Acclimating Corals
In my experience, corals need to be acclimated, just as fish or inverts would need to be when adding them to your aquarium.The below process is what I would typically follow when acclimating corals to my tank.Although I do not quarantine my corals, I will give them a preventative treatment dip to rid them of potential hitch hikers.I also carefully inspect any coral before purchasing it when I buy it from a store or even from another hobbyist.If I do notice hitch hikers on...
We're exactly 40 DAYS from THANKSGIVING!! It's a great season to be filled with gratitude and thinking of the things that make life so special. We're grateful for the wonderful relationships we get to build as a part of this community, and of course for this wonderful hobby that brings us all together!
In celebration of this special time of year, we're excited to team up with @ReefChasers who is bring us an absolutely awesome giveaway where one lucky reefer will take home a Red Sea Reefer...
Introduction
There are tons of great resources that talk about the benefits of higher pH on coral growth but many of them merely use anecdotal evidence from their own tanks, and while this is great there are tons of variables on our own reef tanks and it is very difficult to apply these results to the thousands of different tanks around the globe. I also would like to mention that the majority of reefers have no need to chase their pH, soft corals will be largely unaffected by pH as long as...
Corals have beautiful colorations, whether you are after soft corals, LPS corals, or SPS corals, we believe there is a coral out there for everyone!
When choosing corals, you want to ensure they are healthy so they get the best start to their new life inside your reef tank. At R2R, our coral frags are grown to their full potential and quality because we believe “that happy, healthy corals lead to even happier customers”.
When choosing corals you want to look at:
Their coloration - they...
Routine analysis of aquarium water for total bacteria in smaller public and private
aquariums is rarely performed. However, many large aquariums monitor their fish and
invertebrate water systems for this parameter, especially if they already have the required
techniques in place due to government mandated monitoring requirements for marine mammals.
The information from these analyses can be used to judge the efficacy of various filtration
systems and appropriateness of feeding regimes. These...
I want to start this article off by saying that this is an extremely niche subject and many reefers who perform frequent or even semi-frequent water changes should not worry about their trace elements if most your corals are growing well because as has been my experience and that of many other reefers trying to chase numbers often leads to more harm than good. This article is mostly just to help reefers understand the ecosystems that we try to mirror in our own small slice of the ocean...
During the last few years, the technology available to facilitate the work of hobbyists has experienced an important boom. Technological advances have been transferred from the laboratories of scientific institutions, public aquariums and aquaculture companies. There is a transfer of techniques in the fields of biology, physics, chemistry, hydraulics or electronics. Much of the equipment available on the marine aquarium market is of impeccable design and optimum performance. Control...
R2R Username: @charliethetuna
Build Thread: My 400
Introduction:
Hi my R2R family. It's an honor to be asked by Daniel@R2R to be featured as tank of the month for October. My name is Charlie Pace. My handle name is charliethetuna on R2R and on Instagram. I am 43 years old and grew up in Flushing, Queens, then moved to Long Island about 10 years ago. When I moved, I met a few people through trading corals. They introduced me to the fabulous local fish club, LIRA (Long Island Reef...
Orphek Atlantik iCon
Orphek takes a leap into the future and presents the new Atlantik iCon – Intelligent Connectivity
Orphek Atlantik iCon LED Lighting for Coral Growth & Color pop is the new generation of the Atlantik series offering you access to the future:
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The Neptune Apex consists of many components, whether you have the most basic Apex setup or an extensive collection of add-on modules. One of the challenges in configuring and managing your Apex is the process of identifying each of the Inputs, Outputs, and Modules connected to the Apex. But the System View in Fusion can greatly simplify the process of identifying which Input and Output is associated with individual Modules or on the Apex base unit itself.
The System View was first...
