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The Far-Ums is the fictional counterpart to the IRL Forum. It is a vast entertainment network spaced throughout the BrikVerse and housed in a series of interconnected pocket dimensions. The network broadcasts 24 hours a day to viewscreens in every known part of the universe, an uninterrupted all-in-one amusement package. Live news feeds covering groundbreaking teknologies, politikal conferences, and (most importantly) battle reports relay the events of the universe to its citizens. Drama and action shows develop their plotlines continuously for viewers with a taste for something more fictional. The Far-Ums are interactive, as well, allowing reality junkies who want to know more to delve deeper into their chosen subject matter and some viewers to interact directly with one another to discuss various topics of interest. Thousands of subcultures have developed as a result and communication in the BrikVerse is now handled almost exclusively through the Far-Ums. Games, television, movies, literature, music, art, companionship...all these and a whole host of other activities and interests await an enterprising Far-Ums user.
Far-Ums Characteristics
The Far-Ums databanks and computer processing systems are bleeding edge technology, almost sentient in their capabilities (an idealized differentiation from the IRL Forum, whose basic search engine couldn't find itself). Far-Ums Stations are tied in everywhere, with eyes in every region of important space. Nothing happens without their noticing it and the systems react far more quickly than its operators when new developments arise, often getting the feed up and running and the subscriptions tallied before the first shot of a battle is ever fired. There are even rumors that Stations have access to incredible abilities, such as Time Travel, and have used those abilities to secure their positions and generally make life more...interesting for the rest of the universe. The rumors are, of course, unsubstantiated but it cannot be denied that the Far-Ums is the single most profitable venture in the entire universe...possibly the MultiVerse (as viewers can buy upgrades to their subscription packages that grant them access to specialized channels broadcast from alternate dimensions). Those resources can accomplish an awful lot and conspiracy theories abound.
Far-Ums Inhabitants
Station Employees
Station workers, from managers to janitors, are the most common visitors to the pocket dimensions. They fulfill an astonishing variety of tasks and, given the infinite variety of the universe with which they interact so intimately, it would probably take quite awhile to list them all. Some Station workers travel from Station to Station, others remain in the same one their entire lives and many choose to live in the arcologies provided by Far-Ums Administrators. It's a good job, by all accounts, with job security by way of redundancy.
Admins and Mods are the ruling elite of the Far-Ums. Some are public figures, the faces of the general organization, but many are hidden, shadowy manipulators. Each has a special agenda.
Farcasters are the field operatives, the agents and reporters, of the Far-Ums. They range the MultiVerse, looking for the next awesome story, battle, or deal to be narrated or made. Farcasters are anything but unbiased and fair, often doing their damnedest to push their own agendas. If this includes participating in a battle or using whatever powers he has at his disposal against the subjects of his report, a Farcaster usually has no hesitation in doing so. Entire subcultures have sprung up around crowd favorite casters or groups of casters, such as the Action News Team (for their bullshit heroics), the Fawkes News Group (for their extremely prejudiced rants), or the people behind the Wikiker's Guide to the BrikVerse (for their encyclopedic knowledge base and the extremes they'll go to to expand it). Each Farcaster is, essentially, unless he's joined a larger group of contributors, an independent agent. He does it for the love of the work because it sure as hell isn't for the pay. Something about this everyman disposition has catapulted several casters to celebrity status. Many Humans and some of their SigFigs are Farcasters.
Far-Ums Connections
Each of the Far-Ums pocket dimensions is interconnected to every other one. It is possible to travel instantaneously to any part of the MultiVerse (at least, where the Far-Ums maintains offices) simply by stepping through a door or into an elevator. If anyone ever knew how best to take advantage of the BrikVerse's broken spacetime continuum and the massive Koincidence floating about in the universe, it would be who ever the hell is behind the Far-Ums.
The Far-Ums Throughout the Ages
The Far-Ums has continued to evolve since its inception, sometimes very slowly with each new celebrity or channel and sometimes very quickly with riotous changes brought on by bored moderators. The following is a list of major events that have shaped and continue to shape the growth of the universe's largest entertainment network:
- The Great Post Deletion of BR 2,010
- Manliness
- Bavarian Brickthulumination
- Shadowscythe's Shitty Tit Farts Happy New Year BR 2,014
- The Silvawards
- The Overtober Overlution, Purge the Next: The Great Moderator Ibellion of 2,015
Notable Far-Ums Characters and Locations
Humans and their SigFigs are the mega-celebrities of the Far-Ums. Whole channels are dedicated to each personality and their opinions carry vast politikal and social weight in the BrikVerse. Some are in possession of ultimate power in the universe.
See Also: The Four Rums


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The largest pieces of preserved wood from the 1607 Popham Colony were the bottoms of the posts that supported the structures the colonists built.
The top of the stubs were often charred by fire that destroyed the buildings.
Enough of some posts remain to determine that they had been hewn to a roughly square or rectangular cross section. The bottoms were sawn flat.
The posts from the sidewalls of the storehouse were pitch pine. A ridgepole post from the north gable end was spruce.
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Adam's talk, "Barista as Psychologist", is an incredibly engaging exploration of how concepts from the field of psychology can be used to improve baristas skills as well as customer experience. Covering studies from psychology heavy-weights Lieberman and Seligman as well as those more directly applicable to the coffee industry (Velasco, Jones, King, and Spence), this is a talk you won't want to miss, particularly if you spend any time behind bar!
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The firm's work on the Council on Foreign Relations' (CFR) new offices and event center in Washington, D.C., received an Honorable Mention in the New Urban Construction category from USGBC's National Capital Region Chapter's 2010 Awards of Excellence. This project previously won an Award of Excellence for Best Urban Renovation from NAIOP's Maryland/DC Chapter and the Green Project Award from Real Estate & Construction Review.
CFR involved the re-development of the building program and the design renovation of the building façade and new interior office space which was awarded LEED® Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.
Additionally, the Fortune Global 500 Investment Center in Charlotte, NC, won the award for best project in the "Commercial Under 50,000 Square Feet category" in the IIDA New York Chapter's 2010 Lester Dundes Interior Design Competition.
The judges commented that the design solution provides a departure from traditional call centers, and is very well targeted toward its staff—a younger demographic. It demonstrates a great effort to steer away from an understandably stressful environment, providing a good sense of light and color and a "moving forward" approach to call centers, setting the bar for like companies to do the same.
Founded almost 90 years ago, Mancini·Duffy has offices in New York City, Washington, D.C., Connecticut, and New Jersey. Also, as a member of IPID (International Partners in Design), Mancini•Duffy serves the diverse needs of its expanding multi-national client base across the United States as well as in Great Britain, Europe, East Asia, and Australia. For more information, go to www.manciniduffy.com.


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A mixed up conglomerate of pride, fear, discomfort and uncertainty. The idea that what you've thought for so long was true…was not. Some ideas being wrong can be pretty painless—perhaps you only had the idea for a short period; perhaps you were not that committed to it in the first place.
Other ideas can be so gut-wrenching it takes years to disentangle oneself. For some deconverts, we invested our entirety for decades—enveloping every relationship, every moment, every effort, every essence we could pour into a idea regarding the divinity of Jesus and/or the inspiration of certain writing. The creeds and dogmas carefully studied and either discarded or embraced.
