Reef Threads Podcast #260
Reef safe? A new week and a new podcast. This week’s topics include lighting, reef-safe fish, Paul Allen’s yacht, reefer phrases, and cosmetics. Download the podcast here, or subscribe to our podcasts...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Snapping Shrimp May Play a Key Role in Reef Ecosystems
If you’ve ever heard a snapping shrimp, you know how loud a crustacean can be. New evidence suggests that the shrimp’s clicks play an important role in reef ecology and may be used to tell how healthy...
View ArticleTop 10 Tips For Keeping a SPS Reef Tank
Top 10 Tips For Keeping a SPS Reef Tank Let’s face it. Keeping a reef tank is not a simple chore but there are some basic tenants one can follow to optimize the chances for success. With over 20...
View ArticleWhat Constitutes a Reef Aquarium?
Here’s a recent shot of my 125-gallon reef aquariumQuestionI’m new to saltwater aquarium keeping and struggling to wrap my head around all the different ideas and terminology. For example, what exactly...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Deep Sea ‘Purple Sock’ Provides Clues To Early Life Forms
Although this might look like one, it is not an underwater purple sock, this is a photo of Xenoturbella profunda, a species of deep sea worm which was discovered by scientists and provides links to...
View ArticleYellowline Arrow Crab, Stenorhynchus seticomis
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 ArticleClik here to view.
Hope For Coral Reefs In Lab Grown Corals
It comes as no surprise that corals are under more stress than ever. It is a very troubling problem we hear about day in and day out. Global warming, overfishing, dredging, pollution, human influence...
View ArticleAquarium Technologies Borrowed from Other Industries
Actinic lighting was developed and used in other industries before reef aquariumsWe marine aquarists use a variety of tools to help keep our tanks healthy by either changing or removing the waste...
View ArticleUnusual Orange Sponge: Myripristis jacobus
Good morning friends, we are up at o-dark thirty trying to get ready for yet another very busy day.. Aimee and I leave for Washington this Sunday and I will try to post while I am at the Smithsonian...
View ArticleA Look at the Tunze Recirculation Pumps
Return or recirculation pumps have long been a part of the Tunze product offering. This past year Tunze has added a couple of new models. This article will introduce the new pumps and also offer some...
View ArticleReef Threads Podcast #261
The Reef Evangelist solves theater problems with her reef skills. We’ve returned once again. This week’s topics include magazines we read, Gary’s tank leak, LED replacements for T5 lamps, and the reef...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Meet the Lumpsucker, a Very Useful Fish
juvenile European Lumpsucker in a public aquarium Lumpsuckers are either cute and characterful or downright ugly; it’s all in the eye of the beholder. Whatever your view on their appearance, these...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Preparing for Finding Dory with Alyssa’s Seahorse Savvy
In 2003 the marine aquarium world was taken by storm, thanks to the release of the Disney film Finding Nemo. Suddenly the clownfish was forever cemented as a children’s film icon, and kids all over the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Epithet etymology: Cirrhilabrus rhomboidalis, the diamond-tail fairy wrasse
Cirrhilabrus rhomboidalis, the diamond-tail fairy wrasse. Photo credit: Lemon TYK. Today on epithet etymology, we feature yet another labrid, this time from the genus Cirrhilabrus. Cirrhilabrus are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Noise Pollution Can Be Deadly For Many Species
A new study, published in Nature Communications, indicates that noise pollution can be deadly for many species of fish. Noise pollution can be created above or below the water. For example, it can...
View ArticleSpare the Net for These 5 Fish Types
Large bruisers, such as Miniatus grouper (Cephalopholis miniatus), are best wrangled without the use of a netMoving a marine fish from one tank to another is a straightforward process. You grab a fish...
View ArticleDelicate Rose Lace Coral
Well folks, I’m wiped out after another day of non-stop diving in freezing Caribbean water, I just want to go to bed!!! I still have my intern for one more day, we both did a long photo dive at 4:00...
View ArticleCoral Atoll Introduces its new app for Reef Aquarium & Diving Enthusiasts
[embedded content] Atoll is a new app available for reef aquarium and diving enthusiasts to download on the iPhone. Atoll is an interactive mobile app which includes a comprehensive database of coral....
View ArticleLionfish: Colorful Invasive Reef Fish
Good morning all, I have a fun Lionfish portrait for you all today that I shot yesterday with my trusty 105 macro. We still see these beautiful invasive fish on every dive but on some reefs they are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ATI T5 Bulb Comparison
T5 lighting is still very popular among aquarists, with ATI bulbs generally being the number one choice. “What’s the best bulb combo?” is probably the most frequently discussed topic in the T5 world....
View Article