If you are looking for an inspirational aquarium that is reflective of the times, look no further than the emoceans display tank. A spectacle of both inspiration and aspiration, images and video just jump out at you from your screen…
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Why Coral Videos Can Make You Happier
We all know that too much screen time is bad for us; there’s loads of information out there that supports stepping away from our screen and stepping out into nature. I’m a huge advocate of doing just that, but some…
How to take Corals on a USA Domestic Flight
If you’re like me, then you try to be as streamlined as possible when flying. The idea of flying to an aquarium conference, buying coral, and transporting it back home seems a bit intense. Why complicate an already arduous process?…
Indonesian Acropora tenuis has been renamed Acropora bifaria
A team of 11 coral researchers has used phylogenomic techniques to resolve the taxonomy of the genus Acropora. Historically, coral taxonomy was based almost exclusively on skeletal morphology, resulting in the description of some 400 species of Acropora, with two-thirds…
New TRITON Research Vessel Gears up for Trace Element Investigation on the Great Barrier Reef
Four years ago TRITON created a new Science Division for seawater chemistry, located on the Great Barrier Reef in Cairns, Australia. Now, their brand new customized vessel “Calliste,” will allow for research into areas of Macro and Trace Elements based…
How to Move a Reef Tank and Cabinet
We reefkeepers are a fickle bunch. We achieve a thriving healthy tank full of corals and then we break the tank down so we can go bigger as we never seem to have enough. I say this from experience as…
Red Sea Goes Fully Reinforced With Two New Reefer-S Models
Red Sea has added two new models to its top-of-the-range Reefer-S line of reef-ready aquariums. Named after their total system volumes, the new Reefer-S 550 and Reefer-S 700 are 4’ and 5’ long, and hold 550 l/145.1gal and 700 l/184.4gal…
Flower Bomb is a Newly Released Tabling Acro from Top Shelf Aquatics
This coral was originally imported from Australia and hand-picked as a pale, small mini colony with loads of potential. I have hand-picked many pieces from various suppliers throughout the years but this one really stood out as something that could…
This is what 200 Black Widow Bubble Tip Anemones look like!
If ever there was an incentive to clean your tank, rethink your plumbing and tidy up your electrics, then this “system” owned and run by Jeff Dick is it. Starting with the 215-gallon display tank, Jeff has a talent for…
Watch Reef Therapy Episode #73, Featuring Than Thein at Tidal Gardens
The Reef Builders team has been out on the road again this week, this time traveling to Copley Ohio to visit Than Thein at the legendary Tidal Gardens. In this episode, Raj and Remy sample a few local beers (naturally,)…