SPS or small polyp stony corals are typically found in the shallow parts of our world’s coral reefs in areas with intense light and turbulent water. These corals have calcium carbonate skeletons and a thin layer of living tissue with polyps.…
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How to Live Stream With an Elgato Cam Link 4K Video Card
I have done a lot of live streaming over the years to share video of my 187 gallon fish tank and in doing so I have used several different video capture cards. When I switched to a Sony a7 III Full-Frame Mirrorless Camera I ran into some compatibility issues with the card I was using at the time so it was time to find an alternative solution.…
Doser Pump Maintenance Tips
Equipment maintenance is very important and I really try to be diligent and keep up with it. If you let it slide then breakdowns or malfunctions are inevitable. It is especially important to keep up with the required maintenance for a peristaltic dosing pump.…
Tips on How to Remove Detritus
In the reef keeping hobby the word ‘detritus’ is a dirty word, literally. Detritus is dead organic matter such as fragments of dead organisms or fish waste that can collect on the bottom of a tank.…
A Reef in a Rubbermaid? Why it’s Important to Keep Live Rock Alive
Is it possible to keep live rock and have a captive reef in a Rubbermaid tub? Yes, maybe, and no ? It all depends on the types of critters.
About ten months ago I was faced with a dilemma. I had 20-25 pounds of Haitian live rock I needed to remove from my 75 gallon frag tank, but I did not have a spare tank.…
SPS Deep Dive: Acropora millepora
There are so many eye catching SPS corals in this hobby but beauty, as the saying goes, is in the eye of the beholder. Some might dig Acropora tenuis corals while others are into Acropora tortuosas. I do like many varieties of SPS but if I had to pick one group it would be Acropora milleporas.…
CoralVue Releases New IceCap 4K Gyre Flow Pump
CoralVue Aquarium Products has released the IceCap 4K Gyre Flow Pump as well as a 2K model, the latest versions of its Gyre pump. According to CoralVue, these pumps are now WiFi compatible and are more powerful than their predecessors.…
SPS Deep Dive – Tubbs Stellata Monti
When I look for SPS corals to add to my reef tank I typically consider a few things. One, how hardy is it and can it easily adapt to different conditions in a tank such as lighting, nutrient levels, alkalinity, etc?…
DIY Homemade Fish Food
For a number of years I have been feeding fish in my reef tank prepared food from a coral and fish food manufacturer. It is high quality stuff and certainly very easy to feed. Crack off a piece of the frozen food, mix it with some tank water and disperse it in the tank.…
5 Money Saving Reef Tank Tips During COVID-19
These are obviously very difficult times and many, many people are already feeling the pinch financially or will be impacted within the next few months. Reef keeping can be an expensive hobby and some may consider taking a sabbatical to save some bucks.…