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Decided to use my last day of vacation to continue the Valonia cleanup of my tank, with a small video showing how I'm brute-force scraping it off the rock with a water change.

The idea is that the bubbles I eventually pop get their spores sucked into the water change.

As the video shows that is probably not 100% true as sometimes the hose's suction isn't fast enough because it's clogged with previously sucked up bubbles.

Here we go:
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'Coral Triangle' trip reveals possible new marine species

50 animal species and possibly 40 coral species appear to be new to science



Image courtesy of NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, INDEX-SATAL 2010. Bubblegum coral, or paragorgiidae, is among the potential new species encountered by the deep sea expedition.

By Jeremy Hsu ...

Now's the time to get a fresh calendar to hang up on the wall in your home, your office, your fishroom... spouses, if you are looking for a stocking stuffer, here's just the thing for your reef-obsessed significant other.

This full color 13 month calendar starts Jan 1, 2011 and runs through Jan 31, 2012.
Calendar dimensions: Opened - 11" x 17"; closed 11" x 8.5"
Printed on glossy stock, these saddle-stitched calendars are pre-drilled to hang on the wall.
$10 each ...

Is it true that you should double the size of the pipe when using a mag drive pumps? For example my mag 9.5 is threaded for 3/4in should I use 1.5in? Really confused right now.

Thanks,
Colin