Paletta on Protein Skimming

Through the years I have seen marine aquarium filtration go from under gravel filters through canister filters and then trickle filters, all producing various levels of success. But the only filtration method that truly changed filtration was when the hobby…

Improving Carbon Dioxide and pH Management

During the early years of the hobby, some of the factors that were most intently looked at were calcium levels, pH, and salinity. Over time these have kind of faded from being thought of as critical and have been replaced…

What you need to know about Refugia

A reef tank is different from other types of tanks in a lot of ways, with one of the biggest being that most reef tanks utilize a sump to hold the equipment and to add volume to the system. An…

A Day in the Life of a Coral Farmer

Going out for a drink and meeting people who ask what you do for a living is always amusing when you tell them you farm corals. It’s not often you can delve into the inner workings, hardships, and triumphs of…

What you need to know about Sumps and Overflows    

For any of you that are coming from the world of freshwater tanks and have only had experience with a “standard” tank, that is one with all of the equipment either inside of the tank or hanging on the back,…

Managing Tissue Necrosis

While we have come a long way in the hobby and have improved our husbandry skills for keeping corals immeasurably over the past four decades, we still have much to learn, especially in the area of coral diseases. Having worked…

Red Sea G2+ sees Reefer ReefATO+ upgraded and Four New Peninsulas

Red Sea continues its upgrade path with the immediate release of the Reefer G2+. The G2+ Series aquarium range enjoys all the useful upgrades of the Reefer G2 as well including the ReefATO+ Auto Top-Off as standard, replacing the old…

Cairns Aquarium becomes Coral Biobank’s permanent new home

Last time we spoke about the Great Barrier Reef Legacy Coral Biobank Project kicking off in Queensland, Australia, there was already an admirable number of coral species being held by some Biobank partners for security, despite a lack of existence…

Next Wave 35 is an AIO Desktop aquarium from TMC

Tropical Marine Centre has been refining its nano equipment offering lately with new tanks, pumps, skimmers, and filters. The Next Wave 35 Nano tank is the latest offering from the Reefefficiency stable and the smallest Next Wave tank to date,…

Aperture secures exclusive US distribution of Adaptive Reef

Aperture Pet & Life has bagged another brand for its distribution portfolio in Adaptive Reef. Adaptive Reef is known for its slick-looking controller boards and recently brought out a design-tweaked protein skimmer range too. Aperture will provide exclusive North American…