 Watt Actinic Power Compacts. I was thinking of replacing the Actinics
with 50/50 bulbs. Power Compacts are on one circuit, Halides on another, so

Well I did the water change today, about 30%.  What a mess.  I thought I'd
ask some "experienced" people's advice.
I have questions like:
Am I the only one using store bought water?!

 I have spent the last couple of days setting up a 180 tank after having to
move it.
 I changed my overflows from using the U shaped siphons to CPR's CS150
overlow and changed the return pump from a MAG 7 to a MAG12.   The overlow

Hi all, I recently replaced my MH bulb. But the only way the bulb lights
up is by giving it a little screwing pressure. The bulb is screwed in
nicely, but it seems that it needs a touch and pressure to get it
started. It's freaking me out because next week I go on vacation, and I ...

Happy 4th everyone, does anyone happen to know if a Scutus (black sea slug)
can be poisonous to the tak? I found one tonight on a piece of LR, which I
temporarily took out of the tank. I'd like to put it back, but only if it
can't harm anything as I don't know if they can "kill" ...

I had a "breakout" of these small white puffy rice looking things that are
kinda mushy and are scraped off the glass easily...
They are also inside my protien skimmer just living happily.
A few of them developed far enough to have some kind of tentacles like a

I have a small brain coral (green middle, red outside edge).  It seems
to be thriving (very fleshy) but over the past 2 months the intensity
of the red coloration has dissapeared to almost none.  The green is
still strong flouresent, but the red has changed to an almost

   I have been reading ALOT of the threads and am more confused than ever.
   The tank I have is an Oceanic 180 - non-drilled, and has a 1/2" thick
center brace across the top of the tank.
   I have had a fish-only 180 marine tank that I had to dismantle due to

Hey folks,
I've finally gotten around to updating my web site to show the new reef
tank that I started last fall.  If anyone is interested, take a look at:
       http://reef.geddis.org/

Greetings-I have a 120G reef tank established about 5 months ago. As a
retiree, I have been patient about adding things and have put in mostly soft
corals and  recently 2 clowns, 1 cardinal, 1"exquisite" wrasse, and enjoy
watching things develop.About 1 month after set-up, I ...