If you needed any more proof that Colorado was a happening place for reefing, hot on the heels of ReefStock is ReefED, the second reef aquarium event to hit the Denver area this year! ReefED is unique among aquarium conferences…
Elos LED Technology animated GIF reveals new features of next E-Lite
The Elos E-Lite has been on the market for a couple of years now and with the rapid advancement of LED technology, we are very excited to see that the next E-Lite will more than just an incremental upgrade of…
Stop using the top of your tank as shelf, use magnets instead
Most reefers have a ton of tools laying around to manipulate corals, make frags and retrieve lost items from the bottom of the tank. Tweezers, hemostats and clippers have become an important part of reefkeeping. Annoyingly, they are often kept…
Das Korallenriff-Aquarium: the next great reef book from Fossa and Nilsen
Das Korallenriff-Aquarium is brand new reefing book brought to us by the legendary Svein Fossa and Alf Nilsen, authors of the seminal Modern Coral Reef Aquarium series. If you were reefing in the mid-nineties your reef upbringing was likely shaped…
Red Candy Basslet is an even rarer color of the holy grail Liopropoma
The red candy basslet is the latest mystery surrounding Liopropoma carmabi, a fish which is arguably the most highly sought after reef basslet. Although we have seen several images of reddish colored candy basslets in the past, we usually chalked…
Southern Illinois Aquarists Association holding first meeting tonight SIU Carbondale
The Southern Illinois Aquarsits Association is a brand new body which is aimed at forming new relationships between fish farmers, aquaculturists, LFS and just about any manner of persons in the professions dealing with the culture of aquatic life. Both…
Nano Vortech DIY for quarter gallon pico reef
The Nano Vortech is a DIY project by NanoReef.com member thesmallerthebetter. Just when you thought the Vortech MP10 was the smallest Vortech in the world, along comes this interesting DIY project which shrinks the magnetically driven water pump to the…
Dri-Dek rubber matting could save your carpet, hardwood, possibly marriage.
Every time I see a suggestion to place a piece of foam, plastic, neoprene, or (shudder) a carpet sample underneath an aquarium or aquarium stand I cringe a little bit. Okay, so they are great at smoothing out any small…
TED talk: Glowing Sealife is much more diverse and spectacular than you can imagine
Bioluminescence is a biochemical trick which is performed by 80 to 90 % of ocean life but we know precious little about the different ways that bioluminescence is used. Even as a trained Marine Scientist I was not aware that…
NpX BioBeads from Oceanic Corals appear to use the same source as the NP Biopellets
NPX BioBeads are the latest solid carbon dosing product that claims to sustain heterotrophic bacterial nutrient reduction with no addition of liquid carbon sources to the aquarium. The NPX BioBeads are identical in size and shape to the NP Biopellets…
