On my previous 12g system, I ran a Tunze 9002 protein skimmer and it did a great job of removing some generous amounts of foul smelling DOCs. However when I switched over to the ZEOnano9020, I found that the Tunze just didn’t want to perform as I wanted it to, no matter how much I [...]

Want something else to buy for your tank? Well not strictly your tank but for yourself instead? Why not grab a shirt declaring your love for this hobby? You can thanks to Brett at Fishbrains.net
Check out the first two available prints.
Fishbrains.net is a new website selling aquarium and reef-related t-shirts to fellow hobbyists. For many [...]

I’m sure a lot of you are sick of your cleaner shrimps (Lysmata Amboinensis) stealing food from your corals. This is not such a problem for SPS dominated reef tanks but LPS and Dendrophylliad keepers will know what I mean.
There is a great member of our clean up crew that is always over looked and [...]

By now many of you are familiar with the ZEOnano9020 reef system I’m running and if you’ve seen those posts, then you’ll have seen that the tank is lit by an ATI T5 unit. The exact model is the 6 x 24w ‘dimmbar’ Powermodule.
The dimmbar model makes use of dimmable electronic ballasts instead of the [...]

It has been a while since I posted the first few photos of the ZEOnano9020 and today I will share some the system details with you.
Overview
The ZEOnano  is an all-in-one (otherwise known as a AIO) aquarium basically meaning that the display and sump system share the same main tank area. On the ZEOnano, the entire [...]

Since Brandon Mason published History of Pico Reef Biology here on nanoreefblog.com — many more hobbyists have attempted the ‘reefbowl’ concept.
In this HD video Mark Krieg shows off his 5 month old reef in vase:

1.5g Cookie Jar reef by mecamind

Another Cookie Jar reef by flyboy318

Know of any more reef bowls? Please let us know in [...]

I’m sure most of us would love to have a little system on our desk at work. Take a look at Jason G’s video of his 8g nano reef through the lens of Apple’s iPhone 4.

Office Saltwater Reef Aquarium [iPhone 4] from Jason G. on Vimeo.
(Please note: you’ll need to visit Vimeo to see the [...]

There isn’t much I can say about this striking new Caribbean basslet that hasn’t already been said (here and over here), other than I’m trying to track one down — anybody in Europe able to help me out? Any UK retailers able to source me one from Dejong Marinelife?

It brings a smile to my face when I see news like this. According to Practical Fishkeeping Magazine’s website, scientists have discovered a ‘near-pristine coral reef’ in the middle of the Pacific Ocean known as the Millennium Atoll (formerly Caroline Island).
An expedition to Millennium Atoll, a remote coral atoll in the Central Pacific, has uncovered [...]

When you look at this tank, it is hard to believe that it’s not even 10g in size. Perhaps, 0.1g off the 10g mark doesn’t mean anything, but maintaining, growing and keeping SPS corals in such a relatively small amount of water is no easy task. However it doesn’t seem to be an issue for [...]