Book Your Tickets to Reef Retreat Now!

Roger Williams University is hosting Reef Retreat 2025 from June 6th to June 8th. This two-day, all-inclusive conference brings hobbyists, scholars, and experts together to explore these reef topics: Our own Salem Clemens will be presenting “Reefs of Tomorrow – A multiomics…

Can Purple Non Sulfur Bacteria Replace Lanthanum Chloride? Data From ACI Aquaculture & Hydrospace LLC

Managing Phosphates in a Coral Wholesale Facility using Purple Non-Sulfur Bacteria (Rhodopseudomonas palustris)  “PNS has been a huge Asset to the ACI Aquaculture soft coral receiving system.  Not only do the corals look healthier, but we have almost completely eliminated…

A Novel Parasite In Marine Aquaria – Amoebic Gill Disease (AGD)

*featured image from https://thefishsite.com/articles/amoebic-gill-disease-due-to-paramoeba-perurans-in-ballan-wrasse Reefin’ Ain’t Easy, things can and DO happen to all of us. So, a lesson for the year (hopefully): no matter how long you have been in “the hobby,” things can, and eventually, will happen. We…

Introduction To Acropora Care

Hey, Reefers! Let’s talk Acropora! If an everyday, non-reefing individual was told to picture a coral, they are most likely envisioning an Acropora. Acropora, or Acro for short, are the pinnacle of not only reef keeping but actual reefs in…

TMC’s Reef Bio-react 2.0 Puts A New Spin On Media Reactors

Tropical Marine Centre recently released a new innovative design of media reactor the Reef Bio-react 2.0. It comes in two models the 1440 (small) and 1441 (medium). The flow rate for the small version is 132 gallon/hour (500 l/h). It…

Mastertronic Essential Release Delayed – Focustronic Offers Free Gift To Select Pre-Order Customers

Yesterday the official Focustronic account posted the following text and image “***Update for the Mastertronic Essential*** Due to a series of uncontrollable events, the release of the Mastertronic Essential will need to be postponed by 1-2 months before shipping from…

How to make a Wandell Auto Refrigerated Feeder (WARF)

For the last three years, I’ve used a simple auto feeder that has worked very well to deliver a mix of planktonic foods to my aquariums. Some potentially novel ideas about this auto feeder seem worth sharing with the larger…

Hydros Maven Release Date Delayed: No Longer Available For Black Friday

Hydros manufacturer Coral Vue told its customers yesterday that the release date for the much anticipated Maven had been delayed. Originally penciled in to be available to purchase on November 29, Black Friday, no new date has been given for…

David Saxby Wins Coral Freaks Aquarist Of The Year and Lifetime Aquarist Award, 2024

Reefing veteran David Saxby received not one but two prestigious awards at the Coral Freaks event in England at the weekend.  Coral Freaks creator Paul Hughes of Advanced Aquarium Consultancy was keen to introduce an awards show for outstanding British…

How to Protect Your Aquarium in Natural and Manmade Disasters

Wow, these past few days have certainly seen more than their fair share of disasters in Atlanta. We had Hurricane Helene rip through, flooding many homes, knocking down trees and powerlines, and shutting down the city. And if that wasn’t…