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Reefs.org believes an educated hobbyist is a conscientious, successful hobbyist. Our primary mission is the fostering of responsible marine aquarium hobbyists through education.

Advanced Aquarist Now in PDF Format!

Advanced Aquarist is now available in PDF format! Download it now and give us your feedback. For more information on this offering, read the article in the latest issue of Advanced Aquarist.

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Advanced Aquarist's Online Magazine

Check out the latest issue of Advanced Aquarist's Online Magazine.

Volume VII, Issue VIII: August 2008

Editorial: August 2008
By Terry Siegel
Terry discusses this month's issue.

Feature Article: Coral Reproduction, Part Two: Asexual Reproductive Modes of Captive Corals and Anemones
By Dana Riddle
As we shall see, almost every detail of the captive breeding system must be deliberately engineered to consistently and reliably obtain the desired results.

Feature Article: Spectral Analysis of 150 Watt DE Lamps: Giesmann, Icecap, Iwasaki and Elos
By Sanjay Joshi
Sanjay continues his analysis of the 150 Watt DE Lamps.

Feature Article: Total Organic Carbon (TOC) and the Reef Aquarium: an Initial Survey, Part I
By Ken S. Feldman, Kelly M. Maers
Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802. Ken and Kelly report on their work on Total Organic Carbon and how it relates to the reef aquarium.

Reefkeeping Events: What's Happening in Your Area?
By Advanced Aquarist Readers
Check to see if an event is happening in your area!

Lateral Lines: Blundell Buttons, Part I: The Past
By Adam Blundell M.S.
The overall goal was to show the potential for captive aquaculture.

Online Courses: Aquarium Photography
By D. Wade Lehmann
Marine Aquarist Courses Online (MACO) is proud to offer, starting this fall, a two-stage course for aquarium photography.

Product Review: Maxi Jet Utility Pumps 1100, 1800 and 3000
By Jake Adams
The Maxi Jet line has finally been revamped to include more powerful models known as the Maxi Jet Utility (MJU) pumps.

Reefs In The News
Media coverage of the state of our world's reefs, interesting information, and other marine-related news.

Marine Aquarist's Courses Online (MACO)

MACO is Reefs.org's online distance learning courses.

What is MACO?

Marine Aquarist Courses Online (MACO) is a system by which interested people can become students and learn everything from introductory fabrication or science to the most advanced techniques in aquarium husbandry. We draw upon university professors, professionals, and hobbyists of all levels to instruct courses designed around providing you the most current knowledge in a given topic. Courses in the past have covered the basics of fabrication, lighting measurements and regimes, biology of reef organisms, and much more. The 2005 series opens in February and we have a whole host of courses available.

Head over to AquaristCoureses.org and join today!

Frag Trading

Trade your frags at Frags.org.

Frags.org frags.org is the place to buy, sell, and trade propagated coral fragments for reef aquariums. It is completely free and provided as a community service. The website was developed and is maintained by hobbyists in the reef keeping community.

Our mission is to foster an environment accessible by anyone around the world to buy, sell, and trade propagated coral fragments, while at the same time increasing the understanding that aquaculturing corals is important for preserving coral reefs.

With over 1,500 live fragments listed right now, and members in most every city in the US and around the world, you are sure to find the frag you've been looking for!