by xeniaforever | Jun 8, 2018 | Reef, Travel, Video
On June 6, 2018, the Ocean Exploration Trust (OET) — led by famed oceanographer and explorer Dr. Robert Ballard — will embark on a six-month expedition aboard Exploration Vessel (E/V) Nautilus in one of its longest exploration seasons to date.… by Joe Rowlett | Jun 8, 2018 | Invertebrates
“In a hole in a sea squirt there lived a palaemonid shrimp.” by ReefBum | Jun 7, 2018 | Eye Candy, Invertebrates
Years ago when I first entered the hobby I was mesmerized by a giant blue clam at a LFS. It was about 5 inches and I had never seen a blue clam with that type of pattern. I was told it was a Blue Squamosa clam, considered at the time to be the holy grail of clams. It was not for sale and even it if was I never would have been able to afford the price tag for such a rare gem. Nonetheless, I was hooked on clams and always kept a few in my tanks over the years, including a hard to find Blue Teardrop Maxima I acquired about eight years ago. Yes, this type of clam was also pricey at the time but it was by Leonard Ho | Jun 7, 2018 | Advanced Aquarist
Even fast-growing corals such as SPS only lay down millimeters of growth per day. The only way to see their growth "in action" is many weeks of photography stitched together in a time-lapse. Peter Kragh has done exactly this and shares his results. by Todd Gardner | Jun 6, 2018 | Science
Last week I had the pleasure of visiting one of the world’s premier seahorse aquaculture facilities: Seahorse Savvy, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The visit materialized when I realized that a pilgrimage to my homeland of Long Island would take me within a few... by xeniaforever | Jun 6, 2018 | Events, Industry, MACNA
The Marine Aquarium Conference of North America (MACNA) is being held September 7-9 in Las Vegas this year, and it’s sure to be a blast. There are still plenty of tickets left, but don’t buy them just yet if you are a Local Fish Store (LFS) owner or... by Afishionado | Jun 5, 2018 | Fish, Video
For this video, I got together with Dr. Charlie Gregory of Healthy Aquatics Marine Institute in Boynton Beach, Florida to talk about an often-overlooked but extremely important aspect of fish keeping: Acclimation.… by Admin | Jun 5, 2018 | Feeding
The three products in the FrescoFoods range are Shrimps, Chironomous & Cyclops.
