Got colored sticks? Andrzej Niewiarowski does. His striking SPS dominated reef display took top honors with ZEOvit.com’s Dream Tank of the Quarter. The pastel colors may not be to everyones tasted, but there is no denying that Andrezej has some serious reefing talent.
If it were not for the vibrant colors, the tank would be classified [...]
NP Bio Pellets are a solid organic carbon polymer that provides a substrate and food for bacteria. We’ve slowly introduced this new filtration method into the glassbox over the past two weeks. We plan to use the media two ways–the first being in a traditional media / zeovit reactor that will gently tumble the bio [...]
Thanks to the work of Dr. Jasper de Goeij we’ve gained significant insight in the role that sponges play in nutrient cycling on coral reefs. This knowledge has the potential to influence the way we think about filtration, carbon dosing and biodiversity in the aquarium.
It was previously thought that sponges fed predominantly on plankton. But [...]
Italian reef tanks have earned a reputation of featuring mature, colorful and thick SPS corals. In the past this was been attributed to heavy feedings, amino acids / hormones, and elevated calcium and alkalinity levels that seemed to be employed by many Italian reefs with this distinct “look”. Rewind just a bit and the word [...]
Back in December of ‘08 we shared with you photos of Pieter van Suijlekom’s then-new non-photosynthetic reef. This 500L (132g) deepwater themed aquarium has since matured with a variety of notoriously difficult azooxanthellate species such as Scleronephthya sp. and Dendronephthya sp..
Just as impressive as the corals themselves is the visible food densities in the water [...]
Our newest sponsor Aquarium Specialty has joined the GBD team with bang. This past week they announced that they are now the exclusive North American distributor of Reef Interests’ NP Bio Pellets. Some may remember we shared this innovative new carbon dosing method with you back in August, since that time interest in this pelletized carbon [...]
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