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Reef Threads Podcast #131
Yes, we’re podcasting on Mother’s Day at no extra charge to the reef hobbyist. This week we talk about our aquarium plans, homeowner’s insurance, fish-cost perspective, and maricultured/wild vs. tank-raised coral. Download the podcast here, or subscribe to our podcasts at iTunes. Also, follow us on Twitter at reefthreads.—Gary and Christine … More:
CORAL Featured Video: Shane Canellis’ SPS Reef
Here’s a very nice SPS reef with thriving corals in a 4x2x2 footprint. (Approximately 120 gallons or 450 L, 120 x 60 x 60 cm.) Interesting sound track is a bonus. Credit: Shane Canellis | YouTube “You can find more info on the tank at www.masa.asn.au Profile ssbk23. ” MORE: CORAL Featured Video: Shane Canellis’ SPS Reef… More:
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Tagged canellis, coral excerpt, corals, credit, interesting, reef video, shane-canellis, sps reef aquarium, support, Tank
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Reef Threads Podcast #128
Seven days have passed and we’re back with another podcast. This week we talk about Dory and feedback we received from Ret Talbot, Kris Moore’s tank, the Bay Area Reefer meeting, Christine’s next talk, MASNA scholarships, eating lion fish, and fish-only tanks. Download the podcast here, or subscribe to our podcasts at iTunes. Also, follow us on Twitter at reefthreads.—Christine and Gary … More:
A Modern Guide to Buying Seahorses
Are you considering purchasing seahorses but are unsure of where to start or afraid they are too difficult? Seahorses do need a specialized setup, but are not nearly as hard to keep as they once were. Advances in breeding have given us seahorses that are fully adapted to life in the aquarium. This buying guide covers what every aquarist needs to know about purchasing healthy seahorses before making that leap. More: A Modern Guide to Buying Seahorses… More:
Terrible Advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues): The Instant Nuisance Algae Fix
Terrible Advice Tuesdays: If you’ve got a nuisance algae problem, raise your pH and it will go away.
The rest of the story: I’m not convinced low pH causes nuisance algae problems and I’m certainly not convinced raising your tank’s pH will magically solve the problem. If you’ve got an algae problem you’ve not a nutrient problem. Low pH, high pH, if you’ve got nutrients you’re very likely going to have nuisance algae. Spend your time fixing the nutrient problem and forget about your pH.
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Tagged algae problems, nuisance algae, nutrients, rest of the story, Tank
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Terrible Advice Tuesdays (TOT): More Hermits, Less Fish?
Terrible advice Tuesdays: Hermit crabs add to your bioload. Therefore, you should limit the number of hermit crabs you have in your tank so you can have more fish.
The rest of the story: Hermit crabs likely add some (emphasis on some) amount to the bioload to your tank as they do produce some waste. However, the amount of waste hermit crabs produce is small…very, very small. Therefore, don’t worry about the bioload from hermit crabs reducing the number of fish you can keep in your tank.
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Polyp Lab Trials: Reef-Roids
Recently I was asked to use and review a couple of products that are manufactured by Polyp Lab, a marine aquarium supplement manufacturer that is located to the north, in Canada and according to their “About Us” page found on the web site, create products for the advanced aquarist and are ” (a team which is) perpetually working on new products. (Being hobbyists ourselves) with backgrounds in marine biology and aquaculture, we have the means to bring cutting edge innovations to your reef.” Personally I had not heard of Polyp Lab before I was asked to try out the products, or if I had I hadn’t paid attention to them. So when the two bottles of product arrived I was a bit skeptical. Considering I had no idea what was coming I thought it a good idea to do some background checking. When I read the claims of the excellence of Reef-Roids I could not wait to get some in the tank.… More:
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Tagged clams, color, Coral, filter feeders, food, growth, LPS, polyp labs, reef, Reef roids, sps, Tank, target feed, turkey baster
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Throw In Delivery And We Have A Deal!
If you’re like me, you often wake up with a stiff back from sleeping with a wad of $4.9 million burning a hole in your pocket. Life is rough, am I right? It’s hard coming up with ideas as far as what to spend that kind of money on. Maybe I could spend a few bucks on someone that could follow me around all day and do all my thinking for me. Or I could just call the master of the frivolous wastes of money, Stuart Hughes and let him come up with some fantastic ideas!… More:
Posted in Equipment, Eye Candy, Funny, Industry, Opinion, Tanks
Tagged Aquavista, Bling, Dinosaur Gold Edition, Equipment, Panorama Tank, Stuart Hughes, Tank
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Sneak Peak of the New Bigger Fluval Edge
The original Fluval Edge was a small 6 gallon that came with some big ideas in the way of design. These small tanks brought a gravity defying, new aged look to the aquarium world, but were missing a few features that us reef keepers would like to see. Today Fluval released a shot of their new, bigger Fluval edge, and hopefully with that size will come some refinement that will make these into reef ready aquariums. There doesn’t seem to be any word yet on size, price or release date, but I’m sure details won’t be far behind this photo. … More:
