Karcher Window Vac is the Lovechild of a Wet-Vac & and a Squeegee

Whether you’ve got a big tank, a lot of tanks, or just want to have that perfectly clean glass with a minimal amount of wiping, the Karcher Window Vac is a tool which should make that goal a reality. The…

Aquashella is Bringing an Aquarium Festival to Chicago!

It might seem like there’s a never ending parade of new reef shows popping up in America on a frequent basis but AquaShella will not be a ‘regular’ reef show. Spearheaded by George Mavrakis better known as CoralFish12g, AquaShella is…

Teleport Yourself to Reefapalooza New York With Our Saturday & Sunday Livestream Videos

Just like in Orlando, Reefapalooza New York was a most excellent reef aquarium show brimming with reefers, interesting new gear, and exciting livestock. It’s really hard to imagine how Reefapalooza’s producers could make this event any better but we also…

Butterflyfish Pairs Must Work Together To Defend their Food

Pairing and monogamy is nearly always associated with sex and reproduction but it turns out that some species of butterflyfish have a different reason to pair up. Competition on tropical reefs is intense for virtually all resources, and there’s always…

New Xanthic Regal Angelfish Surfaces in Japan

It’s been a minute since we’ve encountered a nice xanthic angelfish to write about but an old classic has surfaced in the Japanese collector’s market. The yellow regal angelfish, was one of the first xanthic angelfish to be documented and…

Highlights of the ReefStock Australia LFS Tour

If you’ve been wondering why it’s been unusually quiet on the blog, it’s for a very good reason. With the first ReefStock Australia coming up in just under two months in Sydney, we decided to do a tour of most…

AquaLife Reef Trace Elements GC aims to simplify trace mineral dosing

AquaLife Reef Trace Elements GC is a new additive from Aquarium Life Support designed to make dosing micro and trace elements a much simpler process.  The additive makes the addition of these essential ions in appropriate ratios to calcium. Since seawater…

Aquarium Makeover of a Red Sea Max at Nature Aquariums

When you have more than one reef tank to look after, it’s easy to let the style and arrangement of the corals, and the maintenance, slip a little bit. This is especially true in fish stores with lots of displays…

How To Grow The Most INTENSE Purple Rim Monti Cap

The purple rim Leng Sy cap is one of the most desirable and recognizable coral strains in the hobby of SPS reef keeping. Like zebra plecos and peppermint angelfish, images of the purple rim cap have been plastered on the…

Reef Reboot Check-In #2: No Water Changes for a Year!

Has it been 2 years since my last check in? It sure has. Last time I wrote an update, I was losing Acropora to a mysterious cause. I think now it was due to overdoing it with bacterial additives the…