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REEF AQUARIUM FARMING NEWS
MAY 2000 ISSUE
Zooxanthellae DNA Research
Using Harlequin Shrimp to control starfish
Dale Bargers Great aquacultured live rock
Check Out Our New SITE MAP
Thank you again! to Scott Morell for all of his work!
TRY OUR NEW SEARCH ENGINE
Thank you to Scott Morell for all of his work!
APRIL 2000 ISSUE PAGE 1
PROPAGATING SPS BROODSTOCK
APRIL 2000 ISSUE PAGE 3
DOMESTICATING AND PROPAGATING XENIA
COME TO CORAL FARMING 2000

MARCH 2000 ISSUE PAGE 1
DOMESTICATION OF THE SPS CORALS
PRODUCING NEW PRODUCTS - SOCKET ROCKS
MARCH 2000 ISSUE PAGE 2
SALLY JO'S REEF REFLECTIONS
SPS EATING STARFISH DISCOVERED
MARCH 2000 ISSUE PAGE 3
ADVANCED SPS PROPAGATION
MAGNIFYING GLASS DIGITAL MAGIC
FEBRUARY 2000 ISSUE PAGE 1
WELCOME TO REEF AQUARIUM FARMING NEWS 2000
COST BREAK DOWN FOR A CORAL FARMING UNIT
DO IT YOURSELF BRISTLEWORM TRAP
FEBRUARY 2000 ISSUE PAGE 2
MANAGING THE CORAL FARM USING THE PLASTIC RACK METHOD
COLLECTING ZOANTHID BROOD STOCK
BUILDING A 500 GALLON AQUARIUM WITH A COST BREAK DOWN
FEBRUARY 2000 ISSUE PAGE 3
WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
THE COMPLETE BULLET PROOF - ZERO IMPACT REEF AQUARIUM
the newest 55 gallon reef almost one year later
NEWSLETTER - FEBRUARY - MARCH ISSUE PAGE ONE
The Complete Bullet Proof - Zero Impact Reef Aquarium
NEWSLETTER - FEBRUARY - MARCH ISSUE PAGE TWO
Plans For Making A Compact Coral Farming Unit
Some Great Feed Back From Our Members
Friar Tom Walsh Writes About His Reefs
DECEMBER- JANUARY ISSUE PAGE 1
GARF'S SMITHSONIAN CORAL FARMING SEMINAR
GARF EAST GREEN HOUSE PROJECT - PART 1
DECEMBER- JANUARY ISSUE PAGE 2
JOHN'S TROPICAL IDAHO - visit a coral farm
LOWER ROOM OF CORAL FARM - The original hatchery
PROJECT OF THE WEEK- $39.00 MUSHROOM ROCK
DECEMBER- JANUARY ISSUE PAGE 3
GARF EAST GREEN HOUSE PROJECT - PART 2
AQUARIUM STAND CONSTRUCTION
NOVEMBER ISSUE PAGE 1
SALLY JO'S NOVEMBER 1998 UPDATE
ADVANCED HAND MOLDED LIVE ROCK PRODUCTION
SARCOPHYTON SOFT CORAL
SEMINARS AT PUBLIC AQUARIUMS
NOVEMBER ISSUE 22 PAGE 2
BUILDING AQUARIUMS WITH PLEXIGLASS
CAPNELLLA CORAL
CORAL GROWTH VS. CORALLINE GROWTH
NOVEMBER ISSUE 22 PAGE 3
A TEACHER VISITS THE1998 CORAL FARMING SEMINAR
MAGIC REEF DUST UPDATE #1
BOISE GEOTHERMAL PUBLIC RESEARCH AQUARIUM UPDATE
SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER ISSUE PAGE 1
SALLY JO'S SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 1998 UPDATE
LEROY AND SALLY JO TOUR THREE GREAT HOME REEFS IN TULSA
BEGINNING RACK FARMING CORAL PROPAGATION
SEPTEMBER -OCTOBER ISSUE PAGE 2
PAQ SYSTEM - PROPAGATED - ACCLIMATED - QUARANTINED
GORGONIAN PROPAGATION USING SUPER REEF GLUE
THE SIMPLE
PROCESS OF TAKING NOTES
SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER ISSUE PAGE 3
500 GALLON AQUARIUM - I MADE IT MYSELF WINNER
MAKING FANCY TYPES OF HAND MOLDED LIVE ROCK
BOISE GEOTHERMAL PUBLIC RESEARCH AQUARIUM UPDATE
AUGUST ISSUE PAGE 2
IS BIGGER BETTER? / A Lesson in Viability
DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME - Lighting GARF's expanding lab
HERE COME THE XENIAS
AUGUST ISSUE PAGE 3
MAKING CORAL TREES TO INCREASE SMALL POLYP STONY CORAL (SPS) PRODUCTION
A HISTORY LESSON
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REEF AQUARIUM FARMING
Conference / Seminar
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REEF AQUARIUM FARMING NEWS
MAY 2000 ISSUE PAGE 1
Zooxanthellae DNA Research
Using Harlequin Shrimp to control starfish
Dale Bargers Great aquacultured live rock
Check Out Our New SITE MAP
Thank you again! to Scott Morell for all of his work!
