by Leonard Ho | May 2, 2016 | Advanced Aquarist
Nothing says a LFS knows the hobby they serve quite like a beautiful in-store show-tank. Aquaristic Arncliffe, a Sydney (Australia) LFS, has multiple show-tanks that should inspire faith in their expertise. by Admin | Apr 29, 2016 | Advanced Aquarist
The Royal Australian Navy came to the resuce when a snorkeler reported sighting two explosive sea mines at the GBR. It turns out, the mines were nothing more than big urchins. Crisis averted! by Leonard Ho | Apr 28, 2016 | Advanced Aquarist
In 2013, our friends Ned and Anna DeLoach from blennywatcher.com shared with us some photos and a video of a potentially undescribed goby that lives exclusively inside lacy bryozoan colonies. It turns out the species is indeed new to science, and Gerald Allen, Mark Erdmann, and N.K. Dita Cahynai have just formally described Sueviota bryozophila n. sp. by Leonard Ho | Apr 27, 2016 | Advanced Aquarist
Urchins are one of the ocean's best lawnmowers, so when two invasive algae started to smother Hawaiian reefs, a team bred 300,000 native urchins and relocated them to the troubled sites. The urchins are doing their jobs like bosses! by Leonard Ho | Apr 26, 2016 | Advanced Aquarist
Here is a beautifully layered captive reef , all within what amounts to not more than a puddle of water. This month, this Dutch aquarium celebrates its 2 year anniversary; it's matured gracefully. by Leonard Ho | Apr 25, 2016 | Advanced Aquarist
Speaking of mesophotic reefs, scientists discovered a huge 700 mile long reef at the mouth of the Amazon river. The finding is extremely surprising since the Amazon dumps millions of gallons of muddy freshwater into the ocean here. The reef survives in a stratified seawater layer below this plume layer.
