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In fact, Paletta in "The New Marine Aquarium" discribes Lymphocystis as looking like bits of cauliflower. This sounds like it but there are not photos to confirm. If it is lymphocystis then it is a self containing viral infection that is rarely fatal.

I just saw some more pics from the internet. I looks like Ich it is. Stores just closed here so tomorrow I'll buy a new tank. How big should it be? Do I need to cycle it or is it good enough to put in a piece of live rock? I have a large one that I'm not to fond of.

Dang! I have a six line wrasse that I put in the tank around 4 weeks ago 1st fish. Today I noticed a good size little cotton ball on or in his/her fin area. I have delt with fresh water ich a few times and this is about twice the size of those spots or bubbles and more cottony looking than the...

Great! Thanks for the quick reply

Hi Again, How can I tell the difference between an Astraea tecta and Turbo. They seem to be listed as 2 different species but the pics look very similiar. I go to the LFS's around here and I would say they have to same snail listed under different names depending on the store. Thanks

Nice reply! Thanks

Hi and again thanks for the help. Next question.. I have 30 gals of water with 25lbs of good quality live rock. lighting consist of 4x 24 watt T5's. In his book Tullock reccomends 3 inches of sand but the local store owners all reccomend a thin layer if any at all. I had already bought some...

Thanks for the help. The shop were I will get the live rock says it is already cured. He keeps it a tank in the bad for a few weeks before bringing it out.

I have been following Tullock's book to put together a matine aquarium, using an extra fresh water one. He essential says to put in the water wiat a day, check parameters then put in the love rock and sand. I put in the water then was called out of town for a week. Now the water parameters all...

Hi I just got me 30 gal converted tank up and running alot thanks to this group. Due to space restrictions I had to put a REd Sea prizm on the back. I have 3 maxijet 1200's hooked up to a wavemaker, and 4x24watt T5 lighting system,arcadia. I just put in water and salt and turned it on, no live...

May be this is a silly question but I am new to marine tanks. I just bought 2 MJ1200 to go with my 30 gal tank hooked up to a wave maker. The question is do I connect to air hose or leave it without? I have a prism skimmer that should help with O2ing with water. Thanks Bruce

The amount of current depends on what you want to keep, but a very general rule of thumb would be to have 10X the turnover of your tank each hour. So your tank would want 310g/hr turnover. However many tanks go well beyond this. You don't want strong direct currents. Instead you want the...

Thanks Lawdawg, Yeh it is on the glass. I was overzealous sticking a background on the inside back of my tank. The straight edge is lot iof work!

Thanks for your reply. I am bummed that I have to use the prism skimmer. It cost $200 here, Italy. A deltec is just a bit more. Maybe I can work out something with the lighting. I decided to take the filter out. now wht is the best way to remove the silicone? Bruce

Hi I would like to start with marine tanks after yrs of chiclids. I am converting first a Juwel Rio 125 (31 gallons). For light and skimmer and I cramped for space so they are the Red sea prism hang on 6 cm thick and lights are 2 18watt T8's one marine blue other white or power glo. My real...