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Torch Coral Spawning

10 Mar 2010 at 7:00am
Lately I’ve been noticing my Australia Gold Stream Torch (Euphyllia glabrescens) hasn’t been inflating as  much as possible. It still looked healthy just not as big. Last night I think I discovered the reason. My Torch Coral was preparing eggs for...

Hanna Cheker Phosphate Colorimeter

8 Mar 2010 at 7:10pm
I haven’t meet a reefer who wouldn’t like to get their hands on a Hanna Phosphate Colorimeter, but with the steep price of $250 USD most haven’t. Since titration test kits just don’t cut it at the low levels of phosphate we maintain in our reefs, ...

Friday Night Cinema: The Great Barrier Reef

5 Mar 2010 at 1:27pm
Please enjoy some great videos of the GBR, sent by one of our readers (Thanks Derek)! Related posts:Friday Night Cinema: Greg Rothchild’s 800g Reef Friday Night Cinema: Coral Reef Fish Great Barrier Reef Videos: Part 1 Related posts:Frida...

“Someone who knows what they’re doing … terminated our fish.”

4 Mar 2010 at 8:00am
A fish store in Toronto claims someone has deliberately wiped out all of their livestock: Staff at Indoor Jungle on Kennedy Rd. allege that a vandal dumped a substance into their aquariums Wednesday that killed about 700 fish and ruined about 20...

Heartbeats

1 Mar 2010 at 9:00am
Ever seen the heartbeat of a clownfish while its still inside the egg? Video taken via a mesoscope. Video via Linda L.  Header photo via this video. No related posts. No related posts.

Friday Night Cinema: Coral Reef Fish

26 Feb 2010 at 1:06pm
Its been quiet here at the Fragd.it blog. Sometimes, life gets in the way.  But don’t worry, we are still alive and well, thank you for asking. As I was browsing Youtube for some cool videos, I stumbled upon this touching, educational BBC clip abo...

Miami Hurricane Blows into Canada

23 Feb 2010 at 9:16am
Over the past few years there has been a lot of talk about the named “designer” corals available to our American neighbors; and lately a few of these high end pieces have been available in the Toronto Area.  A couple of vendors have brought in the...

Elusive corals!

22 Feb 2010 at 5:31pm
Recenty, I have been chatting with my fellow reefers about certain types of elusive, hard to find corals. Like the Purple Monsters, red acroporas, assie chalices. Why? Because we were lucky enough to get a hold of a larger colony of the Strawberry...

The Newbie Corner – SPS Can Sting

14 Feb 2010 at 5:17pm
One on the first Newbie lessons in coral care is that your corals (and many other things in reef tanks) can sting you. Most know this and handle their corals with care or even better wear gloves; However what most don’t know (including myself befo...

Reefy News: New Research Results On Coral and Climate Change

11 Feb 2010 at 1:26pm
As written in Science Dailyon Jan 10 2010, there is new research that suggests that corals around the world have the ability to rebound from global climate changes. A study by the University of Exeter published on Jan. 11, 2010 in the journal ‘PLo...


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