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Reef2Reef Reef Spotlight of the Month: Renton777 Build Thread: http://www.reef2reef.com/threads/rentons-custom-200.101447/ Name: Nathan Gist (Renton777) Introduction: Hello, my name is Nathan Gist, and I live in the Cleveland, Ohio area. Like many others, I started in the hobby at a...

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ATI Giveaway: LIKE us for a chance to win some ATI T5 Bulb Packages! ATI North America is sponsoring this contest and giving 3 members a chance to win a T5 Bulb package! Since their introduction in 2000, ATI T5 bulbs have been at the forefront of T5 bulb technology. Today's ATI T5 bulbs are no...

Aquatic Life Smart Buddie Booster Pump Giveaway! Sponsored by AquaticLife.com YOUR Water MADE Better - Increase the effectiveness of your RO system, and REDUCE waste water by up to 65%! Reverse osmosis booster pumps are used to increase the pressure going into your RO or RO/DI system which...

The following chart is a quick reference guide on what QT protocol should be used according to which type of fish you are running through QT. It will give you an idea of which methods are generally safest with certain species but is not meant to be absolute in most cases. All fish are...

The Past and Future of the Hobby At this time of year, we often look back on what has transpired in the past year both good and bad and think about it. For me, it was for the most part a good year in aquarium terms, as I wrote a fair amount, most of my tanks did well and I traveled more than I...

Enter to Win Coupons over $1,000 for GHL Products! On behalf of the GHL team, we’d like to you all a happy and prosperous New Year! With Mitras LX7 fixtures officially shipping worldwide, we want to kick off the year by offering CURRENT and FUTURE LX7 owners the opportunity to win coupons with...

How Much Two Part Do I Need? I'm a two part doser for alkalinity and calcium (and magnesium), and have been repeatedly asked about how to figure out how much of each a new two-parter needs to dose to their tank. This subject has been thoroughly covered, so this article will predominantly be...

All images provided via copyright free image services. Every year, more and more products enter the reef keeping world, aimed at making aquarists believe that simply by adding the directed dose, they will achieve a measure of success. Some claim to clear up nitrate problems, while others claim...

Old Tank Syndrome Is this a myth? Something we heard about in the deep abbesses of when the hobby started (I think it was on a Tuesday) Is this something we need to worry about. Like we don't have enough to worry about with the heartbreak of psoriasis and wondering if we will be accepted into...

Have you ever been awakened in the night to the horrifying realization that you accidentally left your RODI system running? You rush groggy-eyed through your house in hopes that this nightmare somehow isn't real. SPLASH! As you step into the utility area, garage, washroom, or wherever you have...

Happy New Year Red Sea MAX NANO Giveaway Sponsored by RedSeaFish.com and REEF2REEF.com The contest is pretty simple and easy to enter! HOW TO ENTER 1. Subscribe to the Red Sea Reefer Contest Email List Here and confirm the subscription. 2. LIKE the Red Sea Facebook Page Here 3. Go to the Red...

Reef2Reef Reef Spotlight: Stylaster Build Thread: http://www.reef2reef.com/threads/stylasters-312-gallon-tank-build.107527/ Name: Roy Introduction: I started this hobby in 1990. Back then I had a 60-gallon system with metal halide lighting and a down draft skimmer. It’s amazing how much...

Make your own rock When the hobby started there was no live rock for sale, as a matter of fact, there wasn’t even dead rock for sale. We used dead, white bleached pieces of coral to decorate our tanks and we bought that in a furniture store because no one yet had salt water fish so LFSs...

In my previous photo tips I've gone over equipment choices and the importance of shooting in raw. The final piece of the puzzle is the software that you use to "develop" your raw images. I prefer to use Adobe Lightroom. Unfortunately Adobe has now moved their software to the cloud in the form of...

How and when this hobby started (for me at least) in 1971. I think it was on a Tuesday about two or two fifteen in the afternoon. I know because I was there. Here in New York where I live there used to be a very large aquarium store in Manhattan a couple of blocks from the World Trade Center. I...

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I would like to discuss one of my favorite fish, the pipefish. Pipefish to me are so much different from normal fishy looking fish that I can't help but to love them. There are more things different in pipefish than similar to normal looking fish. They are so different that at one time, in...

All images have been sourced from copyright free, public use image websites or used under fair use guidelines, as they best illustrate the article content. If you’ve been an aquarist for any amount of time, chances are, you’ve lost a fish. It’s a painful and traumatic experience, especially...

As many of you guys know, we have our Toys for Kids 2016 drive going on RIGHT NOW! This is a huge outreach, and you guys and gals of Reef2Reef always make this a huge success! Thanks so much for your continued generosity! :) :) Also right now, we'd like to take a moment to highlight the awesome...