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  1. Sumps Presentation at SDMAS - August 7, 2013

    Here's your official invite to the San Diego Marine Aquarium Society (SDMAS) meeting next month. I'll be there talking about ... you guessed it: Sumps!

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  2. Lobophyllia changes shape.

    I've been watching my lobo change shape before my eyes over the past month. I've had this lobo for over a year, and it has always looked like half a tennis ball, shape-wise. Lately it has been flattening out for no reason that I can think of. And the top of it has begun to show traces of bleaching, just slightly. Since it is in the front left corner of the tank, I placed my hand over it to see if I could create shade, which I could. So I grabbed a piece of scrap acrylic, peeled off the film from ...
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  3. Where does PE Mysis come from? Here's an excellent video showing just that.

    It's nice to get some behind-the-scenes knowledge of one of the foods offered in our hobby.



    I hope y'all are enjoying your reef tanks and being aware of tank temperatures this time of year. Keep your babies safe.

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  4. Dichromatic Trachyphyllia

    Here's a very surprising coral recently posted by Walt Smith Int'l Fiji. Too good to be true, right?

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    Here's the link to the video on Facebook (turn your speakers down): https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v...type=2&theater

    And a bunch of images. It came out of the ocean like this; it's not some man-made merging of two colors. Neat find.


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  5. What a unique chalice

    I spotted this on Facebook today. Image by Reefkoi. Look at the size of the polyps that opened up on this Chalice coral. I read that it's from Jason Fox's collection.

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