Issue 119 – August 2026 – LATEST ISSUE

Includes:

• Shop Visit – Come along for the ride as we visit The Aqua Group’s “Fishgate” HQ and find not just a massive store in the making, but also a potentially hobby-changing project underway!
• Reef Icons – No. 45 – This issue, we get up close with a team of Watchman gobies and find these aren’t the flawed vigilantes of movie fame but instead perfect candidates for even small systems.
• Full Spectrum Reefing – Advanced Aquarium Consultancy owner Paul Hughes presents his personal reef tank (a.k.a. the “Harlow Gorg Reef”) and what a beauty this unique reef aquarium really is!
• Intensive Care – We say “Hello!” to Siobhan Doolin (a.k.a. ReefNurse) as she outlines how her background in veterinary science has helped her nurture those reef-keeping skills.
• Product Review – We get our salty paws on two of D-Ds new Funktion Wave stream pumps and immediately press them into service in the office test tank.
• Positively Worrying – While they might sound like a good thing on the face of it, Dr Matt Bond warns of the dangers of “positive lists” and explains the threat that they present to all of us.
• A Brief History of Reef-Keeping – We are reminded of our reef-keeping “roots” as Nathan Smith looks back over the last half century at the most important hobby innovations
• Visit Report: Oceanogràphic, Valencia – We visit this famed Spanish public aquarium billed as “the largest in Europe”, but does the reality live up to the hype?

Plus Marine and Product News. and much more!

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