Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / December 2006

I read that 2" of sand is the minimum.  Fair to say that I'm well under
that.
Any recommendations?
--Kurt

Have had a pretty rough time with my Nano reef experiment but am
starting to think I'm through the worst then all of a sudden I have
bubbles on the live rock....almost looks like there has been a dusting
of snow....

Given our latest restrictions in the US of 3 oz liquids in a quart bag,
how does this work with live animals such as fish?  I'm going to be in
Vero Beach and I was thinking of dropping  by a fish store I'm aware of.
If I can bring a small dog/cat on a flight, it seems reasonable ...

I'm having a microbubble problem with my tank.  The microbubbles are
coming out of the return spray bar.  It's not real bad, I can still see
in the tank fine, I was just wanting it crystal clear.  The tank is a
85 gallon drilled Oceanic, 2-1" holes drain to the ~30g sump below,

I took a flash light a couple of nights ago to see what's going on inside my
tank after the lights go out, I'd never seen anything other than the
obvious.
Well,  I was surprise to finally see the famous PODS for the first time. My

I caught my chocolate chip star on my anemone (sebae) chomping on him.  The
anemone died and I let him finish the job.
Ever heard of this?  I think the next time I get a anemone I am returning
the star fish.

I am looking to build a sump filter for my tank. It is a 125 gallon reef. I
am curently using fluidized bed filters, but want to upgrade to a sump with
bio balls.
The problem I have is that I can't find a pre-made sump that will fit into

I have noticed that every time my LFS has
new delivery of astrea or bigger "turbo" snails
they come to the store completely stripped of
the coraline algae cover on their shells...

I got my new 192 watt Coralife fixture yesterday. It wasnt everybody`s first
choice `round here, but it`s right  for me, thanks for your input.
My Mushrooms were already doing pretty well, but in less than 24 hours under
the new light they have certainly perked-up. They also look ...

Hi all, long time since I was last here but I've been hanging out at an
Aussie Reef forum which is really way more applicable to me I guess.
There are some really nice people there and one even posted me some
corallimorphs and another sent me a nori clip, both of which are hard ...

Man,
this fish looks great and seems to meet the specs I`m looking for. I can
only find it on 1 online dealer---and they charge $100!!! (Not a chance for
me).

I dropped by my LFS.  I was asking for life brine shrimp, but they
pointed me at a tank of live small shrimp at USD $0.29/piece.
It could make life interesting for the fish, and I don't see any harm in
adding them to the tank.

I'm thinking of adding some Sexy Shrimps to my 15gall Nano reef. Current
occupants are:-
2 Clownfish
2 Cleaner Shrimps

I have a sump setup, but filtering is limited to something that is
fluffy white and looks like polyester batting and then ~40 bio balls.
I'm thinking of adding a better filter.  My closest LFS (Petland) didn't
 carry the fluffy white filter, but had a row of filters with clever

Anyone have an RO/DI unit to sell??