Raiders Hotel & Dive Solomon Islands Shipwrecks and coral reefs, Raiders Hotel & Dive on Tulagi Island has something for every diver. The hotel is only a short boat ride, around 1hr from the capital Honiara, offering dive sites for…
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Deltec’s Concept Sumps Are Both Original and Beautiful
Deltec is a German aquarium manufacturer that is best known for their protein skimmers, and to a lesser degree their reactors and tanks. More recently the company has experienced a renewed energy in the product design department bringing us a…
Top 10 New Reef Products Introduced at InterZoo 2018
Traveling all the way to Nuremberg Germany for InterZoo is a ton of work, it ain’t cheap, but it’s oh so worth it! If you needed any indication that this is one of the most important shows for releases of…
Sera LED Moonlight Makes Nighttime Viewing Fun and Easy
I remember a time, when LEDs were just a twinkle in our collective eyes, and dedicated moonlights were the breakthrough LED device. As our lights have become increasingly LED-powered, we’ve mostly lost that LED moonlight category, with most LED fixtures…
The Masterpiece Aquarium of David Saxby
As an Italian, I consider the three great masters to be Michelangelo, Raphael and Leonardo da Vinci. Similarly, there are also masters in this hobby and I have been fortunate to see their works of art, the tanks of Wayne…
An overview of Reefapalooza New York 2016
Nothing is worse than being invited to a great party and not being able to attend. If you did not go to this year’s Reefapalooza in New York, that is definitely the case. Since I know you already feel bad…
The Signal Goby: A Master Mimic with a Sketchy Captive Survival Record
The signal goby (Signigobius biocellatus), aka the twin-spot, two-spot, or crab-eye goby, is an appealing little sand sifter with fascinating behavior that, unfortunately, often adapts very poorly to aquarium life. Nonetheless, specimens still appear in the aquarium trade, so it’s…
Is colorimeter testing finally ready to breakthrough in the aquarium hobby?
Of all the advancements that marine aquarists have enjoyed over the years, general testing of aquarium water has been one of the most stagnant areas of improvement and development. If you’re testing the chemistry of your reef aquarium water at home,…
3.2 Fairy Wrasses: The temminckii group
The temminckii group plays host to some of the genus’ larger and more unappealing species. Burley, pugnacious and often glazed in matte grey, these un-fairy looking fairy wrasses are more often than not associated with the ugly duckling sobriquet. Despite…
My musings from MACNA
As usual MACNA meant so many corals and friends and equipment but so little time. Due to family commitments I was only able to spend Saturday in DC at MACNA, but it was a well-spent 8 hours. As usual, the…
