If you’re just getting into the hobby you may be hearing this term tossed around a lot. Frags are those small pieces of coral being sold at aquarium stores and many of the reefing events. Frag is short for the fragment you are cutting…
Some Simple Ways to Help your Corals Thrive
Corals may seem helpless at times when there is algae growing around them or they are spreading their tentacles at night in search of food. After all, it seems like reefers are always elbows deep in their tanks feeding, trimming,…
What is Red Slime and How to Avoid It
Red Slime or Cyanobacteria is an algae-like pest can commonly creep upon rocks and soon devour our aquascape and consume hours of our time to clean up.Red Slime can be a nightmare or simply a warning sign that there is an imbalance…
What is a Coral?
This may be very obvious to people in the reefing community, but people who have stepped into their first fish store may wonder “Is it a plant?”, “What are they made of?”, or “Are they alive?”. Corals are indeed living…
Artificial Decorations for Aquariums
False Coral decorations can really brighten up the background of any FOWLR (fish only with live rock) aquarium or quarantine system. Whether your pets like to eat your corals or you do not want the extra maintenance of a reef…
Benefits to Using a Refractometer versus a Hydrometer
After temperature, Salinity is the most important measurement of seawater you can make for your tank. Therefore, refractometers and hydrometers are the most used tool in the hobby, or at least they should be. Both hypersaline and hypo saline environments make unsuitable…
Awesome Fish Spotlight: Barbour’s Seahorse
The Barbour’s Seahorse, Hippocampus barbouri, is born a striking yellow with an eye catching zebra striped snout. Its textured skin with spines protruding from its body make it an unusual species. Like most seahorses, it likes to hang out in…
Understanding the Usefulness of GFO – Phosphate Removal Media
GFO, which stands for Granular Ferric Oxide, is a red brown powder that is compacted into granules. The purpose of granular ferric oxide is to inhibit algae growth by removing phosphates from the aquarium. Maintaining low phosphate levels will help…
A Deeper look into Mokupapapa Discovery Center’s Aquarium
We recently visited a very unique aquarium at the Mokupapapa Discovery Center in Hawaii. The mere size of this aquarium is not what makes it impressive but the beautiful and extraordinarily rare fish that it contain. While there are many…
Newly Discovered Tosanoides Anthias to be Named in Honor of President Obama
A deep water anthias, to be honorably named after the president, was recently discovered by Richard Pyle and Brian Greene on June 5, 2016. Richard Pyle recognized an unfamiliar school of fish in the newly expanded Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. Pyle…