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How to Optimize the Installation of an Automatic Filter Roll
It’s no secret that we’ve become pretty big fans of Automatic Filter Rolls as a potent replacement for using mechanical filter socks. We don’t want to think about how many hours we’ve…
The MicroBiology of Aquariums
You might think that your aquarium has a few fish, some corals, and perhaps an assortment of invertebrates that you may or may not have intentionally introduced. We all kind of know that there’s a lot of microbial life in our…
30 Day Reef Tank – Testing and Waiting
Setting up a reef tank for someone who’s not in the hobby. Ever since we set our eyes on the Lifegard Aquatics Crystal peninsula nano tank we knew it would be the perfect addition to our family home. But convincing…
Abyzz & New Wave Team Up to Create the ZEUS Media Reactor
If you have a very big tank, you’re going to have some serious chemical filtration needs. And if you need to run kilograms of chemical media like GFO, activated carbon or Zeolite, you’re going to need a serious media reactor, some…
Sneak Peek at New Clownfish Being Developed Bali Aquarich
Bali Aquarich is known around the world for being first to breed many new species of reef fish, and being the most prolific, commercial scale producer of angelfish, surgeonfish, batfish, and of course clownfish. Mr. Su and his experienced team…
Australia Records Third Coral Bleaching Event in Five Years
Octocorals Photographed In The Wild – North Sulawesi
Octocorals are some of my favorite corals to photograph in the wild. Big fluffy octocoral colonies are especially plentiful around the islands of North Sulawesi, and it seems I have a bumper crop of wild octocoral photos living in my…
Deltec Fleece Filter Review – the New King of Automatic Filter Rolls
The Deltec VF6000 is one of two new auto filter roll models from the German company best known for its protein skimmers. These fleece or vleece filters were first teased by Deltec at InterZoo 2018 but have recently begun becoming…
Leptastrea gibbosa & L. magaloni, Two New Species of Stony Corals
Leptastrea gibbosa and L. magaloni are two new species of stony corals that were recently described from this widespread group. We’ll be the first to admit, that despite having ‘an eye for coral’ identification, the Leptastrea are a very challenging group,…
The Shape of Corals is Linked to How they Feed
It’s been over 20 years since I started culturing corals in the ocean and in dedicated aquariums. I always believed that the shape of a corals was mainly determined by trying to expose as much surface to light while withstanding…
Video: How to Set Up the Red Sea Complete Reef Care Program
When Red Sea changed its popular dosing system from seven parts to a controlled ratio…
A whopping 62 species reported as new from the Coral Sea Marine Park
Reef Builders Alumni and master ichthyologist, Yi Kai, has teamed up with a star studded…
BYOGuides Announces New Workshops
Russel Kelly has created an iconic set of Be Your Own (BYO) Guides which serve…
Tunze Launches English YouTube Channel
Known for its bulletproof pumps and German engineering, Tunze has also been big on YouTube…
