Super coral farming at Monsoon Aquatics upgrades to Orphek Amazonas 960 iCon reef LED Lights
Check out these awesome corals under our Amazonas 960 iCon units!
Cataphyllia jardinei
Orphek has established a strong presence in Australia for many years and has been chosen as the LED lighting supplier for numerous significant projects, public venues, research centers, and coral farms, due to Orphek’s exceptional quality products and cutting-edge technologies.
Today, we plunge into the...
Are you ready for the epic Nano Tank Showdown 2?!
We're thrilled to announce the second edition of the Nano Tank Showdown! We're bringing you another thrilling competition between Lou Schiavo of World Wide Corals @WWC and @aquaman.shalom of @ESHOPPS.INC! This time, we're taking the excitement to new heights with the new larger Eshopps Deskmate, more awesome WWC corals, incredible prizes, and plenty of friendly smack talking to keep you engaged. Are you ready to witness these masters of the...
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...
Product Review: AquaMaxx Puratek Reverse Osmosis/Deionization Filtration Unit
By Dana Riddle
Water evaporates, salts do not – this is one of the first things a marine hobbyist learns. Hence fresh water must be added to keep the aquarium water from becoming too salty. If you’re fortunate, tap water in your area might be suitable for topping off the water level. In many cases, this is not the case and some sort of pretreatment is required. If you’re unsure of your local water quality, an...
So, you want to add a Maxima clam to your reef tank. OK, great!
While we normally think of Maxima clams as gold, black, green, or blue, there are some very rare color patterns. The Chimera clam is a rare two-faced Maxima and occur at a rate of about 1 in every few million.
A Wild Collected Chimera
A Cultured Chimera
Over the last 20 years I have handled many thousands of Maxima clams and regularly get inquiries and see threads about how to select and keep these amazingly beautiful...
About this article
This article describes an experiment documenting the effects of live rock in a newly established aquarium. While I’ve tried to tell the story as briefly as I can, it’s the story of a month-long study of replicated tanks, with analysis of both water chemistry and the microbial communities in these tanks. The reader should be forewarned: I wasn’t able to distill the whole study into a quick soundbite. But I hope that the results will be interesting enough for the Reef2Reef...
Reef Factory is the first company in the world to introduce an entire line of smart products designed for marine aquaristics including numerous devices with traditional functionality yet enhanced by modern technology. They offer aquarists substantial benefits, facilitating aquarium management, improving safety and enabling remote control of the tanks. Due to the innovative Smart Reef system, they also safeguard the health and color of the animals.
Let us take a closer look.
10 devices...
Often referred to as “The Holy Grail” of marine angelfish by hobbyists and enthusiasts, the Peppermint Angelfish (Paracentropyge boylei), has been found in the deep waters of the Cook Islands. For those new to the quest for this elusive Pomacanthid, you need to understand its significance in the hobby and why this denizen of the South Pacific commands such a high price.
Background
The Peppermint Angel is a more recent discovery, as the species name indicates, it was discovered by Charles...
If provided the proper conditions, giant clams are a great choice not only for the beginner reef aquarist but even for the most advanced reef aquarists, offering beauty, biological benefits as well as biological diversity. Proper lighting, water movement, trace elements and placement of the giant clams will ensure the health of these fascinating invertebrates.
The clams of interest are of the genus Tridacna. These beautiful clams include T. maxima, T. crocea, T. squamosa and T. derasa...
