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Marine livestock collection’s effect on global reef health
Human or anthropogenic threats to coral reefs have been well documented for the past several years. Suddenly, there appears to be a surge in both research and legislative action regarding how human...
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A Sad Day For Shedd Aquarium
The Shedd Aquarium said goodbye to it’s oldest, white sided dolphin on Friday Tique, who was 30 years old, had been with the aquarium since 1991. Tique was suffering from kidney disease and was...
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Life Discovered Under Antartica’s Ice
Scientists have discovered an abundance of life living under Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf. It had been believed that nothing could survive under Antarctica until recently. With the ice sheet over 30...
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Water Chemistry
Optimal water chemistry is much more than a set of perfect numbers. It is an over all balance of many minerals, as well as an ability to maintain stability over long periods of time. When excellent...
View ArticleDecisions, Decisions: New SAIA Tool Can Help Stock Your Nano Reef
Focusing on nano tanks, AquarioScenario is a new tool from the SAIA. Along the lines of their existing FishSelector, this interface offers the aquarium hobbyist guidance on selecting organisms for...
View ArticleSweet Coral Hind! A Colorful, Aquarium-Sized Grouper
Coral Hind or Miniatus grouper (Cephalopholis miniata)The name “grouper” conjures up images of underwater behemoths that no home aquarium can conceivably accommodate, such as the legendary goliath...
View ArticleReef Threads Plus #1
We are very pleased to present our first podcast in a new monthly series we’re calling Reef Threads Plus. In these podcasts we’ll choose a single topic and discuss it in depth with...
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Do fish feel pain?
It’s long been touted that fish don’t feel pain. Aquarists may argue this point on both sides of the line. Some may believe that fish feel an entire array of emotions, while others would assume that...
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Scientists ask fish to be included in moral circle of compassion.
During my last post, I addressed the question of whether or not fish feel pain and have a conscious mind capable of seeking pleasure or feeling emotional stress. I want to expand on this topic, based...
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“Ocean Gravity”– The Parallels of Sea and Space
“Just like in the space, there isn’t anymore a top or a bottom. There isn’t anymore upside down and wrong side out. The ocean becomes cosmos, the man a satellite, and the bottom of the sea an unknown...
View ArticleReview: TMC EASI-Dose 3 Programmable Dosing System
Although they’ve been used on reef systems for many years, peristaltic dosing pumps (or ‘peri’ pumps) have become a much more common sight in the last few years being integral to a number of relatively...
View ArticleThe Marine Aquarist’s Greatest Asset
Patience, much like in many other aspects of the hobby, is important to creating a thriving coral gardenIf someone were to ask you (perhaps with a gun held to your head, as is so often the case in...
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Mystic Aquarium Transforms Debris Into Energy
The Mystic Aquarium has partnered with Covanta Energy to create a new exhibit called Covanta Cove. The mission of public aquariums around the world is to educate visitors and deliver a strong green...
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Trust me! I have tanks! An overview of my personal tanks.
I recently read a reefing blog that suggested some Internet and magazine “experts” didn’t own an aquarium, and were simply copying the success of other reef keepers to develop an online or print...
View ArticleReef Threads Podcast #215
This is what Christine did while recording the podcast. Stunning, isn’t it? Another week, another podcast. This week’s topics include Reef Threads Plus, Christine’s new lights, hair-care products, old...
View ArticleDeltec Announces Expansion of Their DC Skimmer Lineup
Deltec is making a few nice moves here in 2015, adding a trio of new skimmers to their popular SC lineup. And in similar fashion to their October 2014 release of the SC 1660, all three of these new...
View ArticleBREATHTAKING Reef Aquarium! HD -104 Gallons
Marco's Email- marco@pardun.cc This 104 gallon reef aquarium belongs to Marco Pardun of Dortmund, Germany. It is a room divider reef and it really is breathtaking. The equipment list is rounded out...
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Reefs In Art: Stunning Blue Twisted Tentacles of Venomous Cnidocyte Edition
Just had to share these absolutely face-melting images of these ethereal creatures – Physalia utriculus, Blue Bottle or (Indo-Pacific) Portuguese Man-of-War (not to be confused with Physalia physalis,...
View ArticleToledo Zoo Aquarium Renovation—Update 14: Fish Start to Arrive, Grand...
Salties who have been following our updates on the Toledo Zoo Aquarium renovation these last few years will be excited to hear that the ambitious, $25.5 million project will soon be coming to fruition....
View Article*EXCLUSIVE* Unboxed: Red Sea REEFER™ 170 Aquarium System
(light not included)Breaking the news of their launch back in November 2014 we’ve been eagerly anticipating the commercial release of Red Sea’s new REEFER line of rimless braceless aquaria, as we...
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