In your quest to have a fish only or preferably a reef tank one must consider first the glass cage or tank. I say that establishing a reef tank is preferable to a fish only tank because in my experience fish are healthier in reef tanks than in fish only tanks; also, the diversity of marine life in a reef tank is potentially much greater.…
Two weekends ago I traveled to N.Y. City to give a talk at Pratt Institute, at a “Frag. Swap” held by Manhattan Reefs – more about this next month. My talk was on Sunday, which gave me time on Saturday to visit a local fish store that many aquarists were talking about.…
In this editorial I want to announce that I plan on introducing a new column starting in May, a column devoted to beginning marine aquarists. In other words, a beginner’s column. Because I have over 40-years of marine aquarium keeping under my belt I plan on writing the column myself.…
The cover of the March issue displays two photographs by Jake Adams from an article from him about his observed spawning in captivity of the beautiful Flame wrasse (Cirrhilabrus jordani).…
Reef keepers, along with research by scientists, keep refining our understanding of the nuances of the biochemical elements of our hobby. And, though there are still some animals that have yet to be successfully kept in our reef aquaria – Dendronepthya sp.,…
As we begin a new year I thought I would talk about the editorial position of Advanced Aquarist. As I’ve said in the past this electronic publication tries to position itself, in terms of content, somewhere between a hobbyist magazine and a vetted science publication.…
The following question,
…Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 6:23 am Post subject: Sailfin and Yellow tang co exist?
I am aware that the general rule of thumb is that you do not put more than 1 Tang in a tank. I have a 156, would the bigger tank enable me to put more than a Tang ?
This is a user’s product review of the VorTech MP 40 W. power head. Adam Blundell in Advanced Aquarist reviewed this equipment in the May issue 2008, http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2008/5/review.…
I started keeping marine fish almost 50 years ago, just about the time that marine fish started to show up in a few pet stores. It was also about the time that Robert Straughan introduced the concert of the “undergravel filter.”…
By Jean-Jacques Eckert:
…Peter Wilkens was born 30/04/1937 in Sonderhausen near Weimar (Germany). At a young age he was an enthusiastic aquarist. Before 1960 his interest was primarily devoted to the conservation of marine organisms coming from all the oceans.