Source: Daily News and Analysis
March 30, 2010

Scientists at Cornell University, U.S., have created mathematical models to unveil the bacterial community dynamics behind afflictions that bleach and kill coral.

Warming waters are triggering coral bleaching and disease in the Caribbean, Indian Ocean and Great Barrier Reef off the Australian coast.

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The newest AquaIllumination light is still one of the first aquarium LED lights using Cree XP-G LEDs to be widely available to reef aquarists. Since the completion of the ReefStock conference we’ve had a lot more time to give some serious attention to this and other LED lights. You might recall a story we posted [...]

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The Ecosmart driver is the latest in a long line of electrical engineering projects which have continued to deliver increased performance and features to the venerable Vortech pump. The original Vortech driver was a simple metal hardware box with no buttons, two indicator LEDs and a pot which only allowed the pump to be ramped [...]

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I first laid eyes on the NanoCustoms Par38 LED spotlight in Atlantic City, while attending MACNA. As a long time proponent of spotlight and coral specific lighting, I was admittedly  drawn to the flexibility that these medium based LED lights provided. The NanoCustoms PAR38 LED spotlight incorporates 5 Cree XR-E leds, optics, heatsink and constant current [...] Related posts:

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Reef Nutrition, which is located in California had a scare early one night. Their offices are in a large office complex and apparently the tenant space right next door to them caught fire. Whats more is that fire is suspected of arson, although not associated with Reef Nutrition the fire could have spread to their [...]

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Aqua Connect has released their new Star LED lighting fixture for nano aquariums. The lamp features a modern glass shade that can be easily hung above your aquarium and will give you high light output and “long lamp life.” The lamp is a E27 socket using up 20 watts and producing a 6800 kelvin color [...]

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The other day I happened to catch one of those little hitchhiking starfish splitting into two little starfish. I had to run for the camera so the pictures are not the greatest quality, but you get the idea. I thought it was cool to see this happen, hopefully you do to. Often I find the [...] Related posts:

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The Lightning Maroon Clownfish from Papua New Guinea is the newest feather in the cap of the Seasmart Program and thanks to decisions being made at Blue Zoo Aquatics, the lightning maroon clownfish may eventually become a shining example of sustainability and ethics in the marine aquarium trade. In an unprecedented turn of events, Blue [...]

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