Awesome acropora photos

TamarindThai of the ReefFrontiers forum has posted some amazing photos of his acropora tank. Check out the colour of this baby! Click through for more photos. Via ReefFrontiers...

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Posted by on 3 February 2006

Caught a coral larva in my tank today!

just wanted to share with you that I caught what I believe is a coral larva in my reef tank today. Judging by the color and shape, I am guessing it is a brown polyp larva (also since they...

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Posted by on 18 January 2006

Reef Gets More Sex Than We Knew - Magnetic Times 11/18/05

It’s that time of year again. The world’s largest sexual act is about to occur - when the corals of the Great Barrier Reef spawn their eggs and sperm into the dark warm waters between the second and sixth...

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Posted by on 6 January 2006

Thailand: Oil spill threatens coastal coral reefs

Crude oil slicks from the oil spill on Sunday near the main beach resort of Pattaya have threatened coral reefs and tourism, and suggested that Thai Oil Plc was too early and too optimistic in announcing the spill was...

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Posted by on 6 January 2006

Copper and Coral

I’ve both read and heard that copper is toxic to corals, even in minute amounts. I’ve read prohibitions on using tap water because if there are any copper pipes it’ll leach out, tainting the water and poisoning the corals...

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Posted by on 6 January 2006