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    Comment by 'jeffkeith_us' in media 'Sump001_Jun06'

    Excellent thinking!
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    Algae trough Update

    Adding Surging A year or two ago I read a study that showed to move the water in or like a wave, rising up and subsiding and sweeping forward or back. Your trough would make a good home for amphipods which feed on the hair algae.
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    Reverse Osmosis question?

    Hi everyone. http://www.airwaterice.com/
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    Tridacnid Work Shop

    http://www.dtplankton.com/articles/necessity.html http://www.dtplankton.com/articles/sandbeds.html
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    Hmmm anyone want to talk about this one?? AGAIN

    Kalkwasser might be a bit "old-school" still it's uniquely “revolutionary” when used in tantem with a Calcium reactor, however. Kalkwasserpowder is an excellent source of calcium, hydroxide ions to buffer alkalinity, has unmatched ability to encourage coralline algae growth, and it...
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    New research Fronteirs

    LED lighting is a good area in electronics for much needed research. Also better way to control and operate Calcium and Kalkwasser Reactor in tandem.
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    Mandarin larvae

    It's the Anterior Dorsal, shown in two places on page 7. The spiny unjointed fin is large and when extended has the silhouette of a harp on males. It has the silhouette of a ”D” and is comparatively very small on females. The Anterior Dorsal is normally not extended with either sex. Used solely...
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    Mandarin larvae

    Hi Everyone In looking for ways to increase Amphipod, Copepod, and Isopod populations it looks like one of the best things to do is reduce the number of reef cleaners species to the following: Banded Trochus Snail (Trochus sp.) Super Tongan Nassarius Snail (Nassarius distortus) Dwarf Red Tip...
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    Japanese Halcrias sp. Anemone

    Reef Science says Talked to Chad and he sent this: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=709679&highlight=Halcrias
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    Japanese Halcrias sp. Anemone

    Hi Search for Halcurias instead of Halcrias. Jeff
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    Article Discussion: New Salt Study

    Just the thought of doing anything to my fish on a whim scares me, to answer a bated question. I learned to trust Dr. Shimek way back when I was trying to save my first anemone, which I still have. I got it from a LFS (bleached-out, of course) and they told me to do all the same things that all...
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    Article Discussion: New Salt Study

    The bad guys are in all salts, but you can get them out. The one salt I wanted to see another test run on was Reef Crystals, too much copper. Another would have been Seachem's new salt. I had trouble growing Nannochloropus(Green water) two years ago while using Reef Crystals, but no trouble...
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    Mandarin larvae

    Hi Nikki Yes I've looked at that many times. This is a young male and his dorsal spine will grow longer, still. Jeff
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    Mandarin larvae

    Hi Everyone These are some good websights: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/mandarins.htm http://www.nachzuchtenregister.de/Fische/Synchiropus_splendidus/S__Heydenreich/s__heydenreich.htm
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    Mandarin larvae

    Developmental Observation Hi Everyone The Mandarinfish can easily hold position, even though power-heads are changing the directional flow of the water current, while waiting for the animal being stalked to position itself into close proximity of ideal striking distance and stop moving. Notice...
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    Mandarin larvae

    Fins, Developmental Observation Hi Everyone The fins of Synchiropus splendidus are made up of stiff rays covered by skin. In Mandarinfish some of the rays supporting the find are bony, stiff and unjointed. I refer to these rays as spines. Almost all the fin rays in the two Dorsal fins of...
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    Mandarin larvae

    Compatibility Hi Everyone On the topic of compatibility of Synchiropus splendidus in the aquarium. The poor beautiful Mandarinfish does not compete well for foods. So they should not be kept in smaller aquaria (defined by me as an aquarium with a foot print less than 6 square feet and less than...
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    Mandarin larvae

    Hi Rick I think what you are doing ar the store it a truly wonderful thing, for both customers and Mandarins. Spectrum is what I use, also Hikari's "Marin -S-". I think the Silk worm pupa meal in the "Marin -S-" adds a lot of nutritional value, namely Omega-3 fats. I have good with success...
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    Mandarin larvae

    Hi Everyone I was just feeding and the female Mandarin in #1 took some inert feed. It was rolling by her so I dont know if she thought it was some kind of new bug or if she has learned to eat inert feed from the male. She has never been put in an aquarium with just one other (a Clownfish) in...
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    Mandarin larvae

    Breeding and Feeding, Developmental Observation Hi Everyone From what I have observed Mandarinfish are crepuscular not nocturnal; most active at dusk and dawn, more so at dusk when the light level is low. Breeding will occur in the evening crepuscular period. Synchiropus splendidus feed on...
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