The Future of Aquarium Lighting Is Probably In MicroLEDs

It’s been one helluva ride watching lighting technology progress through the lens of the aquarium hobby. For me at least, first it was NO, T8 and VHO fluorescent tubes, then it was discerning the difference between regular and pulse start…

How To Fill Out Your Reef Tank When You’re Just Getting Started

Filling Out Your New Reef Tank One of the biggest challenges for new aquarium hobbyists is patience. It’s not uncommon to have a rock garden in your living room for two months before your aquarium is cycled and ready for its…

ReefStock Pulled Out All The Stops For Its 10th Year

          After having been to and spoken at virtually every reef show that has occurred in North America over the past 30 years I may be a bit jaded in terms of what I expect at a…

How Coral Beauty Angelfish Are Made

The Coral Beauty Angelfish is one of the most beautiful small fishes on the coral reef, Its purple color ranges from deep blue to magenta, with rippling bars that contrast boldly with its golden orange body color. These features makes…

ICP Analysis Water Testing Service Launching Soon in America

Testing aquarium water with the use of ICP-OES machines is one of the biggest new trends in the marine aquarium world. There’s been plenty of talk of installing this kind of technology for the aquarium world in America, but ICP…

Milestones & Pioneers of The Reef Aquarium Hobby

Between the inauguration last week and Martin Luther King Day, you could not turn on anything without hearing the phrase “Events that shaped history”. That got me to thinking about the events that shaped the reef aquarium hobby. While I…

Taking the Plunge, Tips for Getting Into the Aquarium Fish Business

At the start of a new year, many of us make resolutions to change our lives or start new ventures. A lot of us resolve to get in better shape or eat healthier or drink less, etc. For those of…

My Memories of Aquariums and Christmas

Christmas is probably the one holiday that makes many of us most feel nostalgic, it often makes us think of how things were in the past and at least in my case how simple life was and maybe better. As…

First Sustainable Acropora spathulata Now Available from Bali Aquarium

Bali Aquarium has just come out with an Indonesian strain of Green Apple Acropora spathulata. After a collecting trip in central Indonesia last year, three fragments were collected out of the first ever colony of this species discovered in Indonesia. This…

Top Five Most Popular Mike Paletta Stories

Mike Paletta was among the first crop of marine aquarium writers to educate the marine aquarium hobby in the early days, and he’s still spreading the good news today. We’ve been incredibly honored to have such a statesman of reefing, whom we…