For this edition of Reefs.com on the road, we headed east of the New York Harbor to attend Long Island Reef Association’s second annual frag swap, an event that brings people from all around the Northeast for a day of coral shopping, frag bartering, learning, and meeting other reef [...]
If you happen to be the owner of a reef aquarium hosting live corals, there’s a good chance you also own a powerhead. If you don’t, well, you better get one (or two, or more…) because there is no reef tank on this planet that looks good without proper water circulation. You simply can’t [...]
This, perhaps, is the longest review I’ve ever written and it’s about a reef food. The founders of Benepets, the company behind the product I am reviewing today, may be surprised that it took me months to write this article, however, there is a good reason for that. First, I am a [...]
The New England Frag Farmers Market, possibly the most unique and biggest reef aquarium show on this side of the Mississippi, came back for its 12th year this March and boy did it come big! Despite the dreadful weather that Saturday morning, people turned out in droves, filling up every [...]
If my memory serves me correctly, my first aquarium was lit by a fluorescent lamp, most likely a fat T12 tube mounted on a shop fixture with no reflector, one that barely put out more useful lumens of light than an ordinary incandescent bulb. A few years later, I went high tech with my first [...]
3/2/19 to be exact. Hosted by the good folks at The E.O Smith High School Coral Project, this unique show is coming back to Storrs, CT, so save the date and prepare for an amazing show. We will be there documenting the event, don’t hesitate to stop by and say hello. Just [...]
I am going to make it easy for you this time around. If you just stumbled upon this review while researching an emergency device that may one day save the life of your aquarium inhabitants, or you simply like reading my reefs.com reviews (thank you :), I have only four words to say to you: [...]
Breaking news- the Aqua Illumination family of reef aquarium LED fixtures will soon welcome its newest member, a pink dressed sibling of the highly popular nano light AI Prime. Yes, AI is going into the red side of the spectrum with the all-new Prime Fuge, the company’s first fully [...]