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Marine Fish Propagation System at the Toledo Zoo
You’ve heard the saying, “It takes a village to raise a child.” Well, it can take thousands of copepods to raise one larval fish. Our curator of fishes, Jay Hemdal, and I recently went to a...
View ArticleWhat a Trooper – Octopus Broods Eggs for Record 4 1/2 Years Before Dying
The Monterey Bay Aquarium published a paper to the Public Library of Science on Wednesday detailing their findings of a deep sea female Graneledone boreopacifica octopus found with a clutch of eggs in...
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Hey, Suppliers, You Should Package Everything With This!
Ok, so it’s actually just a concept right now, but I know I’d definitely use this amazing bubble wrap on everything I ship – work related or not! Japan-based designer Daisuke Akiyama (feel free to...
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Drones Used to Combat Illegal Fishing in Belize
On the forefront of technological reef research the country of Belize has assigned drones to combat illegal fishing throughout marine protected areas, in what may be the first use of drones for...
View ArticleSustainable Fishkeeping
The decision to keep captive-bred or wild-caught fish is a decision all hobbyists should make. Most fresh water raised are captive raised. On the contrary, most marine fish are caught in the wild,...
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Blue-Light Photos, Blue-Light Photography
Good morning friends, I’m trying hard to wake up this morning after a late night out playing under the sea. I always try to do night dives later in the evening as you will see way more stuff the longer...
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I’ve Discovered “The Kraken Supply Shop”… Today Will Be an Expensive Day
Upon researching material for my Octopus Edition of a series of interior design posts I’ll be doing, I stumbled upon The Kraken Supply Shop via a link to an Octopus Umbrella that caught my eye. Little...
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More Strangeness From the West Coast – Thousands of Glasslike Inverts Wash...
Thousands of Valella Valella, a beautifully translucent, jellyfish-like invertebrate, all decided to crash the same party when they washed ashore the central California Coast this week. No strangers to...
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The Pantsdropper Mushroom Coral is an Astounding Discosoma
We have been saying this over and over again, but our point keeps getting proven. Mushroom corals are really coming into their own, and with corals like this Pantsdropper Discosoma from Legendary...
View ArticleProfiling A Reef Junkie
Remodeling a house for a tank, drilling holes through walls…all normal behavior for a reef junkie. This behavior may seem odd to non-aquarists, but to reef junkies, they wouldn’t have it any other way....
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5 Reasons to Understock Your Marine Aquarium
Over the many years I’ve kept marine aquariums, guests in my home have more than occasionally noted the relatively low number of specimens, particularly fish, in my tanks. You could say it’s been a...
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Reef Threads Podcast #192
Maybe this was the butterfly Gary “imported” from Hawaii.This is the podcast in which we play 20 questions, but actually only get to seven before we run out of time. It doesn’t matter because we...
View ArticleHa! Now This is My Kind of Prank!
What do you get when you combine a fake shark, some blood, ice, a fish market and some unsuspecting patrons? Hilariousness, that’s what. This had me laughing so damn hard! I’d love to get fooled by...
View ArticleAquatic Terrorist?
We are all passionate about the aquarium hobby. Sadly, misinformed groups are placing undue pressure on it. A Hawaiian fish collector, who was involved in the underwater brawl, was just charged with a...
View ArticleTerrible Advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues): Nuisance Algae Control Method Kills Corals?
Terrible Advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues): 3 days of darkness will harm your corals The rest of the story: 3 days of darkness is a method used to control nuisance algae. The idea behind it is simple: without...
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There’s Hope! Perhaps I Can Make an Eight-Armed Friend, After All.
Oh, boo. Looks like it’s an interspecies thing. National Geographic is featuring this thought-provoking story that questions everything we think we know about the Octopus. My true idol in life, is...
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Aussie Mini Scolys Are to Die For
Recently, Exotic Reef Creations shared a nice batch of fresh Aussie Mini Scolys over on their Reef2Reef page, and for us it served as a beautiful reminder about just how cute these little corals are....
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The Biorock Project of Pemuteran: A Hauntingly Beautiful Reef Restoration...
On my search for a new and improved “Octopus Bicycle“, I happened upon this wonderful Award Winning Reef Restoration Project in Indonesia. Many factors such as pollution, cyanide fishing, and coastal...
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Marine Aquarium Contingencies I Never Anticipated
If you’ve been watching the news lately, you may have heard about the massive Microcystis algae outbreak that is currently affecting the western basin of Lake Erie and, from this past Friday until...
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New WiFi Capable Dosing Pump on the Way from GHL
GHL has a nifty new dower hitting the market next month, and while we don’t know all of the juicy details, we do know that it will feature some very useful wireless communication features that could...
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