Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / February 2007

I recently noticed what seem to be some small mustard colored nudibranchs in
my aquarium. Are these also considered Flatworms? I saw 1 that was about an
inch long. Then there are about a half dozen others that are 1/4 inch or
less.They are kind of cute. I could stand them if ...

I just bought 100#'s of Carib Sea reef rock on amazon.  $1/lb + $23 for
shipping.  That seems like an impossible price to me, but I'll see what
I get.
Of course, it's dead/base rock, but I have about 30-40 lbs of live rock

My red scooter "blenny" is ill. Nothing visible amiss, but has rapid
breathing and is VERY lethargic. Lethargic enough that he is actually
letting 'pods crawl on his snout.
I'm stumped. Water quality is fine, every other animal in the tank seems

http://www.aquariumguys.com/silentairpump.html
I've heard that these pumps are a good investment for power outages
(which we frequently have in my locale).
The book that I'm reading implies that with a tall tank (like mine) and

My emeral crab which I have had for over 2 years went berserk today. I
just happened to look at the tank and it was sidestepping along the
tanks glass with a claw full of zoo's and a yellow clown goby (JB who
is only about 1/2=5/8" long) in the other......Guess the crab wanted

I don't think my Red Sea Phosphate test will go under .1 ppm.  I've
tried it with distilled water and I still get the 0.1 ppm.  It seems to
be the color of the reagent the comes out of the bottle.
Any recommendations?

Any recommendations for this?  I see they are available, but I have no
idea which one is good or not.
--Kurt

Well, that only took me 3 months to figure out.  Thanks for all the
suggestions.  I think the big thing was to get rid of the bio-balls and
filter material.  Amazing that my anemones made it through all this.
Are water changes still necessary?  I haven't done one for 6 weeks as

I have always been told never to feed freshwater fish..saltwater
foods, and never to feed saltwater fish freshwater foods...be it
frozen or  prepared items. Was always told its to keep from
introducing foreign critters into the environemnt that the fish are

My zoos are losing color.  I have them at the bottom of the tank under
MH lighting.
Stupid newbie Q, but could somebody outline how to take care of these
and recommend a book on the care and feeding corals?

Does anybody have a DIY UPS that they liked or could recommend?
--Kurt

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does it matter where in the sump the phosphate reactor input hose goes?