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COVER:
Reflections on the surface of the 20,000-gallon ( 80,000-L)
reef at Atlantis Marine World, Riverside, New York.
Photo by Daniel Knop
BACKGROUND:
Tubastrea sp.
Photo by Daniel Knop
Aquarium P.v. Suijlekom
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LETTER FROM EUROPE by Daniel Knop
EDITOR’S PAGE by James M. Lawrence
LETTERS
REEF NEWS
RARITIES by Inken Krause
The Barred Spiny Basslet (Belonepterygion fasciolatum)
INTERVIEW: Ronald L. Shimek, Ph.D. Science and Climate
FEATURE ARTICLES
28 TOWARD THE GREENER REEF AQUARIUM
by Daniel Knop
36 SMART REEFS The trick is to make them thrive
with less energy and greater creativity
by Jake Adams
44 ENERGY COSTS
What are the expenses, energy-wise, to run an aquarium?
by Dr. Dieter Brockmann
52 SEA ANEMONE FEEDING
by Ronald L. Shimek, Ph.D.
60 FISH: AN INSIDE LOOK
by Matthew L. Wittenrich
72 MEASURING PH
What every marine aquarist should know
by Stephan Gohmann
AQUARIUM PORTRAIT
80 REEF IN TULIP LAND
The Dutch reef aquarium of Martin van ter Meij
by Ab Ras
DEPARTMENTS
87 SPECIES SPOTLIGHT:
The Tassled Scorpionfish by Daniel Knop
92 REEFKEEPING 101:
Acclimating fish and invertebrates
by Dr. Dieter Brockmann
96 CORALEXICON
Technical terms that appear in this issue
100 ADVANCED AQUATICS:
Big reef, big challenges by J. Charles Delbeek
ADVERTISER INDEX
REEF LIFE by Larry Tackett and Denise Nielsen Tackett
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