Earlier this year, I interviewed Scott Crowe of OSA Corals and in that live interview, I boldly stated my mission statement for this year. For those of you who have not seen the interview, my mission for this year was to highlight aquaculture and conservation (what we...
This was an extremely painful experience and lesson for me. I don't really want to write about it because it's still so fresh on my mind, but I want people to learn from my mistakes and hopefully it help prevent heartaches for others. It's definitely something that...
As Charlie Veron is the Godfather of Corals, Julian Sprung is the undisputed godfather of our reefkeeping hobby. This man is single-handedly responsible for many great advancements and innovations, and has spent decades advocating for our hobby. As founder of Two...
During this year's MACNA, Kessil finally released the highly anticipated successor to their wildly popular 360 series. I met up with my friend David Lowry of Kessil to learn everything about this amazing new light from Kessil. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/4cJ50IY2mGU...
I try not to put any personal or biased opinions in blogs much as possible because I like to present facts, numbers, and science but for this one, I am going to make an exception, with the hope of swaying people's minds. With that said, here we go! Opinion: It is my...
I love creative young people (yes, I am pretty old). I love how they come up with fresh and innovative ideas and how they incorporate with things that are both practical and bleeding new in technology. For this video, we are moving to our final MASNA Scholarship award...
Before we begin, I just want to put a disclaimer that there is no reef safe medicine that completely eradicates the parasites that are found in the marine aquarium hobby, and having a quarantine system that quarantines anything wet is the only 100% effective way to...
We often read about certain rare fish that are found in the deep depths of the ocean, and we can't help but marvel at the beauty of the fish, the mysteries of the ocean, and how little we know about what goes on down there. A famous example of this occured just last...
For this video, we are moving from tanks to the winner of the MASNA 2018 Graduate Student Scholarship, Michael Connelly. Michael is pursuing his PhD in Marine Biology and Ecology at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science at the University of Miami....
These days, a plethora of digital salinity monitors/devices are available on the market. From controller companies offering probes for our controllers to great testing companies like Hanna and Milwaukee (which has been my trusty go to salinity monitor for years) there...