Innovative Marine is no stranger to testing the waters with true concept aquariums and seeing what sticks, and the Nuvo Encore Pro 20 is the latest in this trend. It’s been a few years since we …
A Closer Look at the Very Rare Linespot Triggerfish
The linespot trigerfish is a species of the beloved toothy reef fish that went from unobtainable to just ‘ultra rare’ in just a few short years. Our first encounter with Xanthichtys lineop…
Mystery Montipora from the Solomon Islands Defies Identification
One of the reasons we all love keeping, growing and collecting corals from tropical places is because they are a mystery, and their identification can be very hard to pin down. It’s precisely be…
Join us Next Weekend, Feb 1st & 2nd for the Waterbox Family Reunion
Waterbox Aquariums has been a highly engaged member of the reef aquarium industry pretty much since they started slinging glass a couple of years ago. From attending a respectable amount of reef aquar…
How (Hybrid) Tridacna Clams are Made
Spawning and rearing giant clams is an elaborate process that requires a certain degree of knowledge, but thankfully this know-how has been extensively documented and shared around the world. For arou…
Two Month Update on the One-Day Nano Reef Tank Build [Video]
It’s never been easier to set up a reef tank and this is precisely what we set out to demonstrate in our recent build of starter nano reef tank. In less than 24 hours we took a Red Sea Max Nano …
A Sneak Peek at the Newest Wave of Indo Cultured Acropora
A year and a half doesn’t seem like a very long time but it’s an eternity for rabid coral collectors, and even more so for the coral farmers who’ve gone without income for so long. T…
Papuan Coelacanth Could Represent a Third, New Species
The Coelacanth is the stuff of legend – a prehistoric relic that has been rediscovered not just once, but twice in the last hundred years. The first major rebirth for the Coelacanth happened off…
Triton Finally Offering Fast, US-Based ICP Testing!
It’s been over three years since Triton promised to bring their revolutionary ICP water testing to the U.S. and finally that project has at long last become realized. It was way back at MACNA in…
Some Parasites can Only be Treated With Medicated Food
In the world of saltwater fish and as far as keeping them in reef tanks, a very small handful of disease dominates the collective conversation. The primary piscine ailments that we discuss are really …