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This tank was Reef of the Month in January 2018. Pretty spectacular, eh? Photo from the Reef2Reef archives courtesy of forum member robert s. b. ©2018, All Rights Reserved. At R2R, we suspect there are plenty of freshwater aquarists contemplating a change to saltwater. There are likely hobbyists who are lurking but are reluctant to ask freshwater questions. The R2R forum, however, is a warm and friendly place. You should feel free to ask anything. There are many questions we get in the...

Photo courtesy of the Reef2Reef archives, ©2018, All Rights Reserved. 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a wrasse; The stockings were hung on the live rock with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; The fishes were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of surge buckets danced in their heads; Mantis shrimp rested to polish their parts, While clams opened mantles for the meals soon to start. When outside...

So, here's our first crossword. I recommend printing it out and enlarging it if possible, both the puzzle and the clues. If you see two numbers in a box, separated by a dash (-), the first number is across and the second number is down. The puzzle was started with a simple (free) crossword compiler, but due to its limitations, I did a lot of it freehand in Excel. Next time I'll use a more sophisticated compiler ($$$) so we can get a more professional-looking puzzle. In any case, I think...

Part 1: Genicanthus Angel Overview Genicanthus is a genus of marine angelfish that belongs to the family Pomacanthidae. Pomacanthidae contains many of the iconic and most beautiful fish kept in marine and reef aquariums, like Emperor Angelfish, Regal Angelfish, Blueface angelfish, Queen Angelfish, Coral Beauty and many others. However, most of the marine angels are not considered reef safe or safe with caution. Another issue with most angels is that it is hard to keep more than one angel...

NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE World Wide Corals Announces the Business is Expanding and Moving to Two New Locations in the Orlando, Florida Area ORLANDO, Florida (December 19, 2018)—World Wide Corals announced today that the business is expanding and moving to two new locations. The current retail business operating on S Orange Blossom Trail will be moving to a massive new premises at 5402 Central Florida Parkway. Their on-land coral farm--one of the largest in the world--will also...

Today's article is brought to us from R.L., who we profiled recently. He has more than 15 years of experience keeping reef tanks, and he also has the good fortune to live on the west coast of Florida on the Gulf of Mexico. In his own words, you can read about beachcombing and wild collecting. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ West coast of Florida. Photos courtesy of R.L., ©2018, All Rights Reserved. OK, so I consider myself very lucky to live just 30 minutes from the beautiful sandy beaches of Sanibel...

So, in Part 1, we started putting together our small-scale Carlson Surge Device for your home reef tank. We started testing it, and now we're going to finish and get the device where it needs to be--next to and above your display tank. At the end of the article are two videos that will help you to visualize what's happening during the testing phase. Fit and finish After testing in the bathtub, now we need to make this thing operational for the tank itself. We left these steps to the end...

Are you ready for some fun? We’re so excited for the upcoming holidays that we’ve decided to have another caption contest, just like The New Yorker does. Our fantastic sponsors have helped us to come up with some AWESOME PRIZES. So sharpen your pencils and get ready. Here's cartoon #2! Cartoon is courtesy of Laura Yang for Reef2Reef, ©2018, All Rights Reserved. HOW TO ENTER This contest will be conducted inside our forum, so you first you have to register for our forum if you’re not...