Take the testosterone out of reef keeping!

Just what is it about us reefers these days? Here we are, a quarter century after the “mini-reef” craze struck the hobby- and we’re still as amped as ever. We throw everything at our tanks to create this biggest, baddest,…

Joe Lichtenbert and Reef Propagations, Inc. retiring

A quiet Midwestern dynasty spanning two decades is coming to a close.  After 21 years as a commercial ornamental marine fish hatchery operator, Joe Lichtenbert, proprietor of Reef Propagations, Inc., is hanging up the nets. I first became aware of…

Microbe-Lift Reef Salt coming to market soon

Microbe-Lift Reef Salt is coming out on the market within the next six months aimed at offering quality, pharmaceutical-grade ingredients with all the major, minor, and trace elements required by our reef inhabitants. Microbe-Lift and its parent company, Ecological Laboratories, is well…

Pacific Sun Io LED Pendant Photo Contest: show us your best coral or fish to win an awesome LED reef light

If you’ve been looking for reasons to be inspired with your reef aquarium this summer, how about 27 of them? 27 of Cree’s top of the line, high powered XP series LEDs all hanging out in one of the most…

Summer aquarium giveaway: win a set of Stunner LED strips and accessories from Ecoxotic

If you haven’t yet been able to catch a wave of LED reef lighting, Ecoxotic and Reef Builders want to hook you up with a full kit of Stunner LED striplights. The Stunners are pencil thin, narrow striplights with medium…

Why I am glad to be unsubscribing from the Reef Angel mailing list

I have been a huge advocate of open source projects since the mid 90s with my first use of Knoppix Linux and then Hoary Hedgehog release of Ubuntu. I signed on to the mailing list for the Reef Angel controller…

BP Oil Spill: Cold-Water Reefs Threatened

While the Deepwater Horizon oil geyser spill continues to stir political debate and attention, a lesser known problem is also being documented.  It turns out that oil is actually leaking into the water.  Who knew?  This information may hit mainstream media sometime…

Coral-Shop’s Nano-Reef PR set with Platinum Reef additives

The CS Nano Reef SET PR by coral-shop is a new kit for nano reefs which is loaded with bite sized portions of the Platinum Reef line of additives. Previously if you were running a nano reef aquarium and wanted…

Osmosys water purification from ReefLine Italy

Osmosys is a new line of reverse osmosis water purification systems from Reefline. The R.O. units by Osmosys appear to be made from pretty standard issue components although the shorty canisters of the Osmosys Sys 02 uses 5″ canisters that…

Live from BAYMAC! Reef Aquarium Show

We’re coming live from BAYMAC bringing reefing goodness to the heart of the Silicon Valley! Plenty of cool exhibitors and coral vendors on hand with great stuff at incredible prices. If you’re looking for something to do today and are…