by CORAL Magazine | Mar 16, 2017 | CORAL - Marc Levenson, Marine
10 years ago… “I never thought I’d have this problem. I got the biggest skimmer I could buy. I change my water. I did all the things they told me to do. I got an RO/DI system. And yet…I have phosphates. “It was hard to admit. They just...
by CORAL Magazine | Feb 20, 2017 | Marine, News & Notes
The latest report from SECORE’s reef restoration efforts includes another video from our friends at Reef Patrol. SECORE (an acronym from SExual COral REproduction) is an international research intiative looking into methods of using sexually generated coral...
by Matt Pedersen | Feb 17, 2017 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Daniel Knop’s personal reef aquarium, situated in the home offices of our German sister publication KORALLE, remains an inspiration to any would-be first-time reef keeper. Knop’s reef first caught our eye in August of 2015, as he started sharing photos of...
by Than Thein | Jan 19, 2017 | CORAL - Than Thein, Marine
A protein skimmer is a device designed to clean the water in a reef aquarium by removing dissolved organic compounds. Put even more simply, it is a controlled overflow of dirty water. Imagine a chamber that vigorously mixes air and water to create a dense foam....
by CORAL Magazine | Jan 11, 2017 | Marine
Reef Patrol’s Vanessa Cara Kerr and SECORE make a great team. They have now released multiple video projects in partnership with each other. When it comes to telling the story of attempting to restore reefs through sexual coral reproduction efforts, the latest...