R2R Username: @RussiReef
Introduction:
My name is Garry and I was born in beautiful city of Odessa, Ukraine which is located on the shore of Black Sea. There I kept freshwater fish for as long as I can remember. When I immigrated to this country 34 years ago, I started saving a few dollars here and there and got my first glass tank at a garage sale. This was the beginning of my freshwater tank journey in USA. Within the year, I already had four of them in the small apartment with my...
In an industry that is always looking over it's shoulder, its refreshing news when we hear about new locations opening up and beginning to supply livestock to an evolving trade. Even more exciting when it's a country that has never before exported to the ornamental aquarium trade and we start to see for the first time ever fish that have long evaded us all....not only that, but the coral reefs in Oman are some of the most rich and beautiful in all the world shelling out vibrant colors in...
Gobiidae… a commonly seen family yet one of the most intricate
@i cant think
How many of you have walked into an LFS and seen gobies of every genus and size?
I bet all of you have. I have walked into my LFS and seen gobies from 5 inch long all the way to 0.25 inch long. Gobiidae has got to be in the top 5 most common beginner families, with Pomacentridae/Amphiprioninae being the most common. But why are they a good beginner fish? Simple, they’re peaceful, most don’t have a too difficult...
Coral Coloration: Proteins and Chromoproteins
by @Queen City Corals
It is well known that corals get their color from the Zooxanthellae in their cells, however, an often overlooked but very important aspect of coral coloration are fluorescent proteins and non-fluorescent chromoproteins. There have been some great write-ups about these other aspects of color coloration by people like Dana Riddle, but I feel that in this hobby you can never have too much information and I wanted to help...
Amazonas 500 is Orphek’s LED light solution developed specifically for public aquariums, zoos, hotels,
shopping malls, airports and other public venues displaying reef or freshwater aquariums.
40 units of Amazonas 500 were neatly installed above and close to the water of the High Seas Nausicaá, France
Suitable for extremely large areas and depths over 15 meters (50ft) and designed as a direct replacement for
metal halide systems 1,000 watts , the Orphek Amazonas 500 was proudly chosen by...
This article is a part of my whole series of Apex tutorials, available here: https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/authors/suncrestreef.93940/
1. Overview
The DOS is Neptune's two-head dosing pump for the Apex system. It may be used to dose additives into your aquarium or can be used for automatic water changes. Each DOS head (or pump) can be individually operated and programmed, and can run at 6 different speeds in a forward or reverse direction. The DOS pump heads are a user-replaceable...
R2R Username: @Roberto Denadai
Build Thread: My new SPS Tank
Introduction:
Hi guys, I am honored to have my tank featured as “Reef of the Month”! This means a lot to me and I am excited to share my tank and my journey with you all. I was not expecting to receive the Reef of Month nomination because there are lots of beautiful reef systems beyond mine.
First, I want to tell a little bit about myself. My name is Roberto Denadai, I am 48 years old, was born and raised in São Paulo –...
How to tell if your Mantis Shrimp is Male (a boy)
After being asked, and me actually asking this question long ago, I decided to post a thread to help people discover the gender of a mantis shrimp. There's no real detail on telling if the shrimp is a girl, all you will see are two spots on the underbelly where the male parts will be. But seeing if a mantis is male is rather easy and obvious, if you know where to look.
Using my handy dandy touch screen laptop, I drew up a professional grade...
R2R Username: @jay_bro
Build Thread: The Dream Tank
Introduction:
How do I start... maybe the beginning. I think I got my first saltwater aquarium when I was 17-18 to 22 years ago, I decided to play mad scientist to my current brackish tank and bump up the salinity in hopes to keep a starfish. Turns out the demon gobies I had eat starfish.. so I went on and purchased a damsel and it lived. Knowing nothing I was using lava rock and a trickle filter. That quickly escalated into a...
Evaluating Synthetic Sea Salts
C. Jay Hemdal 2016
Revised January 12, 2022
This is an update of my 2016 article that examines some testing methods to evaluate synthetic seawater, some of which can be done at home. A short history and list of sea salts is also given. Please note - this is NOT a review of brands sea salts, only some ways to make the reviews yourself.
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Because this article includes sections of personal opinion, and because the sea salt market is so hotly...
