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Best Fish Food to Feed Your Tropical Fish By Glenn Laborda There are a lot of dry foods in the aquarium hobby. Some are good, some are not so good. We have tried about every brand over the past 30 years in business. There had come a time where we were not happy with the current available feeds. We wanted to design our own formulas with ingredients and a process we believed in. First, let us discuss the “problem” with the entire dry food making process. The conventional flaking process operates at about a 300-degree temperature. This high temperature negates...

Written by: Anna Dominique G. Mariano There is a common pest anemone that gives all reef enthusiasts massive headaches. This anemone is known as Aiptasia pallida, or the glass anemone. It is incredibly easy for this pest to enter the home reef aquarium, whether it be through live rock or newly purchased coral. Once established, it is very difficult to eradicate. This anemone reproduces asexually through pedal reproduction or laceration, where if it moves it will leave behind smaller Aiptasia to grow into fuller specimens. Any attempts at manual removal will result in this anemone spreading even more throughout the...

Have you ever wanted a live food source for your Freshwater Aquarium that won't die? Well we now carry live Daphnia! Check out this blog to learn more about them!

If you're interested in keeping LPS corals, but struggle with more difficult types like Gonioporas and Euphyllias, try out any of these 5 species for some better luck! Our top coral associate goes into a little detail on some different species, and what is necessary for the best success!