Articles By Hobbyists for Hobbyists

Some Chemistry Behind Ca(OH)2 and CaCO3/CO2 Reactors

By Craig Bingman. Posted to Reefkeepers emailing list, Tuesday the 16th of May 2000.

Cirolanid Isopods

By Keith Clarke and Ron Shimek. Posted to reef-l emailing list, Friday the 25th of February 2000.

Analysis of TLF Combisan

Testing Performed by Inland Reef and Ron Shimek, 2001.

Coral Eating Starfish

By Various Authors. Posted to reef-l emailing list, Friday the 23rd to Sunday the 25th of March 2001.

Coral Spawning

By Various Authors. Posted to reef-l emailing list, Wednesday the 12th to Monday the 17th of July 2000.

Gas Bubble Disease and Popeye

By David Cripe, Ed Kowalski and Melissa Phipps. Posted to The Breeders Registry emailing list, 26th May 1999.

Cyanide Effects and Testing

By Various Authors. Posted to reef-l emailing list, Sunday the 14th to Tuesday the 16th of Janurary 2001.

Feeding Clams

By Daniel Knop. Posted to reef-l emailing list, Wednesday the 1st to Sunday the 5th of December 1999.

Removing Clams from Water

By Daniel Knop. Posted to reef-l emailing list, Sunday the 5th of December 1999.

Clam with Broken Hinge Ligament

By Daniel Knop. Posted to reef-l emailing list, Wednesday the 6th of October 1999.

Dehumidifiers: Why can't we use the collected water for our tanks?

By Mike Kirda, Aaron. Posted to Reefkeepers emailing list, Monday, July 1st, 2002.

Rubberbands in Reef Tanks

By Richard Durso and Ron Shimek. Posted to reef-l emailing list, Wednesday the 18th of October 2000.

Dusky Jawfish (Opistognathus spp.)

By Various Authors. Posted to reefkeepers emailing list, Thursday the 27th to Friday the 28th of July 2000.

Bacteria and Corals

By Eric Borneman. Posted to ReefKeepers emailing list, Wednesday 13th January 1999.

Polyp Bailout

By Eric Borneman. Posted to the ReefKeepers emailing list, Thursday 18th February 1999.

NCRI Conference

By Eric Borneman. Posted to the ReefKeepers emailing list, Tuesday, 20th April 1999.

Seagrass Tank

By Eric Borneman. Posted to reef-l emailing list, Sunday the 20th of June 1999.

The Berghia Training Program

By Eric Borneman. Posted to ReefKeepers emailing list, Thursday 25th June 1998.

Adding Iodine To the Reef Tank

By Eric Edelman

Edelman, Compounds, Beaker

By Eric Edelman

Elegance Coral

By Various Authors. Posted to reef-l emailing list, Saturday the 15th to Monday the 17th of July 2000.

FAQ on Banggai Cardinals

By Frank Marini

Copperband Butterflies and Sandbeds

By Brian Ferguson, Scott Fleming and Ron Shimek. Posted to reef-l emailing list, Sunday the 9th of July to Monday 10th July 2000.

Fish Farming a Bust

By Various Authors. Posted to reef-l emailing list, Friday the 30th of June to Monday 3rd July 2000.

Flatworm Eradication

By Various Authors. Posted to reefkeepers emailing list on Monday 18th to Wednesday 20th November, 2002.

Tap Water Purifier Recharching Article - Gary Deutschmann Sr.

 

Tap Water Purifier Recharging Article

By Gary Deutschmann Sr.

Tap Water Purifier Recharging Article - Instructions

By Gary Deutschmann

Grounding Probes and Safety Switches

By Various Authors. Posted to Reefing the Australian Way discussion board, Friday the 30th June to Tuesday the 4th of July 2000.

Garlic versus 'Marine Ich': Diallyl thiosulfinate activity against Cryptocaryon irritans infestations of marine fish

By Horge Cortes-Jorge Jr. Sunday the 31st of December 2000 (modified for reefs.org Saturday the 3rd of February, 2001).

Marine Snow

By Richard Harker and Rob Toonen. Posted to reefkeepers emailing list, Thursday the 15th to Friday the 17th of July 2000.

Peppermint Shrimp

By Stephen Hopkins and Keith Redfield. Posted to Reefkeepers emailing list, Tuesday 2nd November 1999.

Addressing Fishroom Humidity

By Various Authors. Posted to reefkeepers emailing list on Monday the 1st to Wednesday the 3rd of July, 2002

Inland Aquatics Guide to Controlling Aiptasia Anemones

By Morgan Lidster - Inland Aquatics

Ionic Imbalance

By Jimmy Chen. Posted to ReefKeepers emailing list, Wednesday 22nd July 1998.

Suggestions for Moving a Reef Tank

By John J. Meek

Keeping an Octopus

By Chris Johnston and Mark Lanett. Posted to the ReefKeepers emailing list, Thursday 20th and Friday 21th May 1999.

Changing Substrate

By Rob Layton, David Mohr and Rob Toonen. Posted to Reefkeepers emailing list, Saturday the 12th to Monday the 14th of February 2000.

