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Reef2Reef Acquires 3Reef

There was some consolidation in the reef forum community as Reef2Reef purchased the website 3Reef.com and its data. This is good news for anyone that has used 3Reef.com or has interest in the content and information ammassed over the years.…

Reefing pioneer Albert Thiel loses fight with cancer, GoFundMe set to help his family

It is a sad time in the reefing world a we recently found out Albert Thiel, a pioneer of the hobby lost his battle with cancer on Sunday, April 23. There is a GoFundMe campaign to help his family that…

Reef Interests All-In-One BioPellets XL combine biopellets and GFO

Reef Interests All-In-One BioPellets XL are large sized pellets designed to deliver nitrogen and phosphate reduction outside of a reactor. Unlike the big bone XL BioPellet fragments we covered a few years back or the smaller All-In-One BioPellets, this version…

Friday Smorgasbord: Pink Floyd, ocean facts and creepiness

We survived tax day (for the most part), 420 and made it Friday, so time to celebrate with another addition of the Friday smorgasbord.  Comfortably Numb A shrimp with a bright pink claw that using sonic showckwave created by rapidly…

See how flake fish food is made

How It’s Made recently shared a video of fish food production that is pretty interesting. The show visited the Tetra factory in Germany to walk us through the process. The process is pretty mesmerizing and if you’ve ever wondered how…

Reef Interest NannoFlakes a great option for your herbivores

We are hearing good thing about Reef Interest NannoFlakes, an algae-based flake food from the Dutch Company made with nannochloropsis concentrate dried into flakes, suitable for both saltwater and freshwater fish. Reef Interest NannoFlakes calls the food “a complete diet with…

Innovative Marine officially launch NUVO Fusion Peninsula tanks with a month of savings

Debuted late last year with a soft launch and limited availability, Innovative Marine is officially launching the NUVO Fusion Peninsula aquariums today with a month-long discount. The NUVO Fusion Peninsula comes in two sizes, a 14-gallon and a 20-gallon version,…

New Fauna Marin Skim Breeze scrubs CO2 from your skimmer air

Fauna Marin just announced its Fauna Marin Skim Breeze, its new carbon dioxide absorbing granular media for protein skimmer air feed purification. Fauna Marin isn’t the first company to bring a CO2 absorbant to the aquarium market (Two Little Fishies CDX is one that comes…

Mystery behind Fang Blenny’s painless bite explained

For a fish with venomous spines or fangs, the bite of the fang blenny is pretty pain free. But why when every other animal seems to emit excruciating pain with every bite or prick of a spine? Some research scientists have…

Gladius Submersible Underwater Drone Smashing Crowdfunding Goal

The Gladius Submersible Underwater Drone is another underwater drone that is using crowdfunding to get things moving and has tripled its goal of $30,000 raising over $91,000 with 22 days left on the campaign. While this isn’t the first underwater…