General Saltwater Aquarium

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

This 180-gallon display tank has 15,000 gallons per hour total tank turnover. This tank belongs to, and the photo is courtesy of @fabutahoun, ©2019, All Rights Reserved. This is an article that I’ve been wanting to write (or get someone else to write) for quite a while. Tank turnover is...

An overview of Kenya’s Ornamental Marine Fish Trade On the western coast of the Indian Ocean, Kenya is the biggest exporter of marine aquarium fish. Other countries in this region include Madagascar, Tanzania, Mozambique, and Somalia. The reefs off the shores of these countries are rich in many...

"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." Henry David Thoreau We have among us, down in Arizona, a reef aquarist with a very different reef tank. @Exclusive...

An anthias from our March 2019 Reef of the Month. A banjo was added by the editor. Anthias photo is courtesy of @samparker. ©2019, All Rights Reserved. The editor photoshopped the photo for this article. Musical Fish Music is an intrinsic part of the human experience, and we’re willing to...

A photo for inspiration: a shot of Michael J. Cuttone's Reef2Reef January 2019 Reef of the Month. This photo is from the Reef2Reef archives, courtesy of Michael J. Cuttone, ©2019, All Rights Reserved. Some time ago, I asked forum members about their feeding routines. I was interested to see...

10,000L, 5-year-old, display tank at the Maritime Museum & Aquarium. A build thread for this tank is linked in my profile & at the bottom of this article. Photo is courtesy of @Sallstrom, ©2019, All Rights Reserved. Running a reef tank might be a walk in the park for some, but for others it’s...

This article is sponsored by @Triquatics Images are courtesy of @Triquatics. ©2019, All Rights Reserved. The Nitrogen Cycle, as it applies to the greater natural world, is a series of chemical reactions that support all life on earth. Through these reactions, non-reactive nitrogen gas (N) and...

Deep by James Nestor Hardcover: 272 pages Publisher: Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 1 edition (June 24, 2014) Language: English ISBN-10: 0547985525 ISBN-13: 978-0547985527 A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice An Amazon Best Book of the Month Amazon Best Science Book of 2014...

15 Steps to Starting a Saltwater Aquarium: The Lasse Method Display Tank. Photos are all courtesy of Lasse Forsberg. ©2019, All Rights Reserved. INTRODUCTION There are many methods to start a saltwater aquarium--each major aquarium product manufacturer has its own. Common to most, however...

Mussels. This is a royalty-free image from Pixabay. This is Part 2 of our article on Shellfish Poisoning Syndromes. We'll pick up with the fourth subtype in our list. 4. Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning It’s a bit odd that this type of shellfish poisoning is labeled “diarrhetic” when ASP...

A mussel farm in Croatia. This is a royalty-free image from Pixabay. Preface: I’ve always been a bit leery about eating shellfish. In the 1980’s, when I lived in Europe, I ate more than my fair share of raw oysters, cooked mussels, and crab. I knew that shellfish can make people sick, and I...

There are really two kinds of snorkeling that people do in the Keys. The most common is taking a charter boat out about 5-10 miles offshore to one of a dozen nice sections of the barrier reef that has large coral colonies and lots of tropical fish. These are very protected and the water varies...

Hi everyone! Thank you for taking a look on the forum at the Adelson illusion (Adelson 1993) shown in Figure 1 (left)! It created some great discussion that caused me to redraft the entire follow-up article! Indeed, we did couch the question differently than Edward Adelson. We asked the...