While attending the Love2Reef event in the UK in May, we also got to meet Dr. Jamie Craggs and listen to one of his talks on captive coral spawning. We found it inspirational, we learned a lot, but we didn’t…
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How to Set Up a Quarantine Tank for Saltwater Fish
No matter if you’re brand new to the reefkeeping hobby, or have forty years of experience under your belt, you need to quarantine every new saltwater fish you purchase, and you need a separate quarantine tank. Remy went to the…
Video: Tour of Oceanic Gardens
Recently Remy got to visit Gabe Pommier and his two-year-old coral business Oceanic Gardens in Illinois. Gabe has been a hobbyist for 10 years and at just 24 years old his premises are looking really clean, well organized, and professional,…
Watch Reef Therapy Episode #110 on Coral Taxonomy Basics
This week we got to put a face to the name and meet Reef Builders Contributor and Marine Biologist Sean Ono. Sean likes to dive into Marine Taxa, taking a fresh look at corals available in the hobby, their history,…
Video Tour of Wholesaler Aquatic Realm International
After Aquashella Dallas Remy and Salem stayed in the area to do some coral shopping and high on their “must-visit list” was Aquatic Realm International. Although it’s not open to the public, Sutan, The Godfather, welcomed them in to show…
Reef Therapy #108 is a Must Watch Episode!
If you’re into corals you must be into coral spawning and its potential for the hobby and the world at large. In this week’s episode of the Reef Therapy podcast, Remy and Salem talk to Don and Lu from Inter-Fish…
Who won in the Meckley Awards?
Carrying on the tradition that Chris and Jake started, Reef Builders’ Remy walked the Aquashella show in Dallas with Chris Meckley from ACI Aquaculture, watching which corals he picked out as his top three. Clue: There’s not a tenuis, Torch,…
Aquarium Store Video: Aquamarine Aquaristic in Melbourne Australia
If you are lucky enough to travel to another country, visit their reef aquarium stores and see what the main differences are. You might be pleasantly surprised. Evie and Remy got to visit a few local fish stores while in…
Video: 10-foot Aussie Reef Tank Display is Twenty Years Old
For most of us, our tanks are just a few months or a few years old, with small frags and still many new tank issues. So it was refreshing to see a tank that was not just large at ten…
How do you Grow Mangrove Trees in a Reef Tank?
Mangroves are not only super important in ocean environments, but they can make cool natural greenery additions to open-topped reef aquariums too. But where do you start? And how do you go from a bare 6″ propagule in your LFS…