Want Healthy, Spawning Fish? Feed Them Properly!
Feed your fish. They are hungry. That may sound obvious, but most fish in captivity are starving to death because we are so fixated on water parameters. It’s fine to worry about water parameters, but...
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World Aquarium Cited For Dirty Facility and Unfed
The vast majority of public aquariums and zoos care about their animals above all else. However, this appears not to be the case with the World Aquarium, in St. Louis, Missouri.The Aquarium was cited...
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Renovated Toledo Aquarium Ready For Grand Opening
After two and half years of waiting, the renovated Toledo Aquarium will be opening on March 27, 2015. Nearly 26 Million dollars was spent in the process. When the aquarium was closed for renovations,...
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The mysterious traits of ozone (03)
While many forms of water purification used in other industries caught on with reef aquarists, ozone never came full circle. Most reef aquarists employ reverse osmosis de-ionization (RODI), carbon...
View ArticleTwo Banded Coral Shrimps in a Vase Sponge
Good afternoon from Curacao! I’m busy in the deep-water lab today cleaning out my old photo aquariums and running around town buying some new ones. The aquariums themselves are in good working order...
View ArticleReef Threads Podcast #222
A scene from Peter Hyne’s 1,300-gal. reef aquarium. We’re back for another go at this reef-aquarium hobby. This week’s subjects include Peter Hyne’s Toronto aquarium, NERAC, Jimmie Yuen’s old-school...
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Update On World Aquarium: Passes Re-Inspection
The World Aquarium,a nonprofit facility, has passed a re-inspection as of Friday and will remain open. This good news comes after the Aquarium was cited with a plethora of rather egregious violations...
View ArticleSalt Speak – Episode 2: Than Thein
We’re back with another episode of Salt Speak! First off, I’d like to thank everyone who reached out with kind words for this new series. It was great to hear the interest in episode 1 and excitement...
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Your right to reef: Fracking and reef keeping …
Most of the country is now familiar with hydraulic fracturing (fracking). It’s a method used to extract natural gas buried deep beneath the Earth. Despite some of the jargon that gets passed around,...
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Goniopora Love
Recently I had the pleasure/heartbreak of fragging one of my long term Goniopora mother colonies. I had been growing this line of coral for over 5 years, and this particular colony for 3 years; from a...
View ArticleVideo: Timelapse Shows Set-up of NHM Exhibition Tank
[embedded content] Opening on 27 March 2015 at London’s Natural History Museum, their new exhibition ‘Coral Reefs: Secret Cities of the Sea’ will offer visitors the chance to encounter 200 strange and...
View ArticleHow to Acclimate Marine Animals in 8 Easy Steps—Plus 5 Cases When You Can’t
In his book The Salt Smart Guide to Preventing, Diagnosing, and Treating Diseases of Marine Fish, Jay Hemdal provides a surprisingly simple method for acclimating marine animals—just one of many useful...
View ArticleHuge Marine Reserve To Protect Pitcairn Islands
Search Primary Menu Skip to content AboutDigital-Reefs GalleriesVertebratesBony Fishes (A –...
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Beautiful New Species of Weedy Sea Dragon Discovered
Photo by Josefin Stiller , Nerida G. Wilson , Greg W. Rouse. CC by 4.0. Syngnathid fish fans have a new species to fawn over, according to a recent article in Scientific American Magazine. Until now,...
View ArticleDragons Breath Macro Tree – See it to Believe it!
My FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/coralfish12g In this CoralFish12g video I highlight Pedro's 34g Solana cube tank. It is custom drilled and has a custom sump. The filtration is a fitersock and...
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Giveaway Time! Sick Fish? Get Salt Smart With This Essential Guide
It can’t be said enough – one of the most difficult aspects of keeping an aquarium is dealing with loss. While some of the culprits may fall out of the realm of your control, there’s a great deal of...
View ArticleToledo Zoo Aquarium Renovation – Update 15: Grand Opening Today!
Mosaic walkway in the renovated Aquarium (Credit: Toledo Zoo/Andi Norman)Virtually since we launched Saltwater Smarts back in April of 2013, we’ve been bringing you regular updates on the progress of...
View ArticleFrozen Mysis Part 2: The Science Behind the Food
Young H. erectus at mysis feeding table. Photo by Louise Hines In Frozen Mysis Part 1: The Quest For Quality Mysis, we took a look at how to best select quality mysis for our seahorses, and what to...
View ArticleVlog of George #1 – Instagram, Gel Filters, Reef Fuel
Instagram Link: http://instagram.com/coralfish12g In this CoralFish12g video I am going to be vlogging for the first time. I want to know what you think in the comments section below. I call it Vlog of...
View ArticleReef Threads Podcast #223
Some anemone tentacles up close. It’s time once again to chat with the Reef Evangelist and her minion. This week’s topics include NERAC, the Toledo Aquarium, World Aquarium, Pitcairn reef preserve,...
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