by Afishionado | Jul 24, 2019 | Aquaculture, Sustainability, Video
Tridacna gigas or commonly referred in the trade as Gigas clam has been out of the trade for well over a decade because it has become endangered species that is protected internationally and are CITES appendix 2 and being petitioned to be protected by the Endangered... by ReefBum | Jul 21, 2019 | Aquaculture, Corals
The Tyree Icefire Echinata is a definite looker with its bright blue tips and creamy white branches. I typically fall for solid, brightly colored corals but the Icefire is certainly an eye catcher with its vivid contrasting color combo. A classic SPS coral, this piece was highly sought after when it first came out many years ago but it is still a must have Acropora today for many SPS collectors. It does best in the top-half of a tank under medium to high lighting and a good amount of flow. My colony is doing really well under a 400W Radium bulb about half way down the tank. Echinatas can be on the delicate side so I would only recommend adding it to an established tank with by Afishionado | Jun 19, 2019 | Aquaculture, Invertebrates, Video
I love aquaculture and the advancement of captive breeding. It means we take less from the wild and and are making a conscious effort to make the hobby much more sustainable; it’s better for the environment and takes ammunition away from those people that are... by AquaNerd | Jun 18, 2019 | Aquaculture, Fish
Sea & Reef has been busy releasing new varieties of captive bred fish over the last 3 weeks and today they announced a third captive bred variety in as many weeks. The new release is called the Gold Lightning Maroon clownfish. We learned from Sea & Reef that the Gold Lightning Maroon Clownfish is a designer clownfish that was created by breeding a Sea & Reef Lightning Maroon Clownfish with a Sea & Reef Gold Nugget Clownfish. The offspring from this unique crossing display a variety of interesting patterns. The Gold Lightning Maroon (Premnas biaculeatus) reaches a maximum size of about 6″ (15 cm) in length. A remarkable feature about the Gold Nugget Maroon is that they start out white. As the fish matures, the color changes from by Afishionado | Jun 14, 2019 | Aquaculture, Conservation, Corals, Video
For this video, we headed to downtown Miami, Florida to visit Dr. Rivah Winter, the Inventor in Residence and Curator of Aquarium Content & Marine Science at the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science.… by Jen Lowy | Jun 3, 2019 | Aquaculture, Fish
Have you ever been so excited about getting a fish that you can’t sleep for a day or two beforehand? I went through just that this week- so much excitement and Friday couldn’t come soon...
