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Just some more specific info regarding the common types of radiation: a) Alpha-particles are Helium nuclei, i.e. 2 protons and 2 neutrons b) Beta particles are electrons c) Gamma rays are high energy photons Beta particles are ionizing radiation, that can potentially harm DNA. While you...

I think this is a great experiment, especially the way it's being conducted, i.e. responsibly. No wild populations are being harmed, and presumably any coral that was being really chewed on, would be removed. I'm very interested in setting up a tank very much like this, so hopefully more...

Don't do anything. Leave them, and they will be food for something. The parents will eat them as well. I feed them to my Betta. Dennis

FOWLR = Fish Only With Live Rock

perc: I go to the fine institution that is Yale. I'm in grad school tho, so my living arrangements are more flexible than if you're in a dorm. I have heard of people having reefs in their undergrad dorms, but since there is no A/C afaik, that could be trouble. I think a number of people have...

percula: Coming up/down to visit Yale? I'd have a reef if I didn't have/want to leave in a year. You don't know how hard it is to resist...oh well. Dennis