I have no experience maintaining reef aquariums, although I have done fish only marine tanks for awhile with much success (Never any problem with diseases). My question is this: Is it possible to find adequate lighting for marine aquariums in hardware stores? I have heard of people from...

I have no experience maintaining reef aquariums, although I have done fish only marine tanks for awhile with much success (Never any problem with diseases). My question is this: Is it possible to find adequate lighting for marine aquariums in hardware stores? I have heard of people from...

I have a large hepatus tang which loves snacking on the algal film I scrape from the front/side glass. Is it unique to my fish or your tangs do the same ? Maybe mine is extremelly hungry? But its belly is round...

Hi Guys I will appreciate if some one could help. I have to get a new house and I am not sure which water system to buy. Water is hard in my area. I am thinking of buying a water softener system but I am concerned about the salt. And also I am not sure if reverse osmosis is the right choice....

Hi Guys I will appreciate if some one could help. I have to get a new house and I am not sure which water system to buy. Water is hard in my area. I am thinking of buying a water softener system but I am concerned about the salt. And also I am not sure if reverse osmosis is the right choice....

2 goldys? Man I do that before breakfast! I rationalise my killing by breeding. As long as ya keep the karmic ballance in favour of births rather than deaths all is well. Besides it's almost spring which means goldy spawns which mean culls to ensure people only get the best culls = deaths by the...

Hello, I bought a second hand "Dupla ph Control" (old type), ofcourse without a manual. I think I figured out how this works, but when I try calibrating with PH4 I cannot get the PH control below PH5. I must be doing something wrong!

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2006/8/review2 -- Boomer If You See Me Running You Better Catch-Up Former US Army Bomb Technician (EOD) Member; IABTI, NATEODA, WEODF, ISEE & IPS

Just a simple question... I am cycling a 15 gallon nano tank. For the first couple of months, I just let it run without anything in it, and then I added two mollies. But the water never has lost it's whitish,cloudy look to the water. I have crushed coral for a substrate. Now that I have added...

Robert Fenner's "The Conscientious Marine Aquarist" has a photo of an hang-on, airstone-driven, counter-current skimmer, fed by a siphon from the tank with a powerhead returning the water. He does not mention the brand. Anyone have any idea who makes it? George Patterson Coffee is only a...

Hi, I am new at sal****er. I have been trying to gather the things I need but I am not sure all the items I need. sofar I have a 70gal tank with stand and canopy and a Jager200watt heater, Coral life 48 inch aqualight T5. from what I understand I need test kits, filter, protein skimmer. other...

Hi Can anyone tell me how i would go about removing the internal filter from a Juwel 180 tank? It is attached to the tank with sillicon. Thanks.

About 6 months ago I started my 130gal sal****er aquarium - I was a newbie then and still am. I originally populated it with about half a dozen fish which all died in the first 3 months. I think my problem was I bought fussy fish which are not easy to keep in a non established system I now have...

I want to invite everyone to join our Reef Aqaurium forum at http://www.livingreefs.com . We have been up and running for over a year now. Its a great friendly community.

* wrote, On 8/16/2006 4:41 PM: How about alt.binaries.aquaria, closest I could find on-topic. :) Thanks! Cindy Ahh my crappy server don't cary it lol how about a.b.pictures?

Hello, I am re-setting up a 180g tank. I put new substrate and put the live rock I had back in it. It has been running for 2 months with one fish (Big Eye) and 24 hermits, 24 snails. I am seeing white fuzzy blobs growing on 4 pieces of live rock. I am not sure if these are sponges or...

Where did you put the photos? I don't have alt.binaries.pictures.nature in my list of newsgroups. let me know one you do have and I'll post them there. Heck I could put them in a.b.test if you want. Wally I'm sorry to say that around here I've seen nice rock going for about $15lb and on avrage...

Hey everyone. let me first declare my status as a noob reefkeeper. I decided to switch my FOWLR tank over to a reef system a few months ago. I currently have a 20g tank, aqualight 130W PC lunar light hood, maxijet 1200 power head, a secondary powerhead, CPR backpak 2r skimmer (with rio 600...

How about alt.binaries.aquaria, closest I could find on-topic. :) Thanks! Cindy Ahh my crappy server don't cary it lol how about a.b.pictures?

Advanced Aquarist: August Issue is Now Online! Fellow Marine Aquarists, For those that don't check the website religiously on the 15th we are pleased to announce the release of the August 2006 issue of Advanced Aquarist's Online Magazine. Remember to check back here each month on the 15th for our...