I've just got some live rock from two different local suppliers and both batches I have lots of little tiny white critters, too small to even see what they are they scuttle around on the rock, then there was another guy about 3mm long that looks like a tiny shrimp, but i'm not sure, and he ate one...

Seems I have a bristle worm in my tank, orange at either end and black in the middle section saw it crawling across a piece of live rock and into a hole, not seen him since. Now some places I read these are bad things and you should try and get rid of them, others say they are good and you should...

I added a page to my Sal****er site with an ID chart and a little movie. http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/e/x/exk7/Sal****erStuff/NewSal****er/Sal****erID.html Be sure to get the whole url clicked. I'm very open to suggestions. So far, I'm finding the ease of caring for a 55 gallon tank rather...

When I saw a few spots, clearly not ich, on my Kole Tang I was advised to get a cleaner shrimp, so I got a Peppermint and the Tang was clear in a couple days. Just a coincidence, I was sure. Then this morning I saw my pseudochromis shimmying wantonly in front of the shrimp and, unbelievable to...

Here we go, plumbing experts... Reading about R/O membranes I figured out my tap water pressure (30-40 PSI) is not good enough to get good R/O performance. So I picked up the demand/delivery pump from Aquatec (DDP5800) with automatic pressure switch set to 60 PSI. I have installed it today and I...

i have a brazilian flameback angel in a 180 gal. with lots of rock, crevices,caves. i picked up a potter's angel 3 wks. ago and it is in a 37 gal. i want to add it to the big tank. btw-- other fish a flagfin angel, lamarck angel 3 stripe...

Hi Ajay, Your 20K MH's are fine provided they are a big enough wattage, you need a total of about 1,000watts with a metal halide every 2' along the length of the tank, metal halides have a foot print of about 4' square i.e. 2'x2', your anemones will have died from lack of light intensity and...

Have you checked your source water for heavy metals? I think you had better switch to RO.. wrote in message news:A4D8B12F81D53E4E740B697@shawnews... We've got a lot to deal with these days. Terrorism, Recession, Weather and more. It's all got me concerned. ...

Brilliant! Mark

has anyone got one of these that works and how did you manage it. mine's sump mounted and with 10Gallon fortnightly waterchanges I cannot keep the nitrates under control. I fed the tank twice or three times a week a bit of flake and the odd bit of frozen brineshrimp. seems a lot harder to...

My new tank with its live rock is doing good apart from the PH has dropped to about 7.8 will it go back up as the tank cycles or do I need to do anything ?

Check on my 100 gal tank and found that the water is very cloudy and it appears to be coming from the Astraea snails - many are stacked into clumps. Is this a bad thing? Should I change some of the water?

Can you reduce the frequency and percentage of water changes through the clever use of supplements? If so, are there any general guidelines? What supplements are recommended for a mixed tank (fish, corels, shrimps, anemone, etc)? If you get the supplementation right, is it possible to do away with...

Hello Group ! I've had a Yellow Tang for 5 years -- since I've set up my FO. It is now showing Lateral Line -- I think. White area around the head. It is very big -- approx 3.5 dia. I've been feeding Seaweed select = Julian Sprung Algae etc foreevr. - Still eats well but beginning to scratch at...

in december I had started a 72gal Bow Reef. Sadly I am needing to sell this set up asap. It presently has 90lbs live rock. Cherry stand and canopy, 4X96watt power compact lights, red sea skimmer, 10gal sump. I am in the arlington va area, I also have pictures if interested. In the interest of...

I noticed tonight that they are selling really nice ones in the hardware department at Wal-Mart.. CW

How high should I suspend my set of 36" PC 96W lights on my 50G FOWLR+very few easy corals? I want to maximize UV/Light, but minimize heat on the glass tank cover. Is 12" (1 foot) too high? Thanks

I have a 120gal. tank which I have yet to setup (72x18x24). I've been reading this news group for about 2 months now and I am trying to get a feel as to what I should do. My tank is used and has 4 holes drilled in (2 on each side). Here is what I plan to do; 250lbs. of live rock and a 4 inch...

Due to work commitments, we are unable to take a long vacation this summer so are planning a series of short breaks instead (e.g. long weekends). We have a 50g reef tank, fish and inverts, lots of LR, 9 months established, very stable. Fish normally get fed once a day (frozen food) - no fussy...

We have had a banded corel (boxer) shrimp for about 6 months and he has been a great member of the community, growing steadiy to about 3 inches in body length with about a 10-12 inch feeler span (that's a guess). Recently, though, he has started lunging at the fish as they swim close by and has...