by Todd Gardner | Jun 6, 2017 | Aquaculture, Conservation, Eye Candy, Fish, Industry, Science, Sustainability
Last week the Federal Government’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) confirmed that, although the US trade embargo against Cuba expressly forbids the importation of a wide variety of products of Cuban origin, including aquarium fishes, there is no restriction on... by Marc Levenson | Apr 11, 2017 | Eye Candy, Reef, Science, Tanks
If you follow my youtube channel, you've probably heard how I have to get my arms wet and really cull the 400g reef because the growth at the top is shadowing everything beneath, and those things beneath have little chance of living. I hate to have to rip out these big colonies, but there's no choice. Here are a bunch of pictures of the tank today. I've also included some images of the Anemone Cube. Biggest thing to happen recently was an alkalinity dip. When I see some coral turn white and bleach, I always think it's because of shadowing instead of being a smart guy and testing alkalinity, and yet it again I was wrong and water quality has dropped somewhat. Alkalinity was measuring 7.5 dKH and the big acro at the top took a hit. I was able to correct that mistake, and dosed some buffer to bring it up while adjusting the calcium reactor's melting point a bit lower to increase the total alkalinity of the tank. The effluent coming out of the calcium reactor measures 20 dKH which is perfectly good by Felicia McCaulley | Feb 26, 2017 | Eye Candy, Invertebrates, Science, Too Cute
Since Nano aquariums have become popular, hobbyists are always looking for tiny, peaceful creatures to inhabit them. Crustaceans make excellent nano tank inhabitants because they produce less waste than fish and need less room.… by Felicia McCaulley | Feb 23, 2017 | Eye Candy, Feeding, Fish, Too Cute
If you’re interested in scorpionfish but have a small tank, check out the tiny Caracanthus. There are four species in this genus, though only two are offered in the pet trade — Caracanthus maculatus from the Indo Pacific and Caracanthus madagascariensis from... by Admin | Feb 22, 2017 | Eye Candy, Fish, Photography
It’s been a while since I had an aquarium; I prefer to shoot fish with a camera than keep them in a tank these days. It saves me a lot of cash as well, as both are expensive hobbies.  But I can still recall just how excited I was with my first fish and invertebrate... by Admin | Feb 14, 2017 | Conservation, Corals, Eye Candy
It’s not actually surprising when you think about it. Simply put, the larger a protected area is, the better it is at protecting the species within it, but in reality, it can be a bit more complicated than...
