By Albert B Ulrich III How to Choose a Local Fish Store When I was a boy we had one retail pet shop in our town. Half of the store was filled with aquariums. When you entered the shop the air was filled with the Read more here…
By Paul Baldassano There are no real “difficult” fish; they survive just fine in the sea before someone comes along and collects them. They know what they need, and if we studied them in the sea, we would also know what they need, and it Read more here…
By Brandon Klaus Photo Credit: Matt Pedersen via Blue Zoo Aquatics We’ve seen a very limited release of the highly sought after captived bred Lightning Maroon Clownfish through channels like eBay, but with MACNA 2014, the clowns made their more widespread presence known. Sea & Read more here…
By Brandon Klaus For years, deep sand beds were highly touted for their ability (with the help of bacteria of course) to process nitrate into nitrogen gas. This led to many different trains of thought as to how deep the sand should be and how Read more here…
By Shane Graber Click through to see the images. From Carnegie Institution In a quest for historical context on the peril facing coral reefs, the team compared current measurements of the growth rate of a section of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef with similar measurements taken Read more here…
By Jeff Kurtz Picasso Triggerfish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus) Certain fishes available in the marine aquarium trade are truly bizarre in their coloration and patterning. Ranked high among them when it comes to both exotic appearance and aquarium adaptability is Rhinecanthus aculeatus, better known …
By Christopher Jury Click through to see the images. Right now the marine aquarium hobby in the U.S. is in a state of deep concern, if not outright panic. Recently, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announced that it would list 20 species of coral Read more here…
By Brandon Klaus Our pals at ReefKoi Corals have just teased possible the greatest plate coral we have ever laid eyes on. This amazing piece redefines the rainbow genre, sporting at lead five different shade and a whole bunch of awesomeness. We see at least Read more here…
