SPS corals are known for their higher level of care and sometimes difficult nature as far as corals go – most SPS aquarium set ups include high flow, high light, and big aquariums teeming with other invertebrate and fish life.…
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Zeovit FlatwormStop has Acro Eating Flatworms (AEFW) squarely in its sights
FlatwormStop is a new treatment from Zeovit which allows direct dosing of a full stocked reef aquariums. FlatwormStop is safe for all fish and invertebrates and it works to eradicate Acro Eating Flatworms by stimulating the immune response of Acropora…
Part 2 of a 2011 Marine Breeder’s Year In Review
The first installment of our 2011 Marine Breeder’s Year in Review was probably more breeding news than you thought could have happened in a single year. Suprisingly invertebrates, new breeding products, and clownfish releases like the one pictured above only…
Using water droplets as an LED lens and diffuser
We recently set up a new gyre flow frag tank, a 33 Long aquarium which is 48 inches long and lit by an assortment of lights including a NanoBox Reef LED. Since it’s winter and really dry in Colorado a…
The showstopping Acropora colonies of Michael Moye (and a great experience with the Avast Marine Porthole)
Michael Moye is a veteran reef aquarist living in Greenwich Connecticut and he is the owner of a high energy 500 gallon reef tank that’s been pushing up polyps for over a decade – 1996 to be exact. We had…
Brown Clown Gobies are anything butt…and Naked Green Clown Gobies?
Seems like we’ve forgotten the clown gobies of the genus Gobiodon lately. Generally truly inexpensive and often thought of as common, they lack the exclusivity factor of something like a captive bred Brazilian Goldline Goby (Elacatinus figaro) or the mystical qualities of…
Combo Multichip LED pendant gets overviewed on video
[vimeo width=”670″ height=”400″]http://vimeo.com/15810060[/vimeo] The Combo Multichip LED pendant from Blue Moon Aquatics was one of the nicest surprises we enjoyed at the MACNA show. In anticipation of getting another look at this unique pendant at next week’s Reefapalooza, we thought…
House of Fins 53rd Anniversary SPLASH event this weekend
House of Fins in Greenwich CT is one of the oldest aquarium stores in the country and this weekend will mark the establishment’s 53rd year in the business of ornamental aquarium fish. House of Fins, or HOF, has been ramping…
Uses for Hydrogen Peroxide in the aquarium: Algae Removal
I would like to introduce a tool that I have found extremely useful in my years of aquaculturing coral. Hydrogen peroxide has been a time saver, and a life saver (as well as harbinger of near total death and destruction). For…
The allure of a pure frag swap
I have been fortunate to attend several frag events around the country this year, but none gets me as excited as the Bay Area Reefers (BAR) regional fragswap. Last weekend there were no guest speakers, no vendor booths, and best…
