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Hey Sanjay, You might want to look at how extensive this little project of Joe's has become before you volunteer. :) http://www.cnidarianreef.com/lamps.cfm I can't even imagine how much time he has sunk into this already. 13+ bulbs on 6 different ballasts...yikes!

Had the same thing happen when the inlet portion of the canister filter became blocked. I wound up losing 53 of my 62 SPS colonies before all was said and done. :( http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthrea ... did=169772 BTW, I use the Black Diamond carbon...must be something about carbon and...

Nope 1998. :) Pilson, M. E. Q. 1998. An Introduction to the Chemistry of the Sea. Prentice-Hall, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ. 431 pp

Can I ask what is the purpose of spending $600 on testing NSW? This particular substance has been tested to death by oceanographers using proper sample collection and more accurate testing parameters. Parts per trillion is fine, but for potentially toxic elements like lead and mercury you need...

The phytoplankton in Marine Snow is stuck to large colloidal masses of proteins and fatty acids. Matt, Unfortunately, when tested Marine Snow had neither carbohydrates or fats in its make-up. It did have a miniscule amount of protein, but didn't even have enough umph to have a detectable...

Hi James, Please note that what was found in the work by Rosenberg was NOT RTN, but temperature induced bleaching caused by the bacteria and eventual death of the coral over a 16 day period. It was not the typical sloughing off of tissue with intact zooxanthelae that is what is known as...

For crying out loud that is the same ol' 3 year old Coral-List thread that Eric has already stated was wrong! What do you have that is new and has not already been dismissed by the authors of the thread?? Anything??? Anything at all???? Other than the fact that Fiji still has no idea of how...

Here are the Fijian governments news briefs since the imaginary coral ban took place on the 15th. Funny how not a single word of them ending one of their largest exports never made any appearance when other much more benign things did. From the 15th...

The use of word "GAUL" was a pun. What kind of pun would that be since "Gaul" is nothing more than an ancient place/location/destination from what is now France during Roman times? Funny that you continued to spell it wrong throughout your post if it was meant as a pun. If you meant to use...

Wow, for someone who apparently "thinks" they know everything you would think they would know that it is a "G-a-l-l" crab that is in question here. FWIW, these are small almost shrimp-like creatures from the group known as cryptochirids that bore into corals to make a home and can live either...

yes it could be, but then this article offers yet another case where bacteria is a causitive agent ... the case for bacteria is mounting ... Yes, it is and I presume it will continue to do so as more and more research is done. If Sprung indicated that antibiotic treatments were 100%...

No, nothing personal. If you are referring to the comment in the other thread that you are the one I have a bone to pick it was said partly in jest. Basically, the title of Charles Delbeek's article led me to believe that he was inferring a relationship between the Rosenberg article and the...

One poster asked us to address why average coral reef temperatures might not be such a good idea in a closed system. Oh crap! What do you think the odds are of this staying civilized? I guess it might have a chance since this is kind of an "off the beaten path forum". One reason may be that...

Sorry I did not choose the title for the article, nor did I even submit one, you'll have to take that up with the editor. I too thought it suggested a causitive link when there isn't one ... So Terry is the one I am after! My apologies to you. I do tend to get a tad emotional when something...

Nice article Richard! Wow, so much for adding 50-70% in light output when using a quality reflector since the number is more like 200-300%! Are you going to continue to test many different luminaires with different wattages? I personally run some of the 150w AB bulbs and love them, although...