Aquariums can be large, awkward and heavy to carry. Did you know they also require a fair amount of plumbing and time? Smaller tanks are more manageable and the set up helps to acquaint you with your tank, but if you have a larger tank or you simply don’t have the time to set it up-that’s […]
If you’re already familiar with The Fish Reef, you know that we help you in the process of designing your tank, installing your tank, and maintaining it. But, when you need to move, who do you call to help move everything you had set up? That’s right. We’ll move your tank as well. Even if […]
Why should you familiarize yourself with alkalinity and it’s importance to your tank? Alkalinity is a good measure of how to resist a dip in your pH but is can also be used to measure the opposite: resisting and uptick in pH. This is referred to as the “buffering”. Alkalinity is a measure of the pH […]
At The Fish Reef, we like to say that we “Design, Install, and Maintain”. Each piece of that is important to our business and our customers but today I want to focus on the “Maintain” portion. What do we mean by “Maintain”? Well, after you design or select which tank you want installed the last thing we offer […]
Today I just wanted to shed some light on something we offer at The Fish Reef that a lot of people still may not know about. Did you know we can customize and design the tank of your choosing for you? Well, we sure can. If you have an idea for a tank in mind […]
Clownfish are some of the most common fish among saltwater tank owners. But what do you know about them besides their most famous appearance in Disney/Pixar’s Finding Nemo? Here are some fun facts about Clownfish: -All Clownfish are born male. Each clownfish has the ability to change into a female, so when the dominant female in […]
Corals are animals, as they do not produce their own food. Coral benefit from a symbiosis of animal and plant life. Coral (or coral polyps) are small organisms with soft bodies. They are made up of a protective skeleton made of limestone. This is called a “calicle” and it’s the harder base of the coral. […]
The Yellow Tang is one of the most popular saltwater aquarium fish out there. They are a part of the surgeonfish family and are known by different names like “Yellow Hawaiin Tang”, “Yellow Surgeonfish” or “Yellow Sailfin”. In the wild they can be found in reef waters in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Yellow Tang […]
What goes into an aquarium install? Quite a bit more than most people expect. The fish hobby is not hard to get into, as a lot of people can start with a simple fish bowl and goldfish, but what happens when you want bigger-or you just don’t have time to get everything set up? You […]
As you may already know, one of our biggest projects at The Fish Reef are brand new tank installs, but did you know we can also revamp an old tank? If you have an old fish tank that may be collecting dust, or you were given a tank as a gift but have no idea […]
