I’ve finally got around to reading What a Fish Knows, by Jonathan Balcombe. Published in 2016, it became a best seller and attracted a wealth of praise from plaudits from the New Yorker to the Dalai Lama. So, what makes it such a great read? I imagine it is quite easy (for a skilled [...]
Alkalinity. The only correct answer to the question: What’s the most important parameter to keep in check in order to grow SPS corals successfully? One can argue that pH, temperature, salinity, or even phosphate levels are more important, however, that is true not only for hard corals but [...]
Last night, as I was working on my videos for this wonderful site, my phone started to blow up. Apparently there is a wave of panic going around on social media sites saying that the Indonesian government has shut down coral export. Check out the official letter from the Indonesian [...]
LED light emitters glittering over a reef tank’s water surface, providing life giving energy to the corals and other photosynthetic animals beneath, is as much of a typical sight nowadays as metal halides hanging over reef aquariums were in the nineties and early 2000s. The debate over the [...]
With the advancement of the internet and our hobby, we are now getting our information faster than ever. No longer are the days of snail mail or looking through books or even email for answers, you can access a plethora of information instantly with just the tips of your fingers. While it’s [...]
I am sitting down with a keyboard in one hand and a glass of ruby liquid in the other to write this short but (I hope) to the point review. I have to admit up front, I truly enjoyed testing the two products that are the topic of this article, for several reasons, all of which I will point out in [...]
It looks like this year will bring an abundance of new products for the aquarium market, and the segment of the industry that will be seeing the lion’s share of fresh innovations is reef-specific LED lights. I’ve been testing one of the newest LED panels for some time and wanted to share with [...]
Testing. An unavoidable curse every aquarium owner must face, a repetitive chore that takes us away from enjoying the life on the other side of the glass, but also a necessity when keeping a successful tank. There’s no better way to achieve and maintain the fine chemical balance in a living reef [...]