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Perfect Conditions on a Red Sea Reef

by | Mar 28, 2018 | Photography

Anyone that reads my blog posts has probably come across my photos from the Red Sea.  It’s such an excellent location for me, being less than six hours flight time from home and having a well-established dive industry that provides diving at some world-class...

Rhodactis Mushrooms! Great for beginners and high end coral collectors!

by | Mar 16, 2018 | Corals, Video

The Rhodactis genus of mushrooms corallimorphs are arguably the most diverse mushrooms in the reef aquarium hobby. They can range in size from the 1” Tonga bullseye varieties to gigantic 18” elephants ear mushrooms. In addition, they have some of the most diverse color combinations as well as textures. If you can imagine a color combination, there is probably a Rhodactis out there that fits the bill. Music: Tracks: “Night Cave” Artist: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) License Terms: Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 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.

SPS Corals: Up Close and Personal

by | Mar 8, 2018 | Photography, Video

A while ago I blogged about how you can shoot macro videos without a macro lens, providing a step by step guide on this neat procedure. Recently, I purchased a Blackmagic Design Video Assist Recorder to help me shoot ultra close-up videos using a Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro Lens on my Canon EOS 5D Mark III. The detail I captured on the SPS corals in my 187 gallon reef tank was amazing! <![CDATA[#wrapper .fusion-button.button-1{text-shadow:none;-webkit-box-shadow:none;-moz-box-shadow:none;box-shadow: none;border-width:1px;color:#105378;border-color:#105378;}#wrapper .fusion-button.button-1:hover,.fusion-button.button-1:focus,.fusion-button.button-1:active{border-width:1px;border-color:#105378;color:#105378;}#wrapper .fusion-button.button-1{background: #

Care Tips for Clove Polyps

by | Mar 1, 2018 | Corals, Reef, Video

Today’s coral spotlight video is about Clove Polyps of the Genus Clavularia. Clove polyps can be a versatile addition to a number of different tanks. They could work in smaller aquariums looking for a coral to provide motion that is not particularly aggressive to neighbors nor will outgrow the tank in a month. On the other end of the spectrum, you could use the blue clove variety of this coral that runs rampant to create a beautiful blue background for your other corals. I could see this coral working for either beginners or experts in the hobby depending on what they are looking to accomplish. Can you come up with other ways that clove polyps can be used in a reef tank? Post your thoughts below. Music: Tracks: “Groove Grove” Artist: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) License Terms: Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 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 Copyright Information: This video was shot and edited by Tidal Gardens. Tidal Gardens owns all intellectual property rights to this content.

How I Averted a Complete Tank Crash

by | Feb 27, 2018 | Tanks

A few months ago my tank was spiraling downhill pretty quickly, as I was mysteriously losing a large number of corals, including many LPS colonies and SPS frags. I probably lost 50% of my corals and the ones remaining were not looking good. Common symptoms among the SPS were burnt tips, recession and expulsion of some sort of slime. Polyps on the LPS were retracted and on some the skin was shedding. Things were going to hell in a handbasket very quickly. My parameters seemed ok according to my test kits but something was going on that I had never seen before. I needed to take a closer look so I ordered some Triton ICP tests to get a detailed look at all of the tank’s elements