Alerts

Issued: current storm season, southeast Queensland. Every year around this time we get the same run of calls into the shop. Someone did a normal water change, and by the next morning their fish are gasping at the surface or their shrimp are dropping like flies. The common thread is almost always mains water chemistry swinging hard after heavy rain, and nobody checked their numbers before topping up.Why storm season messes with your tap waterSeqwater and Urban Utilities adjust treatment dosing when catchments get hit with runoff. That means chloramine levels can jump around, turbidity spikes, and dissolved solids in...

If you have noticed small brown or translucent anemones popping up on your rock overnight, do not wait a week to deal with it. Aiptasia doubles fast once established, and one overlooked frag can seed an entire display within a month. This is a live alert for anyone currently staring down a pest outbreak reef tank situation.Why this matters right nowAiptasia reproduces by splitting and by pedal laceration, meaning a single polyp disturbed by a clumsy scraper or powerhead can become five polyps by the weekend. They sting neighbouring coral tissue, steal food meant for your SPS and LPS, and...

We had a customer from Manly drop into the Brisbane store last February after her SPS colonies bleached out over a single weekend. Her garage tank had no chiller, just a lid fan, and a run of 34 degree days pushed the water past 31 for almost 48 hours straight. That is the kind of loss that happens fast and cannot be undone once the coral has gone. The Bureau is flagging another run of high 20s to low 30s across greater Brisbane this week, and tanks in Manly, Wynnum, Redcliffe, and the western suburbs around Ipswich tend to run...