5 Reasons to Understock Your Marine Aquarium

Over the many years I’ve kept marine aquariums, guests in my home have more than occasionally noted the relatively low number of specimens, particularly fish, in my tanks. You could say it’s been a hallmark of my fishkeeping career to…

Marine Aquarium Contingencies I Never Anticipated

If you’ve been watching the news lately, you may have heard about the massive Microcystis algae outbreak that is currently affecting the western basin of Lake Erie and, from this past Friday until around 9:30 this morning, rendered the tap…

5 Reasons to Understock Your Marine Aquarium

Over the many years I’ve kept marine aquariums, guests in my home have more than occasionally noted the relatively low number of specimens, particularly fish, in my tanks. You could say it’s been a hallmark of my fishkeeping career to…

Avast Marine Vibe gets bigger, more international

The Avast Marine Vibe is getting bigger with a 4 liter model and is now availabe in a 220V, 55Hz for international markets. If you not familiar with the Avast Vibe, it literally shakes up your zeolite or other fluidized…

hw-Marinemix salt comes to Bulk Reef Supply

hw-Marinemix, one of the industry’s oldest salt mix brands is now more readily available thanks to the team at Bulk Reef Supply that began carrying the German brand of synthetic salt mix. Although this company has been around since 1968…

5 Types of Marine Fish that are Reef Safe with Caveats

When we say a marine fish is “reef safe,” we usually mean that it won’t eat the corals or other sessile invertebrates that we keep in reef systems. Using that definition, we can easily determine that, for example, the peaceful,…

Why it Pays to Plan Your Marine Aquarium Based on Mature Fish Size

You’re shopping at your LFS when you come across a juvenile specimen of a fish you’d love to buy but know you don’t have the tank space to accommodate once it reaches maturity. To justify the purchase, you think to…

EcoTech Marine Radion XR15w is a new, smaller LED light for smaller tanks

The EcoTech Marine Radion XR15wPRO is a new light just announced added to the Radion line. Designed for smaller or shallow tanks, the small new Radion XR15w has all the features and performance of the bigger Radion XR30w in a…

Do You Need a Chiller for Your Marine Aquarium?

In a previous post titled “Turning Up the Heat on Tropical Saltwater Aquariums,” I explained that it’s important to maintain a stable water temperature somewhere in the range of 76° and 80°F in marine tanks, and that using a quality…

BioTek Marine Frag Mounts, Frag Rack now available from Aquarium Specialty

The new BioTek Marineproduct line from Aquarium Specialty just saw the addition of a few products to make coral propogation a bit easier as the company released four styles of frag mounts and a frag rack system. Although nothing revolutionary, the frag…