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  • Danilo Ronchi, aka DaniReef, is a hydraulic engineer from Italy and one of Europe’s leading reefkeeping voices. His passion for marine aquariums and photography led him to publish his first book “Marine Aquarium” in 2013, and since 2007 he has run DaniReef.com, the leading reefkeeping magazine in Italy. With more than 4,000 articles, technical reviews, event coverage, and in-depth photo reportages, DaniReef has become a trusted international reference for hobbyists and professionals. Today, he proudly collaborates with Reefs.com to share his knowledge with an even wider global audience

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Elos SVM: the perfect granular feed for marine fish

Elos SVM: the perfect granular feed for marine fish

For many years I've been using Elos SVM feed in my marine aquarium. I never wrote an article, but it's one of the feeds I always recommend, and it's time to do it justice. As I always repeat, granular food is produced at lower temperatures then all other feeds except...

Synchiropus in marine aquarium: how many and why?

Synchiropus in marine aquarium: how many and why?

Synchiropus splendidus - mandarinfish We started to discuss about family of fish with the surgeonfish, today we introduce another beautiful species: the Synchiropus. Introduction I've always loved aquariums full of fish, looking into them makes you feel as if you were...

Surgeonfish in Marine Aquariums: How Many and Why?

Surgeonfish in Marine Aquariums: How Many and Why?

Acanthurus leucosternon I've always loved aquariums full of fish; it looks like you are diving in tropical seas. I've always had a lot of them, and I know that the most important thing is knowing which ones you can insert and give a good life to. In the end, it's all...

Monday Archives: Pietro Romano’s Incredible Marine Aquarium

Monday Archives: Pietro Romano’s Incredible Marine Aquarium

During the meeting of Goccia Nera in the last days of May at Gallarate, not so far from Milano, I had the chance to meet my friend Pietro Romano and to take some pictures of his wonderful aquarium. The aquarium measures 250x80x70cm and 1.400 liters, or 66x21x18.5...

Orphek Atlantik iCon in our DaniReef LAB: power and control

Orphek Atlantik iCon in our DaniReef LAB: power and control

Orphek has updated its best ceiling light with lots of changes and, in particular, more power. Come and discover it in our DaniReef LAB. The light is almost completely different. Aesthetically, there's a difference in the shell: on the top, with the ceiling light off,...

Ozone in marine aquarium, when does it make sense?

Ozone in marine aquarium, when does it make sense?

Ozone (whose chemical formula is O3), is an oxygen allotropic form with a peculiar garlic smell. Its molecules, as you can understand from its formula, is made of three atoms of oxygen. So, why do we talk about it? Let's see the pros and cons of its use in aquarium....

How to measure KH automatically: Kh keeper Plus Review

How to measure KH automatically: Kh keeper Plus Review

We finally have in our hands the new KH keeper Plus by Reef Factory, the continuous KH monitoring system for marine aquariums, that we tested thoroughly. KH keeper is a KH meter, extremely compact, that doesn't require any other device to work. Reef Factory says that...

AquaEl Ultra Heater 200 – Review and Video

AquaEl Ultra Heater 200 – Review and Video

We talked about it some weeks ago and now finally we have in our hands: the new AquaEL Ultra Heater 200, the heater with variable power. This new heater, made of thermoplastic material, has a particularly interesting new modality: Smart Heating System. The peculiarity...

Silbermann Aquaristik and Plankton Plus: a new discovery

Silbermann Aquaristik and Plankton Plus: a new discovery

We didn't know about Silbermann Aquaristik or PlanktonPlus before Interzoo: they're companies with very interesting products and beautiful corals. Silbermann Aquaristik, as the name suggests, is a German company from Pyrbaum, south of Nuremberg, so they were basically...