Jeremy Gay
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Jeremy Gay is an author, editor, and lifelong fishkeeper, with over twenty years in the marine aquatic sector. His experience includes retail, wholesale, publishing, distribution, marketing, manufacturing, and livestock import. He loves the biology of marine ecosystems as well as marine equipment and tech.

Maxspect Jump skimmer front and rear profile
Maxspect’s Jump protein skimmer gets a double capacity bigger brother

The company that brought us the Razor, Gyre, and Aeraqua Duo has added a new, larger skimmer model to its Jump, value equipment range. Called the MJ-SK800, the 800 model shares all of the features of the MJ-SK400 but with…

24 year old bubble coral with Flame angelfish and Copperband Butterflyfish
Captive Bubble coral bommie is 24 years young

A quarter of a century-old Bubble coral has just turned up at an LFS in the UK. Traded in to make room in his display tank, the previous owner admitted to taking it into his garage and having to break…

Aquaforest AF Rock Arch
AF Rock is Aquaforest’s man-made reef rock

With live rock shipments few and far between these days, manufacturers and hobbyists have had to turn to mined or man-made alternatives instead. And Aquaforest is one such rock provider with their latest version, AF Rock, although they’re not new…

TMC Reef Flow 2.0 packaging shot
Reef Flow 2.0 is Tropical Marine Centre’s compact new wavemaker

Tropical Marine Centre has launched a new DC wave pump range called Reef Flow 2.0. Available in three sizes, 2.0 replaces the previous Reef Tide S range and features a new slimmed-down controller, improved electronics, and a choice of three…

Pillar corals, Dendrogyra cylindricus, being treated for SCTLD
CoralCure Ointment Base2B is a topical treatment for Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease

An antibiotic treatment has been developed to help cure dying corals on the Florida Reef Tract. Amoxycillin is a medication used to treat a wide variety of bacterial infections in humans, and by mixing it with a base ointment, researchers…

Revised Queensland Coral Exports Approved Until 2024

The Australian government has confirmed that hard coral export from the Great Barrier Reef can continue for another three years, albeit with several caveats. In a statement by the Wildlife Trade Regulation Section, a new approval for the Wildlife Trade…

Crowd at Aqua trade show 2021
AQUA show 2021 product round up

The UK’s biggest aquatic-only trade show went ahead last week, despite some major marine players being conspicuously absent. Previous exhibitors including Tunze, Red Sea, Tropical Marine Centre and the EcoTech and Triton distributors were all missing this year, resulting in…

Reef Factory Reef Flare Pro LED light range
Reef Factory increase power, color, and control with Reef Flare Pro

The company that brought you KH Keeper has today teased its latest addition to the Reef Flare lighting range, Reef Flare Pro. Like the existing Reef Flare model, the new Pro is a fan-cooled, Wi-Fi controlled fixture available in three…

OATA fish industry value infographic
OATA Fishing for Facts report is packed full of positive marine trade stats

All reefkeepers have a wobble now and again and wonder about the impact their hobby has on the environment. But the UK’s Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association has painstakingly assembled fact-based data that’s going to make everyone selling fish and keeping…

Nyos Opus G2 300 with Slim-Line cabinet
Nyos refine their Opus 300 aquarium with G2 modifications

Nyos has released information on their latest generation aquarium model – the Opus G2 300. Like its predecessor the Opus 300, The new Opus G2 300 will come in just one 35.4” x 21.7” x 20.9” (90x55x53cm,) model size, only…