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BERGHIA CAVEAT!
Berghia are often touted as being able to reproduce in your tank, once you've added them, and thus keep their species reproducing and eliminating yet more of your Berghia population. The reproduction is facilitated by the Berghia's duplication efforts, wherein they lay their...
Reef Retreat 2025 is scheduled for June 6th through June 8th in Bristol, RI. Twelve MACNA-class speakers are scheduled.
Tickets include everything - conference, meals, lodging, and even a Friday night Beer Blast.
Sign up as soon as they let you - it appears that attendees will max out at...
My preference for Asterina star elimination is Naroda Starfish. [Aside: Wifey was recently a little upset when I pointed out to her that a big star in my tank had eviscerated its stomach over a smaller Asterina, and was digesting it.] Fellow elder-NJRC-member Jim Roth recently posted a photo...
I think the first thing one needs to better control (increase or decrease) magnesium, is a test kit that accurately reflects the correct ppm that one really has in their system. FWIW, RHF recommends not bothering with testing for it. (Anyone want the second version of the magnesium "Checker"...
TSM has a Copperband on auction now, but with a 5/21/25 delivery after their QT is complete:
https://tsmaquatics.com/products/fully-qt-copperband-butterfly-qt-completion-date-5-21-25
Ely's in Florham Park carries them and usually has them in stock. They also carry live brine shrimps, but it tends to be hit or miss. Their next BS is due in this Friday.
I've got four Molly Millers, since late October. Paid $25 each (plus shipping) from a guy in Brooklyn. I have no reason to believe that they actually eat Aiptasia. They could be eating small ones, but the tank they are in has many large ones that are probably too big for them to attack...
I think I've finally found my long-lost Enteromorpha intestinalis macro algae. I've been looking for a source for years. This macro algae is supposed to be "pantropical", meaning it grows in most oceans. But no other sources on the web seem to be able to supply it, including specialized...
Here's another hoot for you all...
Koji Wada is a gorgeous (and not inexpensive) pink Japanese nepthea. I once recollected that somewhere I saw a reference to it being named after the Japanese marine aquarist who originally provided frags of it to someone here in the USA. (A story like a...