Useful threads

[Moe_K]

I'm going to start collecting links to useful threads here.

Email me (no PM's please) to nominate a thread. Either that, or just add a post to that particular thread asking a moderator to archive the thread.

The first is that thread about online vendors.

 

[Moe_K]

How to start a tank using "dead rock" instead of live rock.

 

[Moe_K]

A great discussion of how protein skimmers work:
http://www.bostonreefers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=5300

 

[Moe_K]

Good info on the red mites that infect Acropora:
http://www.bostonreefers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=6055

 

[Moe_K]

Angel fish in a reef tank?!?
http://www.bostonreefers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=6157

 

[Moe_K]

Diagnosing what's wrong with a coral and hints on causes of Rapid Tissue Necrosis (RTN):
http://www.bostonreefers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=6522

Long thread. Give it a read.

 

[Moe_K]

A discussion of Calcium Reactors:
http://www.bostonreefers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=5564

 

[Moe_K]

Using natural sea water (NSW) in your tank?
http://www.bostonreefers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=6090

 

[Moe_K]

What's an "eductor", how does it work, and what does it do?

http://www.bostonreefers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=7026

 

[Moe_K]

An explanation of "closed loops" - a system to increase water motion:
http://www.bostonreefers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=6736

 

[Moe_K]

External or submersible pump?

 

[Moe_K]

How to grow out brine shrimp (for fish food)

 

[Moe_K]

Info on using Dowflake (calcium chloride) to supplement calcium, and a link to Randy's 2-part solutions article.

 

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What is a CONTROLLER, and what do they control?

 

[Moe_K]

Alkalinity and calcium, with a helpful link to one of Randy's articles in Advanced Aquarist

 

[Moe_K]

The BRS has a fish trap that folks pass around. This thread keeps track of the trap(s).

 

[Moe_K]

The BRS' mantis shrimp trap that members may borrow

 

[Moe_K]

Montipora eating nudibranchs?!?

 

[Moe_K]

Lots of info on metal halide (MH) lighting

 

[Moe_K]

How to post pictures on these boards.