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Reef Fire
Tweet My latest project is to learn how to keep/grow azooxanthellate corals. It’s an extra commitment to feed enough and maintain the water quality, two things that usually work against each other. I’m at almost two months with my first … Continue reading
Posted in Photos
Tagged azooxanthellate, dendronephthya, non-photosynthic coral, Scleronephthya
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Saturday Cinema
Tweet A 30-sec. moment of relaxation watching my torch coral’s tentacles wave in the current.—Gary
Reef Threads Podcast #3
Tweet Reef Threads Podcast #3 is now available. You can download it here. If you right click on the link, you should have an option to save it to your computer. We have a wide range of subjects in this … Continue reading
Posted in Podcasts
Tagged cleanup crews, coral breeding, minimalist aquascaping, nuisance algae, power outages, reef jewelry, reef restoration
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Delicate polyps
Tweet This gorgonian photo is one of my favorites. It’s from an aquarium maintained by Beth Garrity (RC name Peka), a talented seahorse breeder in the Chicago area. Beth has several gorgonians that do well in her tanks because of … Continue reading
Monday Movie: Find the disappearing duster
Tweet This is part of the feather-duster colony in one of the aquariums at the Student Union at Penn State Univ. Watch closely to see one of the dusters disappear.—Gary
Reef Threads Podcast #2
Tweet Our second podcast is ready for listening. You can download it here. Several interesting thread topics this week. We start off with an article from Aquarium Fish International, entitled “Fish: Eating Their Way to Better Health. The article appears … Continue reading
Posted in Podcasts
Tagged dry rock, fish nutrition, heat, live rock, micro-sized frags, Noteworthy Tanks, salt
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Friday Flick
Tweet Check out this fascinating time-lapse movie offered at Reef Builders. Also be sure to watch the other linked movies in the thread. Click here.–Gary
Manus
Tweet An “educational” video on coral anatomy and food consumption from the ReefStock AllStars. Enjoy–Gary
Euphyllia Heaven
Tweet I traveled to Tampa earlier this year and had a chance to visit the Coral Corral. It’s a great store with a very impressive display. One of my favorite areas in the 600-gal. aquarium is a corner filled with … Continue reading
Monday Movie
Tweet A small part of my Scleronephthya azooxanthellate coral getting jerked around in the current. The movement in the background is my fish grabbing food meant for the corals.–Gary