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Corals Surviving the Ocean’s Pollution
Unlike other marine species, the corals are still capable of adapting under current circumstances of sea acidification, reveled by researchers at the Center of Biological Research of the Northeast...
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New Neptune Systems Euro-friendly Controller Gear Officially Hits the Market
Here’s some great news for our fellow hobbyists across the pond. Neptune Systems announced late last week that they were officially launching their new European 220/240V Schucko-style Energy Bar 6. In...
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Blue Light Corals Before and After, Fluorescent Corals
Good morning friends, so finally I have a before and after photo of a small coral under blue light and the same coral under normal white light for your viewing pleasure today. Almost a week ago Aimee...
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Hands on with the Cubic Aquarium Systems Jellyfish Aquarium
As some of you undoubtedly know, my many and varied marine aquariums are on public display in my office on the Pratt Institute Brooklyn campus. As such, I am regularly questioned by students and...
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Cool-Water Marine Species Sometimes Sold as Tropicals
As we often discuss here at Saltwater Smarts, one of the frustrating aspects of the marine aquarium hobby is the fact that some of the species commonly or occasionally available in the trade have no...
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How2Scrape: Glass And Acrylic Cleaning 101
We all get those days when our snails take too many breaks and our glass gets a nasty film blocking our view from our beautiful tanks. Some have diatoms, others just have excess coralline algae....
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Its a Ray of Light, No It’s Superman
This montipora has gained almost as much notoriety as the legendary superman himself. The striking red polyps against the bright blue skin catches the eye, but its ability to retain color and the...
View Article2014 – The Year of the Clownfish (again)
Everybody prepare, 2014 will be the year of the clowns! Again. After watching Finding Nemo (at least a few times) the reaction from everyone was pretty much the same, the world has fallen in love with...
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Mother Sharks Return Home to Give Birth!
Shark moms go home to the place where they were born to give birth to their own young, states a lengthy study published in the Molecular Ecology Journal. The detailed study took nearly two decades to...
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Scripps Leads First Global Snapshot of Key Coral Reef Fishes
In the first global assessment of its kind, a science team led by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has produced a landmark report on the impact of fishing on a group...
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Lionfish Eye Photo, Invasive Creatures, Deadly Fish
Hi all, I have a lionfish eyeball for you all today mainly because I don’t have anything else to send! How is this possible you ask when I am always in the water with a camera?? Well, most days I’m...
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Cell Phone Photography for Corals and Inverts Getting Easier and Easier with...
The use of cell phones is nothing new in this hobby, as they’ve been a vital tool with applications that help us calculate how much calcium to dose in our tank and give us the ability to monitor and...
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Reef Crabs: Not Someone Who Complains About The Holidays!
Crabs are an essential part of the Red Lobster menu, but they play an even more important role in quite the opposite way in the wild and even your aquarium. Some types of crabs are pure evil when it...
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Corals Gone Wild: Don’t Let Encrusting Polyps Take Over Your Tank!
Green Star Polyps can grow rapidly and encrust live rock, other corals, substrate, aquarium walls, and more.I have a confession to make. When I mention my 75-gallon “reef tank” in my posts here at...
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Slimy Tunicates May Be Worth Billions
“Production has so far exceeded our greatest expectations,” said researcher Christofer Troedsson of Uni Research. Against a backdrop of mountains and fjords, eight people worked intensively for two...
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EcoSmart Live App Available to Download in the iTunes Store
At the end of November, EcoTech Marine officially launched their much touted and highly anticipated ReefLink wireless hub to the mass of aquarium keepers who have been yearning for a way to control...
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China Announces Ban On Shark Fin’s At Official Banquets
China has announced a ban on Shark Fin’s at Official Banquets. Although the ban is intended to cut down on excessive spending and extravagance in the Chinese Government, it will have significant impact...
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Jumping Dolphin, Baby Bottlenose Jumping
Hi all, I have a jumping baby dolphin shot for you all my dolphin lovers out there today. We are gearing up for a busy weekend starting with another blue-light night dive this evening. Tomorrow it’s...
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Red Sea Maxima Clams Enter the US for First Time in 15 Years
If you’re as into Tridacnid clams as much as we are, then you might want to pay attention. For the first time in 15 long years, T. maxima clams originating out of the Red Sea are being imported into...
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Refugium Lighting
Refugiums are a great way to grow Algae for filtration, food, and provide excellent breeding grounds for pods, shrimp, and anything else that would otherwise be destroyed in your Display tank....
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