TRY OUR NEW SEARCH ENGINE
Thank you to Scott Morell for all of his work!
APRIL 2000 ISSUE PAGE 1
PROPAGATING SPS BROODSTOCK
APRIL 2000 ISSUE PAGE 3
DOMESTICATING AND PROPAGATING XENIA
COME TO CORAL FARMING 2000
MARCH 2000 ISSUE PAGE 2
SALLY JO'S REEF REFLECTIONS
SPS EATING STARFISH DISCOVERED
MARCH 2000 ISSUE PAGE 3
ADVANCED SPS PROPAGATION
MAGNIFYING GLASS DIGITAL MAGIC
FEBRUARY 2000 ISSUE PAGE 1
WELCOME TO REEF AQUARIUM FARMING NEWS 2000
COST BREAK DOWN FOR A CORAL FARMING UNIT
DO IT YOURSELF BRISTLEWORM TRAP
FEBRUARY 2000 ISSUE PAGE 2
MANAGING THE CORAL FARM USING THE PLASTIC RACK METHOD
COLLECTING ZOANTHID BROOD STOCK
BUILDING A 500 GALLON AQUARIUM WITH A COST BREAK DOWN
FEBRUARY 2000 ISSUE PAGE 3
WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
THE COMPLETE BULLET PROOF - ZERO IMPACT REEF AQUARIUM
the newest 55 gallon reef almost one year later
DECEMBER- JANUARY ISSUE PAGE 2
JOHN'S TROPICAL IDAHO - visit a coral farm
LOWER ROOM OF CORAL FARM - The original hatchery
PROJECT OF THE WEEK- $39.00 MUSHROOM ROCK
DECEMBER- JANUARY ISSUE PAGE 3
GARF EAST GREEN HOUSE PROJECT - PART 2
AQUARIUM STAND CONSTRUCTION
NOVEMBER ISSUE PAGE 1
SALLY JO'S NOVEMBER 1998 UPDATE
ADVANCED HAND MOLDED LIVE ROCK PRODUCTION
SARCOPHYTON SOFT CORAL
SEMINARS AT PUBLIC AQUARIUMS
NOVEMBER ISSUE 22 PAGE 2
BUILDING AQUARIUMS WITH PLEXIGLASS
CAPNELLLA CORAL
CORAL GROWTH VS. CORALLINE GROWTH
NOVEMBER ISSUE 22 PAGE 3
A TEACHER VISITS THE1998 CORAL FARMING SEMINAR
MAGIC REEF DUST UPDATE #1
BOISE GEOTHERMAL PUBLIC RESEARCH AQUARIUM UPDATE
SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER ISSUE PAGE 1
SALLY JO'S SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 1998 UPDATE
LEROY AND SALLY JO TOUR THREE GREAT HOME REEFS IN TULSA
BEGINNING RACK FARMING CORAL PROPAGATION
SEPTEMBER -OCTOBER ISSUE PAGE 2
PAQ SYSTEM - PROPAGATED - ACCLIMATED - QUARANTINED
GORGONIAN PROPAGATION USING SUPER REEF GLUE
THE SIMPLE
PROCESS OF TAKING NOTES
SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER ISSUE PAGE 3
500 GALLON AQUARIUM - I MADE IT MYSELF WINNER
