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Keeping Corals is EASY, it’s the REEF Part that’s Hard!

If you start a new hobby such as learning an instrument or learning to SCUBA dive, you don’t start by learning rad guitar solos or diving as deep as you want, you…

The Next Fire Zoanthid will Probably Come from PNG

Zoanthids are some of the most popular and collectible ‘corals’ in the reef aquarium hobby and there seems to be practically no end to their colors and patterns. Part of the reason for this endless parade of new Zoanthus and Protopalythoa varieties…

Flipper Platinum Scraper uses your credit card to remove algae

Algae magnet brand Flipper has invented a novel way to algae-wipe with the Platinum Scraper. Noone experiences algae like reefkeepers do and the new Platinum Scraper is very worthy of your aquarium toolkit. Most reefkeepers have a host of algae…

Tinker’s/Burgess butterflyfish hybrid is a perfect cross between the two

A Chaetodon burgessi/tinkeri hybrid butterflyfish has been imported into the UK. It’s been ten whole years since we started to see these pop up in the trade but in that time very few if any have made it to England.…

Sicce adds voice control to all SDC pumps

Sicce has added voice control to its popular line of SDC controllable DC pumps. Xstream, Syncra and PSK users may not have noticed the “voice assistants’ option on the ContrAll app, enabling users to turn pumps on and off now…

Tropic Marin shows the fruits of their coral reproduction labor

Tropic Marin displayed the first captive-bred Acropora in Germany at Interzoo 2022. The display was small and understated but was actually the most important stand at the show in terms of helping to protect the future of both our hobby…

Hanna Halo 2 Review: An Affordable and Accurate pH meter

The original Hanna Halo wireless pH meter is one of the best standalone pH testers we’ve ever used so naturally, Hanna went and made it even better with the Halo 2. The Halo 2 has all the same features of…

Double Black Fin Angelfish Linked to Centropyge bicolor

The Centropyge pygmy angelfish make up the largest genus of marine angelfishes and their diversity and abundance has led to many different variants being discovered by the aquarium hobby. Among these oddball pygmies there exists a whole spectrum of poorly studied…

Hygger Makes the Most Interesting but Sketchy Heaters

Hygger makes a lot of different devices for keeping aquariums from lights to pumps to tanks but we want to talk about the Hygger aquarium heaters. Within the aquarium hobby the most static and stagnant devices of all are aquarium…

The Most ‘Natural’ Aquascape is Built With a Variety of Rocks

Aquascaping is one of the more artistic aspects of reefkeeping with many subjective guidelines to consider for creating the most appealing arrangements of rocks and corals. Some reefers really aim to have an impressive aquascape from just the rocks alone, others really…