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Rapid Growth or Bleaching
The active rapid growth of certain Acropora specimens can mimic bleaching and appear very similar, and it takes experience and a trained eye to determine the difference in many instances. This macro...
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Reef Suds Donates to the Coral Restoration Foundation
The Coral Restoration Foundation has been rockin’ and rollin’ in 2014, receiving generous donations from all sorts of organizations. Another company that’s making good on their promise to contribute...
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Brownbarred Goby: Sand-Sifting Species Well Suited to Aquariums
Marine aquarists looking for a sand-sifting fish to keep the top layer of their sand bed stirred often run into a dilemma. Many of the species renowned for this behavior, such as the ever-popular and...
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Reef Threads Podcast #177
The Evangelist drags her flunky along for yet another podcast about the reef-aquarium hobby. We spread the word this week about the Marine Breeders Institute workshop, phosphate removal with lanthanum...
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Coral Placement
Coral placement is as crucial to success with a captive coral reef as any parameter or piece of equiptment. Mistakes can be made when building the reef that will inhibit growth and success as time...
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A Brief History of the Saltwater Aquarium Hobby
Our hobby of keeping saltwater fish for the sole purpose of pleasure is not very old. People have been keeping fish for thousands of years, but virtually all of those fish were used as food. Asian...
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Larval Rearing of the Purple Mask Angelfish
Larval rearing trials began with the spawning of a Paracentropyge venusta pair in the summer of 2013. The first successful larval rearing trial started with a small spawn on November 13, 2013. This...
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Gems From Down Under
Australia is famous for more than kangaroos and awesome beaches. Some of the most beautiful corals in the world also live there. This unique Acropora originated from the Great Barrier Reef however...
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Giesemann Packs Robust Control Features Into New Matrix-II DIMTEC T5HO Fixtures
Giesemann is one of the few companies out there that isn’t abandoning the tried and true T5HO technology, and in fact, they are still making groundbreaking strides that keep it totally relevant in a...
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A Rise in Acidification Means a Rise in Confidence for Scientists and Fish Alike
As ocean acidification increases so does the science behind it. Researchers from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) are studying the effects of CO2 emissions near the Milne Bay reef in...
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Dozens of Huge Tridacnid Clams Seized from Vietnamese Fishermen
Here is a very troubling story out of Malaysia. According to The Star Online, a group of nine Vietnamese fishermen were arrested for illegally harvesting dozens of giant clams whose combined weight...
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EcoSmart Live App Gets Full Fledged VorTech Control
As part of the continued effort to integrate the VorTech pumps into EcoTech Marine’s EcoSmart Live system, an update to the EcoSmart Live app has been released that allows users to control their...
View ArticleReplay of The Question and Answer Session With Mr. Saltwater Tank on 4/15/2014
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A Fishy Biology Lesson From Paul
Though fish are our distant cousins, there are more differences than similarities between us. In today’s post, I’d like to explore the various characteristics that make a fish a fish—or not. Skeletal...
View ArticleVideo: Get Down And Dirty With Muck Diving Secrets
[embedded content] Informative and beautifully filmed, this Bubble Vision video focuses on the diverse and fascinating marine life of North Sulawesi’s Lembeh Strait’s, at the heart of the Coral...
View ArticleA Word From Reefs.com
It recently came to our attention that one of our writers was reposting content from other sites without giving proper credits. In our investigation we found that whole articles had been copied with...
View ArticleFincasters Episode 31 Drs. Foster and Smith Donate to Coral Restoration...
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AlgaGen’s New Live Feeds Program
Healthy reefs depend on plankton, and fresh is always best. AlgaGen recently launched its Live Feeds Program, which aims to set up culture holding systems in local fish stores across the country....
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Don’t Let the Water Flow Slow in Your Marine Aquarium
We’ve mentioned several times here at Saltwater Smarts how the output of reef aquarium lighting gradually and imperceptibly shifts away from the desired level over time. But did you know a very similar...
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Reef Threads Podcast #178
The Dragonface pipe fish that lived to 6.5 weeks. More to come from Kathy with this species.Renowned fish breeder Kathy Leahy joins us this week to talk about her long and successful history in the...
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