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  1. Day 102: Video of the two tanks

    My son came over while I was watching the Olympics, and took an iPhone video of the two tanks. It came out nicely, so I put it on my Youtube channel.

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    Photography/Video
  2. What dosing Reefbooster looks like (Video)

    I've been dosing Prodibio's products in my tank since February 2011. Three years, already? It's almost hard to believe.

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    I have an article abut how I dose here on ReefAddicts: http://www.reefaddicts.com/content.p...dibio-Products

    The one substance I've just not embraced is Reefbooster. It just makes me nervous, plain and simple. It's their microfood, and they highly recommend it. Every year at MACNA the owner of ...
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    Feeding
  3. More peppermints?

    More shrimp activity had me hovering around the 60g with my camera in case I could capture the actual release as it happened this time. While I watched and waited, I took a few more pictures.

    This fungia plate is part of a siamese arrangement. Two grow on the same skeleton and eventually compete for traction. This one bubbled up like this for about a week, and I had to wonder how it would play out. The day after I took this picture, this bubble was gone as was all the tissue. I have ...
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    Tank Entry
  4. Where does the power go?

    That's a good question, and any hobbyist that has been reefing for a while begins to try to figure out what the tank costs them, electricity-wise. I've done a couple of blogs pertaining to the 280g reef, found here: http://www.melevsreef.com/labels/electricity.html

    My overall estimate for the 400g is about $85 per month, but it may be worth figuring up the total wattage again now that it's 2014. My latest electric bill came in, and the graph showing usage for the past 13 months was ...

    Updated 02-19-2014 at 08:43 PM by melev

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    Electrical
  5. Day 98: A paly that doesn't necessarily live up to its name

    I have had a certain type of Palythoa in my system for years. It is nicknamed "Purple Death" but it rarely appears to be even close to what I see online. Here are some examples displayed by Googles Images.

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    Ah-mazing, right?!

    Here are mine.

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    Maybe a close-up would help...

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    And these corals are under 20,000K metal halides ...
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    Tank Entry