Little White Starfish

By Various Authors. Posted to reef-l emailing list on Monday the 30th to Tuesday the 31st of October 2000.

LPS Corals, Current and Expansion

By Various Authors. Posted to reefkeepers emailing list, Thursday the 2nd to Friday the 3rd of November 2000.

Raising Stenopus and Lysmata Larvae

By Luis Magnasco and Rob Toonen. Posted to The Breeders Registry emailing list, 15th November to 7th December 1998.

Turbinaria Propagation

By Dan Maughmer, Dave Riendeau, and Brad Ward. Posted to reef-l emailing list, Sunday the 20th of February 2000.

Metal Halide Lighting Upgrade and Anecdotal Evidence

By Various Authors. Posted to the reefkeepers emailing list on Friday 23rd to Friday 20th of May, 2003.

Analysis of EcoSystem's Miracle Mud

Testing Performed by Inland Reef and Lars Sebralla.

Attaching Mushroom Anemones

By Various Authors. Posted to reef-l emailing list, Wednesday the 16th to Thursday the 17th of February 2000.

Live Rock and Live Sand

By Nathan Cope

Nicolas Will - Nilsen Reactors

By Nicolas Will. Posted to Reefkeepers emailing list, Thursday 6th May 1999.

CO2 Needle Valve Alternatives

By Mike Kirda, Wade Lehmann, Brian Ferguson. Posted to Reefkeepers e-mailing list, Friday, June 28, 2002.

Neptune AquaController 2

By Bill Esposito. Saturday the 3rd of March 2001.

Newbie Advice and Overflows

By Various Authors. Posted to reefkeepers emailing list on Thursday 10th to Sunday 13th October, 2002.

Color Perception

By Paul Beckmann. Posted to Reefkeepers emailing list, Saturday 9th October 1999.

Algae Filtration: Method of Nutrient Removal in Reef Aquaria

By Patrick Ferguson

#reefs December 1998 contest

'What can you, as a hobbyist, do to help prevent the destruction of the world's reef ecosystems?'

Why are Corals Animals?

By Ron Shimek. Posted to Reefkeepers emailing list, Monday 26th April 1999.

Shipping Invertebrates

By Ron Shimek. Posted to Reefkeepers emailing list, Tuesday 18th May 1999.

Live Sand Examination

By Ron Shimek. Posted to Reefkeepers emailing list, Wednesday 2nd of June 1999.

Hermit Crabs in a Reef Tank

By Ron Shimek. Posted to Reefkeepers emailing list, Monday 26th April 1999.

Cucumber Defenses

By Rob Toonen. Posted to ReefKeepers emailing list, Wednesday 16th September 1998.

Problem for Captive Breeding?

By Rob Toonen. Posted to the Reef Keepers emailing list, Sunday 13th December 1998.

Nutritional Requirements of Seahorses

By Rob Toonen. Posted to The Breeders Registry emailing list, Tuesday 16th February 1999.

Larvae Settlement Cues

By Rob Toonen. Posted to The Breeders Registry emailing list, Friday 5th March 1999.

Fish Nutrition

By Rob Toonen. Posted to The Breeders Registry and Reefkeepers emailing list, Monday 22nd March 1999.

Medusa Worms

By Rob Toonen. Posted to Reefkeepers emailing list, Sunday 9th May 1999.

Keeping Anemones

By Rob Toonen. Posted to Reefkeepers emailing list, Monday 16th to Wednesday 18th August 1999 and

Silica Sand

By Rob Toonen. Posted to Reefkeepers emailing list, Saturday 18th September 1999.

Culturing Shrimp

By Rob Toonen. Posted to Reefkeepers emailing list, Tuesday 31st August 1999.

Sponges

By Rob Toonen. Posted to Reefkeepers emailing list, Thursday 17th September 1999.

Polychaete (aka "bristleworm") FAQ For Reefkeepers

Version 1.00 (August, 1998)

Feather Stars

By Rob Toonen. Posted to Aqualink discussion board, 2nd September 1999, and Reefkeepers emailing list, 5th October 1999.

Oxygen Saturation

By Rob Toonen. Posted to Reefkeepers emailing list, Wednesday 17th November 1999.

Spray Dried Phytoplankton

By Rob Toonen. Posted to Reefkeepers emailing list, Friday 17th September 1999.

Storage of Cryopaste

By Rob Toonen. Posted to Reefkeepers emailing list, Thursday 18th November 1999.

Basket Stars

By Rob Toonen. Posted to Reefkeepers emailing list, Friday 3rd December 1999.

Cowries

By Rob Toonen. Posted to Aqualink discussion board, October 1999.

Are All Flatworms Bad?

By Rob Toonen. Posted to Reefkeepers emailing list, Tuesday the 1st of February 2000.

Gonipora Success!?

By Rob Toonen. Posted to Reefkeepers emailing list, Saturday the 18th of December 1999.

Porites and 'Christmas Tree Worms'

By Rob Toonen. Posted to Reefkeepers emailing list, Sunday the 12th of December 1999.

Spray Dried Plankton

By Rob Toonen. Posted to Reefkeepers emailing list, Tuesday the 7th of March 2000.

