Monday Archives: Flash, or not to Flash?
While it may sound like the perverted thoughts of a flasher, it really has to do with reefkeeping. The reefkeeping hobby often leads to new related hobbies. For... Read more.
LED Lighting Tests: Orphek LEDs, Ecoray, and HALO MX80
By Sanjay Joshi
The offering of LEDs for the reef aquarium market continue to grow. It seems like almost every week a new lighting fixture is being introduced o... Read more.
LEDs on a 500 Gallon Reef
It’s been 2 years now since I started the LED experiment on my 500G reef. I replaced my 3 400W Metal Halides with EcoTech Marine 8 Radion G2 pro LEDs and ... Read more.
Dr. Sanjay Joshi: The Man Behind the Photons
This past July, Reefs Magazine editors Jonathan Hale and Randy Donowitz had the opportunity to sit down with Sanjay Joshi at his home and office in State Colleg... Read more.
The Odd Couple (A. percula “Onyx” x A. ocellaris “Darwin”)
By Sanjay Joshi
Even after nearly 17 years of reef keeping, the hobby still never gets old. There is always something new, or untried that grabs my attention an... Read more.
Photographing Fluorescence in Aquarium Corals
By Sanjay Joshi
Every reef hobbyist is awed by the magic of coral fluorescence where spectacular colors mysteriously appear and transform the corals into fluor... Read more.
Courtship and Possible Spawning of the Candy Basslet (Liopropoma carmabi)
By Sanjay Joshi
The Candy Basslet (Liopropoma carmabi) has long been one of my favorite fish ever since I saw one in my friend Greg Schiemer’s tank several ye... Read more.
Macro Photography for Coral Reef Aquariums
By Sanjay Joshi
Macro, or close up pictures of coral provide incredible images with intricate patterns, color and texture that cannot be seen easily with the na... Read more.
Anatomy of a Disaster: Part I
By Sanjay Joshi
Last year turned out to be a very trying time for my 500G Reef. The tank has been setup and running since late 2006, and over the years has run ... Read more.
Anatomy of a Disaster II
By Sanjay Joshi
In an earlier article I described my battles with the RTN (Rapid Tissue Necrosis) issues that led to the devastation of about 1/3rd of my Acropo... Read more.