Acropora carduus is a great reef aquarium corals that goes by many names, and has been enjoyed by reefers around the world as the fast growing ‘Red Dragon’ Acro. First introduced into the aquarium hobby as maricultured colonies from Bali…
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Reefi LED Uno is a Fountain of Light Intensity for Only $350
Reefi is a unique reef aquarium lighting startup that may be a smaller company compared to the hobby’s biggest players but you really wouldn’t know it from the way they build and price their lights. The Reefi LED Uno is…
Are You All Caught Up on YOUR Reef Therapy?
Reef Therapy is quickly becoming a runaway hit of reef aquarium content with substantial examinations about many aspects of reef aquariums, through the lens of 50 years of combined reefing experience. When Mark and I started recording our frequent chats…
Reef Shows are Back Baby! Video Tour of Reefapalooza Orlando
ReefStock 2020 was the last big reef aquarium event before our social world was turned upside down so it was incredibly fitting that social guidelines for vaccinated Americans were revised right before Reefapalooza Orlando this year. It was a refreshing…
Hanna High Range Nitrate Checker Review
The Hanna Marine Nitrate High range Checker is a new nutrient measuring tool to test nitrate levels in our reef and saltwater fish tanks. It was just last year that Hanna treated us to the low range Nitrate Checker which…
Fragging Sun Polyps and Sniping Aiptasia [Video]
When we buy coral frags, we invariably look forward to the day that they reach a mature size and are eventually ready for making more frags but in the case of Palythoa grandis, you may be waiting a very long time.…
500 Day Update of the One Day Nano Reef [Video]
It’s been a good long interval since we did an update on our one-day nano reef tank build but this tank has been absolutely coasting. Part of the reason for the delay is that we did an update at 300…
Red Sea ReefDose 2 & ReefDose 4 Available Next Month
The Red Sea ReefDose is an exciting new aquarium dosing tool that we first learned about way back in 2018 but it’s finally here. Red Sea is offering their dedicated dosing machine in two models, the two channel ReefDose 2…
Reef Tanks of Instagram are Beauty Magazines all over again
“Do not read beauty magazines. They will only make you feel ugly.” These iconic words appeared in the “Wear Sunscreen” address given to graduates in 1997 by Mary Schmich of the Chicago Tribune and were later popularised by Australian film…
10 Things to Know About Calcium Reactors
Now more than ever reef aquarists all over the world are successfully growing a wide range of stony corals, and experiencing the increased mineral demands that comes with having larger corals. Multi part dosing can go a long way to…