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  1. The beautiful Mantis Shrimp

    ... has made it into comic format. Who would have expected that? Enjoy - it's funny.

    http://theoatmeal.com/comics/mantis_shrimp

    And speaking of humor, I saw this recently and had to share it with y'all.

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    In other news, I came home with two corals from Sea World last weekend. I was speaking at Capital City Coral Corral, in Austin Texas. I saw the corals and was excited to know they were grown at Sea World San Antonio. ...
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    Humour
  2. Had a new LFS come do some maintenance

    I decided to test a new LFS that recently opened in the neighborhood, http://www.danisfish.com.br. The guys seem nice and knowledgeable, they have a good set of products for sale, and they are very close, which always helps. In fact, they're the closest LFS to my home.

    So I hired them to do a one time tank maintenance, involving general cleanup of pumps, glass, scraping algae off rocks (only a small patch left), doing a partial water change and measuring water parameters. You might ...
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    Tank Entry , ‎ Water Chemistry
  3. Update on my 150g reef

    so i decided to plunge into the world of LED. i was a long time anti-LED guy as i came from the old school of MH and T5.
    i will be running a 4 foot vertex sr260, as of now im running as is with just white, blue, royal blue leds. i plan on buying the multi color add on pucks later. at the moment i have it 50% white and 60%blue and 65% royal blue. i am running cloud simulator and lightning also on random.
    the light is a BEAST very powerful and the build quality is the best ive seen and ...
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    Lighting , ‎ New Additions
  4. Can you over skim a reef aquarium?

    I am still in the middle of purchasing equipment for my 195 build, and also moving in with my girlfriend. I have a 195 gallon DT and in basement I will be having a
    48 x 24 x 18 tall sump working with about 50 gallon constant capable of holding 85 gallons along with a separate 90 gallon as a Refugium. I am planning on purchasing a super reef octopus 6000 ext protein skimmer, used for tanks up to 600 gallons. Would I be safe or would I be over skimming? If I am over skimming would that be ...
  5. April 1, 2013 - fun for most

    Following the online reports of what April Fools Day pranks were playing out, I was entertained by a number of well-designed featurettes. Google had two today, Google Nose and Google Treasure Map. Vimeo became Vimeow, a website for all those cat videos you need to see. YouTube announced that by midnight the site was going to stop accepting new videos, and the staff would spend time determining the best video ever uploaded over the past eight years. Then there was George Takei's announcement ...
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    Humour