Flowerpot corals are some of the most beautiful, unique, and desirable corals for reef aquaria but their captive care is not as straightforward as typical SPS or LPS corals. Once thought to be broadly ‘impossible’ to keep, the success rate…
Featured
Featured posts
Takaki’s Japanese ‘Nature Aquarium’ Style Reef Tank
Calling all freshwater planted tank aquarists, we need more of you in the saltwater hobby!! If this beautiful split tank design is any indication of how the mind of planted hobbyist translates to the saltwater world… Join us!! Takaki Yagisawa…
Dream Reef Tanks From #reefbuilders Instagram
We’ve been watching all your Reef Builders posts, and just want to thank everyone for continuing to share your amazing reef aquarium displays using #reefbulders on Instagram!! Not a day goes by where we aren’t completely blown away by your…
300 Days of Cruise Control on this 1-Day Nano Reef Tank [VIDEO]
Many decades ago, the most common tip you would get about building a saltwater aquarium was to start with the ‘largest tank you can afford’. In those early days when keeping a saltwater tank was as much luck as it…
Meet Tyler’s Coastal Lagoon Gorgonian Reef Tank
Tyler aka Inland_Reef on Instagram set up this 42g coastal lagoon Gorgonian tank and you know we just had to learn more. Gorgonians are truly an under-appreciated coral, and it takes a skilled aquarist to make these somewhat dull corals…
Kevin’s Reef Tank Is An LPS Masterpiece
We’re really been enjoying checking out all your aquariums on Instagram including this LPS masterpiece which popped up under #reefbuilders. We reached out to Kevin aka Yaboikevin42 to learn more about his tanks and to get a few tips on…
Experimenting With Color Mixing in Montipora
Montipora species are beloved reef aquarium corals for a number of reasons, their range of shapes, range of colors, and more recently for their surprising ability to acquire new colors/pigments into what the hobby calls ‘grafting’. This phenomenon is more…
Goniopora Vs. Bernardpora FIGHT! Which Flowerpot Coral Will Win?
Flowerpot corals have long been some of the most recognizable and most loved corals both in aquariums, and in the wild. Despite the appreciation, until very recently very many of these flowerpot corals were considered extremely difficult to keep in…
Gaze Into This Crystal Reef Ball by Mini Ecossistemas Brazil
We’ve looked into a crystal ball, and this is what our future holds. A thriving mini-ecosystem contained in the most mystical crystalline orb. We were spellbound by this “show de bola” saltwater crystal ball and reached out to Flávio Akira…
CADE Pro Reef S2 – AIO Aquariums Will Never Be The Same!
There’s very good reason that our latest unboxing video of the CADE Pro Reef S2 is one of our most popular product videos ever. Hyperbole and exaggeration are some of the basic ingredients of the internet and marketing culture, so…