by danireef | Jul 20, 2017 | Events
Zoomark 2017 is the most important exhibition in Italy concerning the pet industry. It takes place every two years in Bologna and it ended a few weeks ago. We’ve been waiting for the official numbers from the exhibition’s management before writing the... by Leonard Ho | Jul 20, 2017 | Advanced Aquarist
If you are a cichlid keeper/lover, be forewarned you may find this article unsettling. A Malaysian man posts photos and a video of him cleaning and stir-frying a spectacular mature flowerhorn cichlid for dinner. by Joe Rowlett | Jul 20, 2017 | Fish
There’s a very good chance that, unless you are a fisherman or a marine biologist, you have likely never heard of the Tripletail. But while it may be a decidedly obscure fish, it is most certainly NOT an inconspicuous... by Afishionado | Jul 19, 2017 | Industry, Opinion, Technology
Over the weekend, I had the pleasure of hanging out with many respected individuals in the reef aquarium hobby, as well as one of our industry’s pioneer-legends, who has paved the way for everything we do now: Julian Sprung of Two Little Fishies. Â … by Barry Brown | Jul 19, 2017 | Fish, Reef, Science
Good morning, I have the third and final Derilissus sp. (clingfish) for you all this morning that the Smithsonian Institution and Substation Curacao found off the tiny coast of St. Eustatius a few months ago. NEWER POST: by ReefBum | Jul 19, 2017 | Equipment, Science, Tanks
When I first started keeping reef tanks 20+ years ago I dosed a two part solution for calcium and alkalinity supplementation. I figured out what I needed to add and dumped each solution in manually at different times during the day. Was it a pain in the ass? Yes, but reliable automatic dosers back then were just not available. Eventually, I purchased a medical grade dosing pump but that proved to be unreliable, leading me to switch to a calcium reactor. The calcium reactor served me very well over the years since it was pretty much a set it and forget it piece of equipment. Every six months I would change out the media and maybe 1x a year I would re-fill the C02 tank. Time by Leonard Ho | Jul 19, 2017 | Advanced Aquarist
In evolution, a high sex drive does not always pay off. Female mosquitofish swim away from over-impetuous lovers because they leave them hardly any time to feed and also tend to injure their genitalia more often. by AquaNerd | Jul 18, 2017 | Fish, Science, Video
Urban Organics located in St. Paul, Minnesota celebrated their grand opening with an event on June 1st, 2017. The 87,000 sq. ft indoor urban farm is one of the largest commercial aquaponics facilities in the world. The farm has the capacity to grow 125 metric tons of fish and 200 metric tons of organic produce annually. Check out this video of the Grand Opening of the second Urban Organics location in St. Paul, MN.  This is a great video about fish and produce farming using the latests indoor farming techniques without the need for pesticides or medications and the outcome is consistent product every time. Congratulations to Urban Organics, Pentair Aquatics and it’s business partners!  We love farming corals but this video really makes me want to start an indoor farm
