I've had many tanks. More than I ever needed. I simply could not decide if I want a small tank, a mid-size tank, an as large as the floor structure can handle tank, or no tank at all. I went through all these phases until I settled on the reef aquarium I currently...
Never ever in my time as a hobbyist blogger writing about aquarium-related topics have I finished, redacted, and submitted a post for publication only to throw it into [virtual] trash and start all over, but I came to a conclusion that current events reflect the need...
Trimming the coral garden to keep its inhabitants in tip-top shape is by far the best part of tank maintenance a successful reefkeping aficionado performs on a regular basis. Fragging corals brings joy to one’s face, whether the purpose of such a task is to transplant...
At a certain time in the future, you will suffer from reefer's boredom. It’s inevitable, everyone goes through it... and the reasons are many - the tank is doing too good and you don’t want to change anything in fear of it crashing, or the tank crapped out and you...
The next iteration of the legendary Ecotech Radion reef aquarium light is (almost) here! The 5th generation of the highly regarded powerhouse of a fixture is perhaps Ecotech's most ambitious leap forward since the G1 saw the light of day back in 2011. Throughout the...
Fluorescence is an amazing natural phenomenon and one of the main reasons so many of us reef aquarists got hooked into keeping reef aquariums at home. When illuminated with black light, corals transform into these otherworldly creatures, glowing in the dark in a...
Rossmont cofounder Mattia Montin and I first talked about the company's upcoming big release, an AC powered, controllable skimmer line, a year ago. So I was pleased to visit their MACNA 2019 booth, and see the two production models with my own eyes- the smaller X250,...
In the last edition of Fluorescence Photography: MACNA Edition, I tried to shine some light on the topic of coral fluorescence- what it is, how does it manifest itself in corals and what’s the difference between this phenomenon and other forms of naturally occurring...
It’s sad to say goodbye to big show picture taking for the year, but I am going to look back at it as one of the best, if not the best, year for the aquarium industry. New people are increasingly interested in owning a reef tank, the knowledge base grew at a...
Planet Aquarium is known for making impressively large custom aquariums and matching filtration systems, but the company also manufactures quite a few standard-sized aquariums, on top of which stands the ultra-premium Crystaline series. I had a chance to see the...