Tunze Reef Swag Pack Giveaway!
This month we're making it EASY to enter! All you have to do is complete the following to qualify to win prize combo:
1. Tell us your favorite companies to buy dry goods from! You can tag them if you would like!
2. Tell us your favorite companies to buy your livestock from! Tag them if you would like!
BONUS ENTRY: Post a photo of your tank on your Facebook or Instagram account and use these hashtags: #Reef2Reef, #Tunze, #Giveaway -You can update both...
Welcome to the Reef2Reef POTM Contest - Photo of the Month
Sponsored by Avast Marine!
This month’s subject: Rock Flower Anemones
Deadline to Enter: August 27, 2017 at 11:59 pm (EST)
Prize: POTM Winner Banner, one year free Premium Membership and an Avast Marine Porthole courtesy of Avast Marine. Details below. (Note: Winners located outside the United States will be responsible for applicable shipping costs)
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The Pros and Cons of Aquacultured vs Maricultured vs Wild Coral Colonies
Visiting MACNA or any of the large frag swaps or shows 10 years ago the vendors present for the most part displayed large wild colonies of coral under metal halide lamps. IN the last five years this has changed dramatically as now almost all of the vendors show frags of corals under blue LEDs. So this begs the question: why have things changed so dramatically in such a relatively short time? Have hobbyists become more...
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I wanted to share some insight regarding shipping coral in summer. Maybe this will be helpful to members here who like to sell their extra frags to others, or maybe it will help customers understand the thought process in beating the summer heat for your coral. Before I created Boom Corals this year, I was a member who had shipped coral, so my experience comes from the past few years.
Recently I made the decision to buy what I'd call premium boxes...
Definitely the weirdest title I've ever come up with!
It’s been a lot of fun to mix it up here and chat with some many of you over the past few weeks. It’s been a great exchange of ideas, philosophy, and camaraderie,and I couldn’t be happier.
In fact, this lively atmosphere has gotten the old gears spinning, as I contemplate my next step on the planning of my next reef aquarium. And what’s neat is that I think I’m going to incorporate a lot of “old school” thinking with “new school...
Understanding Colorimetry and Your Hanna Checker® HC
By: Kevin Costa, Hanna Instruments
Intro
Maintaining water quality and critical parameters is the single most important aspect of having a successful aquarium. Knowing your water's parameters is usually the first troubleshooting step to any health issue arising in aquatic life and is vital to maintaining sensitive fish, coral, or other ornamentals. As aquarium technologies develop, so do the tools we use to test our water. Hobbyists...
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After years of being a reef aquarist, in 2006 I accepted a position as a coral reef biology science instructor with a small dive service provider called Beautiful Oceans. Our goal was twofold. One, we thought that if we educated scuba divers about the depth (no pun intended) of reef biology, they may in fact fall further in love with reef ecosystems. That love could express itself in a desire to preserve oceanic bio-diversity. Two...
First off, I don't consider myself an expert reefer. I'm just one person that's been in the hobby for many years and, I'm still learning. I also like to help others to be successful too. So, I want to write this piece to help others dealing with an Aiptasia outbreak to make a decision about using berghia nudibranchs as an option for them.
I did try using Aiptasia-X before I bought the nudi's. It did not do the job and only made it worse from all the spores. You can see where I tried...
It’s kind of funny to me how the same sorts of topics and issues keep popping up in the hobby world. Now two years removed from the business end of the reef world, I can see with a bit more clarity some of the happenings and trends in the hobby. And, talking to aquarists of all types daily, I am seeing what I find s somewhat obvious “cultural issue” we have in the hobby.
And I’ll come right out and state my “thesis” here:
I think that we- as a hobby, are not doing a good enough job...
Tank Tour Summer Road Trip! Who is tuning in?? You could win big!!
Alright so here it is!
Brandon Hooten of Current USA and PE Mysis , George Mavrakis of CoralFish12g and Shawn Hale of Fritzs Aquatics are taking a Summer Roadtrip from Dallas all the way to Glacier National Park. We will be stopping at 50+ LFS's on the drive up in only 5 days! What stores along this route are your favorites? Also, we will be met in Denver by Jake Adams of Reef Builders where he will escort us to all the...
