On a recent trip to Denver for some upgrades at the Reef Builders Studio, Salem and I embarked on a very important side quest. We had heard rumors of a legendary hobbyist with a shed filled with fish, coral, and…
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Does Size Matter in an NPS Coral Reef Tank?
One of the questions I get asked most often from people planning their NPS or azooxanthellate coral reef tank, besides my feeding schedule, is the ideal tank size for such a system. With regular, photosynthetic reef tanks, it’s a common…
DOC is The Most Important Parameter For A Healthy Reef Tank: Here’s a New Method to Manage It
In this article, I will provide an overview of my take on the current zeitgeist of reefing and explain why the entire industry is ignoring a critical aspect of coral care. I will explain what issues this parameter causes, how…
Equip your Ultimate Reef Tank online with The Aquarium Builder
The Aquarium Builder is a tank and equipment software package by D-D that allows you to not only select your tank make, model, and cabinet color online, it allows you to equip it too, resulting in a shopping list you…
The End. What will happen to your reef tank when you are gone?
Everyone has heard the cliché that the only things you can count on are death and taxes. Since we have just gotten through tax season, I thought it might be a good time to talk about something that no one…
Video: 10-foot Aussie Reef Tank Display is Twenty Years Old
For most of us, our tanks are just a few months or a few years old, with small frags and still many new tank issues. So it was refreshing to see a tank that was not just large at ten…
How do you Grow Mangrove Trees in a Reef Tank?
Mangroves are not only super important in ocean environments, but they can make cool natural greenery additions to open-topped reef aquariums too. But where do you start? And how do you go from a bare 6″ propagule in your LFS…
In Search of The Perfect Reef Tank
Sir Galahad searched for the Holy Grail, Ponce de Leon the Fountain of Youth, and Indiana Jones for the Arc of the Covenant, like them, we hobbyists search for something that at times seems just as unobtainable: the perfect reef…
Ostorhinchus Cardinalfishes are suitable for reef tanks of all sizes
When we speak about cardinalfishes within the reef aquarium hobby, most people relate to the classic Pajama Cardinalfish, Sphaeramia nematoptera, or the Bangaii Cardinalfish, Pterapogon kauderni, which have been popular fish for reef tanks of all sizes for decades now.…
Levi’s Deepwater Reef Tank
Deepwater organisms have always had a special place in my heart. In this article, we are going to explore my “Deepwater Reef”. First things first, what is generally considered to be “deepwater”? Many people have their opinions on this, but I…
