Besides Zoanthids and the new wave of shrooms, the aquarium hobby is ruled by our love for stony corals. But soft corals are an important part of the reef environment, sometimes becoming so dominant that they form veritable forests of softly swaying…
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Choosing What To Keep In A Saltwater Aquarium
What To Keep There are many interesting animals which can be kept in a saltwater aquarium. What to keep depends on your experience level, tank size, and equipment setup. Make a wishlist of fish and corals you would like to…
Red Zoanthid Nudibranch Are Beautiful, But Not In My Reef
Corals can harbor such a wide variety of different pests and parasites, that learning about and controlling all of them is a hobby unto itself. This is especially true of live coral dealers who are at the front lines of…
Video Tour Of ReefAPalooza’s Best Corals
Last weekend we wrapped up the last major reef aquarium event of the year at ReefAPalooza in southern California. These reefing events are fun for a number of reasons, but one of the biggest draws by far is how many…
Invertebrate Highlight: The Pom Pom Crab
The Pom Pom crab is a cute and mysterious reef safe crustacean. If you’ve ever seen this curious critter, you may wonder what it is dancing for, and what it is holding. It is actually holding two anemones, Triactis producta, that it uses…
CoralWear Clothing Is A Lifestyle Brand For Aquarium Hobbyists
CoralWear Clothing is a new brand of flashy marine themed apparel that caught our eye at Aquatic Experience Chicago. CoralWear draws inspiration from marine fish and corals for their unique line of hats, t-shirts and socks which are now available online. CoralWear…
How to Frag LPS Corals
LPS corals are morphologically one of the most diverse groups of corals; they come in a broad range of shapes, colors, and textures. While many may assume that Euphyllias and meat-like corals are soft corals, they actually have a skeleton underneath…
How to Setup The JBJ 8g Rimless Aquarium
The JBJ 8g rimless aquarium is an all-in-one aquarium that comes with everything you need to get started in reef-keeping. The aquarium comes with an 8g tank, pump, two channel dimmable led light, filter, pedestal, and glass lid. Setting up…
Hands-On With Grassy Ledio’s Rainbow of RX072 PAR 38 LED Spotlight
The aquarium hobby really got its start with light emitting diode lighting through the use of PAR 38 LED spotlights. This form factor of LEDs was our first three or four LED lights and of all the brands we ever…
Okeanos Explorer: Deepwater Wonders of Wake Atoll
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer is currently exploring largely uncharted deep-sea ecosystems and seafloor in and around the Wake Atoll Unit of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument (PRIMNM). You can follow along with the Okeanos Wake Atoll expedition now through August…