MAKING FANCY TYPES OF HAND MOLDED LIVE ROCK
BOISE GEOTHERMAL PUBLIC RESEARCH AQUARIUM UPDATE
AUGUST ISSUE PAGE 1
TEACHERS SUMMER VISIT TO GARF
MATT'S BASICS FOR BEGINNING REEF FARMERS
BOISE GEOTHERMAL PUBLIC RESEARCH AQUARIUM UPDATE
AUGUST ISSUE PAGE 2
IS BIGGER BETTER? / A Lesson in Viability
DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME - Lighting GARF's expanding lab
HERE COME THE XENIAS
AUGUST ISSUE PAGE 3
MAKING CORAL TREES TO INCREASE SMALL POLYP STONY CORAL (SPS) PRODUCTION
A HISTORY LESSON
SALLY JO'S YEARLY REPORT TO THE MEMBERS
ZOANTHID PRODUCTION METHODS THAT SAVE TIME AND ENERGY
BOISE GEOTHERMAL PUBLIC RESEARCH AQUARIUM UPDATE
CORALLINE ALGAE COLONIZATION ON
"ARAGOCRETE"
MAKING ZOANTHID PLUGS
I MADE IT MYSELF CONTEST WINNER
JULY ISSUE PAGE 3
DESIGNING A CUSTOM PLYWOOD BROODSTOCK REEF AQUARIUM
AQUARIUM CONTEST RULES
ZOANTHID COLLECTION JULY1998
JUNE ISSUE PAGE 2
XENIA GROW OUT DATA FROM THE KONA REEF AQUARIUM
BUILDING PLYWOOD AND EPOXY GROW OUT SYSTEMS
A CORAL COFFEE TABLE - I MADE IT MYSELF CONTEST WINNER
JUNE ISSUE PAGE 3
MARKETING RESEARCH FOR THE SMALL SCALE CORAL FARM
XENIA MARKETING TIPS FOR THE LOCAL MARKET
MAY ISSUE PAGE 1
ARAGOCRETE RESEARCH BY TRACY GRAY
MOORHEAD SENIOR HIGH'S REEF FARMING PROJECT part 1
MAY ISSUE PAGE 2
SYSTEM PLANNING FOR THE REEF
FARMING ENTERPRISE
ASK SALLY JO
MUSHROOM ROCK PRODUCTION
GREEN AND BROWN STAR POLYPS - GROWTH RATE PART 1
APRIL 1998 ISSUE PAGE 2
THE NEWEST 55 GALLON ARAGOCRETETM AND GLUE REEF WITH KONA GROWN CAPTIVE LIVE ROCK
ROCK CURING UPDATE #3
NEW FARMERS OF THE MONTH MR. AND MRS. JAY RAYMOND
APRIL ISSUE PAGE 3
PRODUCTION PLANNING FOR THE REEF ENTERPRISE
LEATHER CORAL PROPAGATION USING THE GLUE NET COMBO
BUILDING THE PRODUCTION BASE OF YOUR PROPAGATION ENTERPRISE part 1
XENIA MASS PRODUCTION RESEARCH
REEF FARMING RESOURCES - BOOKS FOR SUCCESS
HOW TO MAKE "EGG" PLUGS
TALE OF THREE STORES
SALLY JO'S FEBRUARY REEF UPDATE
USING SUPER GLUE GEL TO PROPAGATE REEF INVERTEBRATES
SPS CORAL TREE PROJECT #2
REEF FARMING BUSINESS PLAN - PART 2
IT IS A BABY ROCK FLOWER !
