Austin Lefevre
  • Austin Lefevre

    Austin Lefevre founded and owns Aqua Box, a group of passionate professionals who bring unique aquarium systems to fruition worldwide and offer fully quarantined and conditioned fishes to the US retail market. Austin has been a bonafide fish nerd for his entire life. When the kids in elementary school were reading Dr. Seuss, Austin was reading Jacques Cousteau. He's been in the aquarium industry since 2002 working in local fish stores, coral farms, and headed up a fish breeding program. He's been an avid SCUBA diver since the age of 12 and consistently seeks new aquatic adventures.

Recent Content

Monday Archives: Insane Hyper Yellow Hammer

Monday Archives: Insane Hyper Yellow Hammer

It's no secret among my reefing peers that I'm a Euphyllia nut. I just love them. The variety of colors, the movement, fairly quick growth... what's not to love! So yesterday when I stopped by Cherry Corals it was no surprise that they led me straight to check out...

Monday Archives: Outdoor Mangrove Refugium

Monday Archives: Outdoor Mangrove Refugium

Most reefers have heard of Spectrum fish food, made by New Life International, Inc. Seasoned reefers may know that the founder and owner is Pablo Tepoot. Pablo has been keeping fish since well before I was born, working with freshies and salties. Back in the '90s I...

Monday Archives: The Value of a Fish

Monday Archives: The Value of a Fish

It's a fish eat fish world out there. Wild fishes face daunting lives in nature; everything in the ocean either wants to eat you or outcompete you for territory or mates. Collection for the aquarium is only the beginning of a hectic and stressful time in their lives....

Coral Buying Guide for Beginners

Coral Buying Guide for Beginners

By Austin Lefevre You're considering getting into the reef keeping hobby. You've done your due diligence in selecting an appropriately size aquarium with equipment to keep animals thriving. You've selected the color of your stand and perhaps a matching canopy. You've...

Stability Promotes Success

Stability Promotes Success

By Austin Lefevre Most questions surrounding coral husbandry are in regard to ideal reef parameters. When dealing with parameters in our reef aquaria one notion holds true across all coral species: stability promotes success. Infamous reefer Greg Carrol even used this...