Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / December 2006

My husband and I are dismantling our aquariums in order to have our
house tented for termites. We have a blonde naso tang, about 9 inches
long, who needs a good home. If you have a healthy salt water aquarium
he can live in, please get in touch with me before December 17th.

Please take a look at this picture:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jclucas/index.html
Is this a tree coral? We just got this as our first piece of coral last
night, and it doesn't seem to be doing too well. This might very well

I've been googling, but have yet to find a quality website that
discusses setting up and caring for marine tanks. Does one exist? I'm
looking for a good source that details fish, discusses their tank
requirements (along with other organism), and goes through other stuff

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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!

I recently went out and bought some very attractive mushrooms - white
with filaments - so almost look hairy when extended.....this afternoon I
found one of them on the substrate....I watched the tank quite closely
after that and on of my clown fish is poking away at another

Neat!
http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/061207_fish_cooperation.html
Regards
DaveZ

I'm a newbie setting up a 55 gal fish only aquarium.  I have been
planning to do a freshwater setup, but realized lately that the most
colorful and interesting fish IMO are saltwater.  So, I've been looking
at saltwater instead.  Still fish only, and flake eating fish only if

Now that I`ve upgraded my lighting, algae growth has boomed. Surprise
,Surprise :)
Ive been avoiding the sump/refugium thing because of the risk of flood (I am
no plumber!). Would hanging  a  16" X 4" X 4" box stuffed with Chaeto on the

What kind of fish was Dorie in the movie Nemo?  A Natural Blue Tang?  I
haven't found anything that looks like her.
Okay, I know what your thinking, but I'm posting this on behalf of my
kids that keep pelting me with this question.

Can the pump for the protein skimmer also work as the return to the
tank?  It seems inefficient to have a skimmer in the sump, but then a
separate pump to move the water back to the tank.
I suppose I could experiment on my own, but what's the usual setup for a

What is this stuff ??? A few drops and your phosphates go away ?
Sounds to good to be true...Anyone know anything about this product ?
Blue Life Phosphate Control 1oz
http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewItem.asp?idproduct=BL2131

My wife and I have a 50 gallon marine reef tank, and we bought a
Coralife Retrofit Light Set with 4 65W bulbs (two 'white' and two
'blue). The problem is that one of our 'white' bulbs won't come on, and
I think it is something to do with the electronic ballast - the wire

Something I've never pondered much, BUT
it's time for me to purchase some more RO/DI filters and media.
Well just for kicks I tested the tap water (public water)
0 Phosphates

Accidental cross posts aside I haven't really had the pleasure peoples.
I have a few year experience with marine fish but most has been with
predator setups.
Larger perch, eels, octopus and cuttle fish.

I'm currently mixing salt water for my tank, but as I do this, i gaze
out my window at the ocean and wonder.  Wouldn't real Ocean water work
better?  It would have all the ions, minerals, etc, but it may have some
unwanted bacteria.