by Felicia McCaulley | Jun 19, 2017 | Science, Tanks
Reef Bowls have been around for a while, but they’re still considered to be unconventional and experimental. Brandon Mason started a 1 gallon reef jar in 2006, and Mary Arroyo’s 1.5 gallon Maritza vase just celebrated its 5th birthday.… by danireef | Jun 19, 2017 | Invertebrates
I recently had the bad luck of having to solve a Pyramidellidae snail problem. They’re a plague that can weaken and even kill the beautiful Tridacna clams. I didn’t know about the pyramidellidae snails, including the fact they could be the culprits of the... by Leonard Ho | Jun 19, 2017 | Advanced Aquarist
Researchers were shocked when they not only discovered that warmer temperatures did not speed up the the progression of black band disease but also that lower pH actually slowed the spread of the disease by 25%! by AquaNerd | Jun 18, 2017 | Fish, Science
A new genus and species of the percoid family Symphysanodontidae, Cymatognathus aureolateralis are described based on three specimens collected from North Sulawesi, Indonesia. The new species shares characteristics with the confamilial genus Sym-physanodon and the fish has been given the common name, Wavy Jaw Slopefish for it’s wavy lower jaw and well-developed outer tooth patches. The three fish were caught on hook and line and there not much information about how deep these fish were collected but a photograph of this fish was taken at a depth of about 654 feet (200 meters). The wavy lower jaw of Cymatognathus. Credit: Kimura et al. 2017 . The new species is distinguishable from members of Symphysanodon by the following diagnostic characters: posterior tip of coronoid process of dentary abruptly depressed by Barry Brown | Jun 18, 2017 | Invertebrates, Reef, Science
Good morning, I have a cool little crab (about 2 inches wide) from the recent Statia expedition found with a deep-sea submersible by scientists from the Smithsonian Institution and Substation Curacao. Crabs are not always easy to photograph! This one here kept burying himself in the sand with just his or her eyes showing, so finally I gave up and covered the sand with shells giving this little guy no options other than to just sit there and smile for the camera. I’m guessing that this is some kind of swimming crab but again once I get a positive ID I will update these blogs. Have a great day out there.. Barry NEWER POST: by Afishionado | Jun 17, 2017 | Aquaculture, Industry
During Reef A Palooza Orlando, we got together with Patrick Clasen, one of the founders, and Jay Sperandio, marketing director of Ecotech Marine. For this video, I asked them about their Coral Lab... by xeniaforever | Jun 17, 2017 | Cephalopods
Cephalopod Week has just kicked off with this new video, featuring Richard Ross, his secret home aquarium/lab, and some great footage and information about breeding octopuses - specifically, octopus chierchiae, the lesser Pacific striped octopus. by Josh Saul | Jun 17, 2017 | Reef, Video
Tunicates or Sea Squirts are some of the most interesting organisms I’ve come across in the reef aquarium hobby. They come in an incredibly wide range of colors and shapes. The downside to keeping tunicates is often times they have very specific nutritional requirements that are not well documented. Heck, many of these tunicates are misidentified as sponges, that’s a bad start to understanding their nature. We’ve decided to feed them a combination of different foods and so far, it is working out. I hope these continue to do well in our system because these tunicates look amazing. Music: Tracks: “Night Cave” Artist: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) License Terms: Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/faq.html Video: Camera information: Canon C100 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 Copyright Information: This video was shot and edited by Tidal Gardens. Tidal Gardens owns all intellectual property rights to this content.
