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Monthly Archives for February 2008

It was a very good month. Dig in. Every entry is a classic.

the numbers of aesthetic+hardland inspiration

As marine aquarium hobbyists we have constantly struggled with the arrangement or aquascape of our systems. Until recently this was widely overlooked…But finally some light is being shed on this, something that freshwater enthusiasts have embraced for years.

Fibonacci’s Numbers, The Golden Ratio….No this is not the The Davinci Code, it’s aesthetics. 

last shoot of nano

Here are some shots I snapped today.  Looks like this will be the last photos we have of this tank, as soon it will all be transfered to the rimless. 
We’ve been allowing the corals to grow, which means we cant stick our hands in the tank; which means lots of coralline growth.  We are over […]

eddie’s blog

Most reefers probably know his name from the Tyree LE’s [Eddie’s Purple Monster] or [Eddie’s True Undata]    We stumbled across Eddie’s blog and were blown away by the images. It’s not often you see this part of the industry so well documented visually. (the a.speciosa and a.echinata he has pictured literally made our jaws […]

lighting innovations

the japanese are at it again…with the recent development of self-ballasted metal halide spots, a few manufacturers have made them in a higher kelvin (10 & 14K) for reef applications.  these would be great for supplementing individual colonies on large tanks or core lighting for nanos. the clip system makes it easy to use and […]

fauna marin zeo filter

Check out this New Product from Fauna Marin the Zeomatic 

awt salt analysis

AWT, owned by aqua-medic, recently tested many synthetic sea salts to see how they compared to one another. although there are obvious flaws in the testing, it’s still very interesting and something worth looking at. check out [AWT’s results] to see how your salt stacks up against the rest.