a whiff of grapeshot
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My corals are not looking good... I tested the water and everything is ok except the nitrates are a little high, although I don't feel like this is the reason why. I've had them high before but it didn't affect anything. Recently I had an anenome die but I took it out right away, this was not even a week ago. I don't over feed and I just did a 20% water change. The tank is a 40 gallon with 10 gallon fuge. My soft corals were the first to show signs that something was wrong and now my long tentacle

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I came across an interesting interview with Giacomo Bernardi, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, while listening to one of my favorite podcast, Science Sort Of..., and I wanted to share it with community at ReefAddicts. They talk about the unusual behavior of a particular wrasse that was observed in nature. It is the first fish ever reported to use tools!
Here is the link to the podcast episode which I strongly recommend everyone listen

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I just added a common firefish to my tank. What can I expect in terms of behavior and habits?
So far it's just been hanging out in front of a flow pump. I'm just glad it hasn't jumped out...
It's eating well and not fighting. Do they adapt well to reef tanks...?

I came across an interesting interview with Giacomo Bernardi, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, while listening to one of my favorite podcast, Science Sort Of..., and I wanted to share it with community at ReefAddicts. They talk about the unusual behavior of a particular wrasse that was observed in nature. It is the first fish ever reported to use tools!
Here is the link to the podcast episode which I strongly recommend everyone listen

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I've had this coral for about 3 months and it was doing great. I fragged a piece off and it was doing good in my tank too. In the lastfew days I've noticed that it started to slump over and it's stopped opening up. This morning I found it like this. I tested my water and everything is fine; pH is within range, ammonia is 0, nitrite is 0, nitrate close to none, and phosphate is 0. The salinity is also within range though I've never really had problems with that. There is some discoloration happening

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