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By Brandon Klaus Need some good fragging tool ideas to get your coral propagating started? The hardware store is a great place to look. A good coral fragger’s toolkit should include things like razorades/scapels, bone cutters, super glue, tissue scissors, and of course, frag plugs. Read more here…

By Leonard Ho Click through to see the images. Brandon Mason inspired many nano/pico aquarists to attempt low-tech vase aquariums with his one-gallon Reef Bowl, which he started in 2006 and, as we reported, was still going strong as of 2013. Obviously aquariums with volume Read more here…

By Jeff Kurtz As human beings, it’s in our nature to assign certain traits to small animals—cute, dependent, harmless, defenseless, etc. Perhaps we think this way because when it comes to animals, people included, smallness is usually correlated with infancy. However, if applied to marine Read more here…

By Brandon Klaus Here’s a fish that you might have already assumed was a conquest of the captive bred world. Oceans Reefs & Aquariums announced a few days ago that the ORA Orbic Cardinalfish (Sphaeramia orbicularis) would finally be commercially available to the masses. With Read more here…

By Brandon Klaus Pictured in this round of the AquaNerd POTW is an awesome little Tahitian Tridacna maxima clam, which we spotted at FJW Aquarium here in the Houston area. This lovely clam sports a rich black and blue mantle, with the patten being someone Read more here…

By Leonard Ho Click through to see the images. UNRIVALED LIGHT DISTRIBUTION AND CONTROL BUT WITHOUT THE SHADING Unbeatable Performance Giesemann’s brand new AURORA-HYBRID LED/T5 system combines the control, flexibility, energy efficiency, and spread of high spec optic-free LED lighting, with …

By Brandon Klaus There are many different invasive corals that can take over a reef aquarium, and sometimes it’s a coral you would least expect. Sure, we all know how fast Zoanthids and Kenya Tree corals can reproduce, but certain SPS corals can also grow Read more here…

By Albert B Ulrich III Keeping Your Aquarium Alive During a Hardware Failure I heard a story about a guy who manufactures and maintains custom marine aquariums. He is a bit of a wise guy. When customers ask him about guarantees he always replies “I Read more here…

By Jeff Kurtz Recently, while going through the motions of an overdue water change in my 125-gallon FOWLR tank, I found myself reflecting upon this bizarre obsession of ours. I wondered why, given all the cost, effort, and frustration that go into setting up and Read more here…

By Brandon Klaus Halloween is one of our favorite times of the year. We get to dress up like whatever character we want, we get to carve aquarium themed pumpkins, and let’s not forget about all that candy! In the spirit of the holiday, we’re Read more here…