Since we launched Saltwater Smarts, we’ve been sprinkling the term “aquascaping” into our posts with reckless abandon. While many of you seasoned salties out there might be well acquainted with this term, others may find themselves scratching their heads each…
A Purple Reef is hand making rock in multiple shades of purple
Do you like man-mdae purple live rock but don’t want to buy it from your fish store? A Purple Reef is a new outfit making their own “bio-active” artificial rock for reef and marine aquariums and instead of selling through…
Marine Aquarium Acronyms: FOWLR Tank Defined
Marine aquarium hobbyists do love their acronyms—SW, SG, SPS, LPS, BB, HO, VHO, DOC, LR, LFS, and RO/DI to list but a few. There are so many of them floating around out there on aquarium forums and in hobby literature…
The Lowdown on Live Rock
“Live rock”: It’s one of the first terms new saltwater aquarium hobbyists hear—and one of the first times (of many) they may find themselves scratching their heads in bewilderment. Let’s clear up the confusion! What on earth is live rock?…
Marco Rocks Smart Start Live takes the pests outta live rock
Marco Rocks’ Key Largo reef rock is a great dry alternative to live rocks in a tank giving you nearly all the benefits of live rock, except the life. That is about to change with the introduction of the Marco…
Real Reef branch rock from Fish Heads looks very much like the real thing
It seems like only a year or two ago Fish Heads was known solely as a livestock supplier. Then, they started making Real Reef rock, the pest-free alternative to wild harvested or ocean cultured live rock which has already been…
Fish Heads’ Real Reef line adds Shelf and Nano Live Rock!
A couple weeks ago we brought you the battle royale between Walt Smith’s Fiji Cultured Live Rock and Fish Heads new Real Reef Live Rock. What we didn’t know at the time was that the folks at Fish Heads already…
Walt Smith’s Fiji Cultured Live Rock and Fish Heads’ Real Reef Live Rock Go Head-To-Head
Online saltwater livestock retailer Drs. Foster & Smith’s Diver’s Den at Live Aquaria caught our attention over the past couple weeks with a new product quietly “snuck in” to the daily Diver’s Den emails. Listed under the invertebrates category, there…
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,…
We might have to kiss Florida Live Rock goodbye: Offshore live rock aquaculture in Federal waters threatened by HR 3534
A new proposed bill, H.R. 3534, that includes language repealing permits for aquaculture facilities (like live rock) in U.S. Federal waters, was recently approved by the U.S. House of Representatives. HR 3534 is now moving to the U.S. Senate and…
