Coral Feeding Guide: When Live Food Beats Frozen and Powders
Coral feeding is one of those hobby topics where everyone has an opinion and most of them contradict each other. Some reefers...
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How to Feed Filter Feeders: Clams, Sponges and Sea Squirts
Filter feeders are the canaries of a reef tank. When they're thriving, your water quality is right and your nutrition profile is broad. When they're closing up, dropping mantles, or starving slowly, something fundamental is off. This guide...
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13 articlesBest Live Foods for Pipefish, Seahorses and Other Picky Reef Eaters
Some marine fish are flat-out impossible to feed without live food. Pipefish, seahorses, mandarin dragonettes, scooter blennies, and several wrasses all share...
Read morePhytoplankton 101 for Reef-Keepers: What It Is and Why You Need It
If you've spent any time around reef-keepers, you've heard someone go on about phytoplankton. It's hyped, often confused with macroalgae or dinoflagellates,...
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A refugium is the single best upgrade most reef-keepers can add to their tank. Done right, it's a copepod factory, a nutrient...
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Mandarin Dragonettes: Why They Need Live Food (And How to Keep Them Alive)
The green mandarin dragonette (Synchiropus splendidus) is one of the most beautiful fish you can put in a reef tank. It's also...
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What Is Zooplankton?
Zooplankton are tiny drifting animals found in every marine environment, and they're absolutely vital to a healthy reef. Unlike phytoplankton, which produce...
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How to Get Rid of Dinoflagellates in Reef Tanks
Dinoflagellates ("dinos") are one of the trickiest nuisance organisms in saltwater aquariums. They typically show up as brown, slimy coatings on sand...
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How to Culture Copepods
Copepods are one of the most valuable live foods in a reef aquarium. They're packed with nutrients, perfect for finicky fish and...
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Multi-Strain/Mix Phyto: Great for Feeding; Bad for Culturing
Phytoplankton is the foundation of many marine systems, vital for reef tanks, aquaculture, and breeding setups. Whether you're feeding copepods, rotifers, corals,...
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Best Times to Dose Copepods in Your Reef Tank
How to dose copepods without killing them Dosing copepods into your reef isn't complicated, but doing it wrong kills them off before...
Read moreAll About Tisbe Copepods
Tisbe copepods are one of the most useful live additions you can chuck into a saltwater tank. They're tiny harpacticoid crustaceans that...
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