by Marc Levenson | Apr 19, 2018 | CORAL - Marc Levenson, Marine
When I tell you about Duane Oestreich, I’m telling you about a good friend of mine. He’s been an online friend of mine for about 15 years, and despite being separated by multiple state lines, our camaraderie has never suffered. We joke about how close we...
by Marc Levenson | Feb 10, 2018 | CORAL - Marc Levenson, Marine
When you set up a reef tank, and especially if you do it well, your corals will respond with exceptional growth. Couple that with my general rule of keeping my hands out of my tank, and frags grow into colonies, which grow into massive stonies. My 400g reef is...
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 Matt Pedersen | Sep 16, 2016 | CORAL - Marc Levenson, CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, New Products
You may recall Jim Welsh as a past CORAL Magazine contributor; as an aquarist, he’s an all-in type of guy who looks for ways to break new ground and push forward the art and science of aquarium-keeping. This leads to things like his first successful breeding of...
by CORAL Magazine | Jul 19, 2016 | CORAL - Marc Levenson, Marine, New Products
Marc Levenson of Melev’s Reef & Reef Addicts recently received a 3D-printed magnetic stirrer from an aquarist overseas. Watch as he demonstrates the use of this handy little device to conduct a series of water tests including Elos Alkalinity, Salifert...
by CORAL Magazine | Feb 19, 2016 | CORAL - Marc Levenson, Marine
Oh those darn pests: Majanos, Aiptasia, Majanos, Aiptasia, Majanos… Aiptasia is one way of keeping us humble, because they come out of all our rockwork, they come off our frag plugs, they sting our corals, they just become spreading pest anemones and we...
