As with many illnesses that affect people, fish diseases often manifest themselves in the earliest—and most treatable—stages through subtle, easily overlooked symptoms. Further clouding matters, many fish diseases have certain symptoms in common and are, therefore, easily confused with one…
Best of the Aquarama 2015 discus competition
With Aquarama being one of the best places in the world to see the most exquisite freshwater fish of all kinds, you know we can’t go all the way to Singapore and not give the freshies a little bit of…
Aqua El working on DC version of inline pump
Innovative aquarium device maker Aqua El will soon be releasing a DC version of their unique inline water pump. As far as we know, Aqua El doesn’t offer their inline pump separately, which in the North American market is represented…
Gaudy, variegated jawbreaker-style mushroom anemone
Off-the-hook mushroom alert! This incredible Discosoma mushroom anemone just popped up from Pacific East Aquaculture. Dr. Mac was in Indonesia hand picking corals and he selected this beautiful mushroom anemone. The carefully cropped photo shows just one, and probably the nicest polyp on…
Qian Hu’s RevoReef LED + T5 lighting system really has a lot of potential
We’ve been yearning to see more hybrid fixtures of T5 and LED lighting and we were quite surprised to find ourselves smitten with a light from an unlikely player, Qian Hu Corporation. Qian Hu’s recently unveiled RevoReef line of marine…
S.E.A’s coral reef display is a veritable kaleidoscope of beauty
Oh S.E.A. Where do we begin. In our travels we’re fortunate enough to visit a hodgepodge of public aquariums. Often times we get to see behind the scenes, to the heart of the facility, where the quiet humming of machines…
Seachem Dose2 mobile app helps dosing, tracking your tank
Seachem Dose2 is the company’s new iOS app that gives you a pocket reference to help you properly dose Seachem and aquavitro products plus lets you track your aquarium’s progress including water quality parameters and maintenance. The built in references…
Top 5 reasons to go to a professional aquarium show like ReefAPalooza
We just want to take a moment to draw a line in the sand; there are frag swaps, and then there are professional marine aquarium conferences. Any given weekend there are countless reef club functions and frag swaps around the…
SEA Aquarium has the most gigantic ball of spinning Chaetomorpha algae
It’s no secret that I am personally not a fan of the kitchen sink approach to creating a “refugium” with all the sands and cruddy algaes that usually build up there. I and we, are very much in favor of using…
The best of the Aquarama 2015 international Betta competition
For us, being a ‘Reed Builder’ means not to be fanatical and obsessive about all aspects of corals, reefs and aquarium building, but also to harbor a general appreciation for all manner of aquatic life. Whether it’s fresh or saltwater,…
