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NP-Biopellets, the story so far

Monday, February 8, 2010
NP-Biopellets, the story so far

After a couple of months I still had some measurable nitrate (2.5 ppm) and phosphate (0.04 ppm) and I decided to really go “overboard” and ordered 3 more liters of NPBs. »

Coralscience.org is building a mesophotic reef system

Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Coralscience.org is building a mesophotic reef system

Tim Wijgerde et al. are starting a very interesting project at Coralscience.org: they are building a low light reef tank (modelling “mesophotic” reef system) using equipment and foods available to all aquarists. I’m sure we “hobbyists” can learn and benefit from this work by marine scientists. Read all about it here. »

My kind of reef tanks

Tuesday, February 2, 2010
My kind of reef tanks

While reading a very interesting thread at Reef Central (Best tanks from around the world) I couldn’t help but to notice that my idea of a good looking reef tank isn’t exactly what many people prefer. Only four tanks out of the many posted on that thread are tanks that I would personally love... »