Why Larval Pods are Better for Seeding (Even If You Can’t See Them) Copepods (pods) are essentially required for any reef aquarium. They perform three important ecological tasks: (1) Graze on benthic Read More about Why Larval Pods are Better for Seeding (Even If You Can’t See Them)
When to Choose Poseidon’s Feast Back in “the day,” to acquire a seed culture of copepods, aquarists would typically have to resort to scooping a couple cups of gravel Read More about When to Choose Poseidon’s Feast
4 Great Saltwater Aquarium Substrates Sure, maybe substrates are the last thing we dream about when we’re planning our next big tank build. Maybe some of us quite frankly Read More about 4 Great Saltwater Aquarium Substrates
Pom Pom Macro as a Replacement for Chaeto? It appears that the chaeto macroalgae (Chaetomorpha spp.) has become what Caulerpa was around the turn of the millennium: The Read More about Pom Pom Macro as a Replacement for Chaeto?
CADE Reef 1800 S2: Ultimate Aquarium System, Ultimate Value Over the last three years, the aquarium industry has witnessed huge advancements in so-called All-In-One aquarium system design and Read More about CADE Reef 1800 S2: Ultimate Aquarium System, Ultimate Value
Three Great Hacks for AlgaeBarn Simple Brine For about a century, brine shrimp (Artemia spp.) have been among the most important of all aquarium foods. Not only are they extremely Read More about Three Great Hacks for AlgaeBarn Simple Brine
A Look at the NEW OceanMagik It’s amazing how much has changed in the reef aquarium hobby since 2012. During that time, we’ve seen a surge of aquarium info Read More about A Look at the NEW OceanMagik
Corals in a Box of Water: Creating a Natural Reef Tank We’ve come a long, long way in advancing natural marine aquarium keeping. Those of us who started out in the 80’s with barren Read More about Corals in a Box of Water: Creating a Natural Reef Tank
Reef Now: Financing Your New CADE Aquarium System No one said that reef aquarium keeping is a cheap addiction (hey, at least it’s a healthy one!). The hobby is rife with stories of Read More about Reef Now: Financing Your New CADE Aquarium System
Why EcoPods are the Best Live Copepod Product Ever Earth is a planet of pods. Wherever there is water, there are amphipods, isopods, branchiopods, and so on. Pods are an integral part of Read More about Why EcoPods are the Best Live Copepod Product Ever
The Whole Package: Integrating AlgaeBarn’s Kits & Combos AlgaeBarn is hardly the only aquarium hobby-centered business to produce phytoplankton and macroalgae. But we like to think that we’re Read More about The Whole Package: Integrating AlgaeBarn’s Kits & Combos
How to Fully Condition Your Dry Reef Rock We’re all subject to impatience. Particularly when we’re anticipating a highly gratifying event, such as adding the first round of Read More about How to Fully Condition Your Dry Reef Rock
3 Tips for Keeping Maxima Clams For a couple of decades now, tridacnid or “giant” clams (genera Tridacna and Hippopus) have been regarded as the cherries on top of any Read More about 3 Tips for Keeping Maxima Clams
Using MarinePure in the Aquarium, Sump and Refugium Managing dissolved nutrients--especially ammonia, nitrite and nitrate--is among the major tasks of reef aquarium husbandry. Read More about Using MarinePure in the Aquarium, Sump and Refugium
4 Tips for Seeding Live Copepods We get it… Copepods aren’t always cheap. Especially if you use a clean, high-quality, high-density, expertly packaged product with as Read More about 4 Tips for Seeding Live Copepods
What’s the Difference Between PNS ProBio and PNS YelloSno? Reef aquarium keeping has gotten a lot more sophisticated over the years. Fortunately, that doesn’t necessarily mean that it has gotten Read More about What’s the Difference Between PNS ProBio and PNS YelloSno?
Phytoplankton Species and their individual Strengths When purchasing live foods for your tank, many people simply take the shop employee’s advice when handed a jar of unidentified copepods Read More about Phytoplankton Species and their individual Strengths
A Saltwater Smorgasbord: Using The Ultimate EcoPack Though they are nowhere near as ecologically complex as actual, wild coral reefs, reef aquaria can be incredibly complicated and Read More about A Saltwater Smorgasbord: Using The Ultimate EcoPack
How to Acclimate Your Pods Particularly for animals that live in water, acclimating from one environment to another--even if quite similar physically and Read More about How to Acclimate Your Pods
Prepared Aquarium Foods: They’re NOT All the Same Maintaining a saltwater aquarium--especially a really nice one--is a hell of a lot of work. And this is a workload that is added to our Read More about Prepared Aquarium Foods: They’re NOT All the Same