Photographing corals never gets old. They are like human irises in that each individual one is unique, unlike any other from the same species or, in many instances, even from the same colony. Take zoanthids for example- observe any colony of these beloved soft corals...
Walking down the long, aquamarine-hued aisles of the Reefapalooza 2019 New York show floor, one can get overwhelmed by the sheer number of vendors representing all different branches of the aquarium industry. Some are ordinary and down to business, some features a...
The Italian manufacturer Hydor needs no introduction; anyone that has been in the hobby long enough has stumbled upon a piece of their extensive collection of aquarium equipment at some point in their reefing life(Koralia, anyone?). Their catalog expanded recently...
True story: the AquaticLife booth was my absolute first stop at the 2019 Reefapalooza New York show. Reason- I wanted to see, in the flesh or, well, aluminum, the successor of the widely popular Hybrid T5 Light that the company introduced a few years ago, and found...
I regard reef shows as an excellent practice ground for macro reef photography and when it comes to the abundance of photographic subjects, it can’t get better than Reefapalooza. The first day of the show, I took only straight up macro pictures, using a Nikon DSLR...
For this edition of Reefs.com on the road, we headed east of the New York Harbor to attend Long Island Reef Association’s second annual frag swap, an event that brings people from all around the Northeast for a day of coral shopping, frag bartering, learning, and...
If you happen to be the owner of a reef aquarium hosting live corals, there’s a good chance you also own a powerhead. If you don’t, well, you better get one (or two, or more…) because there is no reef tank on this planet that looks good without proper water...
This, perhaps, is the longest review I’ve ever written and it’s about a reef food. The founders of Benepets, the company behind the product I am reviewing today, may be surprised that it took me months to write this article, however, there is a good reason for that....
The New England Frag Farmers Market, possibly the most unique and biggest reef aquarium show on this side of the Mississippi, came back for its 12th year this March and boy did it come big! Despite the dreadful weather that Saturday morning, people turned out in...
If my memory serves me correctly, my first aquarium was lit by a fluorescent lamp, most likely a fat T12 tube mounted on a shop fixture with no reflector, one that barely put out more useful lumens of light than an ordinary incandescent bulb. A few years later, I went...