Australia LFS Tour: Majestic Aquariums Sets a High Bar!

In the spirit of learning everything about the hobby, from all corners of the aquarium world. we’re on a tour of the great land down under, Australia. We’ve got a crazy touring schedule planned to visit fish stores, aquariums, wholesalers…

Halichoeres chrysus: A Hardy Little “Banana with Fins” That’s Just Right for Beginners

Known by a variety of common names—banana wrasse, canary wrasse, golden wrasse, yellow coris, et al—Halichoeres chrysus is hardy, readily available, reasonably affordable, well suited to modest-sized systems, and among the better choices for beginners. Of course, owing to all…

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…

Fishtastic Is An Awesome New AIO Nano Tank By Pro Clear Aquatics
Fishtastic is an exciting new all in one nano aquarium that really took us by surprise. The concept of nano all in ones is well over a decade old so youd' think we'd seen it all by now, but leave…
Diving into Underwater Cameras

This article is a bit of a departure from the typical reef aquarium topics I cover. Photography is a big part of Tidal Gardens, and sometimes we like to take the camera underwater. To do that, we need an underwater…

Zen Reef’s Newest Frag Rack is a Versitile Box For Shrooms

The new Zen Reef standalone Shroom Box is a unique frag box just for mushroom corals. This solves one of the biggest issues with keeping shroom frags, having them get blown away before they can grow or attach themselves in…

Meet BIKI The Robotic Photography Fish

BIKI The Robotic Photography Fish BIKI is the world’s first unmanned underwater vehicle which propels itself through the water like a fish! Not only is this the cutest underwater drone we’ve come across, it also has a powerful onboard camera capable…

Step Aside Super Glue, Mussel Glue Is The New King Of Sticky

How crazy would it be, if sometime in the near future we are no longer using super glue to propagate our corals but instead, using a compound derived from shellfish? If researchers at Purdue university have their way, that’s exactly…

Living the Reef Life Part Two

Recently I have tried to go back in time and enjoy one of the aspects of hobby that I really miss: the road trip. As I discussed in an article last year, one of the things that the internet has…

Waterbox Aquariums Launching New Platinum Series AIO Next Week

Waterbox Aquariums is a new company making its debut next week at Global Pet Expo with the launch of their Platinum Series of all in one aquariums. The Waterbox Platinum AIO Aquarium is a fully modern and turnkey aquarium system…