CaribSea the long time aggregate company announced the availability of their new Life Rock Frag Zone pack. Life Rock Frag Zone is coated calcium carbonate that it said to make fragging easy. Small fragging pieces are colored to look like…
Can Reef Primer really save corals from bacterial infections?
I saved one really, really nice Blastomussa from infection using Reef Primer and it’s gotten me really curious. Can Reef Primer really be used to save some of these corals that are notorious at coming down with aggressive bacterial infections?…
Pax Bellum ARID Filter review: the most ‘intense’ way to grow Chaetomorpha
They say that everything that is old will be new again, and this statement couldn’t ring any more true for the Pax Bellum ARID Chaetomorpha filters. In the early days of successful reef keeping, algae scrubbers and phyto-remediation was the state…
Marine Aquarium Water Changes: Don’t Postpone the Personal Payoff!
Yesterday, I finally got around to performing an overdue water change in my 125-gallon tank. Admiring the fruits of my labor afterward, I couldn’t help wondering, “Why on earth do I wait so long to do these when the result…
First video of the fully settled out captive bred yellow tangs
The successful captive breeding of the yellow tang in aquariums took more than ten years of effort. So to celebrate we’re going to help the Oceanic Institute take a longer form victory lap with yet another update of the captive…
The cutest new species of slippery goby, Lubricogobius nanus
It’s been a hot minute since we saw some new species of reef fish being described and so this next new species from Papua New Guinea is here to make sure we don’t go without. Lubricogobius nanus is a small species…
SeaWorld overhauls tanks, begins transition to more interactive orca experience
Coming off the heels of yesterday’s news that SeaWorld San Diego will begin phasing out the live orca shows in favor of more natural, informational experience, the team started retrofitting the killer whale tanks to support this new direction. In…
True pink Nephthea is Japan’s best kept secret
There’s a gorgeous pink Nephthea soft coral that seems really common in Japanese reef tanks, but yet seems virtually unknown in American or European reef aquariums. We’ve been drooling over the pink Nephthea that can be seen in many photos of…
Enter now to win one of three Tunze LEDs
You may have come across our Tunze LED Review, and the juicy acan pictures that come with. Now is your chance to WIN one of your own. We are giving away three Tunze LEDs (8850,8821,8811) and all you have to do…
An update on the captive bred yellow tang
The Oceanic Institute together with the Rising Tide Conservation project have finally broken through with successfully breeding and raising the yellow tang in captivity. So you may be wondering, when will you be able to pick up captive bred yellow…
