by AquaNerd | Jun 18, 2019 | Aquaculture, Fish
Sea & Reef has been busy releasing new varieties of captive bred fish over the last 3 weeks and today they announced a third captive bred variety in as many weeks. The new release is called the Gold Lightning Maroon clownfish. We learned from Sea & Reef that the Gold Lightning Maroon Clownfish is a designer clownfish that was created by breeding a Sea & Reef Lightning Maroon Clownfish with a Sea & Reef Gold Nugget Clownfish. The offspring from this unique crossing display a variety of interesting patterns. The Gold Lightning Maroon (Premnas biaculeatus) reaches a maximum size of about 6″ (15 cm) in length. A remarkable feature about the Gold Nugget Maroon is that they start out white. As the fish matures, the color changes from by xeniaforever | Jun 17, 2019 | Conservation, Corals
The northern Red Sea between Africa and Asia has acted as a “thermal refugia” that protects marine life from imminent destruction by AquaNerd | Jun 15, 2019 | Fish
Description The Striped Blenny (Meiacanthus grammistes) has alternating black and white striped that run the entire length of of the fish. A bright yellow coloration starts at the head and continues about half the length of the fish before it change to white about where the anal fin begins. The Striped Blenny is an active fish that can be seen swimming out in the open in search for prey. Temperament & Captive Care The Striped Blenny is a peaceful fish, but will defend itself if threatened. Like other blennies in the Meiacanthus family the Striped Blenny has venomous fangs and is sometimes referred to as the fang fang blenny. While the venom is typically not dangerous to humans hand feeding and handling without gloves is not recommended by Afishionado | Jun 14, 2019 | Aquaculture, Conservation, Corals, Video
For this video, we headed to downtown Miami, Florida to visit Dr. Rivah Winter, the Inventor in Residence and Curator of Aquarium Content & Marine Science at the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science.… by Tidal Gardens | Jun 10, 2019 | Corals, Reef, Video
Catalaphyllia jardinei a.k.a. the elegance coral holds a special place in my heart. Way back when I first started the hobby, the elegance was one of the corals that immediately grabbed my attention and became an aspirational piece that I had to have. #tidalgardens #coral #reeftank Music: Tracks: “Peace of Mind” Artist: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) License Terms: Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Video: Camera Gear List on Amazon Canon C200 Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS macro Canon EF MP-E 65mm f/2.8 macro Sigma Art 18-35mm f/1.8 Free Fly Movi Pro Stabilizer Kessler Crane Motorized Slider Copyright Information: This video was shot and edited by Tidal Gardens. Tidal Gardens owns all intellectual property rights to this content. by Afishionado | Jun 6, 2019 | Equipment, Events, Video
If you have been reefing for last few years, you have undoubtedly heard of Reef Roids and Polyplab. Polyplab, a Canadian-based company that specializes in coral food, has been steadily growing their brand stateside with their amazing products, great customer service,... by Jen Lowy | Jun 3, 2019 | Aquaculture, Fish
Have you ever been so excited about getting a fish that you can’t sleep for a day or two beforehand? I went through just that this week- so much excitement and Friday couldn’t come soon... by ReefBum | Jun 1, 2019 | Corals
Back in 2008 AquaSD in San Diego was unpacking a shipment of corals and came across a stunning Acropora millepora that created quite a buzz among SPS enthusiasts. Frags of this coral, the AquaSD Rainbow Millie, started to spread around the reef keeping community, becoming a must have coral for many SPS collectors, especially among those who craved millies, like me ? There are other corals today that generate much more buzz, and higher prices, but the AquaSD Rainbow Millie is certainly a worthwhile addition to any reef tank. It has neon green polyps that contrast beautifully with vivid orange corallites, which have more pronounced coloration near the tips of the coral’s branches. Wicked Long Polyps So what else is cool about this Acropora? The long polyp extension
