Back Pain and the Big Marine Aquarium

Somewhere around age 40, I passed a point of no return with respect to bodily aches and pains. In my younger, carefree days, when the various jobs I worked demanded a lot of heavy lifting, I could pretty much tell…

Hands-On with Eheim’s StreamOn+ propeller pump

The Eheim StreamOn+ pump had its first American showing at the Global Pet Expo last week and we made sure to spend some time wrapping our heads, and fingers, around what this new propeller pump is all about. Pricing and…

Wayne’s Ocean World scores a sweet white-face yellow tang

It’s been a while since we shared a nice mutant Zebrasoma tang so how about a nice large white-face yellow tang? This bicolored beauty was obtained by Wayne’s Ocean World Hawaii and it was sent to Reefwise in Chicago Illinois. As…

DIY Algae Trough—Fight Algae with Algae!

In my opinion, marine aquarium hobbyists have a fundamental misunderstanding of algae. It is not a disease, and it can’t be cured, as it grows on every healthy reef in the sea. We don’t usually see as much of it…

Get a taste of MACNA from Thomas Brown’s coverage of ReefStock 2014

ReefStock 2014 has come and gone from Denver Colorado but the local community still has the big reef show to look and work towards; MACNA. If you didn’t get a ski break at this year’s ReefStock, we sincerely hope all…

Reef Builders Prediction – Captive Bred Butterflyfish by the end of 2014!

It has been a long time coming, but just as we see aquaculturists banging hard on the door, demanding to be let in on the secrets of captive-bred Tangs, so too we see the captive-breeding barrier being approached from every…

ChemiPure Blue aims to polish up Marine & Reef Aquariums

ChemiPure Blue is a new filtration from Boyd Enterprises, makers of the world-famous ChemiPure and newer ChemiPure Elite. Whereas the original formula excels at cleaning a range of aquairum water, and the Elite formula has added GFO for phosphate removal,…

MetaSorb UHC from Two Little Fishies is specialized at removing metals

MetaSorb UHC is a unique new product from Two Little Fishes with an Ultra High Capacity to instantly remove heavy metals from aquarium water. The tiny polymer beads are incredibly effective and fast acting as we witnessed in a demonstration…

ReptiSun LED UVB by ZooMed has the makings of a great hybrid aquarium light

The ReptiSun LED UVB is an exciting new light from ZooMed being shown at Global Pet Expo for the first time. Despite being made for scaly pets of the terrestrial variety (reptiles), the combination of LED and T5 lighting technology…

New Frozen foods and Canadian Mysis announced by Cobalt Aquatics

Cobalt Aquatics has been blazing a trail of new products at the Global Pet Expo this week, and a complete lineup of frozen foods now joins their popular ProBiotic flake and pellet foods. In addition to the Frozen Coral Food…