REEF AQUARIUM CORAL PROPAGATION LAB

SPECIES SELECTION FOR COMBINATION ROCKS

Geothermal Aquaculture Research Foundation, Inc

1321 Warm Springs Ave.
Boise Idaho 83712
U.S.A.
Email: leroy@garf.org



CUTTING STOCK SELECTION
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When you are buying invertebrates that will be used for parent colonies always look for the ones with brightest colors. Soft corals and Mushrooms come in many shades of blue, purple, green, red, and yellow.
It is better to buy a smaller well colored coral than a larger one that is just brown. Everything in this reef aquarium was grown in a captive reef on Idaho Aragoite, using Triton and Blue Moon 40 watt lights. This 40 gallon reef aquarium has a Visi-Jet skimmer and one Maxi-jet 1000 power head.





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Color is the most important thing to have on your combination tank grown live rock. We increase the color on our invertebrates by using SeaChem Reef Plus each week. We are doing research now to find out the type of lighting that produces the best colors and fastest growth. "

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At least one of the species you attach to
your combination should have a color other than light brown.
The algae that lives inside the corals is a light brown color.
Most of the colors that we look for are produced by other pigments that are
used for protection and light collection.




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Contact: LeRoy Headlee Sally Jo Headlee | Phone: 208-344-6163 | Fax: 208-344-6189
Email: leroy@garf.org

INDEX OF OUR RESEARCH

LOW COST BULLET PROOF REEF AQUARIUM Learn to start an inexpensive reef aquarium
55 GALLON INSTA REEF Visit Rachel Read's 12 week old Bullet Proof Reef Aquarium
MORE PICTURES OF THIS REEF AQUARIUM


Geothermal Aquculture Research Foundation,Inc. online tour Learn why we call it Geothermal
GARF RESEARCH HOME PAGE Learn about the other research we are doing
JOIN THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION You can support our research and learn more about reef aquariums and wetlands
Super glue research page We teach you the Super Glue method of invertebrate propagation
Super Glue evaluaton page Our researchers rate many brands of super glue
Geothermal Aquculture Research Foundation Feed Back page E-mail input so we can make these pages better
Natural Algae Control Reef Janitor Order Page - red leg hermits, snails, grunge.

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Research page for Xenia and related soft coral propagation Learn to propagate xenia. Please enter any data you have about these corals.
Soft Coral Propagation Page Pictures and details of soft coral propagation
Stony Coral Propagation Page Pictures and details of small polyp stony corals
Mushroom Anemone Propagation Page Pictures and details of mushroom propagation
Zoanthid and palythoa Anemone Propagation Page Pictures and details of Sea mat propagation
Learn to construct a 140 gallon plywood amd epoxy reef tank

Image Page for Zoanthids and Palythoa


ALGAE CONTROL CENTRAL
REEF JANITORS ALGAE CONTROL CENTRAL
Use this site to solve your reef aquarium algae problems, and help support our research!!!

MISSION STATEMENT

TO PROVIDE THE CITIZENS OF IDAHO AND THE WORLD A SHOWCASE COLLECTION OF AQUATIC PLANTS, FISH, REEF ANIMALS AND PRODUCTS. TO STIMULATE INTEREST IN, APPRECIATION FOR AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF THESE COLLECTIONS. TO BE IMPLEMENTED THROUGH PLANT RECORDS, PUBLIC DISPLAYS, COLLECTIONS, APPLIED RESEARCH, PUBLICATIONS, INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS, AND SALES OF QUALITY PRODUCTS.


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