SnappGrid is an intriguing new aquarium accessory from Innovative Marine which is aiming to make eggcrate even easier to use. As a building material, eggcrate is the backbone of the reef aquarium world, being used for all manner of uses,…
Rainbow Chalice Motherlode Part 2
There’s nothing that can get a coral collector’s heart racing like seeing one beautiful colony of rainbow chalice coral. So you can imagine my sincere shock when I discovered another ‘secret stash’ of rainbow colored Echinophyllia after visiting VP Corals in…
Transport Yourself to a Natural Reef in Palau’s Rock Islands
The reef aquarium hobby has grown so much, and become so successful at growing corals, that we’ve become far removed from what natural corals and reefs look like. One the one hand it’s nice to be self-sufficient from wild harvests…
New Magic Belt Roll Filters by Aqua Beast
The Magic Belt is a new Automatic Roll Filter from Chinese company Aqua Beast. The Magic Belt Automatic Roll Filter takes a step away from the smaller and more modular roll filters that are designed to be fit into tiny…
Rainbow Chalice Motherlode Part 1: VP Corals in Taipei, Taiwan
Chalice corals of the Echinophyllia genus are easily some of the most colorful, brilliant and highly sought after corals for reef aquariums. Last year while I was in Taiwan I connected with a reefer in Taipei who’s specialized in acquiring these…
Support Clam Restoration by Watson Mariculture Palau
We’re not the biggest softies when it comes to fundraiser but today we want to share a very special cause with you. Watson Mariculture has been culturing giant clams in Palau for decades, with Thomas Watson being one of the…
Unboxing Surprise Coral Frags from World Wide Corals [Video]
Even when you order your own corals online, the anticipation of opening up a box of frags feels like Christmas morning. So we decided to take it one step further by arranging for a surprise box of frags to be…
STOP Adding Blue Polyps to your Reef Tank!
Sarcothelia aka ‘Blue Clove’ aka ‘Blue Anthelia’ is a gorgeous little coral that unfortunately, does too well in our aquariums. I still remember the first time some reefing friends and I discovered like three polyps that had hitchhiked on some other…
New 550L LED Upgrade for Vertex Illumina Now Available from Scitronix
The Vertex Illumina was once one of the more promising LED lights for demanding lighting applications. With its innovative design the Illumina fixture was both a passive and active heatsink, with novel replacement pads that ‘guaranteed’ the light would be…
Casper’s Reef at Worldwide Corals [Video]
Of all the rare and singular exotic reef aquarium fish we’ve covered over the last ten years, the white tang known as Casper is probably the most iconic. This pure white specimen of the super common yellow tang has been…