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  1. Unexpected issue with my frag tank

    The frag tank holds roughly 10g of saltwater, and the corals in there are growing bigger fighting for space. I've considered building a new one to replace this one once the 400g gets here. I don't know the date unfortunately.

    Yesterday as I was looking at the tank, I noticed that one end was floating - which it never does. The first thing I did was put some shims under the end to support the corners of the tank.

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    Updated 07-01-2013 at 06:18 PM by melev

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  2. June's Full Tank Shot

    Let's see your reefs! Take your pictures, resize them for web sharing, and post it in the reply field. You'll need to host it somewhere like Photobucket to share it in your reply.

    Here's the 215g, which is over a year old now.
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  3. It's up, it's down, it's good, it's ... not as good as it could be...

    It's been an interesting week for the reef.

    Alkalinity
    Testing alkalinity, I noticed that it was getting a little low, probably around 7 dKH rather than the normal 8 dKH. To raise it up slightly, I adjusted the pH controller from the 6.5 setting to 6.2 instead. The next day, I checked on the calcium reactor to find that nothing was coming out. Annoyed, I opened up the needle valve a quarter twist and flow resumed. The following day I checked on it again, and again no effluent. ...
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  4. Jessy gets a little bit more famous

    You've seen her on Reef Addicts, either via article, video, or blog. You heard her on our podcast. Now, you can get even more Jessy right here: http://blog.aquanerd.com/2013/05/wom...ica-timko.html

    Congratulations, Jessy. (Jessy period) That's my ex-FBGOTW, people.
  5. DFWMAS Frag Swap

    April 20, 2013 - Richardson Texas: Our club had the first frag swap of the year inside the community room of the St Barnabas Presbyterian Church on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. About 100 people or more converged on the swap to buy, sell, and trade corals.

    As previously stated, our frag swaps have come a long way from what I attended a decade ago. Gone are the tables full of small bags of water, replaced by aquariums lit with LED fixtures to showcase the abundant selections available ...

    Updated 04-21-2013 at 08:15 PM by melev

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