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I haven't been posting much in a while, so I'll update on what's been going on. On November 1, 2008, I attended NCPARS' Fall Frag Swap. It was my first swap, so I had no intention of buying anything live, as I have problems with the stock in my existing setups as it is. I mainly wanted to see what a frag swap was like, and perhaps pick up some dry goods at the raffle. I took a lot of photos and video, as there was a demo on fragging, one on drilling tanks, and also a presentation by Anthony Cal… Continue

http://www.macnaxxi.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1 - The 21st Marine & Aquarium Conference of North America (MACNA XXI) will be in Atlantic City, NJ, September 25-27, 2009.

This past weekend, I stopped off at That Fish Place after going to the PA Ren Faire and purchased a Coralife Pure-Flo II RO system, 50 gpd. So far it seems to work fine. Since last time I wrote, my Yellow Polyps have all but disappeared. That was what triggered me to get the new RO unit. I couldn't figure out what membrane replacement would work with the old unit, because it was a Sand Point (and they don't exist anymore, from what I can tell), and I think that something in the water I was gett… Continue

The pulsing Xenias not only aren't pulsing, they are all but gone to the great coral reef in the sky, at this point. Only a few visible polyps are left on two of the clumps, the other places are just smudges on their respective rocks. Never determined the cause, but I suspect that whatever environmental component that did in my Palythoas was to blame. Easy for me to say. After running the aquarium with 100% LED lighting for about a month, I reintroduced one T5 strip. The only other thing to re… Continue