by Tidal Gardens | Jun 14, 2020 | Corals, Reef, Video
This video is all about a group of bottom dwellers affectionately called plate corals. The term “plate corals” refers to a collection of several different corals from the family Fungiidae. In the hobby the most commonly seen varieties are Fungia, Heliofungia, Diaseris, Cycloseris, and Lithophyllon. In all there are around 13 different genera that make up the family Fungiidae. 0:00 Introduction 3:05 Coral Placement 4:26 Substrate 5:20 Lighting 6:29 Water Flow 7:13 Water Chemistry 9:52 Plate Coral Feeding 11:40 Propagation 12:44 Conclusion #tidalgardens #corals #reefaquarium by AquaNerd | Jun 2, 2020 | Equipment
Aqua Illumination will begin shipping the new Nero 5 Fish Guards to stores beginning June 1st, 2020. The fish guard is an add-on accessory designed to protect curious and weaker fish from meeting their demise by swimming or getting sucked into the wavemaker pump. The new guard will also prevent most invertebrates from being killed by the powerful wavemaker pump. Guards will be sold as a separate accessory, however retailers are eligible for a one time no charge (plus shipping) order of guards for any in-store inventory or display units. For a limited time end users in the US who already own a Nero 5 pump may order a no-charge (plus shipping) fish guard from the AquaIllumination parts store on June 1st. The AI Nero 5 wavemaker is by AquaNerd | Jun 1, 2020 | Equipment
Ecotech Marine has some exciting news for all Vortech wavemaker and Vectra pump users but not so fast! Mobius will soon be ready for primetime with all Ecotech products, including EcoSmart Live products currently in use with the ReefLink controllers. No longer will you need to purchase a $99.00 ReefLink accessory to connect Ecotech devices to the internet. Now with a simple app store download, you can seamlessly control all of your Ecotech devices through Mobius. Mobius is very user friendly and super easy to setup. How easy is it you ask? Well, Mobius is so easy that when I installed the 1st device on Mobius I thought to myself, “right, there is no way Installing a Radion Gen 5 is that easy. I must have done something by AquaNerd | May 27, 2020 | Equipment
Orphek just made its official Gen 3 light bars release announcement on Memorial Day and we are here to share the news about this 3 generation OR3 LED lighting source. The OR3 light bars are available in 3 lengths; 24″ (60 cm), 35″ (90 cm ) and 48″ (120 CM). Behind each newly designed lens is a high efficiency 5 watt dual-core LED driven at 50% of max power, for optimal lifespan and PAR performance. Running at 50% power the 5w Dual-Core LEDs run cooler with minimum loss to PAR numbers over the lifespan of the fixture. Also, Orphek states they have improved the lens on the new light bars but their site does not go into specifics on the new lens design but we noticed some subtile differences by ReefBum | May 26, 2020 | Equipment
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