The people we choose to associate with, (and not), to date, marry and even divorce. The way we raised our children; the way we talked. Who we talked to; what we talked about.
And then one day we learn it is wrong. It wasn't what we thought it was. Changing not just what we believe, but like an ever-growing avalanche, the snowball begins to play havoc with our studies, wreck our socialization, destroy our connections, and even decimate our marriages.
It effects everything—Every. Single. Thing.
That is hard.
You don't want it to; you want the relationships to continue. You want some of it to remain true. You want…something…to show for all the energy invested. Who wants to say, "I spent the last 38 years learning the wrong thing"?
I link to Like a Child--a person struggling with having been wrong. Just like me. She made this comment on another blog:
I received an email from someone a few days ago that broke my heart, b/c she is facing the same battle i dealt with months ago...panic sttacks, loneliness, trying to figure out what church to switch to in the fundamentalist bible belt south. She should not feel so alone. There should be somewhere she can go locally, to find a welcoming christian communityI find the progression fascinating. Only a few months ago, Like a Child was the one with panic attacks. And I was empathetically feeling terrible I cannot do anything about it. And a few years ago, I was the one with panic attacks and another deconvert wished they could do something about it. And so on. We progress.
Yet as we do, we find it so hard to release Christianity.
Both Like a Child and DoOrDoNot call themselves "Agnostic Christians" --yet each wonders how long they will retain the "Christian" part of that label before lapsing to only "Agnostic." (Again, a route equally traveled by myself.)
We can't believe we were that wrong. Or at least I couldn't—there must have been something there! How could we have believed it so deeply—so thoroughly—and it be wrong?
It's like some puzzle where a person has to remove a ring from an object made of steel and wood. We wrestled with it and strove with it and did everything we possibly could to remove that ring and become firmly convinced (along with everyone we knew) the ring couldn't possibly be removed. And then one day, someone comes along and removes the ring. At first we think it a trick—they cut the ring, or they bent the object or they did something against the rules, and it really still can't be removed. Yet more and more we see people removing the ring. And we start to try some things we never tried before, and all of a sudden the ring is in a different position than it ever has been before.
And all of a sudden we see how it is possible….just maybe…that the ring could feasible be removed. We reach a point (or at least I did) where we wonder whether we would remove the ring, even if we saw how. Because it would tear our world apart.
I would be wrong.
Yet the not-knowing was worse; what if the ring could be removed? Could I live with that knowledge without trying to apply it?
All our friends are rejecting our new found position. They want nothing to do with discussing it--they want nothing to do with us. They are comfortable with what they believe. They are very UNcomfortable continuing to relate to us.
In retrospect, I did everything I could to hold on to Christianity. Even if I lost the belief in the inerrancy of Scripture, perhaps I could hold on to inspiration. Losing inspiration, I could still hold on to Jesus. Losing Jesus, I could hold on to God. Losing God, I could hold on to Christian friends. Losing Christian friends, I could hold on to Christian Family.
I tried holding on to beliefs, when I should have realized I was wrong. I tried going to church, when I should have walked away. I constantly wrestled because I didn't want to be THAT wrong!
I had a great holiday season. I spent time with family who didn't care whether I was an atheist, or Buddhist or…whatever. It didn't matter. And we still laughed and ate, and stayed out too late.
I spent time with friends who don't know (and don't care) about my atheistic belief. They may be Christians; they may not. We enjoy each other for who we are—not for believing the right things or holding to the right dogmas.
And I can look back at 38 years of being wrong and be thankful it made me who I am today. I don't have to wrestle with Christianity. I was a Christian; I am not now. *shrug* There is nothing to wrestle with.
Like a variety of choices, knowing what I know now, I would obviously do it different. Isn't that true of all humanity? It now firmly resides as one of those choices.
There are always twinges, of course. I continue to study Christian claims which requires just enough empathy to occasionally give me a moment of hesitation. One doesn't remove almost four decades of living overnight!
Yet I find more comfort than fear in those tugs. It means I don't have a lock on ALL TRUTH. It means I can walk away not knowing and not wrestle either.


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LIRR rider hurt after platform fall in Ronkonkoma
A Long Island Rail Road customer, who police said was intoxicated, was injured while exiting a train at Ronkonkoma and possibly tripped on the station platform gap.
LIRR spokesman Salvatore Arena said the man, who officials would not identify, was getting off an eastbound train due in Ronkonkoma at 12:37 p.m. that left Penn Station at 11:14 a.m. when he "apparently tripped over the gap and fell onto the platform."
Arena said that MTA police believed the man to be intoxicated. The man cut up his face when his head hit the south platform on the west end of the station. Emergency medical service workers responded to the scene and took the man by ambulance to Brookhaven Hospital.
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James Eagan Holmes, the suspected gunman in the deadly Aurora, Colo. movie theater shooting, makes his first court appearance. NBC's Brian Williams, Kate Snow and Mike Taibbi report with TODAY's Savannah Guthrie.
While lessons learned from previous mass shootings may have helped limit the carnage in the Aurora, Colo., theater shooting, it remains unclear whether there were warning signs that might have been missed.
Although it is too soon after the tragedy to draw any hard conclusions (unlike the shooting that took but a few minutes, investigations of such events are meticulous, time consuming affairs), it seems likely that lessons learned from similar events might well have reduced the human toll, which currently stands at 12 dead and 58 injured.
It appears that first responders in Aurora arrived on the scene no more than a minute or two after calls began flooding 911. That rapid response meant that the suspect was quickly detained, possibly preventing additional casualties. In addition, emergency medical care arrived shortly after, undoubtedly comforting and likely saving many of the wounded. And in the coming days, counselors and other medical professionals will surely provide support to both the countless physical and emotional victims of the early morning shooting.
Each of these efficient and effective responses is born of past tragedies. Through similar events close by (Columbine) and far away (the 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai, India), first responders learned of the need for rapid intervention, securing a perimeter and waiting for specialized units. Whether it is an active shooter scenario or a Mumbai-style terrorist attack, state, local and federal authorities have modified their tactics and training to fit what has regrettably become a semi-regular occurrence.
Hard questions remain
But early indications are that some other lessons of the past may be more elusive. Much focus has of course been on the shooter, and indeed it is critical that his past behavior be closely examined for warning signs that might have been missed. In some cases, terrorist or non-politically motivated shooters display outward signs of future violence —either through antisocial behavior or obtaining weapons or their precursors — potentially putting officials in a position to disrupt the attack before it happens. As last week's report on the Fort Hood shooting noted, however, even when such warning signs are present, our ability to identify them properly and take action is mixed.
Such is surely the case as well for non-terrorism-related violence, as criminologists have long struggled with accurately identifying future criminals.
That can be a slippery slope. If concerns about "false positives" are discounted, then we are more likely to intervene in the lives of those who show warning signs, but are merely eccentric, not dangerous.
As the nation agonizes over Friday's massacre in an Aurora, Colo., movie theater, family and friends are sharing stories and memories of the 12 people who lost their lives. NBC's Savannah Guthrie reports.
In short, although we might be able to improve our ability to spot the next mass shooter or serial killer before the crime is committed, attempting to do so raises numerous legal and ethical questions and likely won't be easy or particularly effective. It hasn't worked in the past and it is unlikely to work in the near future.
