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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.

ok so I seem to have an issue with receding tissue on LPS corals that I have kept for years successfully. I first started noticing these issues after I lost all my sps as I have unsuccessfully raised sps since installing my bio-pellet reactor I took it offline, cleaned it, and stowed it away. The problems persisted and I thought perhaps since some bryopsis has persisted and lived in my refugium that maybe it was a cause (plus since the fuge was extremely dirty since I was having a hard time getting ...

With breeding marine fish really starting to take off in recent years, it's really about time you joined the fun. For most people, the obvious starting point is clownfish. It's easy to obtain good broodstock but spawning can take years of waiting, the babies need to start on live food, and the live food needs fed and raised just as much as the clownfish larvae.

Enter: Banggaii cardinalfish.

Easy to pair, easier to raise than clownfish, and with wild populations in possible ...

Continuing the water parameters story:

14Apr:
At night, PWC (Patrial Water Change) of 40L

16Apr:
Alk 7.4 dKH
Ca 500 ppm
Mg 850 ppm

Added 45 ml of Eco Mg, last drops in the bottle...

17Apr:
At night, added 1 cap of Purple Up (happen to have a more than half full bottle here)

19Apr:
At night, added 10ml of Elos primeline 01.alkali (Ca, Mg and Strontium)

22Apr:
Mid-day, measured and ...

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 ...