The difference between a successful reef tank and one that fails is often a matter of the little details. One of these little details that cannot be overlooked is proper coral placement. With a new tank, you basically have a…
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Which Corals to Add to a New Tank
There are many fun aspects to setting up a new tank, from planning and getting the equipment and then on to aquascaping the tank. But to me, the most fun aspect is selecting and adding the corals. This is when the…
My Experience With Fenbendazole
After being in the reefing side of the hobby for almost forty years I have seen or had just about every pest imaginable in my tanks. While I am especially thinking about our friend Jake and his passing a year…
What kind of Saltwater Tank do you want?
Up until this point just about everything that has been done in preparation of setting up a new tank is pretty much the same. A tank, stand, skimmer, lights, etc are all going to be used regardless of what you…
It’s Always Something!
There are few universal things in this hobby, as every tank is different and how every tank is managed is different as well. But there are a few such as the need for being patient, and there being no benefit…
How to Overcome a Total Tank Wipeout
We hate to hear about it happening to someone. We hate to see it when someone posts about it happening to them. But more than anything we hate to experience it. Sadly, almost everyone I know who has been in…
This is what 200 Black Widow Bubble Tip Anemones look like!
If ever there was an incentive to clean your tank, rethink your plumbing and tidy up your electrics, then this “system” owned and run by Jeff Dick is it. Starting with the 215-gallon display tank, Jeff has a talent for…
High Seas Treaty will protect 30% of the world’s oceans by 2030
The United Nations have reached a historic agreement that aims to protect 30% of the world’s international waters by 2030. Currently, all countries have a right to fish, ship, and do research in areas known as the High Seas, yet…
Observations on a “new” soft coral in the hobby, Paraminabea rubeusa, by Julian Sprung
After so many years enjoying and looking forward to the coral feature articles that Jake Adams wrote and Vincent Chalias still writes for Reef Builders, I came across a coral that inspired me to want to compose a gushing, over…
The New Octocorallia: Malacalcyonacea Part 1
In our previous review of octocoral classification, we saw that anywhere from 3–8 orders have traditionally been used to organize this group’s bewildering biodiversity, based on morphological assumptions of increasing complexity within the evolutionary history of these corals. It was…
