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10 frags of Pink SPS bird nest donated by Yellow Tang aka Mike will be given away on that day on FCFS basis. These Frags will be great for newbie who always wanted to try out keeping SPS on their tank since these are easy easily to grow under any form of lighting. Kudos again to Mike

What corals are you keeping ? my advice to you is to do the switch slowly and try it out maybe with a mixture of T5 and your new LED and slowly removing all of your T5 if you feel the T5 is good enough ? The sudden switch may shock your corals and cause it to bleach .

Click through to see the images. The Red Sea is home to some of the most unique coral reefs thanks to its unique geography. This most northern tropical sea is an isolated saltwater inlet sandwiched between Asia (the Middle East) and Africa, connected to the Indian Ocean only via a narrow 26–29 km (16–18 mile) waterway. Because of this feature and the regional arid climate, the Red Sea experiences high evaporation rates and thus is one of the most saline bodies of water in the world (upwards of 1.035 s.g.). Yet corals, fish, and other reef life thrive here, with many species (like the famed purple tang Zebrasoma xanthurum) found in no other place in the world. Here is an amazing HD video shot by Amir Stern of teeming life under the waves at the Red Sea. " height="408" style="width: 680px;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="680"> "> "> And here's a bonus Red Sea video shot by Carlotta Rio. View the full article

As of yesterday, Irwanna still have plenty of multibar angel, a few lemonpeel hybird , lemonpeel angel, strawberry crab, and LPS and SPS coral shipment. Ah beng have one AT , Blue box fish, grey belly regal angel, majestic angelfish ect..

There is many good brands around which include New life spectrum, fauna marine, and Hikari ect..

Around 250 million years ago, most life on Earth was wiped out in an extinction known as the "Great Dying." Geologists have learned that the end came slowly from thousands of centuries of volcanic activity. View the full article

Click through to see the images. Reef Nutrition: Are you up for culturing a new pod (one that can exact revenge on mandarin fish!)? My thanks to the good folks in #reefs chatroom (TommyG and adin) for this weird blog! [via BBC News] Related: Check out these amazing electron microscopy images of normal amphipods. View the full article

I saw it in Madpetz..

Definitely for sure ! ! i just heard from them that Kopi and Tea will be provided as well LOL...

If you dont have any frags for swap , just come over and have a look. I am sure you will be able to click a deal with other members who bring their frags.

There will be a 3 x 2 x 1.5 tank being provided and setup sponsor by Reef system in the event premises for members to display their frag there or just to flood your container or bag in the water to maintain it cool . Criteria for frag exchange ; -To participate in the exchange please bring one or more coral frags - There should not be any dispute as all coral frag is WYSIWSG on that day. -All frags should be mounted, healthy and pest free . -Bring a picture of each frag, especially of zoanthid frags if possible, since the zoas maybe closed up during that day. - Repack all frags in your own clear plastic containers - Members is encourage to post their photos here to share with others what they have for swaps . - Please bring along your own plastic bag , container as it will not be provided on that day. - Suitable corals for swap includes; softies, Rics , SPS, Yuma, mushrooms , and Zoas ect.. Members are advice to bring along their frags earlier to get them acclimatized and make them open up for display, unless if you dont mind staying around chit chatting while awaiting for the frag to settle down..

You will also be able to catch a glimpse of the new Ecoxotic cannon 120 W Led on display too.

Getting there ; ** Nearest MRT station is Clementi or Jurong east. ** For those who drive, free parking on Sunday .

SRC Frag Swap Day Event Date : 12.02.2012 ( Sunday ) Timing : 10 am – 6 pm Event location ; Reef Systems 8 Boon Lay Way, #04-11 , Trade Hub 21 Singapore 609964 Venue sponsored by : Reef systems Description of event ; This would be a fun filled gathering event for members. Ourfrag swap is intended to promote the propagation and sharing of corals withinthe reefing community, so come enjoy a day of frags trading and have some fun meeting and talking to members alike during this event. At the same time,getting to know some of the latest reefing equipments offer by Reef Systems. This would be a time for you to add some new additional of corals to your limited tank space or swap some of yours with others. There will also be some Gurus around sharing on how to propagate your coral safely. Some light refreshment will also be provided by our event sponsor See you there ! This post has been promoted to an article

