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BlueWinterWaves · 08-07-2002, 07:53 PM

Originally posted by feldon23
BlueWinterWaves,

re: reefkeeping newsgroups, could you post a few? Occasionally we get someone in the chatroom desparate to save a sick fish and I don't know where to send them other than the pet store.

Sorry, I didn't notice your post until now. OK, here's a few:

Of course there is rec.aquaria.marine.reefs, on Usenet. Great resource. A few snooty ones in there that think they know everything there is to know (and they DO know a lot, but they could lose the 'tude). But otherwise it's a cool group and very informative. For fish-only (non-reef) tanks, see rec.aquaria.marine.misc.

A few web sites:

http://saltaquarium.about.com/index.htm?terms=reef
http://community-2.webtv.net/deflizard/doc/
http://home1.gte.net/rhe1/nanoreef/frindex.htm for nano-reefs
http://www.nano-reef.com also for nano reefs
http://www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/a.../2/default.asp
http://www.reefkeepers.org/home.html
http://www.thereeftank.com/forums/
http://www.rl180reef.com/pages/stand...pipe_frame.htm (how to make your reef tank NOT sound like a 24/7 flushing toilet)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...907445-9637457 (a great list of books to read by one of the r.a.m.r group regulars).

Yahoo Groups also has a ton of aquarium-related groups.

And if you're lazy and want to have a no-maintainenance coral reef tank

:
http://ffexpress.com/rubbers/rubber_corals.htm (I joke about them, but they're actually pretty good for filling in spaces. 99% of large public aquariums, like the Long Beach Aquarium in California, have fake corals. It would simply take way too much artificial lighting to light tanks that deep, and tons of maintenance to keep them going with all live corals.)

Hope this helps someone.

08-07-2002, 07:53 PM	#78
BlueWinterWaves Registered Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 139	Originally posted by feldon23 BlueWinterWaves, re: reefkeeping newsgroups, could you post a few? Occasionally we get someone in the chatroom desparate to save a sick fish and I don't know where to send them other than the pet store. Sorry, I didn't notice your post until now. OK, here's a few: Of course there is rec.aquaria.marine.reefs, on Usenet. Great resource. A few snooty ones in there that think they know everything there is to know (and they DO know a lot, but they could lose the 'tude). But otherwise it's a cool group and very informative. For fish-only (non-reef) tanks, see rec.aquaria.marine.misc. A few web sites: http://saltaquarium.about.com/index.htm?terms=reef http://community-2.webtv.net/deflizard/doc/ http://home1.gte.net/rhe1/nanoreef/frindex.htm for nano-reefs http://www.nano-reef.com also for nano reefs http://www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/a.../2/default.asp http://www.reefkeepers.org/home.html http://www.thereeftank.com/forums/ http://www.rl180reef.com/pages/stand...pipe_frame.htm (how to make your reef tank NOT sound like a 24/7 flushing toilet) http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...907445-9637457 (a great list of books to read by one of the r.a.m.r group regulars). Yahoo Groups also has a ton of aquarium-related groups. And if you're lazy and want to have a no-maintainenance coral reef tank : http://ffexpress.com/rubbers/rubber_corals.htm (I joke about them, but they're actually pretty good for filling in spaces. 99% of large public aquariums, like the Long Beach Aquarium in California, have fake corals. It would simply take way too much artificial lighting to light tanks that deep, and tons of maintenance to keep them going with all live corals.) Hope this helps someone.