One of the things that fascinates me and probably helps fuel my passion for the hobby is that I have been able to watch and learn through the years as we have gotten better at just about every aspect of…
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Old Tank Syndrome Revisited
In the mid-1990’s I wrote an article about something I was experiencing in one of my tanks and which I had seen in a few other tanks and dubbed it “Old Tank Syndrome”. This is actually kind of funny now,…
Looking Forward To The Future Of The Aquarium Hobby
Things I’m Looking Forward To While going through some old books and magazines I came across a poster for MACNA from over twenty years ago, it made me laugh as the topic of my talk was “The Future of the…
Captive Raised Hawaiian Yellow Anthias Are Quite The Stunners
Karen Brittain has been quietly breeding some very exciting fish in Hawaii for the last few years. She brought us a big batch of captive bred personatus angelfish, a batch of bandit angelfish yielded some novel ‘ghost bandit’ angels, and…
ReefStock Pulled Out All The Stops For Its 10th Year
After having been to and spoken at virtually every reef show that has occurred in North America over the past 30 years I may be a bit jaded in terms of what I expect at a…
Saltwater Aquarium Maintenance: Water Testing and Reef Parameters
Aquarium Maintenance Water testing can be one of the more timely aspects of maintenance, but without testing, it’s difficult to know what’s going on inside your tank. Every time you test your water is a chance to correct any imbalances in…
Safeguarding Your Aquarium With Redundant Design
Redundancy We have all been admonished by the phrase at some point in our lives “Don’t be redundant. To most that simply means don’t say something twice. By definition it also means don’t exceed what is necessary or…
Using Trace Elements In Saltwater Aquariums
Trace Elements There was an old commercial jingle that ended with “because little things mean a lot”. As we all know in this hobby that is a definite truism. Whether it is doing the little…
Black Friday deals are waiting for you– and you don’t have to look far
Thanksgiving is just a day away and this means some of our favorite retailers will be starting their Black Friday specials. We have a love-hate relationship with Black Friday. On one hand we hate the shopping madness and insanity, but…
Lani LED Finally Available for Purchase
The Lani LED is finally available for purchase after nearly four years of being featured in the pages of Reef Builders. It’s quite interesting that the Lani LED is what first drew our attention to Triton Labs, which has now taken…
