Oh my Gosh I am so sorry if anyone has been trying to e-mail me the address has changed it is now pollywog@cableone.net. I hope this has not caused to many problems. It is with the deepest of apology and embarrassment, for I missed this completely. I am doing my very best to learn all the tricks about coding, and adding buttons and so on. It won't be to long before I become a pro at this as well, for my brain is like a sponge and I am soaking all this information up and I guess more importantly it makes me think of LeRoy and the incredible jobs and countless tasks he accomplished. Welcome to the always changing, but constantly sharing web site. This site is design for every age group, on every subect and every project that we encounter throughout our daily, monthly, and yearly endeavors. I have been extremely busy trying my best to keep all proects and tanks functioning and I am so proud to report that I am ready to start selling one of GARF's favorite products, all of the diversity packages are now back and I am ready for your orders. I know I have been extremely hard to reach, but I truly needed this time, to gain strengh and energy to keep this dream of GARF's alive and available to all. It is our sincere hope that you will continure to follow our research and support us through purchasing our products. We have discontinued shipping on Fridays and will ship out all packages the first of the week just as it was accomplished in the past. I know that I have made some shipping mistakes, as well as just learning how to use pay pal and the e-mail so I am deeply sorry for any problems I created for I care just as much about your tank as I do ours. My biggest step forward I am sharing with you right now for this is my first attempt at coding on this site so that I can continue to update all of you on GARF, through pictures and articles.

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This page has several Xenia Videos..

WE ARE STARTING THE SUMMER BY TEACHING AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN
HOW TO START THEIR OWN CORAL FARMING COMPANY.

We use two types of grunge in each reef. In the main tank Garf Grunge Original™ is used. In new tanks we use one pound for each 3 gallons. We also use it to revitalize old tanks, and we add one pound for each 5 gallons of water.

Garf Grunge Original™ has the worlds best strains of bacteria sponges and micro invertebrates.

Our newest product is one of the most asked for things that we've had during the years and this is Garf Grunge Bright White™.

