At any given time in the marine aquarium hobby, the community’s attention tends to focus one a particular group of corals, hyping up their demand and balooning their prices. This phenomenon is a double edged sword in that right now,…
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Choosing What To Keep In A Saltwater Aquarium
What To Keep There are many interesting animals which can be kept in a saltwater aquarium. What to keep depends on your experience level, tank size, and equipment setup. Make a wishlist of fish and corals you would like to…
How to Setup The JBJ 8g Rimless Aquarium
The JBJ 8g rimless aquarium is an all-in-one aquarium that comes with everything you need to get started in reef-keeping. The aquarium comes with an 8g tank, pump, two channel dimmable led light, filter, pedestal, and glass lid. Setting up…
Spectacular Reef Tank of José Elias Castro in the Dominican Republic
This jam-packed reef tank comes to us from José Elias Castro in the Dominican Republic. This 400 gallon tank is stocked with over 60 fish and just about every coral you could wish for. For water movement, Elias uses a VorTech…
How to Frag Soft Corals
The colorful, fast growing, undulating characteristics of soft corals make them an appealing choice among beginners and advanced hobbyist. From the expensive “Bounce” mushroom to the captivating pulsing Xenia, there is a wide variety of soft corals to choose from…
The Developing Story of the Bounce Blastomussa
This story starts with Joe Caparatta, years before he joined Unique Corals. At the time Joe was running a company called New York Aquarium Services in midtown Manhattan. A company I owned became one of his clients and about ten years…
How to keep the aquarium hobby fresh and exciting
From time to time one of my friends will comment about how they find it amazing that I still seem to have the same level of excitement about my tanks and the hobby as I did when they first met…
Reefbuilders Travelogue: Corals of the Dominican Republic
After spending last weekend at the Reef-A-Palooza Orlando show we decided to hop on a plane and check out some Caribbean corals in the Dominican Republic. We travelled from the capital city of Santo Domingo around the coast to Punta…
Diving with ScubaCaribe Dominican Republic
We are back from a quick five day trip to the Dominican Republic where we visited three different diving locations around the island. Our second stop of the trip was in Punta Cana where we had the opportunity to dive the Rondana dive site with…
The Quirimbas National Marine Park, Mozambique Africa
Northern Mozambique is home to one of the western Indian oceans largest marine parks. The Quirimbas National Park is 7,500 sq kilometers, of which 1522 sq km is designated a Marine Protected Area. The Park includes 11 of the 32…
