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Welcome to the R2R Cartoon Caption Contest for April 2019.
Put your thinking caps on, sharpen your pencils, and give us a caption for the cartoon below.
This cartoon is by Laura Yang for Reef2Reef. ©2019, All Rights Reserved.
HOW TO ENTER
This contest will be conducted inside our forum...
Dear Hobbyist,
Here at Red Sea, we take coral lighting needs seriously. And after years of research and testing, Red Sea is proud to release the all-new ReefLED™ smart reef lighting system. These lights have been designed to ensure optimal coral growth, dramatic coloration and a gentle shimmer...
Peppermint shrimp.
Photo is from the World Wide Corals website. ©2019, All Rights Reserved.
Note from the Editor:
The following breeding information was kindly furnished to us by @Sallstrom, who is a professional marine biologist in Gothenburg, Sweden. In my discussions with him, he felt that...
Reef-A-Palooza Orlando 2019
Come Join Us for Our 6 Year Anniversary!
Reef-A-Palooza Orlando takes place April 6 & 7, 2019 at our new venue, the Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld. This marks the 6th year anniversary of the show in Orlando, Florida.
Reef-A-Palooza is a two-day event with over 140...
Starfish or sea stars / Why starfish are cool
Blue Linckia sea star.
This photo is courtesy of @DSC reef, ©2019 All Rights Reserved.
Most people know what a typical starfish looks like, and that they live in the sea and that they are kind of cute. But that’s it. In this article I will try to...
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...
Macro photography has always been a popular aspect of aquarium photography. Be it just for a few simple close-up shots reefers shoot to share their new acquisitions, or for better shots taken for POTM contests, to better see detail not depicted by looking at a coral or fish, or simply to post a...
AQUASHELLA AQUARIUM FESTIVAL OFFERS ONE-OF-A-KIND EXPERIENCE WITH A CAUSE
The aquatic adventure will take Fair Park by storm on March 30 and 31, 2019
(DALLAS, February 2019; source: CultureHype) - When you hear of a “festival,” you likely think of movie premieres or musicians entertaining...
A lovely full tank shot for inspiration.
Photo is from the Reef2Reef archives, courtesy of @DLHDesign, ©2019 All Rights Reserved.
Reef2Reef has a very busy forum. So busy, in fact, that if I post something in the morning, I have to do a big search for it in the afternoon to find my thread...
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...
This article is sponsored by @Vivid Creative Aquatics
There have been a lot of changes in the reefing hobby in just the past few years including innovations in equipment such as controllable DC pumps, LED lighting, plus computers that automate and run our tanks. Even our approach and...
Hey Reef2Reefers!!
We've got another awesome giveaway for you guys from TUNZE!! This one has a prize valued at over $350!!
This month we're making it EASY to have lots of entries! All you have to do is one or more of the following things to qualify to win!
1. Update your Reef2Reef tank thread...
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...
Display Tank.
Photos are all courtesy of @samparker, ©2019, All Rights Reserved.
We are delighted to announce our March 2019 Reef of the Month belongs to our forum member, samparker, from Australia. samparker has a beautiful reef which you will see below. Sam has six tanks plumbed together in...
