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Monday Archives: Fluorescence Photography at MACNA: What is coral fluorescence?
As I was sorting through photographs to be featured in the second part of this series, which at this point is shaping up to be four-part strong, I was also contemplating how to accompany them with a side dish of meaningful writing. The end result is a complete...
Monday Archives: Zoanthids in their Natural Environment
Every reefkeeper's desire is to someday see the corals that we love and care for at home out in their natural environment. Sometimes, these ecosystems are drastically different from the conditions we recreate in our home aquariums. I had the opportunity to learn just...
Monday Archives: 2018 Reefapalooza New York: The Eye Candies Part II
Welcome back to another episode of my ongoing series, “The Eye Candies”, where I explore the diversity of corals brought by vendors to the 2018 Reefapalooza New York show. Every time I attend a show of this scale, I get an injection of inspiration to photograph corals.…
New Stuff: Easy Reefs Easy Masstick
I was introduced to Easy Reefs Masstick food 2 years ago and since then, it has been one of my favorite fish foods on the market and the go-to solution for finicky fish that just can’t wean themselves off frozen foods. In fact, this stick-to- everything reef playdough...
New Stuff: Ice Cap Coral Frag Transport Container & Magnetic Frag Tray Mount
Any self-respecting coral farmer/frag collector that has attended a coral swap or show understands that the first step in caring for his/her newly-acquired animals is to safely get them to their destination. There have been countless means of transportation solutions...
Reef Breeders Photon V2+ LED Light: The Definitive Review
"You get what you pay for". We know that sentence all too well and our emotional response to the phrase is universally a negative one. But is it really fair to dismiss something just because its price seems “too good to be true”? Not always. According to...
Yesteryear in Images Part 1: Best New Tech
Doesn’t 2019 feel especially nostalgic? If not for the predictable boredom of everyday life- wake up, go to work, come back, feed yourself, feed your fish, sleep, repeat- then definitely because we all don’t know when we can go back to live those blissfully ignorant...
Aquatic Life DX18 Hybrid Light- The Definitive Review
The light I am about to review showed up on the radar sometime last year and I had an opportunity to see it in person while attending 2019 ReefAPalooza in New York. New Jersey to be accurate, but only a short kayak trip across the Hudson River from New York. It’s...
Cobalt Aquatics MicroVue 3 Aquarium Kit: A Definitive Review
It’s April 3, 2020 and I am currently in Brooklyn, NY. Some day in the future, when you read this and follow that timestamp and location on the map you’ll probably deduce that I had a lot of free time on my hands. Let me tell you something, I do. Stuck home during a...