Rich Ross focuses on Phosphate in the last MACNA 2014 speaker video

“Phosphate does not mean what you think it means” is probably one of the most profound things any speaker has said about this much maligned nutrient in our reef tanks. While PO4 gets a bad rap in our tanks, nothing,…

This video is mandatory watching for anyone who deals with LFS

Let’s face it, there’s been a huge shift in the dynamics of the marine aquarium hobby and industry over the last ten years. For the most part the aquarist as a consumer has gotten increasingly closer to the source of…

“What good are refugiums?” and two more talks from MACNA 2014

Another week brings the release of three more videos from Bulk Reef Supply TVĀ of the MACNA 2014 presentations. Two of those we haven’t yet seen either in person or in video but they are both on exciting aquarium topics, collecting…

Jim Walters, Walt Smith and Rufus Kimura’s MACNA presentations now online

MACNA 2014 may be long over but thanks to the hard work by the folks over at Bulk Reef Supply, there’s still a steady weekly flow of MACNA presentation videos. The MACNA 2014 organizers worked very hard to reach outside…

First four MACNA 2014 speaker videos now available to view online

The Marine Aquarium Conference of North America is such a seminal event in the marine aquarium community, it’s a gem to be able to gather once a year with friends and colleagues from all over the world. One of the…

CoralVue trots out a stable of IceCap branded aquarium gear

IceCap is a brand whose name was once hallowed in the reef aquarium community but which has all but fallen out of public minds since the company was shuttered several years ago. The first hints of a resurrection of the…

Triton Aquatics Hybrid T5 & LED invites you to Bring Your Own Lights

We’ve seen some hybrid LED & T5 light fixtures made for aquariums over the years but the new design from Triton Aquatics is arguably one of the most inviting we’ve seen. In lieu of selecting your bulbs and what kind…

New Reef Octopus hang-on protein skimmer spied at MACNA

Reef Octopus has a new hang-on protein skimmer model which really breaks the mold for what we generally expect from this category. There have been plenty of hang-on protein skimmers made in a plethora of shapes and sizes in the…

Get ready to watch the MACNA 2014 Speaker presentation online, for FREE!

Over the last 25 years MACNA has been a bastion of new ideas and cutting edge directions in the marine aquarium hobby; in the early years some presentations were filmed and available to purchase on VHS at the end of…

Longfin Clownfish video shows the true nature of this new strain

MACNA 2014 saw the first public unveiling of the Longfin Clownfish strain developed by Sustainable Aquatics. We’re not sure what we expected when we conjured up a future where domesticated clownfish became “enhanced” with long finnage, perhaps something like a…