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Acclimating Corals in 4 Easy Steps
Is there a better feeling than adding something new to your reef tank? Buying new corals feels like opening presents on a holiday. We got in some new corals and while acclimating them to our tanks, it reminded me how…
Cairns Marine churns out another stunning Bodianus paraleucosticticus from the Coral Sea
Bodianus paraleucosticticus is a gorgeous hogfish that is far too scarce in the trade. The five-striped hogfish is layered in alternating stripes of salmon pink and white, gradually fading to yellow as it reaches the base and tail region. All hogfishes…
Coral Shop CoraSound Multi can be used as a dip or inside the aquarium
Naturally derived treatment for parasites and pests aren’t new and Coral Shop is the latest to offer a natural product to battle parasites, bacterial infections and viruses in your aquarium. the new Coral Shop CoraSound Multi is a 100% natural product for…
Book Report: Practical Coral Farming available in an expanded second edition
Practical Coral Farming by Miguel Tolosa is, as far as we know, still the only book ever written about broader coral propagation by someone who actually has experience growing, cutting and selling corals. We first popped into Miguel’s ghetto-fabulous headquarters for…
Reef Pest Solutions ‘All Out’ is gunning for the eggs of undesirable critters
Reef Pest Solutions is an enterprise with a product that has a single mission: to eliminate all unwanted life trying to hitch a ride with our precious corals. Coral dips have gotten much better since we simply used diluted Lugol’s iodine…
Photosynthetic Leptoseris coral found living deeper than 400 feet!!!
Leptoseris is a unique genus of stony corals that is just beginning to enjoy a following by reef aquarists. A team of researchers recently discovered some colonies of Leptoseris on the Great Barrier Reef of Australia growing at depths of…
Marco Rocks Smart Start Live takes the pests outta live rock
Marco Rocks’ Key Largo reef rock is a great dry alternative to live rocks in a tank giving you nearly all the benefits of live rock, except the life. That is about to change with the introduction of the Marco…
Aiptazer turns your pests into hydrogen gas
The Aiptazer is an interesting aiptasia zapper we saw while walking around here at MACNA. The prototype we saw uses electric current to turn your pest aiptasia into hydrogen gas, completely irradicating them from the system. The nice thing is,…
Friday Mega-Smorgasbord: Squid arms, robofish, shark feast, sea slugs, coral planting, living undersea, AEFW hit the high seas and gigantic clumps of whale poo
We have a great post lined up for this Friday with everything from amazing to just odd and something in between. We lead off this edition with a breaking story about deep sea squids that actually tear its arms free…
