AIMS (Australian Institute of Marine Science) CORAL SEARCH BACK ONLINE?! LINK & LOVE If you hadn’t taken notice, the old Coral Search identification site has been down for quite some time, but it now seems to be back in a new and improved version! Forgive me if this is old news (!!!), but I was [...]
December 2, 2008
Been a while since any update on my tank, so … A few changes in the last couple months, well, all changes but water changes . I switched out the Iwasaki 50K bulb in favor of a Radium 20K. I like this bulb as well, and will stick with rotating the Ushio 14K, Iwasaki 50K [...]
January 9, 2008
What better way to blow some of my Christmas bonus than on more stuff for an aquarium?… Yeah, that’s what I thought too… Tank lights are off early tonight for… this: and these: And after those little guys get used to the tank, I’ll add this to the mix: The Vortech, yeah. I’m going to [...]
December 14, 2007
For the last 3 evenings after dosing the Ultra, I’ve noticed mesenterial filaments from my acro, something I’ve rarely witnessed before. From what I remember in coral biology classes, it can be a normal feeding reaction, or elsewhere in the spectrum, defensive. Given the circumstances and idea behind the products (i.e. feeding coral in low [...]
November 27, 2007
David Saxby’s reef tank is out of this world. Check the video on Youtube. From TOTM Article on UltimateReef David Saxby’s tank has become a thing of legend, featured in magazines and on television it is understandable that it commands such attention, now, UltimateReef is very proud to be amongst those that have witnessed this [...]
October 31, 2007
When I started this blog I took shots of some frags to compare growth over time. I went back to compare top that image, and unfortunately, a) the image of the frags is small and not clear b) I can’t find the originals from the camera. So, I’ll start fresh. Here’s a pic. More to [...]
October 8, 2007
Dosed a vial of bioptim, per my schedule. This is only the 2nd addition of bioptim, since I’m starting with a 3 week schedule of it. Walked up to the tank a couple hours after I added it, and I am seeing polyp extension on a certain acro that I have never seen fully extended. [...]
January 13, 2009
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