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I've been meaning to start a thread for my home aquarium - a JBJ 12 gallon DX nano cube that I started in early 2007. I ran the tank stock for several years. Then I added a korralin 3 pump for circulation. And last week I changed the lights from PC to LED using a kit from RapidLED...

How about a wave wedge at one end? Or a surge tank dump at one end?

Thanks! About 2 months ago.

I may be next in line for this heinous pest. Over the past few weeks I've noticed some of the montis with "bite marks" - small dead spots. I removed one today and found eggs and nudis all over it. Cut away all of the dead and half-live bits and only kept the pristine tips (which I inspected...

Bump - about 1 week left before application deadline. http://www.yumingschool.org Let your friends with 4 and 5 year old kids know!

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I'd like a frag. #11

Nice microscope pics! Try some sediment - there's lots of creatures (called meiofauna) that live between the sand grains.

I believe the rationale is that Mandarin is the predominant language spoken in China and is the language that is used for international business, politics, etc... You are correct in that Cantonese is definitely the dominant language in Chinatowns in the US. I believe that there already...

There are three sites presently being considered: 2 in Oakland and 1 in Alameda. I think that at least one of the Oakland sites is near Chinatown. That's all I know for now... Alameda county students will have first shot at the available seats, but then if spots remain, anyone from...

I suspect it will be more difficult to enroll non-Mandarin speakers, but the school is hoping for a 50-50 mix in each class.

Yep! - the goal is to have a full enrollment for fall - 100 kids in 4 classes (2 per grade).

Yu Ming Charter School: Now accepting applications ------------------------------------------- Yu Ming Charter School is a tuition-free public charter school which will open in Fall 2011 in the East Bay. Yu Ming Charter School (www.yumingschool.org) is accepting applications for kindergarten...

Try searching "pycnogonids". These are sea spiders ( not really Arachnida. )

To add a bit here about scientific journal articles. All published scientific journals offer titles, abstracts and authors of each paper freely. Some journals are "open-access" and provide free access to compelte articles (e.g., PLoS, BMC journals). (Note, however, to publish in these...

I'm in for 2X 400W radium or ushio 20Ks.

I meant to say that folks should take home ginger from the sushi trays for their tanks... The book I was referring to that is a great introduction to philosophy of science: Alan Chalmers "What is This Thing Called Science" is available at your favorite bookseller, or Amazon.com. The...

I stopped by today for a moment - there are a lot of cool CB fish and nice corals available!

If you guys want an ultra high-precision salinity test, bring some samples out to my lab sometime...I've got a freeze-point depression osmometer and some calibrated standards. The osmometer is accurate to about plus/minus 1-2 milliosmolar (distilled deionized water = 0 milliosmolar, seawater =...

Yes, all blue. I'll let you know what I decide....