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Tonight once the fish went to sleep, I did a decent water change, changing 50 to 60g worth of saltwater. I didn't measure it, it was dumped down the drain and replenished with more from the saltwater storage vessel. There's about 90g left in it at the moment.

With all of my lights off, I tested Alkalinity. Lately, it seems no matter which direction I face, the lighting from around me and the plant life outside throws off the color of the titration kit, so in a white room with ...

Over the past few days, I've lost a few corals. One was a chalice that was being consumed with brown jelly disease. I took it out, shook it off in a bucket of tank water, then dipped it in ReVive for 15 minutes. Thereafter, it was put back in the tank, with the hope that the coral would recover. Within two days, the jelly returned and ate away the rest of it. Grrr.

A couple of other less-than healthy acros went up in smoke as well. Just RTN'd. I expected to see something in ...

Last week I had the unique opportunity to visit the Lightning Maroon Clownfish in Duluth, MN. Matt Pedersen is this special fish's care giver, and he's been doing an un-enviable task to get it breeding for the past 20 months under intense pressure from hobbyists everywhere. Matt has bred a number of fish and we await yet another success story with tiny Lightning-marked fry to enter the market.

If you've been under a rock and haven't heard of this fish by now, know that it comes from ...

If you go to some of the bigger frag swaps and events, you've run into Josh (aka Gonzo). He's been selling some brightly colored frags for some time now, and I have a few as well.

http://www.gonzoscoralfrags.com/

If you see his banner, be sure to click on it and check out the latest inventory. Thank you Josh for being an RA sponsor.

During the month of December, if you sign up for Next Wave you could win a frag pack that contains these five corals:

Hollywood Stunner chalice (from DennisF)
Sunset Montipora (from David Washington)
Mixed Zoanthids, Lunar Eclipses (from Josh)
Pink Lemonade acro (from Matt)
Blue Cespistularia (from Marc)

If you've already signed up, you are already entered. You won't be left out. Anyone that registers during December is eligible to win this frag ...