EasyTank Is an ATO For Tiny & Nano Reefs

If you’ve never heard of a ‘glug jug’ then you are lucky to be experiencing reef tanks in our current golden age. But back in the olden days, well before there were any top off devices besides mechanical float valves,…

EcoReef Two: This is what a Reef Tank Looks Like With NO Filter

The concept of having ‘no filter’ in a reef aquarium generally applies to tanks that are run naturally, with a significant amount of sand and a lots of live rock. The sand and rock constitute a significant natural biological filter but…

Top 10 Reefing Gear to Make Nano Reefs Easy

Keeping nano reef aquarium with a volume of 29 gallons or less requires a special set of devices. You can’t just put up a full size light fixture over a ten gallon tank, or power it with even a smaller…

Star Spike Coral Is An Incredibly Neat Nano Soft Coral

There’s a whole world of soft corals that the reef aquarium world knows nothing about, both photosynthetic and azooxanthellate. Asterospicularia is one of those softies that is primed for being grown in reef tanks, and which we affectionately call ‘Star Spike’ as…

Amazing “floating” Nano Reef video

This may be a small tank, but it is definitely an interesting design. The hobbyist who designed this unique aquascape — Pongpit Zhang from Guiyang, China — has achieved a cool look where it appears as if the reef is…

Ali’s Pico Reef Is Simplicity In Action

Whoever says that reef tanks are hard to keep needs to seriously reconsider their life choices. Because if you’ve ever seen a decent nano pico reef tank like Ali’s at Amazing Aquariums & Reefs, then you know you only need…

Talking About Nano Reefs With Dave Fason of NanoBox Reef

Nano Reef Tanks are one of the most important segments of the reef aquarium hobby, It’s through these smaller approachable miniature displays that many reefers get their start, but that doesn’t mean nano reefs are just for beginners.  On the…

Maintaining A Super Easy Nano Reef Tank (Video)

The first thing most non-aquarist think when you tell them you have a saltwater aquarium is that it must take so much time, be very expensive, and very hard to maintain. That may have been true way back in the…

Sanjay Joshi’s Nano Reef Tank Breaks All The Rules (Video)

Before going to Reefapalooza NY from Denver earlier this summer, you could say I took a slight detour to Maryland and then the State College Pennsylvania before heading to the big show. The reef aquarium circuit doesn’t seem to take me…

Overload On The Nano & Pico Reefs of Elite Reef

Under the very curious watch of the American reef scene, nano and pico reef aquariums have blossomed into an art form all their own. Nowhere is the culture of nano reefing more evident than at Elite Reef in Arvada, Colorado.  This…