Decided to use my last day of vacation to continue the Valonia cleanup of my tank, with a small video showing how I'm brute-force scraping it off the rock with a water change. The idea is that the bubbles I eventually pop get their spores sucked into the water change. As the video shows that is probably not 100% true as sometimes the hose's suction isn't fast enough because it's clogged with previously sucked up bubbles. Here we go: ...
'Coral Triangle' trip reveals possible new marine species 50 animal species and possibly 40 coral species appear to be new to science Image courtesy of NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, INDEX-SATAL 2010. Bubblegum coral, or paragorgiidae, is among the potential new species encountered by the deep sea expedition. By Jeremy Hsu ...
Updated 12-15-2010 at 04:34 AM by melev
Now's the time to get a fresh calendar to hang up on the wall in your home, your office, your fishroom... spouses, if you are looking for a stocking stuffer, here's just the thing for your reef-obsessed significant other. This full color 13 month calendar starts Jan 1, 2011 and runs through Jan 31, 2012. Calendar dimensions: Opened - 11" x 17"; closed 11" x 8.5" Printed on glossy stock, these saddle-stitched calendars are pre-drilled to hang on the wall. $10 each ...
Updated 12-15-2010 at 03:03 AM by melev
Is it true that you should double the size of the pipe when using a mag drive pumps? For example my mag 9.5 is threaded for 3/4in should I use 1.5in? Really confused right now. Thanks, Colin