Corals.com landed this crazy Bowerbanki/Scoly Combo from Australia and it has me swooning! It’s a great size, around 5.5″, so perfect for adding some immediate impact in your reef tank. The Bower has a bleeding apple pattern with gold/yellow stripes…
Quality Marine Receives Honor for its High Standards
Washington, D.C. (September 16th, 2025) — American Humane Society, the United States’ first national humane organization and the world’s largest certifier of animal welfare helping to ensure the humane treatment of more than a billion animals across the globe each year,…
World’s First Center for Species Survival on Coral Conservation
With a historic first, the Florida Aquarium has partnered with IUCN SSC and its Coral Specialist Group to launch the world’s first global hub dedicated to coral conservation! TAMPA, FL (Sep. 15, 2025) The Florida Aquarium, in partnership with the…
Tidal Gardens: Open House
It’s not everyday you get an invitation to tour the legendary Tidal Gardens facility, but today is that day. Than Thien has been a featured guest on Reef Therapy and Reef Stock and if his sultry voice isn’t enough to…
Self Healing Glass Discovered
Scientists from Tel Aviv University and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, along with a colleague from California Institute of Technology, have accidentally discovered a glass that could change glass forever. They found that mixing a specific peptide with water creates…
Eco-Friendly Portland Cement & Macroalgae Blend
Concrete is a global staple in construction. It’s all around us, everywhere. In fact, it’s so heavily used, it’s the second most used material behind water! It’s readily available, fairly inexpensive, and strong. The dark side, however, is it’s responsible…
Using the Ocean Biome to Fight Cancer
It’s a fundamental fact that explosions are cool and cancer is not. We all know or have known someone that’s suffered from this horrible disease. It takes the lives of millions each year and a cure has evaded us thus…
To Ozone or Not to Ozone (Part II)
So I left you hanging in Part I, but promised to get into the health risks and how to choose an ozone generator. So let’s dive into that a bit. Ozone has a crisp and almost sweet smell. It’s hard…
To Ozone or Not to Ozone
I deal with all manners of aquarium filtration equipment at my side gig at MRC. Over the years, there have been many introductions to the market that I’ve disliked and refused to implement. But there’s one, that I actually like,…
The Final Boss of Float Valves
You know when you’re a fish nerd when you get excited about a float valve. Look, I’ve flooded my house enough times to know that absolutely ANYTHING that’ll help prevent that from happening again, I’m all ears. So when I…