Maxspect has taken the material it makes its Nano-Tech Bio-Spheres from and made it into an aquarium substrate. Nano-Tech Bio Sand combines the tiny ceramic beads that are stuck together to form Bio-Spheres with natural aragonite sand, a substrate known…
Sunday tank maintenance: Do you siphon or not siphon your substrate?
Maybe it’s because we’re from the land that we are so obsessed with the substrates in our aquariums. Deep sand, shallow sand, live sand, Aragonite, sugar-sized fine, coarse, chips, coral gravel, or bare bottom – we’ve done them all, and…
Freshwater Substrate Vs. Aragonite Mangrove Growth Test
Mangrove trees are a popular addition to reef aquarium systems, and we’ve recently focused our attention on them with all the newfound space at the Reef Builders Studio. It’s positively easy to simply keep a few Rhizophora mangrove pods alive…
Outsanding Selections now available as live sand package
Two Little Fishies has been offering their high quality substrates Outsanding Selections in several varieties for a few years now. This week the company announced their Outsanding Selections in a live aragonite sand form. Live sand, especially clean live sand…
Getting to the Bottom of Aquarium Sand and other Substrates
The choice of substrate—the material placed on the bottom of the tank—for a saltwater aquarium is one of many areas in our hobby that generate confusion and disagreement. Ask 10 hobbyists which type and depth of substrate they would recommend,…
Reef on the Rocks offers manufactured, dry aragonite reef rock
Reef on the Rocks is offering you the benefits of aragonite-based DIY reef rock without the hassle of mixing the ingredients, forming and curing the rock and of course – having to clean up the mess. Made from white cement,…
Tropical Eden’s new Aragavive live sand
The Tropical Eden line of reef-collected aragonite substrates went “live†with its new Aragavive live aragonite sand. The Aragavive line comes in four flavors, depending on how fine or how large you like your substrate and you have to love…
