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Neptune Systems offering free AFS with ApexGold bundles this weekend only
Neptune Systems has cooked a special promotion for the MACNA event weekend that will appeal to all American reefers. We know it’s hard to sit and watch MACNA from home, not being…
The Pros and Cons of a Bare-Bottomed Marine Tank
If you’re in the process of planning and setting up a new saltwater aquarium, you’ll need to give some thought to the type of substrate you’d like to use. It may seem counterintuitive, but one of your options in this…
Triton Lab will offer a limited number of free ICP tests at MACNA
Ehsan Dashti, MACNA speaker and founder of the Triton Method has put together a very special video inviting MACNA attendees to bring tank water to his booth. It takes a certain kind of fanatic to do what Ehsan has done…
Vir euphyllius: the best pictures of this little known coral shrimp
The list of cute little coral-shrimp seems like it is endless. Another very discrete crustacean that we came across during our Fluval sea Flores Expedition earlier this year is Vir euphyllius that is exclusively associated with LPS corals of the Euphyllidae…
Kessil A160WE brings increased brightness and controls to a very popular spotlight
The Kessil A160WE is the new version of the A150 LED spotlight which first thrust Kessil onto the reef aquarium scene as a bonafide light manufacturer. With this new release, Kessil gifts a new light the size of the A150…
What our readers do to “beat the heat”
People are worried about excessive heat in the aquarium during the summer months but the majority of are just using cooling fans to keep things in check, according to the results of our aquarium heat management survey we conducted earlier…
Observations on unusually colored Acropora in the Flores Sea
During the Fluval Sea Flores Expedition we came across a couple of specimens of unusual, bicolored Acropora colonies. It’s always surprising to meet with a single coral harboring two very different color patterns throughout the colony. We don’t exactly know the correct…
Seachem releasing new thicker version of Reef Glue
Seachem took its sweet time releasing a coral fragging glue, Reef Glue, to the general aquarium market but now they are on the ball with a new an improved version. This weekend at MACNA in Denver Seachem will unveil a…
Orchid Dottyback: Hardy, Peaceful, and Just Right for Reef Tanks
Captive breeding of marine fishes has been a boon to our hobby in any number of ways, one of which is democratizing access to formerly really pricy species such as the orchid dottyback (Pseudochromis fridmani). While I wouldn’t characterize the…
Piscine Energetics takes great care in how its shrimp is harvested
Piscine Energetics had harvested its mysis shrimp using traditional trawling methods over 13 years ago, but the company realized in order to be sustainable and catch the shrimp when they are actively feeding at night, a better method was needed to minimize bycatch…
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…
