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  1. 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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  2. Next Wave is going to be here very soon.

    May 3, that's like 16 days from now. Come attend the full day event and have fun with like-minded hobbyists.

    www.dfwnextwave.com/register

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  3. At last, it's switched over (melevsreef.com)

    It took me about two years to redesign melevsreef.com, my main website that I've cared for since roughly 2002. It has helped countless people over the years, and during my travels people come up to me often thanking me for said information provided assisted them in their reefkeeping. In early 2012, I began building a new version to replace the aged website -- using a database-driven CMS (content management system) instead of HTML-code that I was so very familiar with.

    Of course while ...
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  4. Apex updated to Fusion

    For months, hobbyists have clamoured for Fusion. We learned about it in 2013, and by MACNA it was showcased to excited attendees. I attended the special Apex class Friday morning with about 75 others, and we loved what we were hearing. No more fighting network protocols, no port forwarding, no DYNDNS redirects, no email address workarounds. Fusion solved all that, and we just had to wait until November for the release.

    It took longer naturally. December rolled around and a handful ...
    Tags: apex, fusion
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    Equipment
  5. new corals need a nice friendly ID

    Well upon encouragement from Melev I am attempting SPS once again. I went to the LFS Saturday and found these specimens:

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    The above SPS is purple with small green polyps, It was next to the below acroporas but I couldn't get an ID from the LFS nor have I seen this particular growth style online yet.

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    There are actually two different acropora on this rock with a small frag of the green left ...
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