4 Tips for the Right-Brained Marine Aquarist
As regular Saltwater Smarts visitors may be aware, I was an English major in college and currently make my living working with words as a writer/editor. Admittedly, I’ve never really been able to wrap...
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Tattoo Tuesday
This is but one of the marine themed tattoos Rich has Rich RossAquarium Champion Last week’s tattoo teaser belonged to none other than Aquarist of the Year Rich Ross. Rich is well known for his...
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Five Japanese Aquariums May Quit Association Over Taiji Ban
Five Japanese Aquariums are Threatening to leave Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums (Jaza) based on the decision not to use Taiji Dolphins. Jaza made the decision to ban use of Taiji Dolphins...
View ArticleReefing from Afar, Part 2: Automation Options
There are a wide variety of solutions for automating your reef aquarium and monitoring from afarIn Part 1 of this series, I laid down some of the expectations for success, and now we are ready to dive...
View ArticleReefing from Afar, Part 2: Automation Options
There are a wide variety of solutions for automating your reef aquarium and monitoring from afarIn Part 1 of this series, I laid down some of the expectations for success, and now we are ready to dive...
View ArticleReefing from Afar, Part 2: Automation Options
There are a wide variety of solutions for automating your reef aquarium and monitoring from afarIn Part 1 of this series, I laid down some of the expectations for success, and now we are ready to dive...
View ArticleMarine Aquarium Photography: Post Processing of Coral Images
There is no such thing as an unprocessed “image,” but the degree of said processing can vary greatlyOften the subject of heated online debate is the post processing of coral photos—the manipulation of...
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Eshopps Announces New Channel Design (ECD) Sumps
Eshopps has just released a new line of sumps that integrate their Channel Design system to optimize the flow pattern in the system. Instead of a standard trickle/overflow system where the water...
View ArticleThe Endangered Corals of Fisher Island & The Saga of The Deep Dredge (Part 2...
[embedded content] Fisher Island Hybrid Fused-Staghorn Coral (Elkhorn Morphotype) pre-dredge/ mid-dredge health survey The most remarkable aspect of the health of the corals growing on Fisher Island,...
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All glory to the Hypnoslug
Just keep staring into the hypnotizing abyss. Not quite a buzzing cartoon toad from a distant future on Earth, this iridescently patterned nudibranch was collected for photography purposes in just 30...
View ArticleSalt Speak – Episode 4: Blended Frozen Aquarium Foods
Here we go…the fourth installment of Salt Speak coming at you in 3, 2, 1! The topic of this episode is blended frozen aquarium foods – a product most aquarists use (or have used) in their aquarium. To...
View ArticleSwordfish Kills Fisherman In Hawaii
Spear fishing is a sport not without risks. Randy Llanes, a 47 year old man, is dead after attempting to spear a large swordfish. Llanes was the captain of a deep sea charter fishing company in...
View ArticleFlorida Man Catches 552 Pound Giant Grouper On Kayak
Check out this guy real in a monster Grouper on a kayak! Cape Coral, Florida resident John Black had a 552 pound grouper on his line for a couple of intense moments, and lucky for us, it was all...
View ArticleReef Threads Podcast #231
Fishing tyres out of the ocean. Photo: AFP After an unplanned week off, we return to talk about pollen, a research job, Miami dredging, failed fake reefs, canopies, wall-of-rocks aquascaping,...
View ArticleFincasters Episode 76 Tang in the Wrong Ocean
Divers of of Florida identify a tang that shouldn't be there and go after it. It's the Work of REEF, a non-profit that protects the reefs off of the Florida keys. In this Fincast, REEF's Lad Adkins...
View ArticleScorpionfish Eye, Fish Eyes, Macro Eye Photo
Good morning from one of the driest places on the planet! I would have never dreamed in a million years that islands in the Caribbean go for so long without rain but unbelievably it’s true! Our once...
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Reef Aquarium Forums 2.0
We are pleased to announce a major new project on Reefs.com, Forums 2.0. We’ve done a lot of work behind the scenes to make our forums much easier to navigate, but more importantly, we’re putting the...
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Marshawn Lynch Gets BeastMode Custom Fish Tank
Seattle Seahawks Marshawn Lynch will be appearing on this season of Tanked on Animal Planet. The Custom tank will include a Beast mode logo and skittles colored coral. Watch the tank preview here.…...
View ArticleHave a Fellow Aquarium Hobbyist on Call for Vacation Emergencies
There’s something about being thousands of miles away from your aquarium that seems to spark tank emergenciesWhat is it about taking a vacation that seems to precipitate problems in a marine aquarium?...
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Female Sawfish Use ‘Virgin’ Births To Avoid Extinction
Sadly Smalltooth Sawfish are on the verge of extinction. However, scientists have discovered that some female sawfish are having ‘virgin’ births. The recent Study was published in Current Biology,...
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