Articles by Ron Reefman

A mature reef tank for inspiration. This photo is from the Reef2Reef archives, courtesy of @Cannedfish ©2019 All Rights Reserved. Note From the Editor: This article, below, and several future ones by the same author were originally part of several presentations made to a local aquarium club...

Part 3 (You can read the previous articles here: Part 1 & Part 2) So we left off in the last discussion having talked about time and money which leaves us with these two questions about your goals and knowledge. 1. Just what do you want from this hobby and is it a realistic goal? Just a tank...

Part 2 and the conclusion of Decisions, Decisions, Decisions. (You can read the first article in this series here: Part 1) Money So just how much do you think a saltwater aquarium is going to cost? When I first started I bought a used 30g tank and stand for $35 at a garage sale in my...

Part 1 So we left off in the last section (HERE) by asking these questions. So where should you start? The very first issues you need to consider are: 1. How much of your time are you willing to commit to keeping a marine aquarium? 2. How much money are you willing to spend, both up front to...

This article is my attempt to make considering getting into a saltwater marine aquarium as clear as possible, and then to try and explain what you’ll need to know to make it all work. Make no mistake, the saltwater aquarium hobby can be an expensive, annoying, time-consuming and frustrating...

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...

Today's article is brought to us from R.L., who we profiled recently. He has more than 15 years of experience keeping reef tanks, and he also has the good fortune to live on the west coast of Florida on the Gulf of Mexico. In his own words, you can read about beachcombing and wild collecting...