Throughout my years in the marine aquarium hobby, I’ve typically aquascaped my systems using cured live rock from Fiji. However, when setting up my 125-gallon tank in our new home about a year and a half ago, I wanted to…
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API AquaSpin Tests Aquarium Water With Built-In Photometer
The API Aquaspin is an exciting new device designed to automatically test aquarium water. Details about the Aquaspin are extremely scant, no website, no social media posts and even the video is unlisted, but we can glean enough about it…
Important Water Parameters For Keeping A Saltwater Aquarium
Healthy water equals healthy fish and coral, but how do you know what’s best? Water quality is a fundamental aquarium skill, and understanding how to read and decipher water tests can clue us in on problems. The first parameters you…
Moseleya latistella- The First Colony I HAD to Have
Moseleya latistella is a very interesting coral that gets virtually zero airtime in the mindshare of reef aquarium hobbyists. This is completely understandable since most colonies of Moseleya – we couldn’t even find a common name for it – are…
Halimeda Ghost Pipefish is More Unusual Than You Can Imagine
We’ve been quite busy the last few weeks, setting up coral nurseries all around the island of Bali, Indonesia. One of our reef restoration sites which is an Ocean Gardener project in Amed, North Bali is starting to attract more…
How to Hide Your Water Flow Pumps
Aquarium flow pumps have come a long way in recent years and we love seeing them during unboxings and generally appreciating them as self confessed reef gear junkies. However once they go into use on our tanks, we definitely don’t want to…
Have Questions? Join An Online Group
From first time reefers to seasoned aquarium professionals, we all have questions. From tips to introducing new fish, troubleshooting test results, and inspiration for your newest tank, online groups are the perfect reefer resource. Now it’s true the internet doesn’t…
The Automatic Frozen Fish Food Feeder (aF4) is Still on Track
An automatic feeder of frozen fish food is a product that has been ostensibly missing from the broader aquarium market. Thankfully, about one year ago we got our first look at precisely this device concept by inD Creations and following…
Interzoo Offering Free Online Professional Development Presentations Starting July 2020
Interzoo has just announced it will be offering free online professional development presentations for the international pet supplies industry in the run-up to the trade fair. In collaboration with market research company Euromonitor International and other partners, Interzoo organizer WZF…
The Importance of Regular Calcium reactor Maintenance
The Twin Tech Calcium reactor by Deltec has been one of the most critical pieces of equipment for maintaining mineral balance on the largest system at the Reef Builders Studio. For over 18 months this hot rod of chemistry management…
