Learn To Spot Six Types Of Plating Coral

Plating Corals Spotting coral can be overwhelming when everything looks the same. However, learning to recognize corals based on growth forms in the easiest way to master the art of coral spotting. Plating corals are found in all reef habitats…

The World Wide Corals 900 Gallon Show Tank 3+ years later

There is a saying that time does not pass, it continues. We originally did an article that we published way back in November 2014 called “A masterpiece is born: time lapse aquascaping of World Wide Corals’ new show tank” Now…

Aquarium Glossary

The Aquarium glossary is part of the best reef tank guide from Reef Builders. Are you interested in starting a saltwater tank? This guide covers everything you need to know. Acclimation The process in which the water an organism comes…

Five Reasons Why I Love My Linki Gobies

The Linki Goby, Amblygobius linki, is an interesting fish that was introduced to the hobby by Biota Palau just a little over a year ago. Now that I’ve had my pair of Linki gobies for most of that time, I thought…

Fish Friendly Hoods From Coral Key Scuba

Fish Friendly Dive Hoods Looking for a new dive hood? We’ve got you covered. Last week we spotted these extra cute dive hoods from a local dive shop here in Colorado. These friendly neoprene hoods jumped right off the rack…

Awesome Fish Spotlight: Acanthurus triostegus

Acanthurus triostegus – Convict Tang By: Greg Collinske The convict tang is one of the most widespread Acanthurus species in the world as well as in our hobby. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific and Hawaii in small groups to enormous schools, these successful…

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…

Reef Tanks Can Suffer From Too Much of a Good Thing

By now we have all probably heard the quote from St. Bernard that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. That seems to be an especially appropriate quote for this hobby where it seems that often when we…

A Few of My Favorite Fish

This time of year when they play “These are a few of my favorite things”, and I am in the Christmas mood I thought I would list some of my favorite fish. Besides just listing them, I would also loke…

The Amazing Reef Tanks of Italy

As I have mentioned numerous times in the past, I consider myself to be a lucky person. And one of the ways this luck has manifested itself, is that I have been fortunate to get to see one of my…