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How to Frag Your First Coral

Al Ulrich — Mon, 14 May 2012 11:13:51 +0000

How to Frag your First Coral Do you keep soft corals in your aquarium? Have you ever bought a coral frag from your local fish store, or a fellow hobbyist and wondered just how exactly they did it? Have you thought about fragging coral in your aquarium, but weren’t sure where to start? This article [...]

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Fighting like cats and….fish?

Al Ulrich — Sun, 06 May 2012 17:22:29 +0000

Fighting like cats and…fish? Check out this amusing (and quick) youtube video. Even though this is saltwateraquariumblog.com, I thought you would enjoy this freshwater aquarium situation. If you have a cat in your house, much like I do, you’ll find the scene all too familiar. I’ve often wondered what would happen if the cat actually [...]

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A few fun aquarium links

Al Ulrich — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:41:54 +0000

A few fun aquarium links A lot of the time I try to create blog posts that empart something I have learned about the hobby (a lot of the time through my own errors). But I think the nice Spring weather here has mellowed me out. I thought it would be fun to just [...]

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Bare Bottom Reefing

Al Ulrich — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 02:22:34 +0000

Bare bottom reefing If you are setting up an aquarium in the near future, one of the decisions you will have to make is whether you want to go with a bare bottom. I’m not kidding. Bare bottom reefing is the rage these days—so if you don’t want people to make fun of your [...]

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Sweeper Tentacle Epiphany

Al Ulrich — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:43:42 +0000

I’m not sure how you feel about it, but whenever I imagine the ‘ideal’ reef aquarium, I conjure a vision in my mind of a bountiful, reef tank chock full of corals. The hypothetical aquarium is an aquatic cornucopia with SPS, LPS, leather coral, mushrooms and more all living together, filling nearly every square inch [...]

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Six Simple Words for Aquarium Success:

Al Ulrich — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:17:03 +0000

Six Simple Words for Aquarium Success: Water changes, water changes, water changes… Perform 10-20% partial water changes weekly When I was younger, I used to play basketball—and I remember my Uncle telling me that the most important things to practice on my own came down to five simple words: “run, run, run, [...]

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Fragging Coral Embryos

Al Ulrich — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 02:53:20 +0000

A recent study at the Australian Institute of Marine Science has shown that some coral species are capable of being fragged (reproduced asexually when a fragment breaks off and starts a new, genetically identical clone) even in an embryonic stage. Saltwater aquarists have been fragging corals for years, however this latest discovery demonstrates that this remarkable [...]

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How to Keep the Moorish Idol

Al Ulrich — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 02:12:06 +0000

How to Keep the Moorish Idol Bob Fenner wrote an interesting article, posted on Fishchannel.com , about keeping the Moorish Idol, Zanclus cornutus, in captivity. Bob presents some helpful advice on keeping the fish. For one thing, he mentions that the fish are found mostly in pairs in the wild–and therefore recommends that aquarists interested [...]

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Alloblennius frondiculus

Al Ulrich — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:36:15 +0000

Alloblennius frondiculus A new species of blenny was recently discovered in the Indian Ocean. The fish, Alloblennius frondiculus, whose species name in Latin translates to “small leaf,” is named so because of a beautiful mark, called a cirrus, located behind its eyes. A. frondiculus is the fifth species to be classified in the genus Alloblennius. [...]

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The Five Dumbest Things I’ve Done as an Aquarium Hobbyist

Al Ulrich — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:32:55 +0000

I’ve done my fair share of dumb things, and I thought maybe sharing them with you will help start the healing…or at least help me get half-way to the ten dumbest things I’ve done list. 5) Siphoned gallons of water onto the floor Don’t pretend like you haven’t done that too. I’ve done this more [...]

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