Comments on: Reefer Madness http://gary.arndt.com/wordpress/2005/04/12/reefer-madness/ Analysis of my attempts to figure out blogging and podcasting Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:01:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MalHavoc http://gary.arndt.com/wordpress/2005/04/12/reefer-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-1267 MalHavoc Wed, 20 Apr 2005 13:06:19 +0000 http://gary.arndt.com/wordpress/?p=194#comment-1267 Gary, I don't think lighting was your biggest issue with SPS corals. You had flow issues, and I don't think you were dosing a calcium or a carbonate additive, or running a calcium reactor. SPS corals are huge consumers of those two things. With your lighting, you should have at least been able to keep SPS corals near the top of your reef. I keep some species of SPS corals (montipora and pocillopora) under regular normal output fluorescent lights, and they do fine. They aren't all that colourful because they aren't creating great gobs of UV inhibiting pigments, but they grow. Gary,

I don’t think lighting was your biggest issue with SPS corals. You had flow issues, and I don’t think you were dosing a calcium or a carbonate additive, or running a calcium reactor. SPS corals are huge consumers of those two things. With your lighting, you should have at least been able to keep SPS corals near the top of your reef.

I keep some species of SPS corals (montipora and pocillopora) under regular normal output fluorescent lights, and they do fine. They aren’t all that colourful because they aren’t creating great gobs of UV inhibiting pigments, but they grow.

]]> By: j^2 http://gary.arndt.com/wordpress/2005/04/12/reefer-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-1220 j^2 Fri, 15 Apr 2005 03:25:38 +0000 http://gary.arndt.com/wordpress/?p=194#comment-1220 So, addition to the pet's I'd have to buy to bury with you if you were to die, would you want your reef to be buried with you as well? So, addition to the pet’s I’d have to buy to bury with you if you were to die, would you want your reef to be buried with you as well?

]]> By: Gary http://gary.arndt.com/wordpress/2005/04/12/reefer-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-1205 Gary Wed, 13 Apr 2005 13:58:08 +0000 http://gary.arndt.com/wordpress/?p=194#comment-1205 A bacterial mat. In the case of my research project, they are fossilized bacterial mats. They are the oldest known evidence of life on earth. There are stromatolites which still exist in Australia and the Bahamas. A bacterial mat. In the case of my research project, they are fossilized bacterial mats. They are the oldest known evidence of life on earth. There are stromatolites which still exist in Australia and the Bahamas.

]]> By: Nathan Dintenfass http://gary.arndt.com/wordpress/2005/04/12/reefer-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-1199 Nathan Dintenfass Wed, 13 Apr 2005 03:36:41 +0000 http://gary.arndt.com/wordpress/?p=194#comment-1199 What, pray tell, is stromatolite? What, pray tell, is stromatolite?

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