Grumpy Old Reefer » blogs http://grumpyreefer.net Opinionated and most of the time grumpy postings about reef aquariums Sat, 10 Apr 2010 09:57:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Coralscience.org is building a mesophotic reef system http://grumpyreefer.net/2010/02/03/coralscience-org-is-building-a-mesophotic-reef-system/ http://grumpyreefer.net/2010/02/03/coralscience-org-is-building-a-mesophotic-reef-system/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:00:07 +0000 Grumpy Old Reefer http://grumpyreefer.net/?p=909
  • Amino acids and reef aquariums
  • Amino acids and reef aquarium: Cysteine
  • Spongeguide.org
    • ]]>     Tim Wijgerde et al. are starting a very interesting project at Coralscience.org: they are building a low light reef tank (modelling “mesophotic” reef system) using equipment and foods available to all aquarists. I’m sure we “hobbyists” can learn and benefit from this work by marine scientists.

    Read all about it here.

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    1. Amino acids and reef aquariums
    2. Amino acids and reef aquarium: Cysteine
    3. Spongeguide.org

    ]]>     http://grumpyreefer.net/2010/02/03/coralscience-org-is-building-a-mesophotic-reef-system/feed/ 0     Reef Builders release first podcast http://grumpyreefer.net/2009/03/30/reef-builders-release-first-podcast/ http://grumpyreefer.net/2009/03/30/reef-builders-release-first-podcast/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:55:12 +0000 Grumpy Old Reefer http://grumpyreefer.net/?p=191 Listen as Tullio del Aquilla explains LED lighting: Reef Builders Podcast #1: Tullio del Aquilla on LED lighting

    In this podcast Tullio del Aquilla describes the horrible scenario we are facing: the use of monochromatic LEDs to enhance fluorescence in corals. The thought of people with 20000 K bulbs supplemented with these lights makes me sick!

    There are already far too many what I call as “disco tanks” and the current trend of collecting more and more colorful corals and placing them all into the same tank has only made the situation worse. Previously ugly looking tanks were the ones that were not taken care of properly. Now that growing healthy corals is easy some people seem to like the tradition of the this look and are hunting down ludicrously expensive corals and completely loosing touch with good taste and natural look.

    This all makes me very grumpy!

    And by the way, the podcast is excellent and the guest explains the technology exceptionally well.

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    ]]>     http://grumpyreefer.net/2009/03/30/reef-builders-release-first-podcast/feed/ 0     The sound of serpent starts eating http://grumpyreefer.net/2009/03/30/the-sound-of-serpent-starts-eating/ http://grumpyreefer.net/2009/03/30/the-sound-of-serpent-starts-eating/#comments Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:08:50 +0000 Grumpy Old Reefer http://grumpyreefer.net/?p=185 People at Morphologic Blog posted today a curious sound recording of serpent stars feeding. This is one side of the hobby very few have given a try ;)

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