One need not be a terrorism expert or criminologist to know that every society has faced criminals and mad men before. Are there more terrorists or mass murderers today than in the past? Perhaps. But what is unquestionably true is that it has become increasingly easy for murderers of any stripe to kill more and more people in one fell swoop.
In some parts of the world, terrorists have had to be innovative to do so. The 2005 al-Qaida-inspired terrorist attacks in London, for example, used improvised explosive devices composed in large part of concentrated hydrogen peroxide. Creating these weapons wasn't excessively difficult, but doing so required some care. More than a few trained terrorists have tried and failed in the past, both in the U.S. (Faizal Shahzad in Times Square in 2009) and the U.K. (the bombers of July 21, 2005). Early reports also allege that Holmes engaged in such explosives plotting.
In the U.S., however, counterterrorism officials and police have long since accepted that neither creativity nor immense skill is required for an individual to be an effective mass murderer. The ready availability (either legally or illegally) of semi-automatic weapons with high-capacity magazines makes such killing remarkably easy. Moreover, given the endless supply of "soft targets" in our open society, it is simply impossible to harden every theater, school and workplace.
When I served as the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, whenever I was asked, "What keeps you up at night?" I without fail focused on a lone wolf who would be difficult if not impossible to detect and armed to the teeth with deadly firearms. And while some of my foreign police and security counterparts had similar fears, all were sympathetic to the vastly greater challenges we faced in the U.S., where such weapons are so easily accessible.
Looking ahead
None of this provides an easy answer. Would stricter control of assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines in the U.S. reduce mass murders? Perhaps, but the current inventory is so vast that we might only be closing the proverbial barn door. Would an armed moviegoer have been able to stop the Aurora shooter in his tracks? Again, perhaps, although given his preparations and the mayhem it would surely have been difficult for even a highly trained individual to do much good. Needless to say, addressing any of these issues is made even more difficult by the political swirl around gun control -- not to mention the very real limitations of our Constitution's Second Amendment.
That being said, we must be honest about the challenges we face. We will never identify and stop all of the crazed killers before they strike, whether they are motivated by al-Qaida or something even more mysterious within their heads. We can detect some through community-focused efforts, but there is no panacea or even anything close. In addition, while we can reduce the carnage, no system of first responders will make us perfectly safe.
While the truly committed killers will always find ways to kill, we regrettably live in a society where even the near-spontaneous, untrained individual can bring tragedy to the doorstep of entire communities. Our freedom -- to live in a non-police state, to have a degree of privacy and most especially to bear arms -- has very real costs. The destructiveness of certain firearms in the hands of some individuals increases those costs. We must all pay the price -- but none moreso than the victims in Aurora and elsewhere.
Michael Leiter is a former director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center and NBC News consultant.
Related content from NBCNews.com:
- Shocked Aurora vows, 'We will remember' victims of theater shooting
- Aurora pastor: 'I don't know' why God allowed theater slaughter
- Double tragedy: Aurora shooting victim learns her daughter was killed
- Victims who died include girl, sailor, aspiring sportscaster
- Police: Trip wire, bomb disarmed at suspect's apartment
- Photos of James Holmes, camp counselor for underprivileged kids


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We pick you up from outside the Jurys Inn Hotel, behind Brighton train station and take through the rolling Sussex countryside to Court Garden Vineyard. You will be given a full tour of this very pretty little vineyard, walk amongst the vines and be shown their winery where you will learn about English wine production from grape to glass. After your tour, you will be shown into their cosy tasting room for a tutored tasting of four award-winning sparkling wines. Once you have toured and tasted, it's off to our favourite country pub for a specially selected menu of local produce. After lunch, we head to Bluebell Vineyard Estates for a stroll round the vineyard and second tutored tasting in their tasting room. After Bluebell Vineyard Estates, we head to the highest viewpoint in sussex for 360 degree views of Sussex and the sea. A Great British day out!
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Sunday, January 22, 2012
Marriage is Bliss!
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Like Father Like Son
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It's Tuesday
So those of you who know me know Jon works for the almighty Utah Jazz. This makes us kind of like Utah celebrities. Like for about ten minutes after someone finds out he works for them. Ha. All the questions start coming like, "Whos the nicest player?" "Why did Coach Sloan quit?" "Do the players really cheat on their wives?" In which Jon replies and then tries to change the subject...(so modest). I mean I remember when Jon and I first started dating he texted me and asked me what I was up to. I was probably painting my nails (something i rarely have time for now) but when i asked him what he was doing he said something along the lines of he was watching The Jazz practice. I was like, "yeah...right." I honestly thought he was so full of it I think I wondered, "Who is this guy?". But low and behold it was true. I thought it was semi-cool back then. I mean I never really watched basketball or anything but when I went to my first game and sat so close to the court I felt their sweat on me, I became an instant fan. I even cried once sitting in my room in Rexburg when they lost. I was just being a really involved girlfriend okay?
WHY this rant? Well I'm sitting here on the couch, alone because it's Jazz season. WOOF!
Either way I get to blog and I HAVE to post some recent pics.
Kingston is so big guys. Like on the real, he's like toddler size. I mean I love him but DANG he is HEA-VY! Now check this out.
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The Josinator
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Well I'm desperately trying to stay awake until my hubby comes home from the jazz game....pretty sure I'm not gonna make it. I'm also hearing words and parts of Ally and Dan's conversation in the other room. I just heard "7.99?!?" in unison. And also some Spanish coming from Dan then repeated butchered back by Ally. Now silence. Freaky.
Okay I'm done being a creeper.
Happy 2012! We made it. I thought we would be flying to the grocery store by now but I guess the car will have to do.
Today we went on a field trip to the salt lake children's theater. It was fun! The kids loved it and of course couldn't stop talking about it all day. The afternoon was shot because seven year olds can't focus after anything remotely out of the ordinary so we spent the last hour of class playing games. I'm pretty sure they thought I went completely crazy because we barely ever play games other than educational ones. Have you ever seen the list of things a first grade teacher (or any teacher) has to teach their class? There is no time to waste! But heads up seven up is one of those games that I refuse to let die with my generation. Or maybe I'm the one who can't focus.
Three more weeks until I go off track. Which means three more weeks until I'll be on a ship to the tropical locale of the Caribbean! What? That's right. A full week to sail the ocean blue with my hubby and a few of our closest friends. My largest concern? Making sure I can check up on how my baby king is doing without me. I'm that mom.
Anyway this post is long and random and my eyeballs are about to fall out so good night moon!
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Large Polyp Stoney Corals: A Primer
Large Polyp Stoney Corals are very common additions to the reef aquarium, as most are beautiful, easily kept corals, needing only bright light and occasional feeding to thrive when properly kept. Keep in mind, though that several of the LPS corals can grow large, some very large. I'll stay with primarily photosynthetic corals in this list.
As like all corals, one should endeavor to maintain Natural Sea Water levels of minerals, and as always, stability is the name of the game. One should understand that sweeper tentacles on the coral species that have them can sting and cause intense pain in people, so care should be taken when doing maintenance around those corals.
Though it's not absolutely necessary for some, feeding them zoo and phytoplankton, either live (better) or prepared on a daily bases is a key to health and vitality of all in this list.
Now the species. You'll forgive me for starting with my favorite.
Native to South Pacific reefs and commonly kept is Euphyllia ancora, the Anchor Coral.
