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Today's the big day. For all the details and a last minute reminder for those addicts that are fortunate enough to be able to make the drive, here's the link to our RA Event Calendar:

http://www.reefaddicts.com/calendar....y=2011-4-2&c=1

I'm hoping to come home with a few more frags for my tank.

Do you know a deserving Marine Biology (or related) High School Teacher or College Instructor? We would like to hear from you. The Marine Aquarium Society of North America (MASNA) (http://www.masna.org) is giving away a Full Admission Ticket (including banquet, talks and trade show) to MACNA 2011 (www.macna2011.com) to one deserving Teacher or College Instructor along with 2 of his/her students.

MACNA XXIII (http://www.macna2011.com), Sept. 9-11, 2011 in Des Moines, Iowa is ...

I know we've not talked about this on R.A. since it isn't reef-related, but I just have to say that I'm deeply saddened by the continuing news coming from Japan regarding the massive earthquake (biggest they've ever had), the tsunami, and now the nuclear reactor plants that are basically melting down for all intents and purposes. A volcano even blew out in the past day.

I've been watching the news on CNN, and seen some videos shared via Facebook. It's frightening how quickly nature ...

Well, I had to work a lot both before and during the event, so I was tired. I was happy to see so many happy people though. We had over 300 people attend, and I got a couple of new corals. I need to post up a bunch of images, and promise too.

With the situations currently ongoing in Papua New Guinea, we've seen no livestock making it's way state side or out of the country for that matter. However there will be availability through some sources eventually, from who and where has yet to be determined, but the country is looking into the prospects and wants to see it happen.

So what's this post for then? I've been researching some of the absolutely amazing sea life coming from this area. I've really seen no other place with ...