ORA Announces Captive Bred Randall’s Assessors

News from our friends over at ORA today, the release of their first captive bred Assessor randalli.  These fish are very popular amongst hobbyists due to their habit of swimming upside down.  ORA has been breeding yellow assessors for quite some time but this is their...

BAR Propagation Workshop Re-Cap

Last weekend I was honored to speak at the Bay Area Reefers Propagation Workshop along with the incredible Richard Ross. Rich and I arrived a little bit later than planned since we had to stop at Home Depot to pick up some fragging tools for his...

How can I grow more pods in my tank?

Hi Marc, My name is Dennis and I am still kinda new to this. I have a 90gal RR tank with a 35 gal refugium. I have a mandarin and want to be sure he is getting copepods. I can see them in the first stage of my [sump] (where the overflow and my skimmer are) - they are everywhere swimming around. But when I look in the middle section (where the cheatomorpha and Miracle Mud are) I am not seeing them as much, maybe a glimpse of one or two. The same with the return pump section,