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The article below is a brief introduction to soft corals for beginner aquarists. This is, by no means, an exhaustive treatment of soft coral husbandry. Example of soft coral: mushroom coral. Photo is from the Reef2Reef archives, courtesy of @John3 ©2019, All Rights Reserved. Soft corals, commonly known as Softies, are the easiest type of coral to get started with when starting out in the world of Reef Aquariums. And while they are one of the best to get started with, like any living...

A photo for inspiration: a shot of Michael J. Cuttone's Reef2Reef January 2019 Reef of the Month. This photo is from the Reef2Reef archives, courtesy of Michael J. Cuttone, ©2019, All Rights Reserved. Some time ago, I asked forum members about their feeding routines. I was interested to see if there was a pattern. Perhaps my sample of replies is too small to generalize, but the answers were so interesting that I decided to compile everything into an article. It seems that how people feed...

10,000L, 5-year-old, display tank at the Maritime Museum & Aquarium. A build thread for this tank is linked in my profile & at the bottom of this article. Photo is courtesy of @Sallstrom, ©2019, All Rights Reserved. Running a reef tank might be a walk in the park for some, but for others it’s a real challenge. I’m somewhere in the middle of that scale, but I always want to improve my husbandry skills. Working at a small public aquarium, maintaining, starting up and rebuilding reef tanks...

This article is sponsored by @Triquatics Images are courtesy of @Triquatics. ©2019, All Rights Reserved. The Nitrogen Cycle, as it applies to the greater natural world, is a series of chemical reactions that support all life on earth. Through these reactions, non-reactive nitrogen gas (N) and molecular nitrogen (N2) undergo a series of complex metabolic process in plants and bacteria to produce nitrates (NO3), which are usable to organisms like you and I in the production of essential...

Deep by James Nestor Hardcover: 272 pages Publisher: Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 1 edition (June 24, 2014) Language: English ISBN-10: 0547985525 ISBN-13: 978-0547985527 A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice An Amazon Best Book of the Month Amazon Best Science Book of 2014 Scientific American Recommended Read iTunes Top 20 Books of the Month Christian Science Monitor Editors' Pick: 10 Best Books of July BBC Book of the Week The Week Book of the Week Finalist for the PEN...

Fellow Reefers. Now I have already written a guide on cupramine and how to use it to rid ich and for a lot of reasons if someone does not want to try copper then Hypo is another solution or Tank Transfer. These 3 methods are proven over time. A new study/method is being practiced with success by using a chemical called Chloroquine Phosphate. In this guide I will try to explain as much as I can in detail how to perform this treatment with much success. Please respect this guide as my...