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  1. September 18th: Annual Maintenance

    Time is short, so much to do and so little time.... once again I post about something I did almost a month ago. I almost skipped this one, but, blogs are about sharing experience and I think the pictures will be useful to teach people what NOT to do .

    Compĺeted my annual maintenance cleanup... and concluded annual is too long a period to do it .

    Before you see the pictures please mind that my refugium is lighted by a non direction compact fluorescent light, ...
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    Algae , ‎ Sump , ‎ Lighting
  2. Coral losses from MACNA - possible explanation

    While was in Des Moines during September for MACNA 23, my tank sitter contacted me to let me know the anemone was up to no good and that one of my corals had turned white. I thought it was just a little frag that was too close to the BTA, but when he sent me a picture via MMS, I nearly lost my mind. The coral was actually three in one spot, and the little frag that I thought was the victim was completely fine. Here's some of the damage.

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    Lighting