Scientists have advanced a method that allowed them to single out a marine microorganism and map its genome even though the organism made up less than 10 percent of a water sample teeming with many millions of individuals from dozens of identifiable groups of microbes. View the full article

The Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) Peru program recently announced the discovery of 365 species previously undocumented in Bahuaja Sonene National Park in southeastern Peru. View the full article

Posting on behalf of chin_sp for his good will and contribution to this community ; PLEASE CONTACT HIM DIRECTLY Dear Fellow Hobbyists, 1. With a tinge of sadness I have given up my planted tank hobby. I have enjoyed it fully for the past six to seven years. 2. I would like to give away all my equipment. Your obligation is to take care of the equipment as best as you can; please give them good homes. When you don't need them anymore, please pass them on. Find them another good home. 3. You can find pictures and information online. All equipment should be in good working order, with some wear and tear. They have been in storage for about six months, so I cannot give assurances that they work. Except the chiller and MH light, all equipment are intended for a two-feet thank. 4. The equipment - almost a planted or marine tank starter kit - which I would like to give away are: (a) Pacificoo, half horse chiller. L47cmxW36xH44cm. In my experience, this is a very reliable and effective chiller. I like that it's Singapore made - got machiam garage creed; ( Amano Design Aquaria (ADA) Solar I MH light. This is one perfect light. Beautiful, and the sun now rises in your tank. Enough said. It comes with a transformer. Check whether the Singapore dealer managed to zeng it for Singapore power ratings. When I bought it, the light had a Japanese power rating, hence the transformer; © Two CO2 bottles - H43cm x Diameter10cm . You can continue using one while the other is getting filled. I wrote my name on the bottles, which you can paint over; (d) Two ADA Lily Pipes V (inflow - I keep breaking them during cleaning) and one Lily Pipe P (much easier to clean). Both 10mm; (e) Two ADA C02 diffuser - pollen glass and pollen glass beetle. Both are the basic models, for a two feet tank. Got some algae on the ceramic diffuser. Like all things ADA, very beautiful; (f) One WK solenoid. Made in Taiwan, I think. Quite reliable, in my experience; and (f) One ADA carbochon ruby. No more back flow with the CO2 - really. Please call 98306637 if you want any or all of the above. I don't check in this forum regularly anymore. Collect at my home at Onan Road. Take good care of the equipment hor. Thanks CSP

Click through to see the images. Elkhorn and staghorn corals need parrotfish to survive Press Release Washington, D.C. - A lawsuit was filed today in federal district court seeking greater protections from fishing for threatened coral reefs in the Caribbean. The lawsuit asserts that the National Marine Fisheries Service ignored science showing that parrotfish and other grazing fish play a key role in promoting the health of coral reefs; the government's authorization of targeted fishing for parrotfish poses a risk to elkhorn and staghorn corals, protected under the Endangered Species Act. "The Caribbean's coral reefs are already in deep trouble, and reducing the parrotfish that help them stay healthy only makes matters worse," said Miyoko Sakashita, oceans director at the Center for Biological Diversity. "If we don't take steps now to safeguard the creatures that keep these vital reefs alive, we risk losing all of it." According to the lawsuit, the National Marine Fisheries Service violated the Endangered Species Act by finding that the targeted fishing for parrotfish would not jeopardize already imperiled corals or "adversely modify," (i.e. damage) their critical habitat. Excessive algal growth threatens the health of Caribbean reefs, choking out corals and degrading the habitat that other reef creatures-such as fish, sea turtles and lobsters-depend on. Fish, especially parrotfish, which graze on algae around coral reefs, play a key function in providing suitable habitat for corals to settle and build those reefs. Fish populations in the Caribbean have been overfished, including the parrotfish that are the subject of this lawsuit; managing the overfishing of parrotfish will help corals recover and become more resilient to other threats, including global warming and ocean acidification. "Restoring healthy populations of elkhorn and staghorn coral is critical to restoring the health of Caribbean reefs as a whole," said Andrea Treece, an attorney with Earthjustice. "These corals provide shelter, nursery grounds, and hunting grounds for an incredible array of fish, lobsters, sea turtles and other species. Without better protection, we risk losing the entire reef community." "Corals are competing with algae, and without a robust population of parrotfish, the algae are going to win," said Sakashita. "But wise management of our reefs can keep algae in check and promote both healthy corals and healthy fish." Elkhorn and staghorn corals were once the dominant reef-building corals in the Caribbean but they are perilously close to extinction. Corals suffer from a variety of threats, including pollution, global warming and ocean acidification. A key threat to corals, however, continues to be overfishing and competition with algae. The corals have declined by more than 90 percent since the 1970s. In 2006, the two corals were protected under the Endangered Species Act in response to a petition by the Center for Biological Diversity. Learn more: Parrotfish to aid reef repair - BBC (video) Read the complaint. (photo courtesy http://www.redseaexplorer.com/) View the full article

