Home
Take A Tour Of Cairns Marine’s Impressive Fish Livestock
So if you’ve been watching the site closely, you might have noticed we’ve been on a tear of putting out videos about traveling to Australian and visiting a ton of different fish…
Awesome Fish Spotlight: Chromis atripectoralis
The Black Axil Chromis At first glance, these diamond blue fish could easily be mistaken for the Blue-green Chromis (Chromis viridis) that we often see widely represented in our hobby, until you look just a little closer. The Black Axil…
Basic Water Testing—Nitrates And Phosphates
Water Testing Testing your water isn’t the most exciting part of reefkeeing, but it is an important weekly ritual. Without water testing, it is difficult to know what’s happening in your aquarium and what corrections you can make to create…
Divers In Koh Tao Thailand Free Whale Shark
I Saw A White Bicolor Angelfish And It Was Magical
When I traveled from Sydney to Cairns to visit Cairns Marine, I knew I’d be treated to see some very neat rare fish, and some juicy corals. But as luck would have it, the fish collecting crew brought in something…
Astreopora moretonensis Can Develop Some Radical Branches!
Traveling to the fringes of the developed world in search of coral can have its ups and downs. I never really tell you about the sunburns, sketchy food, undrinkable water, extreme heat or mosquito bites, because I know what I…
Who will be the 2017 MASNA Aquarist of the Year?
Each year MASNA members nominate outstanding individuals who have contributed to the hobby and improved our knowledge of the captive marine environment for the MASNA Aquarist of the Year award. The award is presented at MACNA, during the Saturday banquet.…
Wanting Versus Needing
Wanting Versus Needing While my daughter was at home for Spring Break, one of her most frequent refrains was “I need this” or “I will die without that”. As a parent one of the things I tried to…
Friday Smorgasbord: Pink Floyd, ocean facts and creepiness
We survived tax day (for the most part), 420 and made it Friday, so time to celebrate with another addition of the Friday smorgasbord. Comfortably Numb A shrimp with a bright pink claw that using sonic showckwave created by rapidly…
You Won’t Believe This One ‘Trick’ That Keeps Jaime’s Reef So Awesome
We all love reef tanks, and to some degree, the alchemy involved with keeping all the parameters of lighting, flow and chemistry appropriate for coral growth. But what if you could cut out all the water testing, most of the…
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…
