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  1. Day 157: Things are going pretty well

    One coral in my reef turned very pale. And oddly enough, that same exact species is in two other locations and did the exact same thing. It's very light, after shedding its zooxanthellae for whatever reason. I dont know why it did it, and I'll have to see if it survives.

    Also, a branch in a birdsnest colony in the back of the reef suddenly turned white, so I checked Alkalinity first and it was 8.5 dKH. Maybe the tongue coral got it and it wasn't a water quality situation. There ...

    Updated 04-18-2014 at 11:14 AM by melev

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  2. The lunar eclipse

    I didn't post my pictures from the Blood Moon event two nights ago. This was shot with a 200mm lens.




    And this one with a 300mm lens.



    The event started just before 2 a.m. CST and I happened to check to see what the sky was like at that point. Not a cloud in sight, and I had a decent shadow in my backyard to set up the tripod ...
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