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Reef-A-Palooza Orlando 2019 Come Join Us for Our 6 Year Anniversary! Reef-A-Palooza Orlando takes place April 6 & 7, 2019 at our new venue, the Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld. This marks the 6th year anniversary of the show in Orlando, Florida. Reef-A-Palooza is a two-day event with over 140 of the industry’s leading coral, fish, and dry goods vendors. The main purpose of the show is to provide an enjoyable, positive atmosphere that promotes education and product knowledge for everyone...
Starfish or sea stars / Why starfish are cool Blue Linckia sea star. This photo is courtesy of @DSC reef, ©2019 All Rights Reserved. Most people know what a typical starfish looks like, and that they live in the sea and that they are kind of cute. But that’s it. In this article I will try to dig a little deeper into what kind of animals they are. We'll look at basic functions and cool super powers, and all the fun stuff that I find exciting about this group of animals. If you are looking...
The author's dog-eared copy of Moe's book. Photo courtesy of @Seawitch, ©2019, All Rights Reserved. The Marine Aquarium Handbook: Beginner to Breeder by Martin A. Moe, Jr. Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: TFH Publications, Inc.; Revised, Expanded edition (September 1, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 9780982026212 ISBN-13: 978-0982026212 ASIN: 0982026218 Clownfish in an anemone. Martin A. Moe started breeding clownfish commercially in the early 1970's. This is royalty-free image...
Forum member @cancun has had reef tanks for the past six years. Because of either extraordinary skill or extraordinary luck or some combination, during those six years, she has had very few problems with her tanks. This is her story. She also has a terrific build thread you can read. All the photos below are courtesy of @cancun, and used with permission, ©2019, All Rights Reserved. Former 80-gallon tank. Current Stock List in New Tank Below 1. Red Coris wrasse 2. Earmuff wrasse 3...
Macro photography has always been a popular aspect of aquarium photography. Be it just for a few simple close-up shots reefers shoot to share their new acquisitions, or for better shots taken for POTM contests, to better see detail not depicted by looking at a coral or fish, or simply to post a picture of a coral for selling online.... As with most things in photography (just like reefing) quality photography equipment can get very pricey. Unfortunately, most of the time cutting corners on...
AQUASHELLA AQUARIUM FESTIVAL OFFERS ONE-OF-A-KIND EXPERIENCE WITH A CAUSE The aquatic adventure will take Fair Park by storm on March 30 and 31, 2019 (DALLAS, February 2019; source: CultureHype) - When you hear of a “festival,” you likely think of movie premieres or musicians entertaining crowds of fans. But Aquashella is a different kind of festival – it’s a salt and freshwater aquarium event like no other. The only event in the U.S. to compile all aspects of the aquarium industry in...
A lovely full tank shot for inspiration. Photo is from the Reef2Reef archives, courtesy of @DLHDesign, ©2019 All Rights Reserved. Reef2Reef has a very busy forum. So busy, in fact, that if I post something in the morning, I have to do a big search for it in the afternoon to find my thread because there have been so many other posts since then. In spite of having a busy forum, there are lots of people who just "lurk" or read content without joining the forum. This article is for you because...
For a while I have thought that I would have to learn HomeBridge (for a HomeBridge version “how-to” please refer to @blazeby's R2R article) to be able to use Siri to control my Neptune Apex. But this changed after Apple in 2018 bought WorkFlows and renamed it to Shortcuts. First, I sincerely appreciate @afhtan, who in Aug 2017 published an article called “Guide: How to control Neptune Apex using Google Home” in the R2R forum here. He did all the hard work including using Wireshark to sniff...
For inspiration, here is a beautiful 93-gallon cube tank belonging to @vetteguy53081. Photo is from the Reef2Reef archives, courtesy of @vetteguy53081, ©2019, All Rights Reserved. And now we come to Part 3, Powerhead Placement. Everyone is waiting anxiously to hear about powerhead placement; and I hate to disappoint you, but I don't have any magic answers. Everyone's tank has different dimensions and a different aquascape, so it's impossible to make too many generalizations. Here are the...
This 400-gallon tank belongs to @maroun.c, a Reef2Reef staff member. It has a tank turnover of 21,000 gallons per hour. This photo is from the Reef2Reef archives, courtesy of @maroun.c, ©2019, All Rights Reserved. So, last time, in Part 1, we talked about water flow, why you need it in a reef tank, and tank turnover. Now let's talk about powerheads, which move the water around in your tank. I'm not going to talk about pumps bringing water back into your display tank from a sump because...
