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Water This photo is a royalty-free image from Pixabay. “Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.” Samuel Taylor Coleridge, from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. For the benefit of beginners, I think it's time for a Water Change...

Map of Kenya This map is a United Nations map and considered to be part of the public domain. If you rank the countries in Africa by geographical area, Kenya is the 23rd country of 55, with an area of about 224,000 square miles, or slightly smaller than Texas. Kenya has a coastline of about...

An example of stained glass. This is a royalty-free photo from Pixabay. Introduction The inspiration for this article started with a short conversation or thread I had with Dr. Randy Holmes-Farley. When I asked about what kinds of things I could put in a saltwater tank that wouldn't hurt the...

Inspiration for beginners: A "before" photo of a new 70G. Photo courtesy of @Mal1124, ©2018, All Rights Reserved. Inspiration for beginners: An "after" photo of the same 70G, 21 months later. Photo courtesy of @Mal1124, ©2018, All Rights Reserved. When most beginners decide to set up an...

Blue Tridacna crocea. Photo courtesy of Acro Al, ©2018, All Rights Reserved. Within modern taxonomy, currently the "giant clams", bivalve molluscs, are in the subfamily, Tridacninae, under the family, Cardiidae (the cockles), although some scientists still argue that these clams should be in...

NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE World Wide Corals Announces the Business is Expanding and Moving to Two New Locations in the Orlando, Florida Area ORLANDO, Florida (December 19, 2018)—World Wide Corals announced today that the business is expanding and moving to two new locations. The...

Are you ready for some fun? We’re so excited for the upcoming holidays that we’ve decided to have another caption contest, just like The New Yorker does. Our fantastic sponsors have helped us to come up with some AWESOME PRIZES. So sharpen your pencils and get ready. Here's cartoon #2...

Larry DuPont, the owner and founder of LRS Foods LLC, known to the Reef2Reef forum members as Reef Frenzy (foods), posted an interesting look inside how Reef Frenzy foods are made. We thought it would be useful to post it again here in the article section. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It's hard to believe...

A view from inside the World Wide Corals store in Orlando, Florida. Photo is from the Reef2Reef archives courtesy of World Wide Corals, ©2018 All Rights Reserved. We thought it would be interesting for our readers to take a closer look at our sponsors. So, we’re going to profile them and help...

A large aquarium Photo from the Reef2Reef archives courtesy of Tusi, ©2018, All Rights Reserved When you’re setting up a new tank, aquarium liability is probably the last thing on your mind. And no one is going to force you to get a specialty policy to cover your aquatic wonderland. But...

Or, What Kind of Rock Can I Put in My Saltwater Tank? In the broadest of terms, there are basically two types of rock for saltwater aquariums: live rock and dead rock. So, we're going to look at them one at a time, and try to explain the differences for the benefit of beginners. Live rock from...

Are you ready for some fun? We’re so excited for the upcoming holidays that we’ve decided to launch a new caption contest, just like The New Yorker does. Our fantastic sponsors have helped us to come up with some AWESOME PRIZES. So sharpen your pencils and get ready. Here's cartoon #1! HOW...

Welcome to our first profile of a reef aquarist. We thought it would be interesting for our audience to read about different people who keep saltwater aquariums. I’ll tell you a bit about the person, and then we’ll move to a question and answer format, so you can hear about the person’s...

An Anthias, a popular ornamental fish for marine aquariums. Photo from the Reef2Reef archives, 2018. Welcome to the wonderful world of fish farms! Found in both marine water and freshwater, on open ocean and on land, aquaculture is the farming of aquatic organisms. According to USA...

A sick Yellow Tang. Photo from the Reef2Reef archives. As I mentioned in Part 1 and Part 2, we have in our forum, an excellent area for the discussion of fish disease, treatment, and diagnosis. Our venerable Humblefish even created a “sticky” thread (one that stays permanently on top) called...