Julian Sprung is one of reef keeping’s great innovators. If you’ve ever met Julian, he’s a soft-spoken guy and I imagine the wheels inside his head are always grinding away. It was Julian Sprung, along with Mike Paletta and a handful of others 20+ years ago that helped pave the way for the captive reef aquarium. They developed coral fragging, and broke barriers in understanding what coral life needed to thrive in captivity. Julian started his own company, Two Little Fishies (TLF) and I imagine most of us have used a Two Little Fishies’ product at some point or another. What makes TLF unique is that they don’t produce and market expensive, or necessarily high tech aquarium equipment. There isn’t a TLF lighting fixture on the market, or even a TLF protein skimmer. In fact, their simple Phosban reactor is probably as close to either of those things as the company has gotten. What they do is consistently create innovative, effective and helpful products, with a strong curve toward common sense and long term aquatic success. TLF’s history:
TLF started on the heels of revelations Julian Sprung made as a reef aquarium pioneer. You can trace his work all the way back to the now defunct Freshwater and Marine Aquarium Magazine (whom your’s truly once penned features and columns for). TLF opened its doors back in 1991, long before the explosion of reef keeping that led to today’s industry. The company had humble beginnings, offering a few books on reef keeping (including Sprung’s infamous Reef Aquarium series) and an introductory video on how to set-up and maintain a reef aquarium. From there the company branched out, offering a line of additives, feeding apparatus, coral and fish foods, combined with a host of other helpful products. Consistently TLF’s products offer something unique; some simple touch that can ease the stress of keeping a reef aquarium stable. Phosban (TLF’s take on granular ferric oxide) was the first phosphate absorption media I used (in a time when phosphate absorption media was a fairly new thing), and it’s still highly effective, and highly regarded today. TLF’s easy to use magnetic algae clip made it possible to feed your herbivores seaweed without getting your hands wet, and TLF’s new net magnetic feeder offers the ability to let your fish naturally graze on foods, without reaching into the tank. This year at Reefapooloza (I guess I spelled that right) Sprung introduced a few new products, and a couple of them caught my eye.… More:
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