
An Experimental Comparison of Sandbed and Plenum-Based Systems: Part 2: Live Animal Experiments
Last month we presented the results from our experiments comparing deep sandbed and plenum-based aquaria under controlled conditions in the laboratory as Part 1... Read more.

An Experimental Comparison of Sandbed and Plenum-Based Systems. Part 1: Controlled lab dosing experiments
Background and Introduction: Plenum-based systems gained widespread acceptance after Dr. Jean Jaubert worked with the Monaco Aquarium in transporting a complete... Read more.

Aquarium Invertebrates: Sea Slugs – Part II
Last time, I explained what sea slugs are, and why the common name “nudibranch” should not be applied blindly to the over 3000 species of opisthobranch... Read more.

Aquarium Invertebrates: Sea Slugs – Part 1
I have just returned from MACNA XVI in Boston, and as usual, it was a great opportunity to catch up with many old friends, and meet some new ones. It was also a... Read more.

Aquarium Invertebrates: Tube Anemones
I recently saw someone on one of the message boards ask if clownfish will accept a tube anemone as a host. The answer was correctly no, but the person went on to... Read more.

Aquarium Invertebrates: Sponges, Phylum Porifera
Over the past few years, I have had many questions dealing with keeping sponges in reef aquaria, and thus far, my general impression is that few aquarists have success... Read more.

Invertebrate Non-Column:Â Gorgonians
Rob, I just got an orange and a red branch warty gorgonian (I think that they are from the Caribbean) for my tank. I have them in areas that get low light and medium-strong... Read more.