reef aquarium

collocation in English

meaningsofreefandaquarium

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reef
noun[C]
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/riːf/us
/riːf/
a line of rocks or sand just above or just below the surface of the sea, often dangerous ...
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aquarium
noun[C]
uk
/əˈkweə.ri.əm/us
/əˈkwer.i.əm/
a glass container in which fish and other water creatures can ...
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(Definition ofreefandaquariumfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The duncan coral generally prefers to inhabit an establishedreefaquariumif brought into captivity.
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Manyreefaquariumkeepers use sea lettuce species in refugiums or grow it as a food source for herbivorous fish.
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Members of this family are widely sought after for thereefaquariumtrade.
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Goniopora are a very difficult coral to keep alive and are not recommended for a novicereefaquariumhobbyist.
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They are difficult to keep in thereefaquariumbecause they do not contain symbiotic zooxanthellae and therefore need to be fed on zooplankton.
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The effluent is returned to thereefaquariumwhere the calcium is consumed by organisms, primarily corals when building skeletons.
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The park also has a coralreefaquariumturtle nesting site.
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They are reef-safe, and can be kept with any invertebrates in areefaquarium.
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Subtypes exist within these types, such as thereefaquarium, a typically smaller marine aquarium that houses coral.
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A calcium reactor is an efficient method to supply calcium to areefaquarium.
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They are popular withreefaquariumhobbyists.
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This crab is commonly kept in reef aquariums to control bristle worm populations.
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Also, many home reef aquariums canopies containing metal halide lights.
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A switching or variable-voltage system (also known as a wavemaker) is commonly used in reef aquaria to more closely simulate the movement of ocean water.
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It is also sometimes kept in reef aquaria.
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Limewater is widely used by marine aquarists as a primary supplement of calcium and alkalinity for reef aquariums.
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Members of this family are sometimes found in reef aquariums.
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The keeping of pico reef aquariums has tested the extent of allelopathy, the chemical and physical means by which corals compete for space.
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Sometimes it is used for the shallow sediment-dwelling animals that live in the deep sand bed of marine aquariums or reef aquariums.
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Members of this genus are sometimes found in reef aquariums.
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