Getting the new Studio up and running has been such a fun and time intensive endeavor, but it will be well worth the effort. Having all the room and tanks and resources to set up displays, work and propagate corals,…
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Studio Vlog 4 & 5: Setting up the Coral Flat and A Sexy First Fish
The Reef Builders Studio is coming along nicely and although it’s a lot of work getting everything started, it’s also a lot of fun. In the previous Vlogs we shared the setup of our first token nano reef tank in…
Vlog 2 & 3 on the Buildup of the Reef Builders Studio
We’re firing on all cylinders over at the new Reef Builders Studio and already have a couple more videos on our progress. On one end we’ve got nearly 100 square feet between three flat coral flats to set up, and…
Great White Protein Skimmer Debuting at ReefStock Australia
The Great White from Dalua Australia is a curious protein skimmer with a curious combination of features. This pipeless skimmer set to debut at ReefStock Australia was designed in Australia, made in Taiwan, and uses a high quality Italian needle…
Three Young Up and Coming Additive Companies from around the World
Reef aquarium chemistry was once such a nebulous subject, no one really knew what was required to keep marine life alive and thriving in an aquarium environment. But as the curtain has been pulled back over a whole generation of reef…
Acropora Thrive In The Shallow Reefs Around Halmahera Indonesia
Halmahera Indonesia We’ve just spent a week diving in the northern province of Maluku Indonesia around the island of Halmahera, and to say we found our Acropora dream reef is an understatement. We visited this region as part of the…
Highlights of the ReefStock Australia LFS Tour
If you’ve been wondering why it’s been unusually quiet on the blog, it’s for a very good reason. With the first ReefStock Australia coming up in just under two months in Sydney, we decided to do a tour of most…
Reef Reboot Check-In #2: No Water Changes for a Year!
Has it been 2 years since my last check in? It sure has. Last time I wrote an update, I was losing Acropora to a mysterious cause. I think now it was due to overdoing it with bacterial additives the…
Saltwater Aquarium Clean Up Crew For Beginners
Meet The Clean Up Crew When keeping a saltwater aquarium you have to think about all parts of the mini-ecosystem you are trying to create. Of course, this means planning out your tank size, what equipment you will need, and then…
True Pink Tipped Euphyllia paradivisa Is Rarer than You Think
Euphyllia paradivisa, is a popular aquarium coral commonly know as branching frogspawn coral. You can find it for sale online and in most reef aquarium shops along with other branching and wall type Euphyllia corals. The frogspawn Euphyllia corals have…
