by Tidal Gardens | Mar 23, 2020 | Reef, Video
http://www.tidalgardens.com Tidal Gardens takes a visit to Will’s place to get an update on his 275-gallon Reef Savvy Tank. It is a shallow water SPS reef primarily using the Aquaforest line of products to achieve an ultra low nutrient system. In this video we take a look at the growth of his corals compared to last time and also cover some changes he made to the equipment running this system. #tidalgardens #coral #reeftank Video: Camera Gear List on Amazon Canon C200 Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS macro Canon EF MP-E 65mm f/2.8 macro Sigma Art 18-35mm f/1.8 Free Fly Movi Pro Stabilizer Kessler Crane Motorized Slider Copyright Information: This video was shot and edited by Tidal Gardens. Tidal Gardens owns all intellectual property rights to this content.
by AquaNerd | Jan 16, 2020 | Equipment, Reef, Science
Ecotech Marine is one of the most well know and popular brands in the aquarium hobby and they just started shipping their two new Versa dosing pumps. These new dosing pumps will be the first devices used with the new Mobius platform. About Mobius Mobius is a brand new control platform that Ecotech Marine has been hard at work building for several years, and now it is ready for use with the newly released Versa Dosing pumps. Ecotech has planned ahead so you will soon be able to use Mobius with Vortech pumps, Vectra pumps and Radion LED lights but they are being conservative on the roll out so for now, the new Versa pumps will be the only products able to connect to the platform right
by ReefBum | Oct 17, 2019 | Equipment, Reef, Science
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by Afishionado | Sep 7, 2019 | Equipment, MACNA, Video
MACNA – the Marine Aquarium Conference of North America 2019 – just happened a few days ago and hurricane or no hurricane, we were there to cover it all. For this video, we checked out the whole show floor to show you guys all the hottest equipment and...
by ReefBum | Jul 26, 2019 | Equipment
Reef keepers have long debated whether the constant use of a UV sterlizer is helpful or harmful to a saltwater reef tank. In essence, a UV sterilizer has a UV bulb in a water tight compartment that will kill or zap undesirables in the water that pass through the unit. Undesirables include free floating algae spores, parasites and troublesome bacteria such as heterotrophic bacteria, which are considered “scavenger” bacteria and can bloom, causing cloudy water. To UV or Not to UV? A UV will not kill beneficial bacteria that are in the sand bed and live rock since they are not free floating. However, the key question is whether the sterilizer will also kill free floating microorganisms that are beneficial to corals? Are the benefits worth this