Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / October 2006

Does anyone have any experience with Phytoplankton Cultures
and is it worth making you own green water versus buying 2 fishes phytoplan
?
Here are some links that discuss DIY phyto.

I have one Pseudochromis in my tank and to be honest I want him out. He's
killed all of my Blemys, Royal grama as well as my shrimp and one Damsel. He
has out stayed his welcome in the main tank. The question is; how do I
capture him to put rehouse him in a smaller tank. Everytime I ...

I apologize for posting so much in one day.  I have had to travel a
lot and unfortunately kind of got behind with my fishtank. I am adding
one fish I lost hopefully as well as getting a new fish but first and
foremost I want to get rid of a Aptasia problem I have.

My HOB Bakpak skimmer has just started spitting very fine bubbles out what
I think is the large round output area. There doesn't seem to be any
adjustment on the skimmer. Anyone know why it's doing this, or what I can do
about it? Thanks

Last night my black male "Sunburst" (H. erectus?) seahorse was pregnant, and
this morning I woke up to find my seahorse tank full of babies!  Probably at
least 20.  All happily swimming around.  Very nice.
Alas, I have no special seahorse fry tank, nor special fry food.  I was

As with most stuff on the internet, I`mgetting mixed messages regarding
Lemon Peel Angels,Coral Polyps and Mushrooms.
Some places say LPAs are reef safe, some say they may nip at soft corals.
 Does anyone have an opinion on this through direct observation? If they do

I have a 120 gallon reef tank which had 2 Clownfish, Royal Gramma,
Yellow Tang, and a Sailfin Tang.  It also has some blue mushrooms.
Unfortunately about a week ago I lost one of the Clownfish.  One was
very small, one big.  The one I lost was the small dark colored

I am having an issue with anemones, they persist for a month then start
shrinking and eventually die.
If all parameters are good and there doesn't seem to be an issue in eating
what I supply, why they die?

I bought a Capnella yesterday for my Nano reef tank. I initially placed
it half way up the rock work but it fell off so I then put it in the
substrate. As the day progressed it started to bend in the middle.
Yesterday evening I fed the corals with some phytoplankton including

I just got to see the coolest thing!  I have an anemone crab in my 8-gal. hex.
Dumped a few new empty shells in there tonight for the various hermits, and he
found one he likes.  Fiddled around with one for a long time, then I put another
one in there because it's a big larger, ...

I've heard that Hawkfish do. Does anything else eat them? I'd rather avoid the
Hawkfish 'cause they also eat things like peppermint shrimp.
George Patterson
     All successes in conservation are temporary. All defeats are permanent.

What skimmer would you recommend for a 58 gallon tank
overstocked with big fish and corals ?
Can be in-sump style or hang over the back - do not care.

I'm looking to get back into a marine tank. It's been a while since I
have had one. the last was a bio ball setup which i believe has gone
out of fashion to be replaced by live rocks etc. anyway my question
is.. I'm looking at this tank

The pic is a close-up of a cave in my tank. Is  the red stuff  Sponge? Near
the center of the pic is some spongy looking white stuff---please let me
know what it is. What are the white strands that look like roots?
thanks again..............

Hi all, I'm italian and this is my first post on this ng.
I'm trying to identify a crab that I've discovered in my small reef
tank (4g):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/big_cory/267291286/