We can sometimes forget that corals are living animals which have a mouth and digestive system, and therefore need to eat. While the first step in keeping corals alive and healthy is a properly lit and flowed tank, feeding is…
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NanoBox Reef Tide and Duo LED get a nice refresh
NanoBox Reef is channeling its inner spectrum with a refreshing update to the Mini Tide and Duo LED fixtures that sees them getting thinner, brighter, and much more colorful. The New NanoBox Reef Tide and Duo LEDs are a half inch thinner than…
Exciting new “Super DaVinci” clownfish from Sea & Reef Aquaculture
Sea & Reef Aquaculture just showed off this exciting new strain of clownfish that is so exquisite, they’re outsourcing the naming to you all. Bred from a line of dark brown DaVince clownfish called Black DaVinci clowns, the new Amphiprion variety…
How to Remove Unwanted Fish from a Reef Tank
Okay let’s admit it, we all make mistakes. And sadly I must admit that I probably make more than most. As we all know there are two types of mistakes: omission where we don’t do something we should have, and…
Apex Users Meetup Group at MACNA to feature champagne breakfast and more
The third annual Neptune Systems Apex Users Meetup Group is happening again right before this year’s MACNA event in Washington D.C. and will feature a bunch of fun activities including a champagne breakfast, free grab bag, raffles, speakers and more…
A closer look at the design and applications of Modular Artificial Reef concept
In April we wrote about Alex Goad and his award winning Modular Artificial Reef (MARS) design. The more we read about MARS and the not for profit design studio Reef Design Lab we got thinking about the applications to marine aquariums…
3.1 Fairy Wrasses: The rubrimarginatus group
The rubrimarginatus group is home to some of the most well-known (and well-loved) of the Fairy Wrasses. The group can be divided rather equally into two clades, each with their own separate diagnostic features. The males attain fairly large sizes,…
Vectra pump live Q&A Google Hangout with Ecotech Marine (Updated w/ video)
We are in Allentown PA with EcoTech Marine for the launch of their new centrifugal return pump, the Vectra M1 and L1. We already know that this controllable DC pump will be fully controllable with EcoSmart Live and that it…
Reef Building soft coral has the thickest stony “branches”
Soft corals are called “soft corals” because they are kind of like corals, and they are primarily soft. We know that there are always exceptions to every rule in the animal kingdom, and the most notable of these in the Octocorallia soft…
Psammocora eldredgei sets new record for mesophotic photosynthesis
Psammocora eldredgei is a new species of stony coral that is remarkable not for its size or appearance, but for how deep this Scleratinian was collected from. Most new species of stony corals are really rare, very odd, or come…