Available aquacultured by fragmentation, this species was my very first stoney coral, its three-inch frag arriving August 1988.
This species prefers medium light. If kept under metal halide illumination, it should be in the lower third of the tank. It can be kept under Very High Output, Power Compact, or bright T5 illumination as well, but should be sited in the upper half of the aquarium. It can be nearly blinding under actinic lights.
Anchor does best with medium, chaotic, pulsing current. You want the polyps to move in a smooth, wave-like motion. Properly kept, it is one of the easier LPS corals to keep.
This coral greatly benefits from twice or thrice weekly feeding. A defrosted mysis shrimp placed among the polyps in the evenings will be slowly consumed. Commercial coral foods can also be used.
Usually coming in brown flesh with bright C-shaped polyps in electric blue, lavender, or shades of green, Anchor Coral is sold in both a wall-shaped and a branching form. The latter is called E. parancora. The polyps of both versions sway particularly beautifully in the current.
The wall-shaped form can grow to a truly massive size, so one should place it along the front of the tank. As it can grow up to, and sometimes past, three feet long, one should keep in at least a four-foot tank, or better a six-foot one. Usually it forms a meandering wall with long branches. Clownfish (Amphiprion species) will nest in this coral, sometimes preferring it to anemones.
The branching form grows fairly large, and can cover an area roughly 30x30 inches over time, as it and it's relatives are extremely long lived. The branching form is usually less colorful, with its polyps are usually shades of brown with light-colored tips, though aquacultured examples can be far more vivid, especially those from Australian waters.
This species has long and powerful stinger polyps that will kill any coral nearby, so should be kept at least with 16 inches between it and any other coral.
Even more popular and available is the Frogspawn Coral, Euphyllia divisa, another South Pacific reef species.
This is the most commonly kept LPS coral, and available in many fish stores. Properly cared for, it is extremely hardy, since nearly all available are tank raised from frags.
This species doesn't grow quite as large as the above, its skeleton a rounded or oblong form. You can anticipate it growing to about two feet in length. The common name describes the coral, as the tips of its polyps are branching and in close mass, looking like frog spawn. It usually has brownish flesh with light-colored tips, in whitish, blue, green or pinkish shades.
It likes its light moderate to fairly bright, and prefers a medium pulsing current that waves its polyps smoothly.
This is another coral that benefits from regular feeding. It does best with products designed to simulate plankton several times a week, but will also take defrosted Mysis shrimps as well.
This is also available in a branching form E. paradivisa, so one should feed each branch. It forms masses of close polyps, looking rather like bunches of tiny grapes. It's a bit more difficult to keep, demanding perfect NSW levels and zero dissolved organics.
Frogspawn is also an aggressive coral, using sweeper tentacles to sting and kill nearby corals. As the branching forum can span widely, one should place corals at least 10 inches from each arm.
Always in a branching form is the Torch Coral, Euphyllia glabrescens.
A common sight in local fish stores, Torch is unlike others of its family, as it's polyps are long, straight and numerous, and always tipped in a light color, like bright blue, purple or green. Though the original imports were in shades of brown, many other colors are now available. Rarely there are different colored polyps in the same branching colony, say most are green and one or more is purple tipped. Such rarity makes Torch rather pricey. Frags of the single tip color Torch Coral are quite reasonable.
The polyps emerge during the day, and fan out, the light colored tips looking like a torch, hence the common name.
Though it's not necessary, Torch can be fed, since it thrives better if you do. It will take pelleted marine foods that fall among the polyps, defrosted Mysis shrimps, and zooplankton products.
Torch likes a higher light level than others of it's family, so with careful and patient moving, it can be moved nearer the lights, even metal halide-based lighting. Current should be moderate that gently moves its polyps and should be pulsing and chaotic. If using power heads or similar, they should be pointed either at the glass or a rock to randomize it.
With good lighting, natural sea levels of minerals, and occasional feeding, Torch will grow quite well, producing several heads. The one I have has a span of nearly 30 inches. It has long stinging tentacles, so give it at least ten inches between it and other corals.
An easily kept LPS, Torch is a popular addition to the reef aquarium.
Perhaps one of the most aggressive LPS coral one can buy is the Galaxy Coral, Galaxea fascicularis.
This coral has many long, thin sweeper tentacles that in larger specimens can reach more than a foot. So, neighbor corals must be kept far away from it.
Now available captive raised by fragmenting, for many years was known as having a very fragile skeleton and was a poor shipper. Few were able to survive in the aquarium.
Which was a shame, but today is easily available as frags.
Why keep such an aggressive LPS? Galaxy, so named for its star-like polyps, is one of the more attractive corals.
Each polyp emerges from a thin tube within the skeleton in this colony-type coral. The mass of starlike polyps have a brightly-colored tip that can be in a bright creamy white, earning the common name. It's also available in florescent shades of green, which is quite popular, as well as several other colors.
This coral normally grows into a pillow-like or domed form, but really well kept and over time, can grow truly massive, easily ten feet across, but such sizes are extremely rare in the confines of the average aquarium. Keep in mind that star fish, even those that are small and purported to just eat algae, can't seem to resist this coral, and will steadily consume it.
It likes bright light, but it may be some time before it adapts to halide-based lighting, although it looks and lives best in it. Moderate, chaotic, pulsing current that smoothly displaces the polyps is best. It should be placed in the lower third of the aquarium under halides, higher for VHO or T5 lighting.
This is one coral that should be fed regularly for its continued health. I've found it to benefit greatly from zooplankton in both form and vitality. Commercial products may work, but for maximum health, feed it zooplankton.
Properly kept and fed, this species can grow into a really beautiful form that nearly always gets admiring comments.
Obviously one of my favorite corals.
One of the most stunning LPS corals is the Elegance Coral, Catalaphyllia jardinei.
Available in many different colors, the large polyps of Elegance fold out from the skeleton, resembling a group of colorful anemones. One of the most popular is florescent green with purple tips from Jakarta and the Solomon Islands, and is the one you're likely to see as frags. You can also find it in browns and greens, and green with red polyps. Both usually have smaller polyps and thus a rather smaller span than the more commonly available.
In any guise, a very pretty coral. Hardy too, and can be kept by hobbyists taking their first steps into stoney corals.
Given bright light and occasional feeding, and Elegance can expand tremendously with a wide span of polyps. As it has stinging tentacles, it can injure or kill nearby corals, so one should give at least 12 to 16 inches between it and other corals.
Elegance does best in moderate, pulsing current that gently sways its polyps. They can thrive in medium lighting, but lives and looks best under halides. It may take time and patience to slowly acclimate it to halides, but it will reward you with better color and growth.
It benefits from regular feeding. A defrosted Mysis shrimp placed on the polyps in the evenings will be taken, and products purported to simulate zooplankton are helpful. Properly kept, Elegance grows to a manageable size, roughly 16 to 18 inches in size, but it can double that over time. It reproduces by budding, and when the new coral is pretty well established, can be detached and relocated.
This coral is occasionally used by clownfish in the aquarium, especially if no suitable anemone is present.
In natural sea water levels of minerals, bright lighting with regular feeding, Elegance becomes a true showpiece in the aquarium.
Available from nearly any shop or online source is Caulastrea furcata, the Candy Cane Coral. A good choice for your first reef tank, as it is hardy and attractive.
