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Melev's Reef has been my pride and joy since I started building the very first webpage back in 2003. Nearly 14 years later, it's time for the next incarnation

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It's happening, yet again. Website Upgrade WIP.
melev | 09 October
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When it comes to cutting up corals, there are hand tools, and then there are time-savers like a table top bandsaw.  The Gryphon C-40 AquaSaw is something I

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Gryphon AquaSaw - Model C-40
melev | 07 October
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A few days later than it should have been, but I hope it was worth the wait. Last week I was slammed with things to do, and had no time to edit the weekly

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Video: BTS at the Birch Aquarium
melev | 03 October
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One of the prettiest shops I've walked into is owned by Jennifer Nies, and her story is quite unique (tank maintenance for pizza money?!)... Looking at her,

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Video: Jennifer Nies of New Wave Aquaria
melev | 23 September
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This interview was done at MACNA last weekend. Jim Welsh's newly built invention is the Alkalinity Monitor. It will measure tank water as frequently as you

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Video: Alkalinity Monitor
melev | 16 September
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"Everyone should be reading Coral." That's what I thought to myself months ago, and mentally added that topic to my ongoing list of future videos. Each issue

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Subscribe to Coral Magazine. Seriously.
melev | 02 September
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MACNA 2016 takes place in exactly two weeks.  How would you like to go this year?  Enter the contest and you might win Two Full-Conference Passes! MACNA is

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Video contest: Win two MACNA passes!
melev | 26 August
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Earlier today, the SmartATO began beeping while I was working at my desk.  Thinking nothing of it, I ignored it for about 4 minutes while I wrapped up what i

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Unexpected puddle
melev | 23 August
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One of the topics I wanted to address as a full video is biopellets. Short answer: they work.  Earlier this year, nitrates spiked in my reef and despite lots

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Biopellets - what you need to know
melev | 19 August
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I've been uploading videos to Youtube pretty regularly lately. Did you happen to catch the Youtube Live show last week? Here's the latest one, so if you've

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60g setup and cycle - How I did it using raw shrimp
melev | 14 August
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And the new frag system I set up earlier this year. It's looking pretty good these days.

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What a view I have
melev | 08 August
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