It’s a very curious thing that with the advent of LED reef aquarium lighting, most early adopters opted to dive into the deep end of solid state lighting with LEDs. For some reason, the lesson learned of combining metal halide…
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Marine Aquarium Acclimation: Bridging the Specific Gravity Gap
In today’s post, I’d like to address a very common issue marine aquarium hobbyists encounter when purchasing livestock (particularly fish) and offer a simple method for addressing it. The issue in question is how to deal with the dramatic difference…
Cirrhitichthys bleekeri- A lesser known Hawkfish
If you think the Golden Hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys aureus) from the Pacific is rare; you should reconsider after hearing about its close cousin from the Indian Ocean, the Bleeker’s Hawkfish (C. bleekeri). At first glance, some may say they are the same…
Does the surface area of live rock really matter?
The reef aquarium hobby is a past time of expendable income and mental bandwidth; this explains why even though the focus is supposed to be about reef life like corals, fish and inverts, we get sucked into long esoterical discussions…
3 Misconceptions About Small Marine Fish
As human beings, it’s in our nature to assign certain traits to small animals—cute, dependent, harmless, defenseless, etc. Perhaps we think this way because when it comes to animals, people included, smallness is usually correlated with infancy. However, if applied…
No need for costumes, I’m already halloweeny
The pumpkin’s been carved, the candy laid out. Your dogs and cats are probably decked in a casper costume and your daughter, as princess Anna or Elsa. But hey, what about your fish? They don’t look very scary. Sure most super…
Why Are We Drawn to Marine Aquarium Keeping?
Recently, while going through the motions of an overdue water change in my 125-gallon FOWLR tank, I found myself reflecting upon this bizarre obsession of ours. I wondered why, given all the cost, effort, and frustration that go into setting…
Blau’s ReefMotion DC pump has a very useful controller
The Blau ReefMotion DC pump is more or less the same water moving device we’ve seen from countless other companies save for one very important feature. While most companies are happy to rebadge this high performance DC water pump with…
I see you looking at me, like I’m some kind of freak
Sight is a vital sensory system for most living things that enables them to process and visualise information from their surroundings. What to eat, and where to find it? Who to flee from, and who to mate with? Survival and procreation…
Building an Obsession unveils an ingenious new frag transporting system
Building an Obsession is a start-up marine aquarium company which earlier this year turned heads with their interesting simple and elegant sump designs, as well as some sophisticated supplement dosing boxes. This time Building an Obsession is back with an…