From:"Joel Weis" Date: 12/22 Mon PM 07:19:05 ESTFrom:"Joel Weis" Subject: Janitor Pack saved our tank In March, I broke down and bought 250 tank janitors for my 125 gallon. Prior to the janitors I had tried stepping up the filtration, and increased water changes, but the green hair algae was out of control. I threw in a lawnmower blenny, sailfin tang, reduced the lighting, and reduced the phosphates. Nothing worked, and I was at the end of the rope. I pulled out half of the algae covered rock, thinking that the reduced surface area would help. At this point nothing worked, and I was ready to break the tank down and quit, Out of desperation, I pulled all but 3 of the remaining rocks out of the tank, and pressure washed them in the driveway, and threw them back in. ( I realize this is not a recommended procedure), I noticed that even that didn't work, as the algae was starting to grow back. My brother recommended a janitor pack, so I bought 250 snails, crabs, etc. It has been 10 months, and the tank has been algae free. I highly recommend to everyone, just buy the janitors first, and save yourself the headache, I did notice the janitors were more successful with the algae that was less than 1/2 inch tall. Thank You Leroy for your awesome solution to this 2 year long battle, and saving our tank. P.S. the Grunge was a nice surprise, it's great stuff. * Remember to ask leroy and you can get two pounds of free Garf Grunge ® with all orders. * This week you also get a Macro algae order for free with your Grunge:) YOU JUST HAVE TO ASK. Green algae control buttons Diatom Algae Control return to top Red Slime Algae control I am absolutely excited to introduce one of our newest, hardest working and delightful to watch janitors. Our Mollies have been in our saltwater systems for over 2 years now, and there is not one spot of algae in any one of our tanks. Matching the Mollies and our existing janitor package works faster, longer and better than we could have dreamed . I have now grown enough of these amazing salt water mollies to make them part of our newest janitor package, meaning that the mollies will be only 1.00 each. We recommend 1 Molly per every 5 gallons of tank water. Wow, its been quite a while since I have had the time to share my beautiful Xenia with everyone. We have worked extremely hard on sharing in detail everything we know on the care and propagation of these remarkable Xenia. These corals have continued to capture my heart. please take the time to watch these videos for they will answer all of your questions, and they will probably answer ones that you had not thought of yet. I am very excited to announce that because of my passion for these animals I have brood stock Xenia that have been with me for over 16 years. I have several babies ready to become your brood stock and provide you with countless years of propagation of many new generations of Xenia that you can share with the general public. Use this page to purchase the Garf.org PRODUCTS for your reef aquarium. For orders PLEASE CALL 1-800-600-6163 It is now very easy to purchase our products on the phone. You can leave your order on our secure phone line. 1-800-600-6163 Please call now and you can order by leaving a message with your shipping information and your order. THIS SLIDE SHOW TEACHES ABOUT OUR BULLET PROOF REEF AQUARIUM You are on the largest, and one of the very best web pages that can help you have a great reef aquarium. I am sure you will be amazed at how much information we have published since we started in 1995. It is time to get your algae under control, so your reef will be ready to show off this Summer This Calculator Will tell you how much of each thing you will need for your reef aquarium! We have the finest refugium animals and plants and we have put these specials together for you. These products will make your reef aquarium very stable, and the bacteria and micro inverts will feed on the waste from your tank. They also make a great source of food for your reef. Hello, This is LeRoy I've been recovering from a stroke. I have several things to report, and most of them are positive. If during the last year you've called me and talked to me, and it seems like every time you call I don't remember that we've talked before, well that's probably because it was true. With my therapy and my new medications I'm doing much better. The doctor says I am going to continue to get better, but until I am all better Sally Jo is setting up a computer program to help me with my short-term memory problems. This problem with my helping you seems to have been when we had a problem with an order. I was trying to help, but I should have left the order in the system. I will now do that. If you have had a problem; I hope you will call me again. I promise to get the information to Sally Jo. 1-800-600-6163 We are so excited to share with you some new ways to make Aragocrete sculptures. LeRoy is recovering from the stroke and his short term memory is getting better. LeRoy will show you our newest Aragocrete instruction pages. He will be creating many new rock making lessons, so be sure to check in with garf.org often. LeRoy Headlee's New Links New 01/02/12 Soft corals are easy to propagate, but there are a few tricks that Continued here The most important thing we can do is educating and mentoring the children in our lives. Simple things that we see and learn as children can change our lives for the better. 11/22/11 new page - When I was eight years old I was invited into a neighbor ladies home to see her aquariums. I was hiding from the neighborhood bully in the one place he would never follow me. I was in Ruthie's Iris garden. All of us knew that she was mean and cranky, so we never went into her yard. This was a desperate time and I was more afraid of Gary than her. The story continues on this page. Rock making family project - The diversity specials have the best aquacultured live rocks that we can get. use this link Garf Diversity buttons 12/05/11 New page Learn how to make a plywood 140 gallon reef tank - save money! 12/02/11 08/29/11 - This is one of my favorite ways to make a reef table. It is one way to use the broken pieces I have left over from breaking so many sculptures by digging them up too soon. The left over pieces are used to make- Learn how on this page - three leg table rocks- 08/21/11 new page Easy leg table rocks- We remain dedicated to sharing all of our research with all of you who want to be a part of the growing GARF team. These new projects are not only exciting but they can be so much fun. I would like to help you on the number 1-800-600-6163! Feel free to call with any questions you have about reef aquariums. Fish questions are just fine; we do not sell fish. We want to help you as much as possible! This Summer I am going to help many of you to start a home rock company. It may seem odd to start making your own rocks now that 5 of the big coral wholesalers are producing their own man made rocks for sale. That just means that they know there is now a demand for rock that will help save the wild reefs. It is nice to have their company, because for most of the last 15 years it has seemed that Sally Jo and I have been standing on own front porch yelling into the dark. When I made up the name ARAGOCRETE in 1996 I hoped this day would come. It is now very easy to purchase our products on the phone. You can leave your order on our secure phone line. 1-800-600-6163 Please call now and you can order by leaving a message with your shipping information and your order. new 2/15/11 Learn how we make branch rocks using plastic bags Have fun with the family and teach a lesson about making money with garbage 12/12/11 Grow Sarcophytons for profit and fun Learn all about leather corals - sarcophyton This is what some of our happy customers have to say about our service and products. Make your own lights Slide Show #1 Garf.Org - Making Reef Aquarium Lights For Less Money #2 Reply clw@.rr.com via garf.org to leroy show details 7:28 PM (17 hours ago)07/08/11 Hi Leroy, I would like to start by saying thank you for all your help with my order of janitors and the GARF 75 gallon diversity package. As soon as the janitors hit the tank floor they were off and running they have removed all the algae from my tank, I am having to swap live rock from my other tank just so they have algae to feed on. They are definitely worth the price and the Grunge is awesome. I currently am doing aquarium maintenance at the local community college which consists of a 120 gallon reef tank and I also propagate and clean tanks at the local pet store in town here. I have started to make man made rock from G.A.R.F's instructions which seems to work very well especially since I really want to keep the live rock where it belongs on the reef in the ocean. I feel that we all can make a impact for the better on our oceans no matter how small or big it all really does matter, it is a proven fact through the research being done at G.A.R.F that there are plenty of ways to have quality man made live rock that is as good if not better than robbing our reefs and not to mention without any risk of nuisance algae or pests. Thanks for all you and Sally Joe do for the hobby if you ever come to Lexington North Carolina please look me up it would be an honor to meet you. Respectfully yours, Charles W Today we show you how to make Aragocrete Rocks to mount your corals on Use this page to purchase the Garf.org PRODUCTS for your reef aquarium. Push these buttons to buy Garf grunge We use many types of grunge in each reef. In the main tank Garf Grunge Original™ is used. In new tanks we use one pound for each 3 gallons. We also use it to revitalize old tanks, and we add one pound for each 5 gallons of water. Garf Grunge Original™ has the worlds best strains of bacteria sponges and micro invertebrates. We have been working for years to build a product that has a very good track record. Many people reorder and seventy percent of our orders are repeat customers. We thank all of them for their support! The Garf Grunge Original™ is the most important one to add when you are starting a new tank. It is a small gravel size, and it is full of very beneficial bacteria, coralline, and micro invertebrates. You do not have to be member of PAYPAL to use the buttons below! The grunge buttons are BUY IT NOW buttons, because each special fills the box. You get the best deal using the buy it now buttons below. We use two types of grunge in each reef. In the main tank Garf Grunge Original™ is used. In new tanks we use one pound for each 3 gallons. We also use it to revitalize old tanks, and we add one pound for each 5 gallons of water. Garf Grunge Original™ has the worlds best strains of bacteria sponges and micro invertebrates. We have been working for years to build a product that has a very good track record. Many people reorder and seventy percent of our orders are repeat customers. We thank all of them for their support! The Garf Grunge Original™ is the most important one to add when you are starting a new tank. It is a small gravel size, and it is full of very beneficial bacteria, coralline, and micro invertebrates. You do not have to be member of PAYPAL to use the buttons below! The grunge buttons are BUY IT NOW buttons, because each special fills the box. You get the best deal using the buy it now buttons below. NEWEST 03/19/12 VIDEO ABOUT XENIA AS CLOWN FISH HOSTS HELP SAVE THE WILD ANEMONES NEW 03/13/12 GROW AND SELL LEATHER CORALS FOR CLOWN FISH HOSTS Getting back into the hobby Inbox Reply| @comcast.net to Leroy show details april 26 5:53 PM (25 minutes ago) I decided to get back into the hobby after getting out of it to raise a family. As I started rounding everything up I found a box from garf, which still had the receipt on it. I decided to see what the date was. Aug. 31, 1999. now that I'm slowly getting set up, I have been checking prices and in 12 years garf still hasn't changed their prices. I'm returning to garf, because they were always there for support, awesome corals, making it affordable and of course Leroy and Sally Jo . Thanks GARF Sincerely B. Whitney Illinois 04/23/11 Learn how to build aquarium farming tanks. Make three coral farming aquariums and multi-tank stands This is a home school project M. and D. to leroy show details Apr 21 (3 days ago) HI! I just wanted to strongly recommend GARF products as a whole, the price and education you guys offer are Unmatched, and your quality always exceeds my expectations. I had originally been concerned as I live in Alaska, but Leroy has gone out of His way to accommodate me and with a little patience we were able to make it work. I wanted to personaly thank you, and sally Joe, for all the work you guys do it's incredible. Leroy has also taken time to talk with me addressing any concern I might have, I also will be trying out a experiment as in the summer we have a 20 hour light cycle with low temps wondering if this would create ideal growing conditions for coralline algae. Leroy has been a Blessing to me and their customer service is unmatched by any competitor! I recommend GARF over anyone or any other product thank you so much for all that you do for us and our earth!!!!!!!!! David Wasilla ALASKA This video shows you Sally Jo's Garf Diversity™ Bag-o-Copepods and explains why you need to add several different types of Copepods to your system. New 02/26/12 We have a $100.00 winner - best rock making idea in February These are great rocks for larger reef aquariums. So elegant and easy to make. 02/01/12 Learn how to make siphons for your coral farm.Videos and text NEW SLIDE SHOW OF 4 MONTH OLD REEF WITH GARF'S HELP My tank after 4 months is doing incredible following the methods outlined by GARF @aol.com to Leroy show details Apr 18 2011 (2 days ago) My tank after 4 months is doing incredible following the methods outlined by GARF, Leroy is the nicest and most helpful person I have ever dealt with, and the web site is amazing! I have attached some photos Thank you again 04/13/11 You can see our newest page. Reef aquarium research project .Diversity™ Cleaning the fungus from 36 gallon reef reef #1. You can watch from day one as we bring a reef to life. Sally Jo's FAQ How did you get involved with this hobby? Why should I consider not using anything from the wild to set up my captive reef system? Why should I propagate and share the corals in my captive reef system? Can our hobby make a difference and help the wild reefs? How do I start a zero impact reef aquarium? Algae Central Reef Janitors

