Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / November 2007

My rabbit fish is too big for my tank. I'm trying to use a fish trap the LFS
loaned me but no go. He keeps pecking at the food but he won't go inside.
Anyone got any pointers? And the fish is pretty big. Too big for a soda
bottle.

How hard is this?  Has anybody tried it?
--Kurt

Hey, my tomatoe clowns spawned for the first time in my tank.  Wow!
First the anemone splits and now spawn.  I'm so proud!

I`m really bummed.
I think I might have unknowingly siphoned a Scooter Blenny out of my tank
during a water change, is this possible?
The other possibility is that I might have disrupted the DSB a bit when

Where can I find a decent gate valve?  (No metal)
I'm looking to upgrade my pump, but I want a way to regulate the flow
into the tank so I don't overflow the tank.
--Kurt

Hey people,
I went out and got the Joes Juice--- But I just cant bring myself to stab
these suckers. I realize we are playing G*D with a host of organisms on a
regular basis----but this is`nt detached like just pouring in some additive.

Well,
I`m happy to say that over 54 hours after writing off the sucker, my little
red scooter blenny is back chomping pods off my live rock.
I guess he was pretty scared by that last water change and "laid low" for a

I fed my fish last night and I turned off the pumps so the skimmer wouldn't
suck up the food. Well...I forgot to turn it back on. This morning my angel
was laying on her side on the bottom breathing. I checked the water and it
was fine but I went ahead and did a change anyway. ...

My luck with corals continues, but here's the question:  How do I take
care of mushrooms?  I had a rock that was full of them, but they seem to
be dwindling steadily over about a 6 month period.  AFAIK, nothing is
bothering them, but they just get smaller until they disappear.

I see the idiots are trying to run the asylum again !!
Regards,            Fishnut.

i have a bubble tip anenomie and 2 clarkii clowns, all of a sudden the
anenomie has started to move into the rocks, the clowns cant get it, and are
looking distressed
i have taken it back out but almost the same day it goes and hides again

Yes I know I can read up on it, and I have, but I want some real life
opinions here.
Brief background, since most of the regular posters seem to be
following my adventures with some regularity:

I have a 175W hamilton MH lamp
(http://www.hamiltontechnology.com/s...ow&cat=Reefstar)
I usually buy the bulbs at ebay with no problem, however I just purchased
this bulb very cheap:

I think I have one heater that won't heat at all and another that is
stuck on.  Any recommendations on a heater?
I guess it's back to walmart to pick up another cheap-o.
--Kurt

Sorry for posting this message twice.  I accidentally captioned my
last post with a mistake in the subject line and thought it might get
caught in sporge onslaught!
Recently I have been battling a hair algae problem.