Despite the aquascaping of this 45g Brazilian based SPS reef, it’s the shear beauty of corals which deserves your viewing attention… and according to Roberto, the colours are bouncing back since the tank transitioned from metal halide lighting over to T5s.

You can view his tank thread over at ZEOvit.com

The elusive and highly desirable White Cap Goby (Lotilia graciliosa) has made an appearance on the pages of online vendor, Uniquecorals.com. At a cool $1000 I’m not sure how long this beautiful fish will be available for, but if you’re after one of these gobies, you’d better put your money where your mouth is… who [...]

Yesterday, Matt Clarke, PFK editor of ten years announced he will be leaving the UK based magazine. With his departure comes a great opportunity for the right person.

Practical Fishkeeping is looking for an editor to produce the UK’s best-selling fishkeeping magazine and run one of the world’s best-known aquarium websites.
Due the forthcoming departure of the [...]

Sure many of us consider reef aquariums in the 6-12g range to be small, but we know that 2g or even 1g reefs have existed – perhaps not long lived, but hobbyists have tried. I guess it comes down to the fact that the smaller the ‘tank’, the less you can really put in it [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]