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Archive for April, 2008

National Geographic - Photo of the Day: Longnose Hawkfish

By Elizabeth M. Lukan to Marine News, Wallpapers on Saturday, April 19th, 2008.

04/01/08, National Geographic - Photo of the Day: Longnose Hawkfish, Namena Island, Fiji, 2004

New Stuff: Advanced Aquarist April 2008

By Elizabeth M. Lukan to New on the Web on Friday, April 18th, 2008.

Advanced Aquarist April 2008 Issue

New Stuff: Conscientious Aquarist Spring 2008

By Elizabeth M. Lukan to New on the Web on Friday, April 18th, 2008.

Conscientious Aquarist Spring 2008 Issue. Also available in PDF.

CaribSea’s Purple-Up

By Elizabeth M. Lukan to Reviews on Tuesday, April 15th, 2008.

Review by rudeanduncouth, 02-13-2006, edited by Elizabeth M. Lukan.

I have been using this product for about a month and half and my coralline growth has accelerated a lot. The problem is it is hard to say that it is this product and not just the tank being stable and maintaining proper calcium and carbonate hardness levels. Purple-Up adds calcium, carbonate, iodine, magnesium, and strontium to your system. The product says it can take up to a month for the coralline growth to really get going and it took about a month before I really started to notice it. You only add a capful everyday, so a bottle lasts awhile. I think I am only about half through mine. At the least, it is good way to maintain calcium and carbonate levels. But I do feel it works. Maybe later I can post pictures for the growth. I bought my bottle for $19.99, but I have seen it for about $16 at other places.

Liz’s Notes: Editing was limited to spelling and grammar corrections and formatting. No other editing was done, what you read was exactly what was posted on the Saltcreep web site. More information and an image of the product can be found at http://www.caribsea.com/pages/products/add_buff.html. Please visit Saltcreep at http://www.saltcreep.com/cmps_index.php for this review, forums, and much more.

More March 2008 News

By Elizabeth M. Lukan to Marine News on Monday, April 14th, 2008.

03/01/08, - LX.TV OpenHouse NYC: FLOORPLAN: Aquariums

03/28/08, National Geographic - Giant, Unknown Animals Found off Antarctica

03/29/08, New York Aquarium - Remembering Bertha, Brooklyn’s Toothiest Resident