Because of its looks and smaller size. From a stalked skeleton, rounded to oval polyps radiate. They can come in a dazzling number of colors, almost always with light strips on the border and a contrasting color in the center, where the mouths are located. Polyps are spaced a bit apart from each other, but are clustered and they stay rather close to the skeleton.
Since all available started as frags from mother colonies, Candy Cane is one of the most hardy of LPS corals.
Candy Cane prefers indirect bright light and rather low current that slightly moves it's polyps.
Similar to the above with far larger polyps is C. echinulata, the Trumpet Coral.
Though the polyps are separated by emerging from individual stalks, they cluster closely together, and Trumpet can appear as a mound or ball of coral.
Trumpet likes a higher current than Candy Cane, so moderate, pulsing current is what it prefers. It is a shade less colorful than Candy Cane, but recently more colorful examples have become available. Both are not aggressive towards other corals.
Both corals can be fed, as each polyp has a mouth, which is obvious in Trumpet. Feeding is very beneficial and will improve health and growth, Defrosted Mysis shrimp placed gently in the center of the polyps in the evenings will be taken. Zooplankton has been used to good effect, so commercial products can be used.
Mysis should be fed once or twice a week, but zooplankton can be given more often, even every day.
Both corals are hardy and attractive, and being in a moderate size, can be kept in smaller reef tanks, even a 29 gallon.
For many years known as one of the most challenging and beautiful corals to keep is Flowerpot, Gonipora lobata.
Since its introduction, Flowerpot was well known to die in weeks or sometimes months after introduction. First, the polyps in part of the coral refuse to extend, then more do until the coral dies. Thus, it is best kept by experts who can maintain temperature, and NSW levels, that are that of the natural reef. Any variation of the levels can kill this coral.
Why try? Flowerpot is a lovely coral. From a base, long polyps topped with 24 tentacles radiate, looking like a feathered mound of coral. With a moderate, chaotic current, the polyps sway beautifully. Though the polyps are open day and night, it only feeds after dark. Lighting should be bright but indirect, and to my knowledge halide lighting should be used.
I did research for several years before attempting to keep Flowerpot. Its native waters are rather turbid with much zoo and phytoplankton, so I thought constant and varied zooplankton numbers were necessary. Thus, after four years of my phytoplankton drip, I tried it, and at this writing has thrived in one of my reefs for the last 8 years. It has creamy green polyps.
It needs bright light, but under my halide-based lighting, I have it about half-way up in my tank. There it gets a lower current that slowly moves its polyps. Flowerpot has sweeper tentacles, so the nearest coral is a foot away from it.
Only the most deeply experienced, prepared, and seasoned reef keeper should ever attempt to keep this coral. Thus, I cannot recommend it.
Somewhat easier to keep than the above is Alveopora gigas, a branching species called Daisy Coral.
It has 12 tentacles on its long polyps, but is similar in form as the above, though it exists in close branches.
'Gigas' means large, and refers to size this species can attain over years; over two feet in width and three in length.
It, too feeds only at night, and to my experience needs a constant supply of zoo and phytoplankton to thrive in captivity. It prefers a lower, random current that gently waves it's polyps, and moderate lighting. It should be sited in the lower regions of the reef, and if using halide-based lighting, it should be indirect.
Of course NSW levels must be maintained as close to that of the natural reef as possible and dissolved organics like Nitrate must be absent for a good chance at keeping this coral long term (decades). Given the conditions it needs, it should grow quite well.
Thus, I do not recommend it to those with smaller reefs, nor those who cannot maintain NSW levels constantly.
Available in dazzling colors in frags from Australia is Duncanopsammia axifuga, the Whiskers Coral.
Much more hardy than the above two corals, Whiskers is rather easy to keep, thus can be a good addition to the experienced keeper's reef.
From a based skeleton with many close small tubes, long, flowing polyps that are always tipped in a lighter, bright color radiate. A very attractive coral in health. It resembles Elegance as the polyps are anemone-like, though it doesn't fold out widely like Elegance does. Whiskers grows into rather a mound-shaped form.
Given proper NSW levels, low medium water flow and moderate to higher light levels (it easily adapts to brighter light), and it will grow well for you, adding new polyps besides another regularly. You want the polyps to sway gently in the current for maximum expansion.
This is another coral that thrives and grows best when zoo and phytoplankton are constantly available. The downside the coral will grow apace, and over time can get rather large, several feet in width and length. At the size it can maintain, it should be kept in larger reef tanks that posses enough space for it.
Whiskers is highly aggressive, possessing long and powerful sweeper tentacles, thus with it's propensity for good growth, corals should be sited a good distance away from it.
I can recommend this coral to serious keepers with large, very well established tanks.
Pleyrogyra sinosa is one of the most commonly available members of the spectacular group of Bubble Corals.
Available as frags for many years, sinosa is The Bubble Coral to many people.
This coral inflates large, elongated bubbles to protect the delicate feeding tentacles during the day. Specimens of this coral can have pearl white, cream, blue and very uncommonly green colored bubbles.
Though this coral does have very powerful sweeper tentacles, they are short and at the base of the bubbles. However, at night Bubble Coral uses longer ones, and will sting and kill any coral that is too close to its 'space'. Thus, neighbor corals should be placed where they won't conflict. This coral doubles in size at night.
As night is when this coral feeds. Zoo and phytoplankton should be provided for maximum health and growth of this coral. It grows to a moderate size when properly kept and over time. It reaches a size roughly that of a dinner plate, sometimes larger.
With smaller, rounder bubbles with thin, pimple-like protrusions on them is Octobubble, Pleyrogyra sp.
This coral has the same needs as the above; medium to bright light, and a lower current where it can inflate maximally. It grows into a mound shape of a size between a softball and basketball.
Both species should be well set when their frags are purchased, because if they tilt over, over time, the bubbles can be torn by the sharp skeleton, causing necroses and eventual death. Thus, they should be well sited in a gap on a piece of live rock.
Both are easy to keep when NSW levels and steady temperature are maintained, and with regular feedings.
Similar to common Bubble Corals is Pearl, Physogyra lichtensteini.
The bubbles of this coral are more rounded, closely packed, and numerous, but it has the same needs as it's close relatives; bright light, low medium random currents. It may take time to move it into a spot closer to the lights, but it lives and looks better under halide or very high output lighting.
It also forms larger colonies than the common species, and over time, can grow to quite a mound of bubbles. Very well kept and fed, it can grow quite large; up to eight feet across, though such sizes are rare in reef aquariums. You can anticipate it growing about 28 inches across, well-kept and fed. As it is also larger and aggressive at night, one should make sure other corals don't grow within a foot of it.
This coral benefits greatly from regular feeding. Defrosted Mysis shrimp placed gently among the bubbles will be taken, and a constant flow of zoo and phytoplankton will make this coral a real showpiece.
Pearl can come in shades of green, blue and cream colored. A bit more difficult to find unlike the other two bubble corals, but it has a larger base skeleton, thus is more stable when newly acquired. In health it looks like a pile of grapes.
Another easy bubble coral.
Not as commonly kept as it once was is Fox Coral; Nemenzophyllia turbida.
A lovely species, large polyps expand enormously, then fold over its wavy, thin skeleton. The polyps form a flowing wave. Colors available can be green, white, blue and light creamy brown.
