Our 10 Favorite Stories from 15 Years of RVS Fishworld

To be honest, the saltwater aquarium hobby would be so much less exciting without RVS Fishworld. Founded by Barnett Shutman and his extended family over fifteen years ago, RVS Fishworld deserves all the air time it receives and then some. …

ReefStock 2018 to Feature Three Powerhouse Presentations

Since 2008 ReefStock has maintained a high standard for our presenters and in the ten years since, ReefStock has developed a reputation for attracting some of the best speakers from across the aquarium world. We’ve featured some of the most…

Problematic Algae And How To Manage It

I have now been keeping reef tanks for over 30 years and over that time I have seen fads and techniques come and go and I have been asked questions about just about every aspect of the hobby. Despite all…

Mistakes Even Experienced Hobbyists Make

I would love to say that I never make mistakes. But as anyone who knows me knows, I do make them, and sadly I make them way too often, especially in regards to this hobby and how long I have…

MACNA 2018 Will Be In Las Vegas For It’s 30th Year

MACNA, the Marine Aquarium Conference of North America, will be in Las Vegas Nevada, September 7th to the 9th. If our math serves us correctly this will be the 30th year for this now global conference of all things reef,…

Hawaii Anti-Aquarium Bill Gets Vetoed, But The Fight Isn’t Over!

Today a small subset of the saltwater aquarium hobby is rejoicing at the announcement that Hawaii Governor David Ige vetoed the baseless and discriminatory bill which would have phased out ornamental fish collection from Hawaii. Meanwhile the rest of us…

ReefStock Pulled Out All The Stops For Its 10th Year

          After having been to and spoken at virtually every reef show that has occurred in North America over the past 30 years I may be a bit jaded in terms of what I expect at a…

Dramatic Acropora Color Change Sighted At Reef Raft Canada

We know that corals can change colors, some times pretty radically from how they are first imported. However one recent account from Reef Raft Canada takes the cake for a complete spectral makeover.  An unremarkable yet good looking colony of Acropora latistella arrived…

The High Cost of the Reef Aquarium Hobby

Having been in this hobby pretty much since it started, I have seen innovations in equipment beyond my wildest dreams. I have also seen fish and corals that I only thought I would see in books become more and more…

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…