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Well, after a little less than a week (did I mention that I was impatient?) I appear to be the proud parent of brown algae. Yay! I had originally bought only 45# of live rock from my LFS for my 60g tank. Both my wife and I agreed that it looked kind of empty, but we couldn't afford the prices at...

Hi, Does anybody have any opinion on power compact T5's as apposed to linear T5 lighting ? In the UK power compact T5 equipment is much cheaper than standard T5 tubes, which one is better ? Any help would be really appreciated as my tank is coming along well and I want to go to the next level...

I bought a pile of live rock that had been left outside. Temperature below freezing. Is it likely that all critters are dead? Thanks.

Hi All, Noticed in my smaller reef tank in the last month or so that i have what look like cobwebs between some of the rocks, they are not coral feeding strings since on a good number of the rocks there are no corals nearby. They are all strings rather than webs, notice them more when i have a...

On June1 hubby bought me an open brain coral as anniversary gift. It was oval and had 2 mouths. The pink outer ring has been slowly closing into a figure 8. It now stays into the figure 8 and the outer ring is touching. Another (third) lobe is forming. Today I looked closer and there is a...

I added the live rock yesterday. The ammonia was .25 before I added the rock, and jumped to 1.0 after adding it. I haven't tested yet today, but I'm sure it's on the way up. PH was stable, as was salinity and the skimmer has just started to produce foam (although very weakly at this point). The...

I needed to make up more "fish mush" so on my food shopping trip yesterday I bought fresh scallops, squid, clams, flounder, shrimp and smelts for the mixture. Plopped it into the food processor, whirled it, bagged it and froze it. During the processing my husband walked into the kithcen. Hubby -...

I have read some of the discussions about whether to use a glass cover between your lights and the water surface. I have added a PC fixture to my 29gal and have the fixture sitting on egg crate which sits on top of the tank. This fixture has a plexiglass pane which I was thinking about removing...

As an environmental specialist for the DOH of Florida, I was issuing permits for Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems (OSTDS) on households. While the state struggled to lower the parameters of sewage to an optimum 10 BOD, 10 TSS, 10 N and 1 P (units in ppt) for each sample, they never...

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 have a rock ( flower ) anemone that is white with green tips. I have been feeding it once a week with a mixed frozen fish food - it has some clams in it. I've had it a couple of months and it appears healthy - closes down on the food immediately.. Is this frequent enough? I've heard they...

Anybody could advise in choosing good source of live sand for DSB ? I am not talking about the wet sand available in LFS. I am talking about live sand shipped directly from the ocean. What would be a good place to buy sand rich in variety of critters?

Good evening fellow reefers, I'm setting up a sump/refugium. I can place the skimmer in the sump or leave it on the tank. (Aqua C Remora Pro) Where is the skimmer more effective: Sump, Main Display or it doesn't matter ? TIA !!! Chris

Here is a pic of the newest addition! Free too! It came in on a zoanthoid rock I ordered. I've been feeding it mysis and scallop pieces. http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b3/xercesjpf/DSC01898.jpg High res photo in my album here (new pics are on page...

Well, I spent the past week with relatives about 200 miles from here, so the tank had plenty of time to "settle down". (For those joining late, the tank contains live rock & sand, and one mantis shrimp; no little vertebrates yet.) The first thing I noticed when I arrived home was a slurping...

I notice when I get new Mushrooms they stay closed up for a day or forever in some cases. My question is most stores have lights way above the tanks. I am wondering if when they are put in my tank which the distance from my power compacts is close to the surface if it might be a problem. I just got...

A few months back several of you replied to a post I made asking for skimmer recommendations, and the majority recommended ASM, Aqua C, or Euro Reef. All these appear to be in-sump designs. Because I bought a wet-dry system (which will now only be used as a sump) when I bought the tank, I don't...

Well, guys, the tank is for up for sale now, anybody live near vista/san diego california or close enough to drive come take a look. 60 gal reef tank, 6 years established. about 100lb live rock, 30lbs marine sand, 20lbs aragonite in 6 gal refugium sump, 4x40w no's, 2 fish, many live rock,...

Wolf, You should know better than to abuse rec.aquaria.marine.reefs by attaching all those photos. And they are pathetic photos at that. Wayne Sallee Wayne's Pets wolf wrote on 12/27/2005 11:12 AM: