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Fish Tales: A Different Way to Reef

Fish Tales: A Different Way to Reef

By Nathalie Winans Tech-heavy reef systems are all the rage these days. Tanks everywhere are loaded with hardware and software—lighting that replicates tropical weather patterns, automatic feeders and top-offs, media reactors, controllers and apps that give you remote...

Reefing in Australia: What is it all about?

Reefing in Australia: What is it all about?

By Peter Blagojevic It has long been a belief to many that reefing in Australia would be so much easier as we have access to the largest reef in the world. Sadly, this couldn’t be further from the truth. Shipping costs, import duties and our average Australian dollar...

Fish Tales: The Teacher’s Pets

Fish Tales: The Teacher’s Pets

By David Bowers The snow may be blowing and the outside temperature hovering near zero, but you would never know that walking into the marine biology lab at Bellevue High School in Bellevue, Ohio. Walking in to this lab you are greeted with the subtle aroma of low...

Evaluating Synthetic Sea Salts

Evaluating Synthetic Sea Salts

By C. M. Schwim Seawater is the lifeblood of our marine aquariums. Some aquarists near the coast can obtain natural seawater (NSW) for their aquariums, but most of us rely on artificial seawater (ASW) made from component salts, in the appropriate amounts, added to...

Dark Waters

Dark Waters

By Adrian Shirk ( © 2016 Shirk, as first published on TheMorningNews.com ) In the early morning of October 1st, 2007, a volunteer for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife approached the sturgeon pond at the Bonneville Dam and found it empty. There was no...

The Greatest Frag Swap on Earth

The Greatest Frag Swap on Earth

By John Parkinson I dove into the ocean and immediately regretted my decision. It was a hot day in June of 2011, and I was wearing too much neoprene. My SCUBA gear was appropriate for the rivers and quarries of the frigid northeast where I’d been working on my PhD,...