Rod’s Food unveiling 3 new frozen foods: Fish Eggs, Pacific Plankton (Euphasia sp.) and Seaweed Blend

Not sure if we should be bothered about feeding fish eggs to fish, it’s kind of like feeding children to people, but that hasn’t stopped Rod’s Food from developing a new frozen fish food formulation called simply ‘Fish Eggs’.  Two…

Frag Cave is a nature-realistic arch of frag mounts from Eshopps

The new realistic Frag Cave from Eshopps takes the concept of ceramic frag mounts which have been popping up all over the place and plasters their bare ceramic surface with natural grey and modest pink coloration. From the looks of…

CaribSea’s new try one for free promotion

CaribSea is pushing a new promotion to get you to try some of their products. This is being billed as the “Try one for Free” promotion and first appeared in CORAL magazine. You can pick  either ReefCal, or Buffer Plus.…

Just What Kind of Reefer Are You? (And does it even matter?)

“What is interesting to see is that as the reef hobby “grows up”, we are starting to see a great deal of specialization” I was reflecting recently with Jake about one of my favorite topics: The current trends and state…

11 Reasons to go to a MACNA conference

What is MACNA? For those of you who don’t know MACNA usually happens in September, annually. Some say it’s a conference, while others say its the best reef event in the world. What is MACNA and why should you attend?…

MACNA Exhibitors, tell us why we should visit your booth

With MACNA just a little over a week away, we can feel the excitement in the air as exhibitors and attendees all try to make last minute preparations to attend the Atlantic City show. Attendees are making sure the tanks…

MACNA Stimulus Program: win a free Wyoming White Clownfish from C-Quest and Ocean Gallery II

You know that awesome new ocellaris clownfish strain, the Wyoming White clownfish which we’ve been featuring for over a month? Well in celebration of C-Quest MACNA appearance, they are partnering up with Ocean Gallery II to give one lucky Reef…

Awesome Japanese Trachyphyllia geoffroyi tank only uses LED spotlights

You might know that reefers in Japan have many opportunities to access very colorful LPS, especially Trachyphy geoffroyi.  One Japanese reefer, REEF, is an experienced reefer and he has been collecting Trachyphy geoffroyi for many years.  When he buys Trachyphy…

My Reef Creations polishes the design of their calcium reactor

My Reef Creations has been brandishing a slew of production activity lately and they’re back at it again, this time with some design polishes to their CR-2 calcium reactor. The new design features rounded corners, beveled edges, a convex front…

Tear Down The Wall! Re-imagining rockwork for a new century

One of the biggest problems for most hobbyists when incorporating live rock into their display is figuring out how much live rock needs to be used. In the “old days”, it was thought that you needed up to a “few…