little bugs good or bad?
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Topic: little bugs good or bad?
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Subject: little bugs good or bad?
Date Posted: July 06 2016 at 11:06am
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Topics for discussion at the August meeting: - What are Microfauna and Meiofauna? Are they a good thing and if so, how do we encourage their growth?
- Shouldn't water quality for all reef fish be as good as on the reef  - Is it true that coral filter the same water that the fish are polluting? - What hardy varieties of coral can be kept with predatory fish - Which is better, natural biofiltration or mechanical/chemical filters? - What is the value of Macroalgae like Caulerpa and Chaetomorpha - How can a hobbyist grow their own LS and LR using terrestrial "fossilized" LR and can this calcium carbonate rock and sand be found near the reef or even in Utah? - How can a simple glass box of water be just as beautiful as an expensive tank that uses sophisticated equipment Aloha, Mark  ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member 
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Posted By: jdinchak
Date Posted: July 06 2016 at 11:10am
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To me how to do it cheaper and showing successful examples is a big part of it. Not everyone runs a skimmer or expensive dosing options, you can overcome that in other ways. Sometimes people like those items and it helps but seeing different examples and perspectives is really neat. Kind of like with Reef Tour, seeing great tanks and having them all run differently! Maybe something on an inexpensive, easy, responsible way to set up a tank quickly! I can't wait for your discussion! ------------- 180G Mixed Reef Tank 170G Dart Frog Tank |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: July 10 2016 at 4:14pm
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There are many unique perspectives on reefkeeping. I hope we can have an interactive discussion regarding how hobbyists are doing beautiful reef aquariums in an economical way. Ideas for additional topics? Please post your ideas here. Aloha, Mark ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member
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Posted By: PrettymanExotics
Date Posted: July 13 2016 at 1:16pm
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This doesn't really go with your current topics, but I would love for someone to come out and talk about parameters. We have a lot of people who are knew who don't know how to do this and don't understand it. It would be cool to have someone talk about water parameters. have some people bring in samples from their tanks. show HOW to test, what tests are good, and what the heck they actually mean. And if the tests are off how to correct any issues before they become huge issues.... ill think of more ideas if you want :D ------------- Prettyman Exotics 825 N 300 W Ste C138 Salt Lake City, UT 84103 Wednesday-Saturday 11am-7pm Sunday 11am-3pm Closed Mondays and Tuesday LIVE FOODS: Phytoplankton, Copepods, Rotifers, Tigger pods |
Posted By: PrettymanExotics
Date Posted: July 13 2016 at 1:22pm
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Topics about diseases would be cool. like velvet, ich etc. what they are, how to identify them how to correct them if possible etc. another topic could be clean up crews, whats does what, whats beneficial, why have them, do certain things clean better in regards to glass, rock, sand. Want me to keep going? don't want to be annoying or overloading lol ------------- Prettyman Exotics 825 N 300 W Ste C138 Salt Lake City, UT 84103 Wednesday-Saturday 11am-7pm Sunday 11am-3pm Closed Mondays and Tuesday LIVE FOODS: Phytoplankton, Copepods, Rotifers, Tigger pods |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: July 13 2016 at 1:48pm
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Keep it up. Those are exactly the sort of things many of us hope will be the major content of future monthly meetings. Most of those topics will be touched upon during the discussion in August. Setting up an inexpensive yet beautiful reef aquarium is futile if it crashes. We will discuss how to keep it looking beautiful without having to do a lot of maintenance or having to empty our wallet. Aloha, Mark  ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member
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Posted By: jdinchak
Date Posted: July 13 2016 at 1:55pm
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Well we need a speaker and ideas for Nov so keep them coming...... ------------- 180G Mixed Reef Tank 170G Dart Frog Tank |