by Than Thein | Apr 23, 2015 | CORAL - Than Thein, Marine
You can also watch this video directly on Youtube Aquarium Photography At its core, the reef aquarium hobby is a pursuit of aesthetics. We seek out visually appealing fish and corals and look for inspiration in other aquarists’ tanks. More and more reef hobbyists want...
by Than Thein | Feb 28, 2015 | CORAL - Than Thein, Marine
Gorgonians (including Sea Fans) are a diverse family of corals that are found throughout reefs around the world. Despite their widespread distribution, they are not a particularly common coral in the reef aquarium hobby. What sets them apart from other corals is the...
by Than Thein | Jan 29, 2015 | CORAL - Than Thein, Marine
For years now we have been propagating Mini Maxi anemones (also known as Maxi Mini anemones, and Stichodactyla tapetum). They are easy to propagate by cutting them in half and letting them heal for a month or two. Most aquacultured corals are asexually produced by...
by Than Thein | Jan 13, 2015 | CORAL - Than Thein, Marine
Coral feeding is a practice we adopted long ago at Tidal Gardens. Corals that are fed consistently have dramatically improved coloration and display much better growth and polyp extension. We constantly experiment with different foods for feeding corals whether they...
by Than Thein | Nov 13, 2014 | CORAL - Than Thein, Marine
Any reef aquarium hobbyist that attempts a stony-coral dominated aquarium should be very familiar with the calcium and alkalinity levels of their saltwater. Calcium and Alkalinity are vitally important chemical parameters in reef aquariums because they are integral to...
by Than Thein | Oct 24, 2014 | CORAL - Than Thein, Marine
What are trace elements exactly and what role do they play in our reefs? To put it simply, trace elements are elements that appear in very small quantities in salt water. They are vital to all sorts of biological processes and due to the limited size of our aquariums...