LeRoy is an expert on reef algae control. We will help you get your reef aquarium ready for Spring. If you have red slime, diatoms, or green hair algae we can help you with our healthy, hardy Algae Loving Snails and our Mexican Red Leg Hermit Crabs. We have placed several new ways for you to purchase Reef Janitors™ and Garf Grunge™ on this page. The original order form allows you to choose the best janitors for you reef aquarium so we can call you to help you finish your order. return to top We will add many new pages so check back often!! Orders 1-800-600-6163 TALK TO LEROY new 04/25/12 This is a Great page about advanced sps coral propagation New page 04/27/12 Learn how to grow the Capnella in this weeks soft coral special New 02/19/12 Gorgonian advanced propagation and care Easy to grow and easy to market. Zoanthid farming This is the garf.org starting an aquarium maintainance company page Zoanthid farming Learn much more about Zoanthid farming. Advanced sps propagation Learns about propagating SPS corals learn how to build a coral farm system. How to make a coral farming reef aquarium Learn how to build aquarium farming tanks. Make three coral farming aquariums and multi-tank stands learn about farming Xenia corals Propagate Xenia corals learn about propagating Mushroom corals Propagate Mushrooms Learn about propagating Sinularia Propagate branching soft corals. learn coral farming . Take a visit to a Zoanthid farm. Use this link to clean your reef and Red Leg Hermit Crabs Algae Loving Snails support our education program You can always send us E-Mail at: leroy@garf.org Thank you!! .

