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The Evolution and Biogeography of Stonogobiops – part 2
Yellownose Shrimpgoby (S. xanthorhinica) A dark specimen camouflaged on dark substrate. Credit: Yuji Izumi A common goby throughout the Western Pacific, this is one of the most frequently encountered...
View ArticleReef Threads Podcast #239
Is it smart to quarantine several fish together? This week’s podcast chit-chat topics are the reef side of Gary’s bicycle trip, collecting wild food, quarantining multiple fish, DC pumps, pipe organ...
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Synthetic Coral to Clean the Ocean
Photo credit: Paul Nicklen Coral, with its porous nature and curled structure, is extremely efficient at absorbing toxic heavy metals; deadly poisons. The mercury that is polluting our oceans is...
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Aquarium morality 2.0
I have gotten an incredible amount of feedback on my follow up to Richard Ross and Nathan Hill’s conversation about the aquarium hobby and morality. What shocked me, is that many advanced aquarists...
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The Evolution and Biogeography of Stonogobiops – part 3
Yasha Goby (Stonogobiops yasha) A darkly pigmented male impressing a female. Credit: Sabine Penisson First, a brief etyomology interlude, as the origins of the name “Yasha” is an interesting story....
View ArticleThe Two-Stripe Damsel: Hardiness and Hostility in Equal Measure
Two-stripe damsel (Dascyllus reticulatus)Among the pomacentrids (damsels and clownfishes) are many species that rank exceptionally high when it comes to hardiness in aquaria (thus their once common use...
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Reef Kids
My children are fascinated with sea turtles. Those enormous reptiles that drift peacefully for thousands of miles on the ocean currents, observing the world with gentle eyes, have captured their...
View ArticleThe More The Merrier: Increase The Peace… With Fish
In the first investigation of its kind, experts from the National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth University and the University of Exeter have assessed people’s physical and mental responses to tanks...
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What is the bleeding edge?
So what is the bleeding edge of reef keeping? I sort of think of it as that moment that you step outside of your comfort zone, when an aquarist opens their mind and a new trend emerges. Often the...
View ArticleBoxing Clever: Engineers Draw Inspiration From Bulletproof Boxfish
Publishing their findings in the July 27 issue of the journal Acta Materialia, engineers at the University of California, San Diego have described how the body of the boxfish Lactoria cornuta could...
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The Evolution and Biogeography of Stonogobiops – Part 4
Girdled Shrimpgoby (undescribed species) Girdled Shrimpgoby. Credit: Gerry Allen This species is documented in Allen & Erdmann’s Reef Fishes of the East Indies, but I have failed to find a...
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Pohnpei’s Mesophotic Reefs Reveal New Anthias
During the last week, a group of researchers from the University of Hawaii has been exploring the depths of Pohnpei in the Central Pacific for new and exotic marine life. Using rebreather diving...
View ArticleSchool of Snappers
Good morning friends, it’s finally friday!! I have a beautiful school of snappers for you all today that we found living under a remote pier, or at least what was left of it. I know when most of you...
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The Evolution and Biogeography of Stonogobiops – Part 5
A hypothetical phylogeny for this group. Stonogobiops & Myersina: In Evolutionary Context A rainbow of colors in Myersina adonis, from brackish Thai waters. Credit: Shunsuke Onishi The full...
View ArticleThe 2015 MBI Workshop Revisited
The Workshop took place at the Cranbrook Institute of ScienceLast weekend I traveled up to Bloomfield Hills, Michigan with SWS contributor Dave Bowers to attend the 6th Annual Marine Breeder’s...
View ArticleBogas Fish Ball
Good morning friends, after photographing the sub yesterday and waving goodbye I swam over to my giant school of Boga’s and joined them for around 15 minutes. These fish are so amazing and always the...
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Vertical Carlson Surge Device
Vertical Surge Device Space in the coral troughs is always at a premium at the ReefGen coral farm, and we all agree that water flow is one of the most important aspects of coral care. When one of my...
View ArticleFunny Parrotfish
Good morning friends, I have another funny fish face for you all today that was again taken during the day but looks like it was taken at night. I always try to use a much higher f-stop like f-16 for...
View ArticleChronic Stress in Captive Tangs
Juvenile chevron tang (Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis)Tangs and surgeonfish are a diverse, beautiful, and often highly personable group of fish. It is no wonder that so many of us want to keep these fish in...
View ArticleNot Dwarf Seahorses, Baby Seahorses
Left, Tiger Tail seahorse from MaryG, right Dwarf Seahorse, photo by Felicia McCaulley Regular readers of FusedJaw.com are aware of my concern over juvenile seahorses being sold far too small and...
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