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Hot Tips: Tips from Our Readers
Tips for tweaking your skimmer, quieting your pumps, removing fish, detritus removal, and protecting your external pumps from an accidental flooding.
The Coral Whisperer: Bleaching and Tissue Loss in Corals - What's the Difference?
Eric discusses the causes, appearance, and effects of bleaching.
Chemistry and the Aquarium: What is Alkalinity?
Randy provides an overview of alkalinity as to why it's important, how it's measured, and how can it be tested.
Feature Aquarium: The Aquarium of Leonard Ho
Leonard shares the setup and husbandry of his 120 gallon reef aquarium.
Feature Article: Lighting the Reef Aquarium - Spectrum or Intensity?
This month Dana and Miguel discuss the importance of spectrum and intensity of aquarium lighting.
Product Review: Nipple Nonsense
Richard tests the orientation of the nipple in the Iwasaki and German 10,000K and 20,000K bulbs to see if there is any difference in light intensity depending on nipple orientation.
Media Review: Peppermint Shrimp, International Trade, and From the Periodicals
Doug reviews April Kirkendoll's Peppermint Shrip book, the International Trade in Coral and Coral Reef Species report, and briefly discusses items pulled from the scientific literature.
Chemistry and the Aquarium: Specific Gravity: Oh How Complicated!
This month, Randy explains and reviews specific gravity.
Feature Aquarium: The Aquarium of Minh Nguyen
Minh Nguyen shares his tank setup and maintenance with us.
Feature Article: Non-photosynthetic Corals: They really are hard!
Charles discusses various non-photosynthetic corals and their care requirements.
