Marc Levenson, Author at Reefs.com

Let’s talk about ideal reef temperatures, heaters, and their controllers

Jan 12, 2022 | Tanks

For many of you, it’s quite cold this time of year. Let’s keep our reefs safe and at the right temperature.

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Reef Diary: A Closeup of my Reef; Water Testing; Calcium Media Added

Jan 6, 2022 | Tanks

Today I refilled the calcium reactor to the top, cleaned the glass, fed the fish and did my water testing. Tonight I’ll dose 125 drops of Phosphate Rx while the fish sleep.

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RD132: a closeup of my reef; water testing; calcium media added…

Reef Diary: A Facebook Memory

Dec 31, 2021 | Fish

Today I was reminded how old my Pajama Cardinal fish are.

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RD125: A facebook memory…

Let’s Talk About Feeding

Dec 21, 2021 | Feeding

Everything has a mouth, right? https://www.melevsreef.com/articles/proper-feeding-methods

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Reef Diary #118: Overfeeding the fish on purpose?

Dec 2, 2021 | Tanks

The best way I could think of getting pods safely into the reef was to fill all the bellies first.

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Reef Diary #116: Using the Flipper Magnifier to see corals better

Nov 30, 2021 | Equipment, Tanks

The DeepSee Magnified Viewer comes in three sizes. I’m using the Max version that fits up to 3/4” glass, and it lets me gaze upon each coral or anything else from a distance, yet magnified. I hadn’t used mine in a long time, but it’s back on the glass for this week.…

Reef Diary #115: My reef with a cloud of Benereef

Nov 29, 2021 | Equipment, Tanks

The turf scrubber screen needed some TLC. I scraped away that pink stuff in the center on each side and threaded some hair algae in a few spots to help repopulate the screen. The reef got a nice meal of Benereef today.…

Reef Diary #114: It’s Water Test Saturday

Nov 28, 2021 | Equipment, Tanks

Here are this week’s water test results. Top off was refilled and the glass was cleaned again.

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RD114: It’s Water Test Saturday…

8 Year Anniversary of my 400g Mixed Reef!

Nov 27, 2021 | Reef, Video

November 10th, 2021, the 400g turned 8 years old. This is the oldest reef to date in my care thus far. The Anemone cube turned 8 years old today as well, and in this video I showcase the gear I use and why it works so well.…