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Welcome!

New members info and introductions.
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Resources

Where to get hard to find/not hard to find items. Post what you know so everyone's life becomes easier!
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The Eutrophic Zone

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The Fresh Water Zone

Fresh water general discussion, no buy/sell/trade posts.
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BAR Contests and Giveaways

Where you can win something nice!
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Website & BARcode

Information and questions about the BAR site.
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Kudos

A place to recognize accomplishments of our members.
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Aquarium Discussion Have a question about fish, corals, or equipment? This is the place to ask!

Breeding

A forum to discuss breeding marine animals.
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Coral

Forum for discussing all types of coral and their care.
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DIY

Doing a project? Post and share your experiences so that others may follow in you footsteps
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Equipment

Forum for discussing any and every type of aquarium equipment.
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Fish and Invertebrates

Forum for discussing fish, invertebrates, and their care.
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Other Reef Talk

General reef related discussion and questions that doesn't fall into the other categories.
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Photography

Discuss photo techniques and show off pics!
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Propagation

What works for you? What gets you the best growth and color?
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Reef Chemistry

Discuss all your chemistry questions, comments, or hypotheses here.
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Tank Journals

Tell us about your tank or tank build
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Tank Spotlight Award

Tank Spotlight Award
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Don't Break the Chain Program for propagation, sharing, and banking of corals among members.

DBTC - Info and Discussion

Keep track of the givings, as well as who has a particular coral in this forum.
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DBTC - LPS

LPS Corals in the DBTC Program
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DBTC - Other

Other plants and animals in the DBTC program.
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DBTC - Softies

Soft Corals in the DBTC Program
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DBTC - SPS

SPS Corals in the DBTC Program
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DBTC - Zoas

Zoanthids and Palythoas in the DBTC Program.
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Sponsor & Partner Forums Updates and discussion from our Sponsors and LFS Partners.

Reef Nutrition

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Kimmie's Clownfish Factory

Kimmie's Clownfish Factory sponsor forum
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Bay Bridge Aquarium

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Cali Kid Corals

5416 Ygnacio Valley Rd Suite 50 Concord CA 94521
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High Tide Aquatics

2819 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, CA 94602
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California Reef Company

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Fish Doctor

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jestersix Reefscaping

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Neptune Aquatics

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Buy/Sell/Trade Forums This forum is for Supporting Members only!

Pay It Forward

This forum is for those individuals who simply just want to give away stuff! There's no need to be a Supporting Member to participate in this forum. However, no B/S/T transaction should be conducted here please. Thanks!
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Apon wrote on jestersix's profile.
FYI posted on your sponsor thread.
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Interested in your Monti plates. How large and how much?

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I found your oregon tort from my guy in Sac. Waiting to hear back on when his next trip this way. Let me know if your still interested and I'll get his price.
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