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Member of the Month: LeslieS

Member of the Month: LeslieS

Manhattan Reefs member LeslieS sits down with RM for a chat backstage at a fashion week show. RM: Where did you grow up? LS: #1 Only House on Long Gravel Road Small Towns Everywhere, USA My town was actually too small to be a town. We were a village. Three villages...

Member of the Month: LeslieS

Member of the Month: LeslieS

Manhattan Reefs member LeslieS sits down with RM for a chat backstage at a fashion week show. RM: Where did you grow up? LS: #1 Only House on Long Gravel Road Small Towns Everywhere, USA My town was actually too small to be a town. We were a village. Three villages...

Featured Aquarist: Jason Edward

Featured Aquarist: Jason Edward

Photography and article by Jonathan Hale RM: How many years in the hobby do you have, first as a hobbyist, then as a professional. JE: I’ve been a hobbyist for about 11 years, and actually in the business for 5. RM: Where does your sexy accent come from? JE: It’s a...

Featured Aquarist: Jason Edward

Featured Aquarist: Jason Edward

Photography and article by Jonathan Hale RM: How many years in the hobby do you have, first as a hobbyist, then as a professional. JE: I’ve been a hobbyist for about 11 years, and actually in the business for 5. RM: Where does your sexy accent come from? JE: It’s a...

Product Review: Floodstop

Product Review: Floodstop

By Jonathan Hale “Murphy’s Law” often rears its ugly head in the reefkeeping world and as most of you have heard ad nauseum, “If something can go wrong it will." One common and unfortunate problem is water going places you don’t want it to go. This was the impetus...

Member of the Month: Devious

Member of the Month: Devious

MRM catches up with Phil aka Philly in the boogie down Bronx So how did the name Devious come about? The name Devious originated back around 1986 from my graffiti days. It pretty much fit my personality. When throwing up a quick tag, I abbreviated it to “DVS” which...

Going Green

Going Green

Article and photography by Jonathan Hale When I set up my first reef tank sixteen years ago gas was 95 cents a gallon, heating oil was 50 cents a gallon, and electricity in New York City was a mere 12 cents per kilowatt. New York had been recycling for just three...