Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / April 2007

i have a 90gal tank
of late the nitrite has been very high,
even after a 40% water change and a 20% water change a week later
i havent lost any fish of late and have reduced the food, and missing

Hi all, I added some live rock to my tank. It was the most algae covered
rock at the LFS and it was in the "rubble" tank. It had been donated to them
by someone who dismantled their tank prior to a move.
Now a few months later, I am having a snail problem. I remove about a

Ive seen a few pictures on the internet of Clownfish using elegance corals
as a host. A couple of things:
Is it unhealthy for E Coral when clownfish do this?
What type of Clown will most likely take to the Elegance Coral?

Hi all;
I have a flame angel, a fridmani and an atlantic blue tang in the isolation
tank since yesterday, when I got them. I am dosing them with kick-ick. How
long should I keep them in there before moving to the main tank?

i have QT my fish after a out break of white spot i am useing copper
treatment do i take the media out of my filter[biomax and carbon]

Hi there all, I am looking at converting my existing tropical
freshwater Trigon 350 (litre) into a marine set up, although initially
without any corals - I would like to progress to a reef setup at some
point in the future. I intend to start the system using the internal

I am going to take my first foray into a reef tank.  I have done saltwater
over the last 10 years with just a simple undergravel filter and power
filter.
I acquired a 55 gallon system and my plan is to purchase 60 lbs of live

I got mini reef for about year and two months. All water condition seems in
right parametres. But I worry about my purple tip anemony which getting
darker with red algae kind color. Before it was white with purple tips and
now much darker. I put carbon in a bag and using ...

What protein skimmers have you used or do you use and what do you think of
them?
Which skimmer have you ever used that just did the best job in your opinion.
I am needing a hang on skimmer for a 55 gallon...so I am looknig for one

Ok so maybe they aren't really proper reef fish, but I think they work well.
So...  just asked google and
http://www.saltcorner.com/sections/zoo/mollies.htm has a good write up on
using in marine tanks

i do have a problem with green algae but i have hermit crabs and turbo
snails along with a yellow tang. I've been thinking of adding a UV
sterilizer to my system but would this starve the snails and crabs.
The tang is ok for other foods but the little hemits and snails seem to ...

I have had a couple of Clownfish (one male/one female) in my Nano tank
(15 gall) since last November - no other fish just inverts.....from time
to time they can be a little nippy and agressive when I do any
maintenance on the tank (ouch...been bitten). Tonight they are acting

Can someone recommend a group where there is more talk about fish then
name calling?  the fish talk is too hard to find between all the other
stuff.

i am hoping to get a pair of false perculiar clownfish an am wondering
witch type of anenomy to get?
there seem to be so many different sorts!
I would be good if there was a small tye of anenomy aswell as i am only

what are the ideal water parameters for keeping marine fish, starfish and
corals
thanks