Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / November 2007

Recently I have been battling a hair algae problem.
I put in a sea hare and phosphate remover and within a couple of days
all was good.  The sea hare was healthy, but after about a week,  he
just seemed to dissappear.  About a month later, I put another sea

I have a 75 gal sw with live sand,live rock and fish that I just set back
up.  Also have 2 vho lights, Iwaki 3md pump, and Berlin Skimmer (which works
on and off).  I have a 10 gal aquarium  that was made into a sump and it
uses BIO BALLS on one have above 4" of water .  Should I ...

What do you guys use?
I'm looking for something cheap. I do a lot of water changes. I have coral
and fish in two tanks totaling 75 gal and I do water changes every two to
three days

So, all my levels are good at this point in my 72 gallon bow...live
rock is doing well, as is my cleanup crew, clownfish, and PJ
cardinal.  I have one zoanthe in there, and it's thriving nicely as
well...gotten the algae issue more or less controlled, and we're

So after putting in the phosphate remover stuff, it looks like the
green algae issue is starting to depart.  For the first time today, it
looks like the snails ate more of the junk overnight than what grew.
Tested the phosphates, and they are right around 0 (there was SLIGHT

OK, so I've already reduced the photoperiod of my tank to around 8
hours a day (night lamps on the rest of the time)...and as those
who've read my stuff before know, this is a relatively new tank (I
think its about 2 months running now).  The only animal type stuff in

I was sitting in the dark watching my tank in the lunar lights, when I
noticed on the side of my tank what I thought was a 2 -3 inch piece of
white sewing thread. The more I watched it the more it moved and then
I realized it was some kind of worm. It made a "U" turn and then

OK I'm a newbie, but can someone tell me what the deal is with
Aiptasia, what makes them bad etc.

Hey guys:
I only get red slime on the side of my aquarium that gets a lot of sun from
the sky light and only on the sand bed.
The LFS suggested vacuuming it up but because the sand is so fine I've been

this is the closest image i have seen to my fish today after looking
to id it.
http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/reef_fish_photos/PORPOR_4_STC_10_03.jpg
mine doesn't have the caudal fin spot but does have the dorsal fin

Some of you had recommended a dsb for lowering nitrates and i said the lfs
told me not to. I said something about nitrogen bubbles and... well i'm a
nubee and was basically talkin' out my bottom and this is what the lfs said.
Paraphrase: They only recommend 1" of a sand bed "on ...

I took over my wife's two reef/fish tanks because she lost a couple of grand
on coral.
Turned out it was the nitrates and I pretty much fixed that problem by
cutting way down on feeding and removing the bio balls. Now I'm changing a

I was going to use a plenum system but have changed my mind.  How deep of a
DSB should I use?  Will aragamax and bahama reef sand work?
I have a 75 gal oceanic tank
Bob Goemans told me to use 2" DSB

my 6700/1000k dual 32w Sunpaq pc went out the other day on my 29gal.
i thought i would be in trouble with just the 420nm/460nm 32w actinic
running the tank, but everything still looks great after about 3-4
days, or was it 5.  i just ordered a bulb today, looks like it wont

I had two sally lightfoots but one died over the weekend.  (I'm pretty
sure it was the real thing and not an exo-skeleton.)  Question is: what
did it die from?  I think it was doing fine living off my algae and I've
been seeing them grab nori when it floats by.  Do I need to ...