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The Georgia Aquarium Will Not Appeal Beluga Decision
The Georgia Aquarium wont be adding Russian Beluga Whales to its collection. In September, a Judge ruled that the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) properly applied the Marine...
View ArticleTreating a Sick Marine Fish? First Do No Harm!
This fish is mildly emaciated, which could be a symptom of internal parasites if it were feeding normallyWhen a fish in our care gets sick, it’s a perfectly understandable impulse to want to throw...
View ArticleDeep Sea Giant Hermit Crab, Dardanus insignis
Hey gang, here’s one of the largest deep-sea hermit crabs (about the size of a grapefruit) I have seen to date, named Dardanus insignis, the “southern form”. The crab was living in a very light-weight...
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Rare Rhinopias species: Part 2
From Midway Island. Credit: Keoki Stender R. xenops is found from the Hawaiian Archipelago, north to Midway Island, though it may also occur at nearby atolls like Wake Island and Johnston Atoll. This...
View ArticleStove-Pipe Sponge Re-Growth
Good morning from Curacao… So what are we looking at today you ask?? Well, let me tell you, this is really cool. Many have asked me “if a sponge falls over on the reef, will it continue to grow”??...
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Sunscreen and Its Effects Upon Coral Reefs
A team of international researchers including professor and diver John Fauth from the University of Southern Florida have battled the sun in a study where they measured the devestating effects of a...
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Simplified Frogfish Husbandry
Antennarius on display at the Long Island Aquarium. Photo credit: Alex Pilnick One of my favorite exhibits to take care of at the Long Island Aquarium is our frogfish exhibit. It’s a small focus...
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Master of mimesis: Manonichthys paranox, The Midnight Dottyback
Manonichthys paranox, the Midnight Dottyback. Photo credit: Lemon TYK. Mimicry is an ancient art practiced and mastered across the board in the animal kingdom. The paradigm of mimesis is a...
View ArticleReef Threads Podcast #254
Ret Talbot is our guest this week. It’s time for a new Reef Threads podcast. This week we’re joined by Ret Talbot to talk about the tremendous and exciting progress that is being made with the...
View ArticleHow Simple Can You Get with Your Marine Aquarium?
While the title of this post puts me in mind of a song performed by Nick Rivers in the 1984 comedy film Top Secret, it’s a question many a novice has posed before setting up his or her first marine...
View ArticleConey, Cephalopholis fulva
Hello from overcast Curacao. I went with Aimee and the three dogs before work this morning and we again planted baby yucca’s, and we are finally almost done!! When our giant century plant we had in...
View ArticleChristmas Tree Worm
Hi all, sorry so late, we had two submersible dives today which as you can imagine keeps yours truly very busy!! While out on my second dive and while waiting for the sub I snapped a shot of a...
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Superheated water changes
Most serious marine aquarists have a water mixing station. Even though we live in an age of nearly endless aquarium filtration options, water changes still rank as one of the best aquarium maintenance...
View ArticleWhy Isn’t Cryptocaryon irritans a Major Problem for Wild Marine Fish?
Whitecheek Tang (Acanthurus nigricans) afflicted with Cryptocaryon irritansDuring yesterday’s Thanksgiving get-together, which my wife and I host for my side of the family every year, a teenaged nephew...
View ArticleI Found A Seahorse, Now What?
Seahorses can be found along many shorelines frequented by people. Photo by Caio R. N. Periera cc-by/nc So you’ve found a seahorse, and you want to keep it. Or maybe you stumbled across one washed...
View ArticleWeak Snick: Suspect Nutritional Myopathy In Syngnathids
Seahorse mid strike; hyoid bone visible which is part of the complex musculoskeletal system seahorses utilize in suction feeding. This can be damaged easily. Photo by Tami Weiss You may have heard of...
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Algae Saves Coral from Crown of Thorns
A paper published recently has shed some light into the battle against the Crown of Thorns sea star. “You don’t have to see the crown-of-thorns to know they have been on the reef. You can see where...
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WWF Reports on the Status of Our Oceans
On the heels of international climate talks in Paris the World Wildlife Fund has released a startling review of the status of our oceans titled “Living Blue Planet Report.” The WWF and Zoological...
View Article4 Crabby Caveats to Keeping Clibanarius tricolor
Blue-legged hermit crabs (Clibanarius tricolor)Clibanarius tricolor, the blue-legged hermit crab, is very commonly introduced to marine aquaria, either in conspecific groups or as part of a...
View ArticleHydor International Files Trade Complaint against Jebao
Hydor International Trade Complaint Hydor has filed against Jeabo in relation to the theft of patented technology. Hydor filed a complaint last week with U.S. International Trade Commission stating...
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