by Afishionado | Dec 31, 2022 | Aquaculture, Invertebrates
Aptasia is something that everyone DREADS seeing in their aquarium. It’s something that we can’t avoid. While there are many ways to deal with this nuisance anemone, due to the extremely limited time that I have at the moment, I decided to take care of it... by Afishionado | Dec 9, 2022 | Aquaculture, Fish
Quality Marine announced that they were successful in captive breeding Purple Tang, Zebrasoma xanthurum in their Los Angeles facility. One of the highly sought after fish all around the world, they are well known for their beautiful contrasting colors and distinctive... by Afishionado | Aug 29, 2022 | Aquaculture
From time to time, while browsing some of the popular facebook reef groups, I see people asking about Phytoplankton; they get many different answers that are at times contradictory to what I have heard and know.… by Heidi dM | Jun 27, 2022 | Advanced Aquarist, Aquaculture, Breeding, Conservation, Corals, Reef, Science, Sustainability
Did you know that there is a world-class genomic library and frozen repository (in other words, a coral sperm bank!) that contains more than 48 coral species from around the world? (Check out the different species at:... by ReefBum | Mar 29, 2022 | Aquaculture, Equipment
Years ago I tried to start a reef tank with dry rock and I had a terrible experience. It was one problem after another, including dinoflagellates, cyanobacteria and a bacterial bloom. I just couldn’t grow SPS like I had done so with live rock and I vowed to never use dry rock again. The issues stemmed from a lack of biodiversity and microfauna with the dry rock. Additionally, I probably did not dose enough bacteria to build up the biological bed. With my most recent tank build I had a very quick cycle using live rock from KP Aquatics. The tank has had a couple of hiccups but so far the SPS are thriving. So why would I switch back to dry rock for a reboot of
