Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / January 2007

I've posted some video still from a video taken by Canadian underwater
videographer B. Gillard of a diver capturing a giant pacific octopus -
www.octopus-diver.com

"The Jews were very influential in Germany after the First World War.
They were strongly entrenched in the legal profession, in banking, in
advertising and merchandising, in show business, in organized vice, in
publishing and other media. They were trying hard to change the spirit

I ordered some more slimline fans, but my temp still swings from 77 to
84 in a day.  Is 7 degrees too much?
I was hoping to wait till next month to buy a chiller, but it seems like
I need to do something sooner.

I just went to the local  LFS and purchased some Zoo Plankton for the
smaller fish in my tank. The directions are very vauge, it says refrigerate
after opening, but it doesnt have an experation date on it. Roughly how long
will it keep before going bad?

I currently have a Sea Urchin - pinkish sort of thing not sure of the
exact species or name - it was described as a pin cushion urchin....it
trundles around the tank picking up all sorts of rubbish on it's
spines....including the odd hermit crab hitch-hiker that takes a free

Don;t pay the bastard any attention, You\'ll  be much ahead for that
choice. He probbaly does have a problem with accessing sobriety, and
only craves attention being he is a foul mouth attention whore off his meds......
From wrecked ponds thanks to scumbag Tristan.

My RO unit (RO Ultratec, 3 canisters, 2 membrane cylinders) makes an
intermittent buzzing noise, and also seems to be "weeping" (not enough
to actually drip) from most of the plastic water lines.  I replaced the
filters (not the membranes; system is only 7 months old), but I still

I acquired a new tank, but it didn't have a protein skimmr (it did, but
it was never cleaned), so now it has a huge build up of ditritus.  I can
get the skimmer running, and then vacuum out as much ditritus as I can,
but what else?

I think we all expected the troll attack.  Just don't pay them any
attention because this is what they feed on.
--Kurt

Question - I have a MaxiJet 1200 Powerhead in my tank to create some
current for my fish. I have it unplugged though because it is rather
noisy - it makes an almost grinding noise; I think its the impeller or
something, and I'm not sure how to fix/clean it? Anyone have any

What type of sinister enjoyment do you get wrecking other groups and
putting thre blame on others or in yur never ending quest to
phalagarize others work, or worse yet to put out erroneous info like
you do. Does it get your sorry a$$ off? Well better do what your gonna

I've developed a nasty case of brownies. I think it's just a
coincidence that I opened a new bag of salt, same company.
No new anything in the tank. I tried an inch of fine sand on
top of the old, but that didn't stop anything. I change 6

Lansing Frag Swap: The Mid Michigan Marine Club (MMMC) is a non profit
charitable organization covering the Greater Lansing area dedicated to
increasing the education, knowledge and awareness of husbandry,
conservation and aquiculture of coral reef fish, invertebrates and

We purchased live rock at a local store and we have a worm like friend that
came with it. I'm hoping someone can help me identify? It looks like a worm
about an inch long and 5-8mm in diameter.  
I first noticed the hitch hiker a day after we put the rock into our tank. It

Will a conch eat grape caulerpa - I just cant get rid of the stuff - it is
intertwined in the LR and really I need to get rid of it.  Its badly ugly!
Any suggestions as to what will eat it or erradicate it - totally?
~m