4 reasons you don’t want to miss Reef-a-Palooza New York this weekend
Just a reminder, if you are in the tri-state area this weekend, you might want to check out Reef-a-Palooza New York that kicks off this Saturday in Secaucus, NJ. RAP has been one of the better industr…
Automatic Neck Cleaner For Reef Octopus Protein Skimmers
Simplify your aquarium maintenance routine and keep your protein skimmer running at peak performance with an automatic neck cleaner! Protein Skimmers are an essential piece of equipment…
Skimz debuts quiet, submersible Skimz Leopard pumps
The new Skimz Leopard submersible pumps are quiet pump built with the harsh saltwater environment in mind. The Skimz Leopard pump is based on an Italian Askoll motor block to be durable, energy effici…
AquaMaxx FR-M Internal Media Reactor
AquaMaxx FR-M Internal Media Reactor is a new internally mounted media reactor this is a great option for sumps or smaller tanks where space is limited. Like most media reactors, it gives you the opti…
Orphek Slimline LEDs Now In Reef And Freshwater Spectrums
Orphek has just added two new models of its unique Slimline LED aquarium striplights. The Super Blue Slimline was the first iteration of the elongated Orphek LED fixture and the platform has now been …
These Neat Bandfish Are Totally Worth A Species Focused Aquarium
Of all the many different species and groups of marine fish we have written about in the last ten years, it’s a shame we haven’t spotlighted the bandfish, until now. These fish are rarely …
Five Reasons Why I Love My Linki Gobies
The Linki Goby, Amblygobius linki, is an interesting fish that was introduced to the hobby by Biota Palau just a little over a year ago. Now that I’ve had my pair of Linki gobies for most o…
The Classic Community Reef Tank of Scott Anderson
Scott Anderson is a soft spoken Colorado reefer with an amazing reef tank that we made a point to visit last week. As the star of Mile High Reefers, Scott has one of the most productive reef aqua…
A Dad’s Role in the Hobby
A Dad’s Role in the Hobby As I have noted several times in the past, for whatever reason this hobby is dominated by men. But in an attempt at equal and to promote the hobby to our fellow female hobbyi…
Maxspect Recurve LED Light, Full Details and Pricing (VIDEO)
The Recurve LED is easily one of the most exciting new LED lights in a long time, and certainly of 2017, and we’ve got the whole scoop on this new reef aquarium tech. We’ve gotten a look a…
MACNA New Orleans Is Happening In Seven Weeks!
MACNA 2017 is only seven weeks away! Here’s what you need to know to attend the years biggest saltwater event. Conference Location MACNA 2017 will be held at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Cent…
A Selection of Purple Wild Acros From Papua New Guinea
Also when I told the locals about how many Acropora lokani were sighted on deeper reefs beginning around 60 feet, apparently everyone in the fisheries department knew this guy Paul Lokan after whom th…
A Dad’s Role in the Hobby
A Dad’s Role in the Hobby As I have noted several times in the past, for whatever reason this hobby is dominated by men. But in an attempt at equal an…
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We Get A New Species AND Genus With The Description Of Cymatognathus aureolateralis
Today’s newest species of marine fish comes from very deep reefs of Indonesia, but it was discovered in a very peculiar way. Cymatognathus …
Have You Tried ICP Testing Yet?
ICP water testing is the next wave of high precision aquarium water testing, and it is opening doors to understanding reef aquarium chemistry that we …
Prepare For Reefapalooza New York By Revisiting Reefapalooza Orlando
The Reefapalooza family of aquarium conferences has blossomed into a national, cultural phenomenon and the next one is just around the corner. Reefapa…
The Painted Face Dwarf Goby Is Your New Nano Species Of The Day
With new descriptions almost every week, sometimes it’s hard to get excited about new species of nano gobies, especially Eviota. Howev…
Can You Transplant Zooxanthellae To Bleached Corals?
Coral bleaching is a huge problem out in the ocean, but it can also be an issue in home aquariums. Sometimes we have the urge to rescue a bleached cor…
Caribbean Bounce Shroom Is Possibly A NEW Species!
A wild new shroom morph has been collected with a very interesting pattern and from a very unexpected location. If this frilly Rhodactis was…
How To Make An Aquarium Where Aquariums Don’t Exist
Custom Aquariums In Tela Living in a developed country, we often take for granted just how easy it is to buy an aquarium, including all the necessary …
Next gen nuvo Concept Abyss Panorama Drop Off Aquarium ditches acrylic for glass
Innovative Marine is taking the “innovative” part of their name to heart and is always seeming to be tinkering with their designs, which c…
You’ve Never Seen Corals Like in the new Movie “Our Ocean, Our Future”
Our Ocean, Our Future is a new short film created by BioQuest Studios and the Tara Expeditions Foundation. You may recognize some of the visually stun…
Corals In New Caledonia Are Adapting To Future Ocean Conditions
Coral reefs around the world are suffering from the climate change, and as the oceans continue to warm and acidify the outlook isn’t pretty for …
Overload On The Nano & Pico Reefs of Elite Reef
Under the very curious watch of the American reef scene, nano and pico reef aquariums have blossomed into an art form all their own. Nowhere is the&nb…
Some Of My Favorite SPS Corals
When visitors come to see my tanks and realize that the tanks are full of live coral one of the questions I get frequently asked is “So what’s your fa…
Friday Smorgasbord: Love Boat edition
Here are some of the videos that have captured our attention this week. From a strange walking fish, to sharks attacks, whale breaching and fish lovin…
Unseen Corals – The Forbidden Beauty of Distichopora
Distichopora is such a beautiful animal, it’s a pity that we still haven’t cracked its captive care in home aquariums. Whether that’…
Rainford X Hector Goby Hybrid Is A Perfect Blend of Its Parents
Hector’s gobies and especially Rainford’s gobies are mainstays of the aquarium hobby, but little do most people know that their hybrids do…
On This World Oceans Day, Let’s Try To Do More For Coral Reefs
The reef aquarium hobby is such a wonderful cultural movement, it’s transformed how generations of us see, think and feel about wild coral reefs…
I Saw A White Bicolor Angelfish And It Was Magical
When I traveled from Sydney to Cairns to visit Cairns Marine, I knew I’d be treated to see some very neat rare fish, and some juicy corals. But as luck would have it, the fish collecting crew br…
Xanthic Eibli Angelfish Is Even Rarer Than The True Tigerpyge
This xanthic Eibl’s angelfish is such a rare and unique specimen, this is only the second time we’ve ever had the pleasure of documenting this color morph. We thought we were checking…
Cairns Marines Discovers the Ultimate Scribbled Regal Angelfish
With its brilliant yellow, black and white striping, there is no angelfish that looks quite like the regal angelfish. There’s only species fish in the genus Pygoplites and a rare case of subspec…
The Classic Community Reef Tank of Scott Anderson
Scott Anderson is a soft spoken Colorado reefer with an amazing reef tank that we made a point to visit last week. As the star of Mile High Reefers, Scott has one of the most productive reef aqua…
Mike’s Nano Reef Makes a BIG Impression!
One of the very reasons that we love this hobby is that it doesn’t take a big tank to create a wonderful masterpiece and Michael Rice’s nano reef is the living embodiment of this. He’…
Check Out This Killer Video Tour Of An Awesome 300 Gallon Wall Divider
The aquarium service and maintenance business represent a huge part of the American reef aquarium hobby. There are literally thousands of professionally maintained reef tanks that look very diffe…