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My kind of reef tanks

By Grumpy Old Reefer

While reading a very interesting thread at Reef Central (Best tanks from around the world) I couldn’t help but to notice that my idea of a good looking reef tank isn’t exactly what many people prefer. Only four tanks out of the many posted on that thread are tanks that I would personally love... »

Tank update, October 2009

By Grumpy Old Reefer

Phosphates are finally getting close to “zero”, currently 0.07 ppm PO4 Nitrates are dropping again, currently 0.5 ppm NO3 I think the corals are starting to grow again! I sold Achilles tang and Niger trigger to local hobbyists but added 8 Anthias, 5 P. squamipinnis and 3 P. dispar The new skimmer, ATB Medium, is... »

Latest additions

By Grumpy Old Reefer

Last week I received an animal shipment from Mrutzek Meeresaquaristik. Once again, Mrutzek Meeresaquaristik provided excellent service, something that is unfortunately not common in EU online shops. All animals were in good condition although the Colopometra sp. crinoid was understandably damaged during the shipment. I’m happy to report that it is already recovering fast, I can... »

Tank update, July 2009

By Grumpy Old Reefer

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. My experiment with Tropic Marin Reef Actif backfired pretty badly; I’m still... »

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Tank update, June 2009 (Updated)

By Grumpy Old Reefer

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... »

Finally a new FTS

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Grumpy has been selected as second prize winner of the Coral-shop contest!

By Grumpy Old Reefer

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... »

Shipments

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Microlife gallery posted

By Grumpy Old Reefer

I have posted some old photomicrographs taken with microscope from my tanks. You’ll find the gallery here »