For this month's Reefkeeping I'm taking a few minutes to talk to Kim Lowe. Kim is the Vice President of MARSH. This year MARSH is hosting the MACNA conference. Kim discusses the details and highlights of the conference, along with providing some behind the scenes info that you might not know about.

Copepods, you think you know them? well in this show im joined by Dr. Adelaide Rhodes, a world recognized expert on Copepods. Adelaide will take us though the in's and out's of copepods and what they mean to out tanks today, and in the future. In this show we discuss - What are copepods - Identifying copepods - What are copepods good for - How to get copepods in your system - Breeding copepods in and out of your tank - And much more

Here is a real quick video that shows exactly how to use and read a Salifert Calcium test kit. its about 7 minutes, and i hope many people new to test kits or to Salifert test kits find it helpful

This week i'm joined by Samuel Helm (Astrivian). Sam is joining me to discuss a recent project he and a friend undertook with a Denver Charter School class, where he used Marine Aquariums and the Talkingreef Podcast to teach high school students about various science topics. If you are interested in getting more information on this, or if you want to participate, please send me an email at [email protected]

Brain Plankis is back with us again to talk about Night viewing. so many people dont even realize the stuff that await them in there tank when the lights get shut off, so here we are taking some time to give you the ins and outs of viewing your reef tank at nightQuestions discussed * Night Viewing tools * What to do with startling hitchhikers * What harm are hitchhikers * The good sides to hitchhikers * and more conversation about out night viewing experiences

This week Wes (wwest) and i were working on some of his tank questions and though it would make a great Q&A show. so here is some audio we put together for everyone. hopefully many new comers can learn from Wes' questionsQuestions discussed * Dosing Kalk * When to use Kalk * what are normal water parameters * water treatments * Changing salt types * Water Changes * Water Flow * Washing hands * Rules when dealing with LFS

For this month's Reefkeeping Chris Jury has taken time to join us before he heads of on a research trip. This month i'm talking to Chris on his most recent article titled Nutrients and Coral Reefs: Part I, Biogeochemical Cycles. This is the first part in a series of articles Chris is doing.

Heres a quick video where i take you on a small tour of my system, specifically with showing and talking about my auto top off system, and overflow boxes. Special thanks to John (DJGonz69) Why? well watch the video.. ;)

Heres the deal, as you know i wasn't planning on releasing a show this week, but i wanted to. so sitting back thinking of a topic, i was thinking why dont i get voicemails, those would be great for topics, then i realized i hadn't check the VM line in a while, well there was some there.. so check this quick Q&A show and also some other podcast recommendation i make after the topic Questions discussed * Keeping Mandarins * Freshwater and iodine dips * Removing copper from aquariums * Copepods and Amphipods

Question and answer show #6, not much more to say, you guys know the drill.. i bring up a series of questions, and well, then i answer them.. SHOCK!!..