by Afishionado | Aug 2, 2017 | Equipment, Opinion, Supplements
On the 5th day, the Aquarist discovered GFO, and found that it was Good. On the 6th day, however, the Aquarist discovered Aquamaxx Phosphate Out Pro…..and found that it was BETTER. Like many reef enthusiasts, I run GFO in my aquarium to help with phosphate... by Admin | Jul 28, 2017 | Conservation, Opinion, Science
A number of countries have now banned, or indicate that they will ban, plastic microbeads, the pesky little pieces of plastic that are used as exfoliants and scrubs in cosmetics.… by Afishionado | Jul 19, 2017 | Industry, Opinion, Technology
Over the weekend, I had the pleasure of hanging out with many respected individuals in the reef aquarium hobby, as well as one of our industry’s pioneer-legends, who has paved the way for everything we do now: Julian Sprung of Two Little Fishies. Â … by Marcin Smok | May 27, 2017 | Equipment, Industry, Opinion
Remember the days when automatic top off systems were in their operational infancy and largely unknown to the aquarium-keeping masses? When we had to regularly haul gallons of freshwater, manually replenishing what evaporated from the tank to maintain the stable... by Marcin Smok | May 24, 2017 | Equipment, Opinion, Tanks, Technology
Aquarium keeping as an industry has been growing steadily for the past decade and we are witnessing new inventions, as well as updates to well-known products being unveiled on a regular... by AquaNerd | May 15, 2017 | Events, Opinion, Reef
WWC – please send this to me! The guys from Worldwide Corals have done it again with the best Reefapalooza Orlando show I have attended.  In it’s 4th year in Orlando, this was, in my humble opinion, the best run show we have ever been to and I’ve had the pleasure of attending all four Orlando shows as a vendor. When we arrived, the Reefapalooza crew greeted us a the back entrance and within about 20 minutes they had the contents of our truck and trailer unloaded and delivered to our 20′ x 10′ booth.  Our thanks go out to the RAP staff that helped us get our gear into the convention center and bring water to our booth for our coral and Tahitian Maxima clam display.  Well
