Focus on Fish – Yellow Pyramid Butterflyfish
A Butterflyfish in a reef tank? Surely you jest. You see them all the time in videos and photos of natural reefs but fish in this family are typically housed in... Read more.
How to Start a Reef Tank With Live Rock
Live rock is a great way to quickly bring a new reef tank online since it typically comes teaming with life, including beneficial nitrifying bacteria. This typ... Read more.
Is Automatic Monitoring of Calcium & Magnesium Necessary?
A few weeks ago I provided an overview of the GHL KH Director and touched on some reasons why I went with that unit versus others in the marketplace. A primary ... Read more.
Installing a Calcium Reactor Injection Assembly
A number of folks who own Pax Bellum ARID algae reactors have been asking for a how to video on installing a calcium reactor injection assembly, which sends e... Read more.
Product Showcase: GHL KH Director
Over the many years I have been keeping reef tanks I have learned that it is critically important to have stable, rock solid parameters, especially alkalinity. ... Read more.
Top 5 SPS Corals
Taste can very subjective when it comes to selecting eye-catching SPS corals for a reef tank. For me, I am an old school reefer and today I tend to stay away fr... Read more.
Blue Squamosa Clam – A Mollusk With Wow Factor
Years ago when I first entered the hobby, I was mesmerized by a giant blue clam at a LFS. It was about 5 inches and I had never seen a blue clam with that type ... Read more.
Tips on Choosing and Placing SPS
One key to keeping an eye catching SPS dominated reef is to plan ahead and think about what the reef might look like in a year or two when it matures. Do your h... Read more.
Rapid Tissue Necrosis (RTN) – A Reef Keeper’s Nightmare
Your tank is on cruise control and all SPS corals are in a happy zone, growing and thriving like you had always imagined. Then one day the lights come on and yo... Read more.
How to Maximize SPS Polyp Extension – Top 5 Tips
Is good polyp extension necessary if you want to have success with SPS corals? Not necessarily. However, if you dig fuzzy sticks then there are a few things you... Read more.