We stopped by Blue World Aquariums in Victoria British Columbia this weekend to check out some of their new arrivals. This local fish store is a fairly small reef aquarium shop, however they offer a wide selection of healthy sps…
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30 Day Reef Tank – The Long Wait Is Over
Today we received our first batch of corals, sent to us by Bayside Corals, and we couldn’t be more excited to see this little tank come to life. We had a few setbacks along the way, and well the 30-day…
What It’s Like To Be A Reefer In Saskatchewan Canada
Bayside Corals The Canadian province of Saskatchewan is located about as far from the ocean as they come, and we didn’t expect much when we started an online search for reefers and reef shops in the city of Saskatoon. To my…
Fragbox Corals Reef Aquarium Store in Toronto Canada
Fragbox Corals Fragbox Corals is a reef aquarium store based in Toronto Canada, offering a wide selection of rare and colorful coral fragments. This small shop has a simple sign outside stating “corals” and blacked out windows and an alluring…
Canada Protects Rare Glass Sponge Reef
Glass Sponge Reef Last month the Canadian government declared the Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound a Marine Protected Area (MPA). The area is recognized as an important and exceptional marine habitat as the reefs are made up of large colonies…
ReefSupplies, delivering aquarium gear to reefers all over Canada
Once upon a time, there could be a great time delay between when an aquarium product was released to the public, and when that product actually came to your local fish stores. With the lighting speed of information and manufacturers,…
Deep sea exploration of the Canadian northeast Pacific Ocean
Ocean Network Canada (ONC) in Partnership with the exploration vessel Nautilus, research vessel Thomas G. Thompson, and the University of Victoria have launched a three week long expedition in the Canadian northeast Pacific Ocean. As part of the expedition the E/V…
Canadians warned not to flush ‘invasive’ goldfish
Tell your neighbor not to flush that darn goldfish. As aquarists we need to do our job to help educate people about our hobby and as this report from Alberta, Canada shows, flushing a goldfish down the toilet has dire…
This store display from Marinescape Aquarium, in Ottawa Canada is as classy as it gets
We love special reef tanks, and this is certainly one of them. Despite having an aquascape with a detritus-trapping and flow momentum-destroying rock the effect of having a reef aquarium scene packed with wall to wall corals is still quite…