This species prefers bright indirect light with low, random currents so it can expand normally. Thus, direct halide or VHO lighting isn't necessary for it.
It grows to a moderate size of about a foot, and lacks sweeper tentacles, thus can be a target of aggressive corals. Multiple Fox corals can be kept together for a nice display; maintain sufficient space between them for polyp expansion.
It does feed at night, displaying feeder tentacles, so a phytoplankton drip is very helpful in keeping it in maximum health.
Given proper care, though some publications describe it as difficult, I and my reef-keeping friends have found it quite hardy.
A single polyp species is the Button Coral, Cynaria lacrymalis.
Though it is just one polyp, it can expand to quite a size in the aquarium, larger than a softball, which surprises some keepers. It spreads out in a roughly round or leaf-like form. The 'skin' of the polyp are translucent and glossy, and the coral looks easily punctured. Blade-like teeth are visible. It's usually found on the substrate in tropical reefs, but grows well when its frag is secured to the live rock.
Button is available in many colors, including shades of brown, green, red, yellow and purple. In any color, an attractive coral.
It produces light-tipped feeding tentacles in the evenings, or when suitable food is detected during the day. A phytoplankton drip to fond a zooplankton population is very beneficial, enhancing the health of this coral and a likelihood of budding. This coral lacks sweeper tentacles, thus is peaceful.
This species prefers a low, chaotic current, and can easily adapt to higher light levels. With its translucent flesh it is a lovely display under halide lighting, but can be kept in VHO or T5 lighting just as well.
A rather easily kept LPS, Button grows to a moderate size, so is suitable to smaller reefs.
Found on the sand near tropical reefs are the Tongue and Slipper corals, Herpolitha limax and Polyphillia talpina, respectively.
The difference between them is Tongue, which is what it looks like, has a deep groove down the middle of its skeleton where the feeder polyps are sited, and there are grooves on the skeleton. Slipper has a much more shallow and narrower groove, and lacks grooves on the skeleton.
Tongue has short polyps that are tipped with a light color. Over time, some specimens grow branches from the skeleton. Slipper has long, flowing polyps that totally obscures its skeleton.
Tongue can come in several colors, from browns with white tips, florescent green, blue and purple. A very attractive coral.
If placed on the sand, it can move around on the bottom looking for a site that suits it. Tongue can appear in other shapes than tongue shaped. You may see it grow into a boomerang shape, or a 'C' 'X' and 'Y' shape. Normally it's shaped like a tongue.
Tongue likes very bright light, and pulsing lower moderate current. Keep in mind it can grow quite large, up to 40 inches, but it'll take several years to get there. It needs a larger aquarium (at least a six-foot tank) for full growth.
Tongue has a slight mucus covering it uses for feeding and protection. It is one coral that really needs feeding, so a phytoplankton drip for zooplankton production is all but essential.
Its needs addressed, Tongue is an unusual, hardy coral.
Slipper is shoe-shaped, hence the common name.
Slightly more challenging to keep, Slipper grows long, flowing polyps, making it appear fuzzy or mop-like. Some liken it to a warm winter slipper.
It comes in several colors, one of the most attractive being a clear green with light tips. Normally its creamy or brown colored. Though the vast majority are shoe-shaped, I've seen other forms of it, like much wider and rounder.
Slipper does best on the substrate. It can move around to a site that suits it, and it possesses a slight mucus covering like Tongue does. It also needs regular feeding of zooplankton for maximum health and vitality. It's slightly more sensitive to currents that don't precisely suit it than Tongue is.
It also needs bright light and pulsing, random currents that are rather moderate in intensity.
It doesn't grow quite as large as Tongue, topping out about 2.5 feet. A very unusual, hardy LPS, and commonly available.
The sole non-photosynthetic coral in the list is the Sun Coral, Tubastrea faulkneri.
Being non-photosynthetic, Sun Coral, so named for it's sunshine yellow polyps, must be fed daily. Each polyp has its own nutritional needs, so one must feed each polyp individually. Defrosted Mysis shrimp are perfect. Though in smaller specimens that's not a problem, but over time, it can grow fairly large, up to the size of half a bowling ball, with many dozens of polyps. Thus, it behooves one to start phytoplankton drips so sufficient zooplankton is generated to keep this coral fed months prior to purchase. Sun Corals' flesh is pinkish.
Its sweeper tentacles are short, so Sun is considered a non aggressive coral.
It likes a moderate, random current, and lower lighting, so can be placed in a shady spot in brightly-lit reefs.
Though its most glorious at night with all polyps out and feeding, some will open during the day, especially if you blow baby brine shrimp or one of the cyclop-based foods across the coral with a turkey baster.
Rich dark purple with red polyps is the so-called Black Sun, Tubastrea micrantha.
It's fairly commonly found, but unlike T. faulkneri can grow into a branched form.
Both Sun species are fairly easily kept, especially for non-photosynthetic corals, as long as their nutritional needs are addressed.
Though not exactly a large polyp stoney coral, the Organ Pipe, Tubipora musica, is our next species.
It's included among the large polyp stoney corals because it constructs wine-colored tubes of calcium carbonate to house its polyps. Because of the tubes, this species can be attacked by bristle worms who take refuge in the pipes if too many of the worms are in a tank.
Organ Pipe is an octocoral, meaning its polyps have eight tentacles. Those polyps are often in interesting colors or form; the one I have has flowing green polyps, though most available have tan or white polyps. This is another colony-type coral that can grow large. Well kept, it can easily reach several feet in length and width.
This coral is peaceful, and lacks sweeper tentacles. However, for maximum health, fond a phytoplankton drip two or three months prior to purchasing the coral, so it will thrive having plenty of zooplankton to eat.
Organ Pipe is adaptable to nearly any intensity of light and current, making it ideal for most tanks. However, the current shouldn't be so strong that it displaces the polyps.
An easily kept stony coral, and ideal for the newer reef keeper.
Included among lists of large polyp stoney corals, but similar to some SPS corals, is the Yellow Scroll, Tubinaria reniformis
Yellow Scroll is a beautiful yellowish-green species that forms curved plates, cups and sometimes convoluted ridges, depending on current. The skeleton is thinner and smoother than other of the LPS family, and it has hundreds of very small corallites from whitish polyps emanate, though they are rarely seen during the day, as this species feeds at night. Because of it's ability to spread in large colonies in nature, Yellow Scroll is considered a reef-building coral.
Vital in keeping this coral is rock-solid NSW levels. It's quite sensitive to dissolved organics, so a protein skimmer rated for at least double your aquarium size is essential. Most times you'll see this coral listed in reference books as a Large Polyp Stoney Coral, but some online sources have it as a Small Polyp Stoney Coral.
No matter, Yellow Scroll is a beautiful coral once seen is remembered.
It needs bright light, including metal halide lighting, and a medium to a bit stronger pulsing, random current. Over time this coral will form colonies looking like a stack of curved plates. Its frag should be placed near the edge of a piece of live rock, so it'll grow into a proper broad curved plate shape. One should take considerable time in moving this species nearer the lights; two-thirds up is about right. Well established, it is quite hardy, but some frags fail before the right combination of current and light is established. Thus, it is a moderately challenging species to keep properly.
This species feeds almost solely at night, so a phytoplankton drip established some months before purchase will produce the micro-life this coral eats. It is a peaceful coral, lacking stinging sweeper tentacles. It is fascinating watching it feed in the evenings.