Watch this update of Sally Jo's reef challenge # 2. It shows how she is growing so many corals in each reef. We now have 156 tanks here at garf.org so we are busy this winter.

Rick's link has last week's videos Today you can purchase our famous Grunge and we will pay the postage if you use the paypal buttons on this page. 6/5/10 - LeRoy's money and time saving "GARF LIGHTS" upgrade plan You can have a bali Pom Pom Xenia and several fancy Zoanthids and your choice of many more high grade soft corals. These corals ship to you from Idaho, so you know they are hardy! Q. Why should I consider not using anything from the wild to set up my captive reef system? Sally Jo's Answer I am posting samples of our 9 childrens books, and I would love to get feed back about the different formats that LeRoy is using. Please call him if you have ideas that might help him with this part of garf's web site You can have both of the great corals in this image Sally Jo's spring update 2010. Please see my new letter to our web friends. We have a great special. We will help you pick from our 7000 coral plugs so you will get the pick of the litter today. Call LeRoy at garf.org 1-800-600-6163 We have many rare colors of Fancy Colored Capnella, Duncans, Chalices, Xenia, Zoanthids, Pallythoa, and Star Polyps and other soft corals in our Coral special! You can buy 8 mixed corals for 100, that is 8 different corals for only 100.00, and you will receive 2 pounds of Garf grunge for free! Learn more about GARF Grunge plustm I have a cousin named David Ewen who used your methods religiously several years ago and swears by them. I've been out the hobby for about 14 years, but just got back into it starting with a BioCube 29 HQI. I set it up at the end of October. I hadn't thought about GARF in all those years. In January, I told my cousin (who also got completely out of it) that I had a tank and was setting it up and he reminded me of you guys. I was doing barebottom and decided to re-do it with a plenum. So it's all set up now and I've been ready for the Grunge for about 2 weeks. SOOOO excited! I have a dream of building a coral propogation facility here in Vegas. I have the designs and plans in my head and am going to start writing them down. After that, it will just be a matter of funding it, which will probably take years but it's all about having goals, right? :) Thanks again LeRoy! GARF'S - STAY IN SCHOOL BUS - This is our most important project and you can help. Subject: Love the Grunge! Thread-Topic: Love the Grunge! From: "Tom Karvonen" To: leroy@garf.org Leroy, I wanted to send you a short note to let you know just how impressed I am with your GARF Grunge. I have a 120g Reef with a 6" DSB that I originally seeded with a mixture of original and plus last year when I set up the tank. Since then I had to move the tank and in the process lost most of the detritivore life with the exception of some worms. I tried ordering amphipods and copepods and mini-brittle stars from other vendors in the hope of re-establishing that abundance of life that I had after adding your grunge, but I never had success with that. I ordered a competitors "mud" that was supposed to be superior, it wasn't. So I just wanted to let you know that when I need to recharge my sandbed I'm going straight to good stuff from now on and ordering Grunge from you. Thanks for all of your support and great service too. Cordially, Tom Karvonen CALL 1-800-600-6163 TODAY AND YOU CAN MIX AND MATCH ANY AMOUNT OF SNAILS AND HERMITS FOR ONLY 1.00 EACH I often say that it is the longest web site home page in the World.