Tips on Macro Photography For Reef Tanks
Reef keeping is an art form and this art can be brought to life when using macro photography to expose the rich and infinite details in coral and other reef t... Read more.
Focus on Fish – Masked Swallowtail Angelfish
So you have a reef tank and you also have an affinity for keeping marine angelfish, a potentially bad combination since many angelfish have a reputation for sna... Read more.
SPS Deep Dive – ORA Pearlberry
Given its vivid coloration, the ORA Pearlberry is a must have coral for many SPS collectors. When it first came out it generated a lot of excitement and I was s... Read more.
Going Skimmerless – An Experiment
For the last 4 weeks I have been running my 187 gallon reef tank without a skimmer as sort of an experiment. A few months ago I lost a number of corals due to w... Read more.
The Pluses & Minuses of Using Activated Carbon
Activated carbon is a porous form of carbon that can be used to absorb or remove dissolved organics that give water its yellow tint. Removing these materials wi... Read more.
Hanna HI736 Phosphorous ULR Checker: Tips For Accuracy
Recently I had been having issues getting some consistent and, I believe, accurate readings with my Hanna HI736 Phosphorous Ultra Low Range Checker. Here are so... Read more.
SPS Corals: Up Close and Personal
A while ago I blogged about how you can shoot macro videos without a macro lens, providing a step by step guide on this neat procedure. Recently, I purchased a... Read more.
How I Averted a Complete Tank Crash
AÂ few months ago my tank was spiraling downhill pretty quickly, as I was mysteriously losing a large number of corals, including many LPS colonies and SPS frag... Read more.
Designing a Plumbing Roadmap For a Reef Tank
When starting a reef tank it is always a great idea to lay out your plans for how you want to plumb together or connect all of your equipment. I call it a plumb... Read more.
Focus on Fish – Leopard Wrasse
Some reef keepers out there are considered wrasse guys or gals and feature as many of these beautiful creatures as they can in their reef tanks. I don’t consi... Read more.