A standout in a reef aquarium, Yellow Scroll is a good coral for experienced keepers to try.
Resembling Flowerpot but with shorter polyps and very much easier to keep are the Cup Corals, Tubinaria species.
Cup corals are a large group of species that closely resemble each other. All form what can be called a folding saucer or cup. It grows to about the size of a dinner plate in aquariums, much larger in nature. They have prominent corallites which house the polyps. Another peaceful coral.
Unlike Flowerpot the skeleton is covered with a skin-like tissue, often of an attractive color. Though in the old days they were available in browns and grays, the one I have (T. peltata) has a deep orange skin and bright olive green polyps.
Other species available include Yellow Cup (T. frondens) and Octopus (T. patula). Yellow Cup has, of course, yellow skin and polyps, and Octopus has rubbery skin and polyps with short ends looking like the suckers of an Octopus.
All can be kept the same way, moderate to very bright lighting and random, medium current. The lighting depends on that in which the frag was kept, so the keeper has to very patient in moving it nearer the lights. Water quality must be top notched, as this species is sensitive to dissolved organics like Nitrate.
These species have polyps open most all day, and can and should be fed for maximum health. A phytoplankton drip some months prior to purchase is very helpful in keeping these moderately challenging, pretty species properly.
Similar to Button but don't puff out as much are the Doughnut Corals, a single polyp coral.
The Scolymia species are often confused with brain corals, often called flat brain, but is included among the LPS corals. The circle of blade-like teeth is obscured by the flesh, making Doughnut appear rather bumpy.
They are available in many colors, including striped ones, and can form rather circular forms or, well-kept, a multiple folded plate or bowl. Most Doughnut frags have one oral opening. Over time, with good growth, more appear; the one I have has three oral openings.
And the presence of them is a strong indication that this coral actively feeds. One should feed it regularly, but better is starting and maintaining a phytoplankton drip for zooplankton production. Given them, this coral is quite hardy and will grow well for you. It should be placed in the lower third of the aquarium, as these species don't care for very bright light.
It does best in moderate light - it should be indirect if halide light is used on your reef. Current should be random and moderate; one should very carefully move it where the flesh is fully expanded.
Properly kept and fed Doughnut is quite hardy, and can grow into a very attractive coral.
Widely spread from the Indian Ocean to the Caribbean to Australia are Rose Corals, Trachyphyllia geoffroryi, a single-polyp species.
Among the easiest of the LPS corals to keep since they are found in turbid conditions in tidal zones, Rose Corals, also called Open Brain Corals, come in a dazzling variety of colors. Though in the old days all available were brown, they can be found in greens, yellows, blues, pinks, multi-colored, and most strikingly, blood red. The latter are aquacultured from captive colonies, since they are found in the very highly-protected Caribbean reefs.
Rose Corals are commonly shaped in a broad folded figure-eight. When it folds out during the day, the wide rim has the most intense color, while the center of the coral are usually in a lighter or darker shade of brown or cream, and the skeleton can be seen. The feeding polyps are inside the rim, and when food is detected, will be more than an inch tall. Rose Corals grow to about eight inches across, meaning one can be kept as the featured coral in a smaller reef tank, say a 29 gallon.
They like moderately bright light, but with time and patience can be moved closer for a better display. Current should be random, pulsing and moderate. It does have short sweeper tentacles, displaying them at night, when it detects a coral too close to it. Other corals should grow no closer than eight inches from a Rose Coral.
Rose Corals do best, and mature specimens may bud in your tank, if a phytoplankton drip is maintained, since this coral is an avid feeder. You might see this coral listed as a Wellsophyllia species in shops, but that is incorrect.
Probably the easiest LPS coral to keep, Rose Corals are a good choice for competent beginners just starting in stoney corals.
Found on soft sands in nature are Disk Corals, Fungia species, another easily kept coral.
A solitary species, these corals are found on soft, sandy bottoms in shallow water near reefs. By inflating and deflating its tissue, Disk Corals can move about the substrate, moving about a foot per day, looking for current and lighting that suits it. Disk Corals can also move up low gradients, so you may find your Disk Coral up on a live rock.
Fascinating as the movement ability of Disk Corals, one should keep other corals out of its sphere, since Disk Corals produce a toxic mucus that can injure or kill any coral it comes into contact with. Also, one should use aquatic gloves when adding a Disk Coral, since the stress can produce that mucus, which is dangerous to people.
Disk Corals are round or occasionally oval, the former looking like the broad hats Chinese peasants used to wear. At the peak of the coral is a long, slim mouth, denoting daily feeding is necessary. A phytoplankton drip is recommended, as Disk Corals, which feed at night, thrive when they have plenty of zooplankton to eat. Disk Corals grow to up to eight inches across.
In wild-caught examples there's several families of parasite that take refuge in a Disk Coral mouth, but since nearly all are captive raised these days, that's not a problem.
Disk Corals come in many, many colors. Most you'll see are green or purple, but if there's a color you can think of that's reasonable, there's probably a Disk Coral available that has it.
One should take care placing a Disk Coral in your tank, because if air is caught beneath it, the coral will die.
All Disk Corals prefer the same levels of light and current; moderate to very bright light, and lower moderate random currents. Given them, Disk Corals are a unique addition to the reef aquarium.
Kept in similar conditions as the above are Long-Tentacled Plate Corals, Heliofungia actiniformis, a solitary coral.
Rather hard to find these days, Plate Corals look remarkably like a sea anemone. Its long polyps are tipped in a bright color. The polyps themselves are often in translucent, attractive colors, and the tips can be almost neon bright. Because of its resemblance to an anemone, I've known Clownfish to be fooled and nest in it, despite a bulb-tipped anemone in their tank.
It grows into a roundish form and the long, beautiful polyps sway very attractively in the current. Best kept on the substrate, the Plate Coral is a bit more fragile than Disks, so one must be especially careful in acclimation, and doubly so in placing it in your tank. Established though, Plate is rather easy to keep.
As long as natural sea levels are maintained and close as possible to the natural reef, and the temperature rock solid stable. Protein Skimming should be large and capable, since this species doesn't long tolerate dissolved organics.
It likes moderate to bright light, and low-medium pulsing current. Plate, too, has the toxic mucus coat for feeding and defense, and since it can move around, corals should be place away from its area
This is another coral that lives best well fed. A phytoplankton drip is very helpful, as this coral will do very well when it has a steady supply of zooplankton to eat. Well kept and fed, Plate grows to about the size of a dinner plate.
Because of the movement on the sand in the reef tank, the mucus produced by disk and plate corals can get clogged with sand. After a light tap to make the coral go back into its skeleton, you should remove the sand, using aquatic gloves of course. Doing so regularly enhances the health of the coral.
Long-Tentacled Plate, with its flowing and beautiful polyps, is very attractive in a well-established reef.
Usually grouped with the brain corals, though it is a large-polyp stoney coral is Blastomussa wellsi, our last species.
Not as commonly available as it once was, though its a quite common species in its native range, Blastomussa is one species many reef keepers would like to have. Found in many, many colors, some from Australian waters absolutely gorgeous, if you see a frag, grab it, since it may be some time that you'll ever see another. Rather expensive, especially in bright colors, one would think Blastomussa is difficult to keep and propagate.
