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I have to say that I had an awesome time at Macna. I only saw a few Reef Addicts while I was there but I saw many great speakers and learned a bunch.

My view from the hotel and the Chase building that seem to be exited about LED's. The whole time I wanted to go buy an Ipad for some reason





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I have been neglecting my build thread on here because I have been so busy! First with the winter season making my business pick up, then MACNA (WHICH RULED!!!), then family reunions and all kinds of crazy nonesense. Unfortunately, this also means that I have been neglecting my 180 gallons build . But the last two nights have been filled with work and setting the tank up. Here are some photos of the tank with my home built canopy which still needs painted ...

Thought that I would share the latest from the rebuild. I'm almost done with the acrylic work, and let me tell you, it's been fun to make various components now that I have the skills.

I needed to mount my lighting fixture to the canopy, and the stands that came with the LED fixture were not suited to my tank. There was also no way to suspend the fixture. I wanted to devise a way to mount the fixture to the canopy, yet not have it attached to the lid. I don't want the fixture shining ...

Ask if anyone is using ecotech radion light on there reef tank, if anyone is which light spectrum is working best for your reef tank?

Great Barrier Reef Has Lost Half of Its Coral in the Last 27 Years

ScienceDaily (Oct. 2, 2012) — The Great Barrier Reef has lost half its coral cover in the last 27 years. The loss was due to storm damage (48%), crown of thorns starfish (42%), and bleaching (10%), according to a new study published in theProceedings of the National Academy of Sciencesby researchers from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) in Townsville and the University of Wollongong.Share This:112See ...