Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / May 2007

I recently upgraded my glass 46G bow front tank to a 125 acrylic.
I was so easy to clean my glass tank.
Now,  a green film, algae like is covering the tank.  I tried to clean it
but it's really stuck on the acrylic,  I'm afraid to scratch the tank.

Any comments on this fish?
I just picked one up at the LFS a few days ago but haven't seen much of him.
My Yellow tang was acting aggresive toward him, besides I have not seen him
eat neither.

Thats 5 bags short of a full pallet of 40 bags......50# each bag.
It has to go or it gets dumped next weekend.  I'll use it to fill in
holes and ruts in the lawn if its not moved out for aquarium use. I
got it for free and it can go for free. Its old packs of sand but its

I noticed when the pumps are off at feeding time,  my corals start to get
bigger and look better. I even turned off my 2 power heads to leave my tank
completely quit and calm.
However, I know flow is necessary to oxigenate the water and to keep the

I discovered that lion fish have established themselves in the atlantic.
Apparently, enough escaped to form a colony to start breeding and a few
have gotten large.  I suppose some aquarist decided to release them.
The speer fishermen have been destroying them on site, and the local

I just acquire a large sweeplips.  The thing is,  it doesn't seems to eat
nothing other than ghost shrimp.
How can I get this fish interested in regular food (frozen, flakes, pellets)
?

thinking about buying a pH meter for continuous operation in a sump.   Which
one to get?  Pinpoint?  Milwaukee?

Hi!
Im hoping someone can give me a lil info on my Kenya Tree Frag.
purchased a small frag from my LFS yesterday and after i let i
acclimate i put it into my tank. the guy at my LFS said to kinda plac

I am going to set up a 55 gallon reef tank and will have a skimmer and live
rock.  I was considering a refugium, but dont want to hassle with it really.
Is a refugium really necessary?  If I don't go with a refugium, but do use a
skimmer and live rock, is there anything else ...

Any interesting places in Jacksonville, Florida?
Will be on a business trip in the area so ... :-)
Any places in the city itself worth seeing?
Something like a spectacular aquarium/fish stores? :-)

My mother recently bought some sand to fill cracks in her brick walks. She
complained that it's so fine and white that it's stained the brick. She's unsure
if it will ever wash off. Sounds like it might be a high-calcium sand? If so, it
might be good for aquariums.

Folks;
Is there any product out there that is simply a motor which rotates a
mounted powerhead, similar to the OsciWave (which is no longer
available)?