Kraken Corals Blog and Industry News
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Hanna Nitrate Checker, Complicated accuracy
The Hanna Nitrate Checker has long been considered missing from Hanna's line-up of pocket checkers which are used by many reef keepers for accurate easy testing of their reef aquarium. Now that the nitrate checker has finally appeared is it possibly too complicated for regular use?
Parameters for your Reef
Keeping proper reef tank parameters is essential for the health of your fish, coral and other invetebrates. High Nitrates & Phosphates can lead to unsightly algae and flucuations in your levels can lead to poor coral heath. Some levels can even cause coral and fish death.
New Frozen Firstbite Veggie Feast
We got chance to put the new Firstbite Veggie feast and the new Firstbite Magnetic Feeding clip to the test.
Top 5 Marine Fish you should possibly avoid.
So we know there’s some fish that are not suitable for your tank, they may not be compatible with your inhabitants, they may not be reef safe and eat your critters or coral, but this is a list of the fish with think you should possible avoid altogether.
Seneye Spectra, Submersible spectrometer
So we are in the middle of the COVID-19 Lockdown, and this has given us a bit of time to look at and test the new Seneye Spectra that we have had kicking around for a couple of weeks.
A bit more advanced than the par meter found on the Seneye reef this is a full nanometer spectrometer capable of showing you more than just PAR.
Featured Marine Aquarium: Karl Marsh
This featured tank is owned by Karl Marsh, powered by ecotech and featured an in sump frag tank.
We 3D Printed our own filter sock replacement cup.
We ended up with a tank that had a strange size filter sock and wanted to replace the socks with a filter cup which we find much more practical, Nothing appeared available off the shelf so the solution... make our own.
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