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Royal Nature releasing stand-alone, dry compounds perfect for you Ballers

Royal Nature is now producing some stand-alone, dry compounds for your aquarium, a perfect addition for use in the Balling system or to keep specific balances in check. The Royal Calcium Chloride, Royal Magnesium Chloride and Royal Sodium Bicarbonate are…

Friday Smorgasbord: Glowing shrimp, alien worlds, Kraken family reunion, environmental games, die starfish die, and kamikaze baracuda

Another Friday and another fun installment of the Friday Smorgasbord. First off is the way cool glowing shrimp we found on NatGeo. The deep-sea shrimp Parapandalus has bioluminescence capabilities and actually hurls a glowing cloud of organic matter to confuse…

Breeding and Propagation Workshop is a unique one-two punch presented by Bay Area Reefers

The Bay Area Reefers are hosting a workshop on fish breeding and coral propagation this weekend putting together a nice one-two punch for sustainability for the hobby and have brought in two great speakers to lead each side of the…

HGTV adding new aquarium show “Ultimate Aquariums,” taps Infinity Aquarium Design to host

HGTV is getting into the reality aquariums show game with the addition of Ultimate Aquariums making its debut on the channel on Friday, October 12 at 1 PM. The show will highlight the team at Los Angeles’ Infinity Aquarium Design as they go…

Aquarium TV Shows reprazent at MACNA: Competition is good exposure for the hobby

Love them or leave them two popular aquarium TV shows have given the hobby some incredible exposure and this was evident at MACNA with both the crew from “Tanked!” and “Fish Tank Kings” on hand meeting with fans and having…

Cobalt Aquatics Accu-Therm heater is not like your average heater

While the svelte, digital NeoTherm heater gets all the attention for its looks, the Cobalt Aquatics Accu-Therm heater is one heater you should pay attention to with features that set it also apart from the pack. Heater failure is an issue too…

Royal Nature hits the US market

Royal Nature, the evaporated sea salt from Israel, is finally hitting the US with a new representative here working on distribution. The selling point for Royal Nature is getting as close to nature as possible. If you look at the…

ReeferTees shows off some t-shirt hillarity

We do appreciate a good humorous t-shirt and ReeferTees had some good ones on display at MACNA over the weekend. There were the “Purple People Eaters,” “Tang Police” and “Reefer” shirts we saw before and we were impressed with the…

Hikari Seaweed Extreme getting good reception so far

We dropped by the Hikari booth at MACNA to see what was brewing and ended up chatting about the Seaweed Extreme we last saw at Reefapalooza last fall. The product began shipping at the end of last year and as…

Eshopps square frag discs coming later this year

Eshopps square frag discs will be released sometime later this year allowing you a relatively simple way to grow and frag your spreading corals in your system. The square plugs are textured and colored to blend into your system. Plus…