It's been just talk for me for years but today I finally went from talking to acting. I went to my L.F.S. and with a big wad of cash I bought all my toys for my soon to be reef tank set-up. The advice from the guy at the L.F.S. seemed to be complete. We talked for over an hour about...

Over the last few months, I have been getting LOTS of small white feather dusters growing over most of my live rock. Is this a GOOD sign, bad sign or what? What should I do? I do like them, if it makes any differeance, I just am not sure if I should be concerned. I do have several peices of coral...

Let's say you have a budget of $700.00 to spend on lighting and you wanted a 48" "hood" with 300 - 500 watts of light (MH). What would you get if you wanted to keep clams and other "light demanding" creatures? Also, if you were to get PC supplimentation, would it reduce that "rippling" effect...

What's to be gained? Have all the ramf posters on this list done something very wrong to cause such vengeance? Is it just someone off his meds reaching out into the great bland defenceless void of newsgroups, a shooter of sitting ducks? It's more sad than annoying, such an impotent hobby, the...

Really creepy. The huge coral-banded shrimp shed his skin in its entirety, and the empty thing is still moving! The real live fresh shrimp is in his cave, within sight of this ghost. It really is weird looking. Ruth Kazez

Here's an interesting photo of a toadfish that I made recently. This little guy lives in an aquarium at our local science museum. He was right up against the glass for a great photo opportunity :) http://jmsetzler.dpcprints.com/18526 John Setzler Hickory, North Carolina http://www.setzler.net

I bought a simple (but big) condy long tentacle anemone. It was wide open for about a week but moved around a lot, not attaching to anything. It's been a couple of months now and it's still alive, but just not taking in as much water as it could and still not attaching. The tentacles are really...

If you use a lower rated bulb it will light. Then it will shut off when it overheats, then it will re light again, and restart the cycle... after a while it will burn out the ballast and the bulb more than likely, I never let one run that way for long enough to see first hand. Once had an...

I installed a new sump two weeks ago. It restes in a custom box made by US Plastics. I feel very slight moisture around the back corner where the return line goes in but can not say it is actually leaking. The tank is in a large room, I run 1 150w and 2 250w bulbs about 10 and 8 hours. The...

Hello; The acrylic shield in my light fixture (Coralife Aqualight) has scuffs and scratches in it that can't be removed with water and household cleaners. Can anyone recommend how to remove them? Or if I should just go ahead and replace it, is there a particular type of acrylic that is best for...

I have been in the SW hobby for a few years now and things seem to be going well. My wife has been bugging me about starfish and I was wondering if there were any good small reef safe starfish available? My tank is a 25 gal flatback hex with a 10 gallon sump and numerous softies and sps.

I have, intermittently, had corals react very poorly to water changes, to the point of actually having some dieback. I have made sure that the temperature, salinity, etc. are all within proper limits. I also do the water changes in a matter of minutes so the pumps are not off for long at...

I am new to setting up a salt water tank and have doing some reading. I just bought a filter (Millennium 3000) it has ajustable impellair aeration (venturi action), can anyone explain what this is, and what benefits I would get from using it in my tank? Thanks for the help in advance, AK P.S. I...

When monitoring pH in a fish tank with a regular glass electrode how often do you clean/calibrate it? How long can single electrode last before you need to replace it for a new one? What about ORP?

he should find a spot he likes as long as no powehead or the such sucks him up first. feeding silversides is the best with deli shrimp next IMO. brine shrimp aren't large enough to appeal to the anemone and I don't really think he could catch enough of them to feed himself. kc "news"...

Fellow reefkeepers, Reefs.org is currently conducting several charity auctions to help raise funds to the upcoming Inland Reef Salt Study. More information about the Salt Study can be found at http://reefs.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=38052 . Here is a sample listing of the current auctions taking...

Currently I have: 1 percula 2 hermits 1 sifter snail 1 horned snail 20 lbs LR 1 coral stripe shrimp?? Today I added an urchin, a bubble anemone and another percula and rearranged

i know this is in the wrong area but if you are in connecticut and want to buy all my live rock plus please go to this address : rec.aquaria.marketplace

Hello, I'm looking to start my fist salt tank and was thinking 1 of 2 options I have an extra 75 gallon that is one choice, it has an Emperor 400 bio wheel filter and a 2 x 40watt light, and a 300 watt heater, but I would have to buy anything else it needs (more light? skimmer, UV lamp, another...

The Blue Linkea is probably too big for a 29 gallon tank, but I wonder if even a little orange or red one is as strong as it appears and might topple my somewhat delicately balanced rocks. I don't know if you can tell from this photo that I have many small live rocks as well as a few big ones. ...