by Marcin Smok | Oct 10, 2017 | Equipment, Industry, MACNA, Technology
The felt filter sock is the current king of mechanical filtration in the reef hobby. Almost everybody who has a system with a sump uses one; it’s a simple, easy to use method of trapping uneaten food particles and other visible debris flowing in a saltwater fish... by Afishionado | Oct 9, 2017 | Science, Technology
In this age of technology, we are relying more and more on intuitive apps to make our life little bit easier. But yet you don’t see much apps in our hobby minus equipment or control apps. Here is something cool app that I came across with massive... by AquaNerd | Oct 9, 2017 | Aquaculture, Reef, Science, Seahorses
If you’ve been following us for a while then you know by now that we enjoy posting news about aquacultured and captive bred fish.  Today we are pleased to announce the arrival aquacultured Tiger Tail Seahorses.  We have learned that these captive bred seahorses just landed at Quality Marine for the 1st time since 2015.  Continue reading to see the full press release. Quality Marine Receives Aquacultured Tiger Tail Seahorses Today we are excited to announce the arrival of Aquacultured Tiger Tail Seahorses for the first time since 2015. Our partner’s culture facility has supplied us with other high quality livestock in the past, but has recently expanded to allow for this culture and we’re happy to be a part of their success story as their available species list by Leonard Ho | Oct 9, 2017 | Advanced Aquarist
Shrimp tanks are popular among freshwater aquarists, but marine aquarists largely view shrimps as afterthoughts. Why? It's not as if coral reefs aren't filled with colorful and interesting shrimps such as this newly described snapping shrimp. by Joe Rowlett | Oct 6, 2017 | Invertebrates, Science
Don’t get me wrong, Giant Squid are quite impressive and Vampire Squid are certainly not without their charm, but I would have to posit that the Pygmy Squids (Idiosepius spp.) are the by Leonard Ho | Oct 6, 2017 | Advanced Aquarist
Scientists have closely examined the brains of mantis shrimp and discovered a brain structure that was previously only found in insects. The reason why crustaceans and insects resemble each other is increasingly evident: they diverged from the same evolutionary ancestor. by Afishionado | Oct 4, 2017 | Feeding, Video
For this video, we met up with our friends of Fritz Aquatics to talk about their latest products that is hitting the market. Check out these products and let me know what you think!... by Joe Rowlett | Oct 4, 2017 | Fish
At first glance, this curious specimen looks quite a bit like the Powder Blue X Goldrim Tang hybrids that show up regularly from places like Christmas Island and Bali, but, despite its faintly blue coloration and bright orange fins, we can be reasonably sure that this...