TEACHING ROCK MAKING
HANGING XENIA PROPAGATION FOR PROFIT
SALLY JO'S JANUARY REEF UPDATE
ASK SALLY JO
GREEN WATER: The Culture of Marine Phytoplankton
ESTABLISHING A REEF FARMING BUSINESS PLAN
USING MANGROVES IN MUD FILTERS
REEF AQUACULTURE LIVE ROCK - SPECIAL REPORT
WINTER LIVE ROCK MAKING UPDATE
SOME LESSONS IN CURING LACE ROCK
THE GEMINI WATER PUMP
COLORFUL LIVE ROCK ORGANISMS, Sponges and Tunicates
SMALL POLYP STONY CORAL (SPS) BROOD STOCK PRODUCTION
INCOME TAX FOR REEF FARMERS PART 1
SALLY JO'S DECEMBER REEF UPDATE
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TRITON AND BLUEMOON LIGHTING
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MANGROVE RESEARCH ARTICLE cont.
KEEP IT SIMPLE
REEF AQUARIUM AQUACULTURE PRODUCTS TESTING LABORATORY
SALLY JO'S NOVEMBER REEF UPDATE
| ASK SALLY JO
NOVEMBER 1997 ISSUE PAGE 2
REEF AQUARIUM FARMING SEMINAR | MANGROVE USAGE FOR REFUGIA FILTRATION
THIRTY YEARS OF MUD FILTER RESEARCH IN BOISE
OCTOBER ISSUE PAGE 1
Reef Aquarium Aquaculture Products Testing Laboratory
| SALLY JO'S OCTOBER REEF UPDATE
| ASK SALLY JO
OCTOBER 1997 ISSUE PAGE 2
SOCKET ROCKS | AragocreteTM Lace Rocks |
ARAGOCRETETM ROCK UPDATE FROM
NEW YORK
SEPTEMBER 1997 ISSUE PAGE 1
Reef Aquarium Aquaculture Products Testing Laboratory
SALLY JO'S SEPTEMBER REEF UPDATE
ASK SALLY JO
AUGUST 1997 ISSUE PAGE 3
Setting the Pulse of Propagation:
XENIA | READER OF THE MONTH - Dave Aalbertsberg
SUMMER UPDATE ON SALLY JO'S REEFS | COSTS TRACKING FOR THE REEF ENTERPRISE
GROW OUT SYSTEMS USING HORSE WATER TANKS
ZOANTHID COMBO ROCK PROPAGATION
CAULERPA CULTURE & CULTURED REEF ROCKS IN PLACE OF WILD LIVE ROCKS
APRIL ISSUE PAGE 1
GROWING SPS CORALS IN PLASTIC BUD VASES
| PLANNING YOUR CORAL FARM|
APRIL ISSUE PAGE 2
THE NATURAL REEF
| BUILDING A REEF PLUG MOLD
APRIL ISSUE PAGE 3
ARAG0NITE OVERVIEW
| MAGIC REEF DUST | MUSHROOM PROPAGATION
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This will allow us to share as much information as possible with you. If you have any questions please use this form to ask them. We will continue to provide the most current data on reef farming for both education and profit.
GARF hopes to promote captive growing of all the needed animals for a healthy reef aquarium. We can have a marine aquarium hobby that we can all be proud of if we share all of the methods that we learn while we research small scale coral farming.
In the early 1970's LeRoy, conservationist and founder of GARF, made a vow to never sell a live or dead coral due to the impact that it might have on the wild reefs if too many people became excited about reef aquariums. Since that time he has decided that propagation is a far better answer to this problem. But wait a minute, doesn't commercialization further the pressure on the reefs?
If done right it helps reefs, far more than just talking about the problem, could hope to help. Take freshwater discus for example. These fish could have been seriously impacted if breeding had never taken place. So, the answer is in breeding marine fish and corals.
Instead of commercialization hurting nature, it actually benefits it by spreading around more beautiful reef aquariums that naturally make people more interested in the world's reefs and in preserving and sensibly farming them.
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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 and epoxy reef tank
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