by Afishionado | Mar 3, 2017 | Aquaculture, Fish, Video
For this episode, we traveled to ACI Aquaculture to visit our friend Chris Meckley. Months ago, he acquired a mated pair of Gem tangs (first time that his supplier said that he was able to do); we got together to learn all about it and he told us how to keep Gem tangs... by AquaNerd | Feb 28, 2017 | Aquaculture, Invertebrates
Aquatic Technology of Ohio and the Columbus Zoo started the journey of culturing Hymenocera elegans back in May of 2015. The Columbus zoo had early success on a small scale and succeeded in raising 50 plus individuals from 2 batches to settlement. As with many aquaculture ventures, they had to overcome obstacles like larval feed types, cannibalism and pests. By December of 2016, Aquatic Technology succeeded in getting a substantial number of larvae to settlement. At one point, prior to settlement, larvae were consuming nearly 50,000 parvocalanus copepods daily. After they settled the juveniles were switched to Asterinas and then to Chocolate Chip Stars. Aquatic Technology is currently working on getting them on an alternative proprietary food. This has been a triumphant success not only for the Columbus Zoo and Aquatic Technology by Zachary Mueller | Jan 30, 2017 | Aquaculture, Feeding, Science
In my previous article, I wrote about microalgae and why it is beneficial to culture it in your home, and I highly recommend you go read that here first if you haven’t! In today’s article, and the next article as well, I will be talking about culturing... by Marcin Smok | Jan 27, 2017 | Aquaculture, Opinion, Tanks
If you thought that there was nothing left to be introduced to the synthetic salt mixes we all use in our reef aquariums, have we got some news for you! The Polish company Aquaforest has just proven this notion wrong with the introduction of its flagship salt mix,... by Zachary Mueller | Jan 16, 2017 | Aquaculture, DIY, Feeding, Tanks
Microalgae. We have all heard of the microscopic organisms that use light to grow. But why should we raise it? In the ocean, microalgae is at the bottom of the food chain. The plankton feed of it, get energy, and give that energy to the fish and crustaceans that eat... by Austin Lefevre | Dec 28, 2016 | Aquaculture, Corals, Equipment, Industry, Invertebrates, Reef, Science, Tanks, Technology, Video
Earlier this year we shared a DIY Alkalinity Monitor created by David Cheng. Since then we have been keeping a close eye on this unit, along with other similar devices for monitoring alkalinity. Fast forward to today and we now have a production model of David...
