Reef Aquarium Information - Brett’s Reef

   Plate corals are interesting specimens to have in a marine reef aquarium. They are considered solitary polyps which are closely related to the fungia family.  They are sometimes misidentified as anemones and at first glance you can see why. 
  Taking care of a plate coral is rather simple as they are considered photosynthetic but they […]

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  Here are a few pictures of my percula clownfish hosting in my gigantea anemone.  I have had my female clownfish for almost five years now and she has been hosting in this anemone for about four and a half years.  She used to have a male counterpart (bottom picture) but my reef tank suffered a case […]

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  Today I completed my new aquascaping, if you scroll down a few posts below this one you can see my old reef tank aquascaping.  It wasn’t exactly how I planned it,  I have come to the conclusion that I am going to have to upgrade my tank in the next few years. 
  As you can […]

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  Many people are used to seeing grey/silver snails in the marine reef aquarium but are not used to seeing black saltwater snails in there tanks.  Reef aquariums with live rock can sometimes have a whole slew of hitchhikers in them. Sometimes they are not seen for the first few weeks but they eventually come out, especially […]

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  Today my two Maxi-Jet powerheads came in from the seller on Ebay.  This is one of many great experiences that I have had on Ebay, Not only from buying reef aquarium equipment but also from selling as well.  These two Maxi-Jet 1200’s cost me about $10 less going through Ebay than from buying at […]

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