Those of you that follow me on social media handles know that I deal with chronically low pH in my aquariums. To combat this, I do many things: bring extra air into the sump with an air stone, airline tubing to the skimmer's air intake line, kalkwasser, algae scrubber on 24 hours, all without much [...]
I love aquaculture and the advancement of captive breeding. It means we take less from the wild and and are making a conscious effort to make the hobby much more sustainable; it's better for the environment and takes ammunition away from those people that are anti hobby. Recently, Biota Aquariums, [...]
Once in a blue moon do you get to see a Maxima with coloration like this. Pacific East Aquacultures Two-Faced Maxima is a one in a million clam for sure. This wild specimen is from French Polynesia. I've seen only a handful on the wholesale side. AquaNerd covered ReefKoi's had to been my [...]
Here is a very troubling story out of Malaysia. According to The Star Online, a group of nine Vietnamese fishermen were arrested for illegally harvesting dozens of giant clams whose combined weight totalled nearly 20 metric tons (almost 44,000 pounds). The arrest is reportedly the first of its [...]
Recently I was asked to use and review a couple of products that are manufactured by Polyp Lab, a marine aquarium supplement manufacturer that is located to the north, in Canada and according to their "About Us" page found on the web site, create products for the advanced aquarist and are " (a [...]
