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After many months of planning, Next Wave was another good show. Attendees made it a point to hear each of the four speakers throughout the day on May 3, 2014. I ran my booth all day long, selling products normally offered online. Here's that blog entry, posted on Melev's Reef: http://melevsreef.com/blog/back-back-shows-05042014

When I was able to break away from my booth, I spotted a nice anemone that I thought would be a good addition to the Anemone Cube. I was told it was a bubble ...

Odds are there are many new features, but this basic one caught me off guard so I'm sharing it now. Fusion is no longer in Beta-stage, it's 100% live. If you've not opted to go this route yet, it's time to get your firmware updated and enjoy the cloud-based features. Number one for me is the speed. You can make a change and it implements it within half a second, compared to the older method (Apex App). Fusion is browser-based, so you can access it with any computer or smartphone and it will ...

No reef is ever perfect, no matter how much you want it to be. One thing declines as another improves. Here are some examples from yesterday:

Declining: These Blastos were happy, but now the right side is dying off. Could be the vermetid snail beneath (bright pink thing on the right), or the sponge that appears to be growing between the sclerites of the coral. I'll have to pull it loose and scrape away the sponge and have a run at that vermetid as well.

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When I built the fishroom back in early 2011, I set up my lightrack to move it out of the way when needed. This isn't often because I use Lumenbright pendants which are way up off the water, but when I need to take them down for cleaning, this is when it's worth the installation back then.

In the picture above, it is pushed all the way back by via rollers riding the track hangers affixed to the ceiling.

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Last year, I posted about the upgrade from single ended metal halides to TwinArc bulbs. I used the same reflectors and ballasts, but could now have 20,000K lighting for a few hours and 10,000K lighting for a few hours, daily. The best of both worlds, right? http://www.reefaddicts.com/entry.php...l-halide-bulbs

10 months later, I knew it was getting close to the time I needed to get new bulbs, and I was really debating what to go with: upgrade to all 400w bulbs ...