But its not. From a stalked skeleton, very large polyps cluster closely together, obscuring the skeleton completely. Each polyp has an obvious central mouth, meaning feeding this coral is all but essential. A phytoplankton drip is very helpful, as the coral can easily eat the zooplankton generated. Well cared for, Blastomussa is easily kept.
The only challenge is light acclimation. Blastomussa is a deep water coral, so it is accustomed to lower light. One should initially keep it in the lowest region of the tank where the light it indirect. After two weeks, you can move it several inches into more direct lighting. Allowing two weeks between moves, the coral can slowly be moved up to the middle level under halide lighting, higher in VHO or bright T5 tanks. One must be observant and extremely careful during the moves.
In current it prefers a lower to medium pulsing, random current where the polyps are fully expanded. Blastomussa has very short sweeper tentacles, so it can be considered peaceful.
In appearance, Blastomussa has large, roughly round, closely packed polyps that totally obscures the skeleton. They each have an obvious central mouth. Save for the mouths, a Blastomussa colony looks rather like a group of mushroom leather corals. Colors can range from browns, reds, greens, blues, and if lucky you'll find them with a contrasting color in the center of the polyps. Blastomussa has very meaty looking flesh, so use dwarf angelfish with caution, since they may pick at the coral.
Unless very well kept, most Blastomussa colonies posses just a few polyps. Though it does grow rather slowly, I though feeding was the key to better growth, the mouths being the onus. Thus, under my phytoplankton drip my Blastomussa has steadily added more polyps over the years, growing more than a foot tall with many dozens of polyps.
One can manually feed Blastomussa by gently placing a defrosted Mysis shrimp on each polyp in the evenings. Keep in mind though, that such a method can result in a surge of dissolved organics in your tank, necessitating large and constant protein skimming and regular partial water changes.
An easily-kept coral, if one can find a frag for a reasonable price.
Thus ends the LPS primer. Next will come SPS, and if interest is high, I will do additional primers on other families of corals, including those ideally suited for beginners.


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This paper describes and reflects on the implementation of a Knowledge Based Holistic Design Support System – termed "HolD" – into a business environment. The paper introduces the rationale and development behind the system, a consciously different approach to traditional knowledge based systems in engineering in order to meet the requirements of a small business, producing bespoke low volume products. Typical knowledge based engineering systems rely on explicitly codified knowledge which often supports product optimisation rather than creative design activities. Such a system would provide little benefit to a business producing bespoke products. Instead, the system presented here, supports the creativity of designers through codified tacit knowledge input by designers as meta‑data for past designs. The problem of individual inertia in adopting the system and sharing knowledge was approached early in the construction of the system. The steps taken to lower user barriers and encourage day‑to‑day use are detailed, including the design of a multi‑stage input process designed to interact at key stages of users' existing processes. The immediate results after a six month trial period are presented and the results show slower than anticipated usage. In particular designers were found to be reluctant to input detailed information beyond common identifying data and did not attempt to seek information from the system. The reasons for this slower usage are discussed and possible solutions presented. The paper therefore provides industrial based evidence of the inertia encountered when implementing a knowledge system and argues that technology alone is insufficient to overcome this inertia.
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PALMYRA, N.Y. — Two unemployed, hungry men stole a calf from a neighbor's barn, shot it with an arrow and slit its throat before roasting its meat, police said.
David Lochner, 21, and Timothy Welch, 18, were camping outside Palmyra, 20 miles southeast of Rochester, several weeks ago when a dairy farmer reported his calf missing, said State Police Investigator John Stubbe.
Authorities found a bloody bow and remains near the barn and in a river.
The two men first said they had shot a deer. But Stubbe said authorities later determined that the two had walked from their campsite to Brandon Hoad's barn and broken in.
The dairy farmer said the two were staying with someone who worked for him but knew nothing about the disappearance of the nearly 2-month-old female calf, named Emmy.
Stubbe said the two "decided they wanted something to eat," led the calf out of the barn, shot it with arrows and cut its throat.
The two gutted the animal and sliced off steaks, leaving the carcass behind, the investigator said.
They were arrested and arraigned Wednesday on burglary charges. Police said more charges are pending, including cruelty to animals.
Lochner and Welch remain jailed on $25,000 bail each. County police didn't know whether they had attorneys.
"I've seen farm animals stolen, but I don't recall anything like this, where two kids were out camping and they thought they needed a meal," Stubbe said.
Hoad said the arrests provided an answer but not a resolution.
"Even though I've got a reason, to me, it still doesn't solve it — just the heinousness of it," said Hoad, who grew up on the farm and keeps about 65 dairy cows. "Stuff with animals doesn't normally bother me ... but this does."
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Delegates Go Green at the Expo's Green Aisle
July 1, 2010
By Cindy Long
Walking down the Green Aisle at the NEA Expo 2010, Marie Pierce, a science teacher at Stockbridge Middle School in Fulton County, Georgia, stuffed her green tote bag to overflowing. She got lesson plans and curriculum ideas on everything from climate change and solar energy to school yard habitats and water conservation.
Early annual meeting attendees flocked to the Green Aisle at the 2010 Expo to get ideas for greening their classrooms as well as their own homes.
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"There is so much great material to take back for my classroom next school year," she says."I really want to get my seventh graders excited about saving the environment and going green."
Interest in the green movement among NEA Annual Meeting delegates continues to grow every year, and this year there are more than double the number of environmental exhibitors as last year in the exhibit hall, with 17 up from six.
"Not only do they want curricular materials, but the delegates' interest often turns personal," says Carolyn Breedlove, manager of NEA's Green Initiatives program. "They want to know how they can save energy in their own homes, how they can buy more sustainable products, and live greener lives. They're very action-oriented. They really do live what they teach."
Carolyn Breedlove manages NEA's Green Initiatives and helped bring environmentally conscious exhibitors to the 2010 Expo's Green Aisle.
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Pierce says she has always lived a sustainable life, and hopes that her students will return to the habit of living closer to the earth.
"I grew up in the country," she says. "We raised our own vegetables and our own meat. But we're slowly destroying the environment that allows us to do that. We need to remember the lessons of the past, and teach our kids to consume less and live more sustainably."
Pierce walked through the Green Aisle with her colleague Gornata Ross, a kindergarten teacher at Hapeville Elementary School, also in Fulton County, Georgia.
"With the oil spill only a few miles from here in the Gulf, it reminds us how important it is that we start environmental education from the very beginning so that the kids of today don't grow up and make the same mistakes we're making," Ross says.
Pierce and Ross were both particularly interested in the Audubon Society's exhibit, where they signed up to receive the Pennies For the Planet environmental curriculum program, which will be available next September.
Pennies for the Planet is a nationwide campaign that helps critical conservation projects. Next year's campaign will focus on rescuing the birds of the Gulf Coast. The program is powered by kids collecting pennies (and nickels, dimes, and quarters) to help save wild places and wildlife in the United States. Each year, they raise thousands of dollars that help fund critical conservation efforts.
"We've had almost 250 people sign up in the first three hours the exhibit hall was open," says Elaine O'Sullivan, director of educational publishing at the Audubon Society. "Kids really want to know what they can do to help the wildlife impacted by the spill, and educators want to empower them to get involved. This is a program that shows them that a small amount of change can add up to a big difference."
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