I have around 65lbs of Fiji live rock I need to get rid of. It is covered in purple corraline, but has lots of aiptasia. I also have some live sand (forgot how much....50-60lbs I guess???) and a 30gallon tall tank. I'm thinking $125 for everything, but you have to pick it up!!! The rock...

in Newport Oregon. I'm posting some pics from there as well as from the Hatfield Marine Science Center. My cam is poor, please be gentle. See .binaries -- billy -- Need tech help?

Hi all, This calm came on my live rock and I'm wondering if anyone knows what sort it is, and anything else about it (i.e. is it photosynthetic?). http://home.woh.rr.com/aiinc/lrclam.jpg If you can't tell from the picture, it has large frilly things around the side of it, and a alternating black...

Has anyone been able to log on to RC today? I don't know if it is down, or the problem is on my end. thanks, Mike

Hi: I purchased a yellow cup coral, but the top surface toward the light is now green. I am using 250W MH at 10K and the coral is now placed at the bottom (18" deep) in the tanks. My other corals are doing great. Any suggestion on what to do to have it return to the bright yellow color. I...

I have a 100gal FO tank and am thinking of replacing my current wet/dry filter (which has bio-balls) with an Eiheim 2229. Is this a good move? I currrently have problems with cloudy water. If I use some ph adjuster it clears up for a while, but then clouds up again. Thanks

I have read a couple of DIY pages on canopies but I have a question about the finish inside. All the write ups I have read say to use a oil based paint on the inside but is there a certain amount of time I need to wait before using the canopy after painting? I guess I am most worried about...

Hi; Can Volcanic Rock be safely added as a base to the LR in a cycling tank ?? Thanks, Dan

I am thinking about getting one of these 6 stage RO/DI units. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=20756&item=2388913420 but want to know of peoples experiences with them. This unit doesn't have the 5 gal container or tap. it's just a filter setup.. The price looks good and...

save yourself a bunch of money and buy your Kalk at the grocery store. Kalk is Calcium Hydroxide. Sold as PICKLING LIME at the grocery store (at least in the USA it is.) "Matt" wrote in message ... I need to reoder a calcium...

I need a lot of info about fitting, running and fitting. anyone know a good website with this info. it seems the info I have is out of date and incorrect. Robin

I discovered a new creature on the glass of my tank today. It is around 20mm (3/4 inch) long. It is a pale pink/brown colour. The bottom side is like a slug or nudibranch, and it has two small antennae. It is covered in small "tentacles" or thick hairs which are pointed and covered in...

Two days ago I noticed my bubble tip had a small section of it caught in one of my powerhead filters, this filter had a green sponge in it to stop any chance of this happening, but it somehow managed to get a small section between the join of the sponge a bit of it went inside and was...

Anyone ever had a problem with small brown/grey crab with very short claws and red eyes? Came in as hitchhiker, no problems yet. It must be doing ok for itself as it has just finished moulting, (I found the empty shell, so I assume that is what happened.) I did find a body of some kind...

rec.sport.triathlon rec.sport.swimming rec.ponds rec.aquaria.marine.reefs Mail is being returned to me because it contains a virus, mail that supposedly COMES FROM ME. I looked up a few names that I'm supposedly sending infested mail to and they are on the four newsgroups that I occasionally...

I have an outbreak of red hair algae that I cannot get rid of. I think the cause is my low lighting but I can't afford new lights for at least another month. Currently I am feeding one cube of frozen food every 3-4 days to the two fish in there now and I am running a skimmer and about 500 gph of...

Any one got a quick solution removing film of scum from surface water. I have recently added 50 lbs. LR. Also I have read in books about Diatoms forming on rockwork what are these. Any help appreciated, Billy.

This question is a little bizarre. I need to know if I can use the sand from my existing mbuna cichlid tank in a reef tank as a live sand bed. I purchased a 35 gallon Sal****er tank with about 40 lbs of live rock, 3/4-1" deep coral sand (fairly coarse) that is teaming with critters. I have...

I can read the instructions on the bottle, but I'd like some input from those with experience on the need and application of this substance. 75 gal(US) FOWLR 40lbs LR 160w NO flour. 30gal sump 3 camel shrimp 2 cleaner shrimp

Do anemone crabs co-exists with clownfishes or do they need an anemone for themselves? I have one entmacea quadricolor and two maroons and considering purchase of the anemone crab. Do you think it is a good idea? Any experiences here?