Wishing I’d Chosen a Wider Marine Aquarium
Consider using the widest aquarium your space and budget will allowI wouldn’t exactly say I have major regrets about choosing a standard 125-gallon tank for my current marine aquarium system, but if I...
View ArticleCaribbean Reef Octopus on a Gorgonian
Good morning friends, I have a beautiful juvenile Caribbean Reef Octopus for you all today that I found at night clinging to this little gorgonian, talk about picture perfect!! We are constantly...
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The long-nosed butterflies part 3: Prognathodes
A collage of Prognathodes species offered for the aquarium trade. Photo credit: Lemon TYK. The genus Prognathodes is perhaps the most phylogenetically intractable of the long-nosed butterflyfishes....
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What is the ESA?
Reading the chatter swirling around the reef aquarium hobby, it seems like many aquarists are upset that the first popular home aquarium fish, the Banggai cardinalfish, has been listed as threatened...
View ArticleNew Lower Price on the Neptune DOS Dosing Pump
Neptune DOS dosing pump Neptune Systems is lowering it’s price on the popular DOS dosing pump from $349.95 to $299.95, a $50.00 price decrease. If you’ve thought about purchasing a DOS dosing pump or...
View ArticleSometimes Fish Eat the Funniest Things!
While a fish might seem to have an exclusive diet, they’ll often chow down on “off-menu” offerings, as wellCarnivorous fish eat meat, herbivorous fish eat algae/plants, and omnivorous fish eat both....
View ArticleTwo Banded Butterflyfish, Chaetodon striatus
Good morning, we have an overcast day on tap and it looks like it wants to rain but I think it just forgot how. We continue to do our early morning “save the wildlife” by bringing in water and bird...
View ArticleThe Trials & Tribulations of a Young Reef Tank
Starting and maintaining a successful reef tank is not an easy task, even for veterans of the hobby. There are many curveballs out there capable of bringing a reef keeper to their knees that can cause...
View ArticleTwo Smooth Trunkfish, Lactophrys triqueter
ABOUT Avid outdoorsman and underwater photographer, Barry Brown has spent the last ten years documenting life above and below water in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. He is currently working with the...
View ArticleReef Life Support Systems WavePuck
Daniel Nguyen and the guys at Reef Life Support Systems (RLSS) have been working on an exciting new wave maker device known as the WavePuck. Slightly smaller than a hockey puck, this is the 1st...
View ArticleSpotted Spiny Lobsters, Panulirus guttatus
Hello friends, it’s almost friday!! I wish I could say I had a fun weekend on tap but with this stupid cough it’s likely I will be stuck at home again. Aimee and I did carry a bunch of new Ikelite...
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Evolution & Diversity of Mirolabrichthys Basslets: Part 1
Nuptial P. ignitus in the Maldives. Credit: asino48 The genus Pseudanthias, known commonly as fairy basslets, is a diverse group of colorful schooling reef fishes popular amongst aquarists. It has...
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Sulfur nitrate reactors.
In the perfect aquarium, nitrate is naturally removed via anaerobic bacteria within live rock, or the sand bed. If there is still residual nitrate, it’s assimilated by macro-algae growing in the...
View ArticleTop 10 Traits of a Successful Reefkeeper
Surprisingly, the “right stuff” that is required to succeed in this hobby can’t be bought at a storeAs marine aquarium hobbyists, we can buy a lot of things to make our experience better and easier,...
View ArticleWhat are the Odds of Being Attacked by a Shark?
Let’s face it, anyone that has ever stepped foot in the ocean has had that moment where something unexpected touched your body beneath the water resulting in a “you tube” worthy series of epic jumps...
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Evolution & Diversity of Mirolabrichthys Basslets: Part 2
The Arc-finned Clade This well-defined grouping has a number of features setting it apart from other Mirolabrichthys. Most readily observable to an aquarist is the smooth edge to the dorsal fin. This...
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Squishy Robot Fingers
National Geographic Explorers David Gruber and Robert Wood have just announced a promising new development in the fields of marine biology and robotics. Dubbed “squishy robot fingers”, the team, aided...
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Sperm Whales Wash Up On English Beach
This past weekend three sperm whales were found dead on an Eastern English beach. This is just a week after other sperm whales were found dead on German and Dutch beaches. It is believed that the...
View ArticleIkelite Underwater Housing
Good morning friends, here’s Aimee posing with the newest Ikelite underwater housing. This is a sleeker, super sexy housing that just came out made for you folks that want to take your expensive...
View ArticleReef Threads Podcast #259
Sanjay’s 500-gal reef aquarium. We’re back, this week with returning guest Sanjay Joshi. While our focus was on his LED experiences with his 500-gal. reef, we also talked about water flow, tank...
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