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Scientists Highlight the Importance of Nutrients for Coral Reefs
A new publication from researchers at the University of Southampton and the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton including Professor Joerg Wiedenmann highlights the importance of nutrients for...
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Tank Profile: Paul B’s 40+ Year Old Saltwater Aquarium
When it comes to standing the test of time, few aquariums have more history than Paul Baldassano’s 100-gallon glass box. Ask any aquarist who has spent time on internet forums, and they’ve likely...
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Free-diving with Dolphins, Underwater Dolphin Video
Hey gang, it’s finally Friday!! I’ve been in the sea almost all morning photographing free-divers and dolphins out on the reef, talk about a total blast! This is Aimee with a very curious and whimsical...
View ArticleMr. Saltwater Tank TV Friday AM Quick Tip: The Best Advice For Fish Food
Your college days may be filled with memories of living off just Top Ramen. Your fish don’t need the same memories. MORE: Mr. Saltwater Tank TV Friday AM Quick Tip: The Best Advice For Fish Food…...
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Sharknose Goby, Gobies, Small Cleaner Fish
I guys and gals, I have a cute little Sharknose Goby, Gobiosoma evelynae resting in a little pocket of brain coral for you all today. These little fish as you may or may not know are known for engaging...
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First Ever IVF Shark Hatched At Melbourne Aquarium
The Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium in Australia has hatched it’s first shark born using artificial insemination. The brown banded bamboo shark was born on March 3, 2014. The pup was born using a semen...
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Reef Threads Podcast #174
We return once again, this time to discuss captive-bred-fish economics, the role of limited-edition corals in the hobby’s future, can you ever be completely happy with your tank, and whether hobbyists...
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Decodon species, Red Hogfish, Deep Water Wrasse
Hi friends, I have a beautiful Decodon wrasse sp. or Red Hogfish for your viewing pleasure today. This is one of three different Red Hogfish species currently being found and brought up alive by the...
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New Species: Painted Anthias
A new species image and profile has been added to the Digital-Reefs galleries! Commonly known as the Painted Anthias, Pseudanthias pictilis is a Western Pacific species which favours water depths of...
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Yellow Tang… so close, yet so far… – Update from OI
Since we last wrote at Day 50, we’ve observed a lot of interesting things with our yellow tang larvae. Probably the most important thing we observed is their very inefficient feeding capability. At...
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Serious Toxic Threat to Corals & Fish
The pollutants measured in the sediments of Guánica Bay, Puerto Rico, in a new NOAA study were among the highest concentrations of PCBs, chlordane, chromium and nickel ever measured in the history of...
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Puddingwife, Halichoeres radiatus, Wrasses, Labridae
Good morning friends, I have a colorful Puddingwife wrasse for your viewing pleasure today. As many of my fellow divers/underwater photographers know this fish never stops swimming and is very hard to...
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Blackworms Mean Better Health for Marine Fish
Live worms are about the best thing we can feed to our fish. How do I know this? Am I just making it up so I have something to write? Actually, no. Live California blackworms have been used for...
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Brood Stock Management, Spawning and Egg Collection of the Purple Masked...
Paracentropyge venusta were identified as a good candidate for captive breeding since they often do not adjust well to captive life after being collected in the wild. A juvenile pair from Japan was...
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Coral Fish Biodiversity Loss
While phylogenetic diversity in communities is acknowledged for its vital heritage value, illustrating, as it does, a “part” of the tree of life, ecosystem functional diversity has long been overlooked...
View Article‘unnatural’ selection in the fighting conch
The first humans to pluck a Caribbean fighting conch from the shallow lagoons of Panama’s Bocas del Toro were in for a good meal. Smithsonian scientists found that 7,000 years ago, this common marine...
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Saltwater Confessions: Bizarre Marine Aquarium Blunders
After many years in the marine aquarium hobby—I’m not talking Paul B years here, but let’s just say a reasonable length of time—I like to think I’ve acquired a certain degree of wisdom with respect to...
View ArticleSlow Life – Time Lapse
This awesome time lapse video of coral is mind boggling. Even though we see these behaviors in our tanks every day, we rarely get to see it in such detail and with the addition of the higher speed...
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Reef Threads Podcast #175
http://cdn.wso.net/reefthreads/podcasts/rt175.mp3 It’s our 175th podcast, also known as the Queen’s Plasma Centennial Jubilee podcast. This week we bring you a small bucketload of semi-interesting...
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Acanthodromia erinacea, Rare Deep Water Crabs
Good morning friends, how was your weekend?? Mine was filled with long bike rides, diving and walks with the dogs, needless to say I am tired today! Last night we did a super fun night dive with the...
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