Around the world coral reefs are facing threats brought by climate change and dramatic shifts in sea temperatures. While warming has been the primary focus for scientists and ocean policy managers, cold can also cause significant damage. Scientists have shown that cool temperatures can inflict more damage in the short term, but heat is more destructive in the long run. View the full article

If you compare Elos , salifest and DD test kit, i think only DD and Redsea P04 test kit come with a chamber similar to below for accurate and easy reading . By looking through the side of the glass with our naked eye without this, the color different between those two can be so close that can is difficult to gauge.

Click through to see the images. Coralife has entered the high-end LED lighting market in grand fashion ... perhaps too grand? $2,500 puts their fixture at the upper echelon of LED lights; Put in context, the Aqualight LED costs more than: 3 Ecotech Marine Radions or 3 (upcoming) Aqua Illumination Vegas or a Maxspect Mazarra P-Series MZ-P01 Complete LED System with 4 modules, frame, and controller or 4 Blue Moon Aquatics P30 with Saturn Ring attachement but a bit less than the Vertex Illumina 48" 260 LED Is it worth the price? We'll let you decide. Click to view the promotional brochure Advanced Aquarist thanks Marine Depot for providing us this information. The Coralife Aqualight LED is available at Marine Depot and most major aquarium outfitters. A quick recap of the Aqualight LED: 92 LEDs arranged equally in 4 separate modules. The LEDs are 32 3.4W Luxeon Rebel Royal Blue (447nm), 52 3.4W Luxeon Rebel Cool White (6,500K), and 8 2.2W Luxeon Rebel PC Amber (591nm) Optics utilizing specially designed lenses, collimators, and metallic reflectors Built-in controller with pre-programmed 10,000K, 14,000K, and 20,000K color temperature settings. The light level is dimmable from 100 to 10 percent. Users determine sunrise, daytime, sunset, and moonlight settings. Retail package includes both mounting legs (for 48" long aquariums) as well as a suspension kit. Designed for 48" long tanks, 18-30" wide & 30" deep 28 lbs measuring 46.25"L x 15"W x 3.38"H View the full article

Hi, Yes, they are still in business for sure. you can try to contact them again via phone +65 8279 3799 or email ; sales@freshnmarine.com.sg

Latest video tank ** Video taken with my iphone and straight away uploaded into Youtube with any editing, so is a little bit blur..

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Click through to see the images. For those of you new to podcasting, MASNA Live is a monthly podcast brought to you by the Marine Aquarium Societies of North America. A typical podcast lasts for roughly an hour and you can either subscribe to their podcast through iTunes, RSS, or listen to it from their website. This month's MASNA Live features a number of segments starting out with Matt Pedersen and Marc Levenson talking about MASNA Speaks and small clubs. For those of you that don't know what MASNA Speaks is, it's a program run by MASNA that allows clubs to choose a speaker from MASNA's speaker database and, if accepted, MASNA will pay up to $300 of the actual transportation and lodging expenses for any of these speakers to attend your meeting. In the next segment, Jim Adelberg, Eric Cohen, Brandon Klaus, Matt Pedersen, Andrew Rhyne, Richard Ross, and Tal Sweet participate in a group discussion about marine aquarium issues currently taking place in Hawai'i and their take on it. The final segment winds down with a report from Ret Talbot regarding the various house and senate bills currently on the table in Hawai'i. This particular podcast is a long one: 1 hour 45 minutes. Questions or comments can either be sent to MASNALive@masna.org or posted in the MASNA Live forums. This is one podcast that I do not miss and I highly recommend that you listen to it as it's certain to be educational. View the full article