News
Reef Hobbyist Magazine Q3 2009 available
Once again a beautiful issue of Reef Hobbyist Magazine. This time they concentrate on LPS corals from genera Scolymia and Symphyllia. Read it online (FREE!) »
Very cool Dendrophyllia imported by De Jong Marinelife
I just hope these Dendrophyllia coarctata will appear in some online shops I use »
ReefLife July/August (digital edition) now available
I trust you have subscribed to the digital edition? The interface is not as nice as the Tropical Fish Hobbyist (TFH) version but it still beats cutting down trees and transporting paper all over the world. The magazine is available here »
Back to spirits (Updated)
My experiment with Tropic Marin Reef Actif took a huge hit today as I measured some water parameters this morning. As I started using Reef Actif a few weeks ago I also stopped the Vodka + sugar dosing because I read some very promising comments about the Reef Actif’s ability to lower nutrient levels... »
Spongeguide.org
Sponges are one of the more beneficial invertebrates for reef aquariums due to their great ability to filter DOM and bacteria out of the water. Plus they are colorful, have interesting shapes and many have modest husbandry requirements if properly fed. A new guide for Caribbean sponges is available at spongeguide.org. They have more... »
Tank update, June 2009 (Updated)
Note! I now work mostly with my laptop and although it’s a fantastic (Unibody Macbook), I don’t trust it’s display enough to make any kind of color correction. So I’m shooting in JPEG (I usually shoot RAW) and just resize the images. Took 60% of my large Stylophora and exchanged the frags (plus Echinophyllia... »
Trapped in house and changing gears
I have not been feeling so great lately so I have not been able to make grumpy postings in a few weeks. What I have been doing is I have watched every House M.D. episode aired, that’s 100+ TV shows… Waving There have been a few changes to the aquarium during this time, the... »
Grumpy has been selected as second prize winner of the Coral-shop contest!
I guess I’ll be testing coral-shop system for while I receive total of 20 liters (!!!) additives from their Marine Line products. The contest was arranged by coralscience.org, a excellent site for science based information that is also usable for aquarists who might not enjoy reading scientific papers. The list of contributors is very impressive; if you... »