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    VIDEO: Coral Restoration Nursery Opens on Oahu

    Worth the 6 minutes to watch it. VIDEO: Coral Restoration Nursery Opens on Oahu
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    Study Finds Herpes-Like Virus May Cause Coral Bleaching

    Yet another things causing coral bleaching in Australia and other parts of the world: Viral Infection Linked To Coral Reef Deaths: Study Finds Herpes-Like Virus May Cause Coral Bleaching
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    A Fresh Look at the RLSS Wavepuck in Pre-Production

    Did you guys see this new pump that's not out on the market yet? Looks promising! A fresh look at the RLSS Wavepuck in pre-production
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    Video: Some Good News About the Florida Reef Tract

    Dr. David Vaughan gives some good news about the Florida Reef Tract and it's coral. It's worth the watch! A Coral Reef Revival
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    Jebao Gyre pump knock-off surfaces as Jecod ‘Cross-Flow Wave Pump’

    Jebao Gyre pump knock-off surfaces as secod ‘Cross-Flow Wave Pump’
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    Healing the Ocean with a Garden of Coral

    Short interesting video: Healing the Ocean with a Garden of Coral
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    The Most "Intense" Way to Grow Chaetomorpha

    This is a pretty good idea! Kind of like an algae turf scubber, ATS, and refugium in one: The Most "Intense" Way to Grow Chaetomorpha I have an old UV sterilizer that I don't use. I'll have tos ee if I can convert it to something like this and run a T5 down the center.
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    Sunscreen Killing Coral Reefs

    Yet another potential issue: Report: Sunscreen Killing Coral Reefs
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    The First Captive Bred Yellow Tangs

    The Oceanic Institute of Hawaii Pacific University bred the first ever yellow tangs: https://www.facebook.com/coralmagazine/posts/10153716789152767
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    Higher Nitrate Tanks and SPS?

    I've been seeing threads where people have asked how to raise their nitrates or that people have decided to do it. Is there some new finding that SPS like tanks with some nitrates? If so, lead me to them. I've been striving to keep mine nitrate free and at this time, I'm not going against what...
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    Lanthanum Chloride for Phosphate Removal

    Just saw this product: http://www.melevsreef.com/catalog/blue-life-usa-phosphate-rx then found this article: http://www.coralmagazine-us.com/content/foiling-phosphate I'm running 0 phosphates according to Hanna's Low Range Phosphate Checker but maybe this will help others.
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    Revealed: Why Some Corals Are More Colourful than Others

    An interesting article: Revealed: why some corals are more colourful than others
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    Potassium Dosing

    I did a bunch of research the last few days and thought I'd share my results along with documenting my findings. I checked my potassium, K, level using the Salifert Potassium test kit. It's pretty easy to use and very easy to see the color change. From what I've found, it's rather accurate as...
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    Banggai Cardinals - Thanks Reefwise!

    I wanted to get some schooling fish. I've tried chromis and they seem to beat each other up until there's just one left. I didn't want anthias for the same reason. I ended up stopping by Reefwise today and they had these 5 awesome captive bred Banggai Cardinals. I take horrible photos but...
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    Small Nightware to Reef Tank While on Vacation

    So, yesterday, I got back from a week's vacation in the Dominican Republic and I put my trust in someone with no aquarium experience. Wow, that was a mistake. Looking back at the history of my Apex, things appear to have gone bad 3 days after I left, 5 days before I got back When I got home, I...
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    Back from Dominican Republic

    I just got back from a trip to the Dominican Republic. I snorkeled off a bay in the town of Sosua. We were in 27 feet of water and you could see the bottom just as if the depth was 2 feet. Someone had stolen the coral I.D. chart from the boat but what I think I saw were staghorn acropora, huge...
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    New Approach to Battle Nuisance Mushroooms

    I've been plucking off mushroom from the rocks and unfortunately, sometimes on my acros, in my display tank. Here's my arsenal of tools. That keeps them away for a month or two. I had a rock, however, where I never was able to do a good job because the rock is so porous. When I try to pluck...
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    Menard with a Riptide Prototype

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wtRRvTChek0&list=UU8pK_mdxWehaU5nflOtUKfw
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    My Algae Turf Scrubber, ATS, Build

    I doubled my water volume and my acros lost a lot of color. I even lost a few colonies. I started to read up on Algae Turf Scrubbers, ATS, and decided to pull the plug and build one. From my research, I've found three versions: horizontal, vertical and upflow. For me, the vertical made the most...
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    20K Lokani Plancement?

    Anyone have good color with their 20K Lokani? I have mine under 250 watt MH's with Ushio 20K's and if it's up high or near the sand bed, it lost all it's color. Where are you placing yours?
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