For this episode of MACNA 2019 Orlando Coverage, I’m checking back on Aquaforest, the Polish company that entered the American markets a few years ago with their extensive line of saltwater aquarium-oriented products, to see what new goodies they are bringing over the Atlantic to spoil us with [...]
Migrating Reefs, State of Tortola reefs and Stay Salty but Don't be Salty! This week we are back in the studio and catch up on all that is going on, Jeremy has a Return Pump and made a solid choice, Peter is back from vacation and ready to take on his tank with all his techy toys and a new idea. [...]
“I seldom use the term ‘revolutionary’ but I think this is a truly revolutionary method of replenishing calcium and alkalinity all at once in our reef aquarium.” – Lou Ekus on CalboCalcium at Reef A Palooza Orlando 2019. I first heard of Calbo-Calcium from [...]
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. First, I am a lazy person, [...]
Supreme Liquid Salt is a new salt made in Italy by Oceanlife. Marine salt is one of the basic components of marine aquariums and choosing the right salt is an important first step in keeping your reef aquarium. As Oceanlife proclaims: “You don’t have to choose between various qualities and [...]
What? Dosing nitrates to get rid of cyano? A common piece of advice when battling Cyanobacteria or cyano is to lower nutrients since cyano can be fueled by high phosphates or nitrates (cyano can also pop up due to elevated organics). So wouldn’t it be counter-intuitive to raise one of these [...]
Of the many products I received from Fauna Marin to be evaluated, I decided to choose a seemingly boring one, called Multi Reference, to be featured first. The reason behind my pick is this: I see Multi Reference as a uniquely distinct product that can replace several others available on the market [...]
Before we begin, I just want to put a disclaimer that there is no reef safe medicine that completely eradicates the parasites that are found in the marine aquarium hobby, and having a quarantine system that quarantines anything wet is the only 100% effective way to not introduce any unwanted pests [...]