Particle Size of Southdown Sand from Home Depot

By Rob Toonen. Posted to reefkeepers emailing list, Saturday the 5th of August 2000.

Sea Pens

By Rob Toonen. Posted to Reefkeepers emailing list, date unknown.

Antibiotics

By Rob Toonen. Posted to ReefKeepers emailing list, Tuesday 8th September 1998.

The Great Temperature Debate

By Various Authors. Posted to Reefkeepers emailing list, Sunday the 23rd to Thursday the 27th of May 1999.

Rapid Tissue Necrosis

By Various Authors. Posted to Reefkeepers emailing list, Friday the 24th to Tuesday the 26th of March 2000.

Grounding Tanks

By Stanley Brown. Posted to The Breeders Registry emailing list, Wednesday 23rd December 1998.

How Metal Halide Ballasts Work and Iwaski Bulbs

By Sanjay Joshi. Posted to ReefKeepers emailing list, Friday 2nd October 1998.

Sand clumping- the How's and Why's

By Mike Kirda, Shane Graber. Posted to Reefkeepers emailing list, Monday, March 4th, 2002.

Iron and Seagrasses

By Various Authors. Posted to Reefkeepers emailing list, Friday, March 29th, 2002.

Turbo Snail Problems and Acclimatization

By Various Authors. Posted to reef-l emailing list in January 2001.

Starfish Acclimatisation

By Various Authors. Posted to reef-l emailing list, Friday the 25th to Saturday the 26th of February 2000.

Water Changes in the Reef Aquarium

By Troy Brightbill

Water Changes in the Reef Aquarium - Data

By Troy Brightbill

Treating Those Darn Dinoflagellates

By Todd Crail. Posted to reef-l emailing list.

Dinoflagellates, or was that "Boogers with Bubbles"?

By Todd Crail. Posted to Reefkeepers emailing list, Saturday 8th May 1999.

Water Changes in the Reef Aquarium

By Troy Brightbill

Edited TWP Recharge Instructions

 

In the Wall Tank Owners and Fishroom Considerations

By Various Authors. Posted to Reefkeepers emailing list, Sunday, June 30th, 2002

Wet or Dry Skimmer Foam?

By Various Authors. Posted to reefkeepers emailing list, Sunday the 22nd of October 2000.

Actinic Lighting

By Various Authors Posted to reef-l emailing list during March 2001.

Algae Removal from Glass

By Various Authors. Posted to reefkeepers emailing list from the Thursday the 30th to Friday the 31st of May, 2002.

Yellow Headed Jawfish

By Bill Capman. Posted to Reefkeepers emailing list, Thursday 23rd to Friday 24th September 1999.

Wild Larval Fish Collection and Raising

By Bob Mankin. Posted to Reefkeepers emailing list, Tuesday 8th of June 1999.

Basement Sumps - Why Do People Do It?

By Various Authors. Posted to Reefkeepers emailing list, Thursday, April 4th, 2002.

Salinity and Temperature

By Craig Bingman and Rob Toonen. Posted to Reefkeepers emailing list, Wednesday the 2nd of February 2000.

Changing Acropora Colours

By Eric Borneman, Andy Hipkiss and Minh Nguyen. Posted to reef-l emailing list, Saturday the 11th to Wednesday the 29th of November 2000.

Anecdotal Evidence

By Eric Borneman, Michelle Jahn and Ron Shimek. Posted to reef-l emailing list, Tuesday the 22nd to Wednesday the 23rd of June 1999.

Heavy Feeding, Vacuuming, and Sand Beds

By Eric Borneman, Bob Mankin and Ron Shimek. Posted to Reefkeepers emailing list, Monday 7th to Wednesday 9th June 1999.

Coral's Prey Response

By Eric Borneman and Ron Shimek. Posted to reef-l emailing list, Sunday the 19th to Monday the 20th of September 1999.

Ecosystem Populatin Dynamics

By Eric Borneman, Ron Shimek, and Dallas Warren. Posted to reef-l emailing list, Wednesday the 15th of April 1998.

Colouring / Browning of Corals

By Eric Borneman, Ron Shimek and Dallas Warren. Posted to the ReefKeepers emailing list, Thursday 20th and Friday 21th May 1999.

Millepora Algae Stains

By Eric Borneman and Walt Smith. Posted to reef-l emailing list, Friday the 16th to Sunday the 18th of June 2000.

Blast and Cyanide Fishing

By Dean Boulding and Mike Kirda. Posted to reefkeepers emailing list, Tuesday the 31st of October 2000.

Bristleworm Spawning and Sandbed Questions

By Various Authors. Posted to reef-l emailing list on Friday the 29th to Saturday the 30th of December 2000.

Cyanobacteria

By Craig Bingman. Posted to Reefkeepers emailing list, Saturday the 18th of March 2000.

Lighting Intensity Comparsion Background

By Craig Bingman. Posted to Reefkeepers emailing list, Friday the 11th of February 2000.

Coral Farming in a Two Bedroom Apartment

By Todd Crail. Small time coral farming is possible -- even in a two bedroom apartment. Check out how Todd was setup in his apartment to do this.