Over the years we have been fortunate in seeing innovation after innovation come to the hobby. Initially, most of these innovations came from Europe, which due to their being in the hobby longer undoubtedly accounted for their innovations…
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Reef Interests All-In-One BioPellets XL combine biopellets and GFO
Reef Interests All-In-One BioPellets XL are large sized pellets designed to deliver nitrogen and phosphate reduction outside of a reactor. Unlike the big bone XL BioPellet fragments we covered a few years back or the smaller All-In-One BioPellets, this version…
If You Ain’t Testing, You’re Just Guessing!
Aquarium Water Testing By: Scott Davidson I always remember this phrase from my earliest days of reef keeping. Although I can’t remember who coined the phrase, it has always stuck with me. It would always conjure the image of someone standing in…
Reef Interest NannoFlakes a great option for your herbivores
We are hearing good thing about Reef Interest NannoFlakes, an algae-based flake food from the Dutch Company made with nannochloropsis concentrate dried into flakes, suitable for both saltwater and freshwater fish. Reef Interest NannoFlakes calls the food “a complete diet with…
Nothing Better Than A Nice Bare Bottom
Sand Bed or Bare Bottom? In the aquarium hobby, one of the most significant debates when building your reef tank is to decide a bare bottom or to use a live sand bed. Let’s discuss the benefits and disadvantages of…
Looking Forward To The Future Of The Aquarium Hobby
Things I’m Looking Forward To While going through some old books and magazines I came across a poster for MACNA from over twenty years ago, it made me laugh as the topic of my talk was “The Future of the…
Saltwater Aquarium Maintenance: Mechanical Filtration
Aquarium Maintenance: Mechanical Filtration Mechanical filtration is an essential component of a saltwater aquarium. Whether it is a filter sock, filter pad, or filter block, is up to you; but they all physically remove debris from your tank water. There are several…
Living the Reef Life Part Two
Recently I have tried to go back in time and enjoy one of the aspects of hobby that I really miss: the road trip. As I discussed in an article last year, one of the things that the internet has…
The Best Guide for Starting a Reef Tank
Setting Up Your First Aquarium If you want to start your very own reef tank, you’ve come to the right spot. Reef Builders will take you step by step on how to setup a reef tank from scratch. And, once…
Seachem Vibrant Sea Coming Soon With Bonus Potassium
Vibrant Sea is a brand new salt mix from Seachem which has just begun to be teased in leaked promotional materials. The new Vibrant Sea will be the fourth salt mix in Seachem’s product catalog, following their original Marine Salt and Reef…
