I want to reintroduce an old, forgotten, but incredibly effective and safe technology back to the hobby. In this video, I’ll show you guys a different type of denitrifier that utilizes bacteria ‘fueled’ by methanol (sorry had to) that will eat away at the nitrates to convert them [...]
It seems that every diving destination I visit boasts an ‘Anemone City’ or ‘Nemo City’ somewhere within reach of its boats or on its house reef. I think it’s something to tick of the list of ‘things dive centers must be able to offer.’ It’s [...]
With the success of the first Bula Buddies book under his belt, Walt Smith is hard at work on its sequel. The story has three main characters: an educated leader we call Simeon, a strong young lady called Heidi who has special skills, and Seeker… a courageous scout who is always on the [...]
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 high tech with my first [...]
By Keith Berkelhamer, Owner of ReefBum, LLC, & Tristan Wilson, Owner of Pax Bellum, LLC Keeping Chaeto in an algae reactor such as a Pax Bellum ARID is a great way to control nutrients and increase water clarity in a reef tank. It also balances pH by taking up excess CO2 and increases [...]
A piece of research published in the journal Marine Biology asked just that question. A student, Jacob Eurich from UC Santa Barbara, was studying damsels in the Coral Triangle region, Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea to be exact, when he made some interesting [...]
I am going to make it easy for you this time around. If you just stumbled upon this review while researching an emergency device that may one day save the life of your aquarium inhabitants, or you simply like reading my reefs.com reviews (thank you :), I have only four words to say to you: [...]
I find pomacanthids, a genus of large angelfish, to be some of the most engaging fish to be around; they have a way of cruising around the reef and exploring their surroundings that suggests a great degree of awareness and even intelligence. They are naturally wary of diver,s and underwater [...]