How to Manage the Ugly Stage of a New Reef Tank

There are few inevitable things in life and even fewer in this hobby. But the one inevitable that everyone encounters when they set up a new tank is that there will be…

Flashback Friday: Jake’s love for Anacropora

Those who knew Jake Adams knew his passion spanned all Scleractinians, but there is one lesser known, lesser kept genus that he was particularly passionate about and even got to collect them in the wild – Anacropora. So we thought…

Fluval’s FX UVC In-Line Clarifier Fits Everyone’s Favorite External Filter

Rolf C Hagen has further invested in its aquarium Ultra Violet Clarifier offering after dipping its toe in the water with the 3-watt Cold Cathode Inline Clarifier. The new, larger FX UVC In-Line Clarifier doubles its power to 6 watts…

Go Coral Shopping with Julian Sprung

This week Evie arrived at livestock wholesaler Carolina Aquatics in North Carolina for their annual event and got to spend some time with reefing legend Julian Sprung at the same time. It’s always interesting to see which corals push people’s…

ReefMat 250 is the Newest and Smallest Roller Filter from Red Sea.

Red Sea has just announced the newest addition to the ReefMat Series of Smart roller filters, the ReefMat 250. Aimed at sump-based reef aquariums up to 250 liters or 65 gallons in volume, the ReefMat 250 is the latest, smaller…

Calling all Citizen Scientists: Help Researchers Listen for the Sounds of a Healthy Coral Reef

Researchers are calling for people to listen to underwater recordings to tell if there are healthy coral reefs present there, or not.  Scientists have hundreds of hours of audio recordings taken from Marine Protected Areas around the world to monitor…

Have Your Say: Comment on Proposed United States Banggai Ban   

In August, the National Marine Fisheries Service proposed a rule under section 4d of the Endangered Species Act that would criminalize the import and export of Banggai Cardinalfish, Pterapogon kauderni, in the United States. While the applicable legal and regulatory…

How and Why to Dose Your Reef Tank

We’re asked more questions on dosing than virtually anything else. Here’s a Beginner’s Guide and our most Frequently Asked Questions on Reef Tank Dosing. What is dosing? Dosing is when you add buffer to your reef tank to keep water…

Ranching – a Different Way to Collect Saltwater Fish for the Aquarium Industry

In the last week, our social media feed lit up with a new term that describes a different way to collect saltwater aquarium fish – Ranching. Spearheaded by Quality Marine in the US and Tropical Marine Centre in the UK,…

How to Aquascape a Reef Aquarium

Once the live rock has been cured and cycled one of the most fun aspects, at least to me, of setting up a new reef tank has finally arrived. Aquascaping a tank, that is designing and positioning the live rock…

Site Sponsors
Supported by:

Listen to the Reef Therapy Podcast

powered by ICP Analysis.