CoralVue [CVtv] Blog

Author Michael Paletta distills 20 years of reef keeping experience into this comprehensive report on optimal water flow and turnover in a modern reef aquarium. Mike covers a wide variety of topics, including why water flow is so important to corals, types of flow, and different pumps and approaches he has tried to achieve adequate flow in his reef tanks. He also reveals data he collected from 20 successful reef hobbyists and what the average turnover rate is for some of the healthiest reef aquariums in the world.

Growing up in Bali and surrounded by the ocean, Melati and Isabel Wijsen couldn't play in the rice fields or walk on the beach without seeing plastic bags littering their homeland. At the age of 12 and 10, they decided to do something about and founded Bye Bye Plastic Bags in 2013. Six years later, the governor of Bali banned plastic bags on the entire island.

After years of perfecting the manufacturing process, which is key to providing consistent quality and dependability, the second generation of the CoralCare was released in Europe this summer. Reef aquarium hobbyists in the USA will finally be able to purchase a Philips CoralCare of their very own in September 2020.

Two years after the launch of the original CoralCare, Philips released the Gen1.1 in the Spring of 2018. The new version featured upgraded optics, spectrum, and new housing color options.

For any hobby—fishkeeping included—to not die out, the next generation must be included. If youth voices are not heard within the aquarium community, then our hobby may eventually cease to exist. We must act now so fishkeeping avoids the same fate as other bygone hobbies like model building or woodworking.

Even after three decades keeping reef aquariums, stable alkalinity was still elusive to Mike Paletta. He had tried an alkalinity controller before called the KH Guardian, but found it to be unreliable. Will the Alkatronic live up to the hype and Mike's high standards? 

One of North America’s leading saltwater aquarists, Mike Paletta, explores the good, the bad, and the unknown impacts of COVID0-19 on the aquarium industry and the hobby we hold dear.

The Philips CoralCare Project, like many reef aquarium breakthroughs, began in the mind of a hobbyist. Luc Vogels had been keeping reef aquariums since 2007. But Luc is not your typical aquarist. He’s an Electronic Engineer at Philips Lighting, a 129-year-old multinational conglomerate that is world-renown for pioneering new lighting technology.

Peter Cherrick of the Reef News Network sits down with Luc Vogels from Philips to discuss the US launch of the CoralCare Gen2 LED Light.

Join us for Part 2 of the Reef News Network podcast interview with Luc Vogels from Philips about the US release of the CoralCare Gen2 LED Light.