A Brief Word On Silversides…
Odds are, if you’re at all familiar with silversides, it’s from having fed their defrosted corpses to a larger carnivore. But while they may be little more than baitfish to aquarists, in the wild, these humble fishes are a particularly abundant and important part of...Fish Spotlight – Anampses lennardi
This week our featured fish spotlight is A. lennardi.  This extremely rare and beautiful wrasse is seldom imported into the United State but if you are lucky enough to find one of these fish and it’s in your budget then this is a wrasse you might want to consider for your reef aquarium.  This week in fact, Quality Marine received in some of these fish for the first time in several years.  A. lennardi, also known as Lennard’s wrasse, has neon blue and yellow horizontal lines and it ranges from the Eastern Indian Ocean to Northwestern Australia but it is seldom available in the US aquarium trade.  It’s not that the fish is so rare in the wild.  The rarity has more to do with where theSome tangs aren’t very good at eating algae
Most marine aquarists think of all tangs as herbivores, so they add any tang they prefer to their aquariums to control algae. And while it is true that the vast majority of tangs are algae-eaters, a new study finds that some tangs (in the case of the study, Ctenochaetus striatus) are really detrivores.MASNA Scientific Poster Session at MACNA 2017
MASNA, the Marine Aquarium Society of North America, has just announced the 2nd annual MASNA Scientific Poster Session, which will be held at the Marine Aquarium Conference of North America (MACNA) 2017, in New Orleans, LA, August 25-27...Where Is The Volcano Goby Hiding?
Somewhere right now in the Coral Triangle, the Volcano Goby (Amblyeleotris rhyax) is going about its business, clandestinely poking its head out from the burrow of a pistol shrimp. It’s doing this in the Philippines, in Palau, on the Great Barrier Reef and across...Day 1247: Three years, 5 months
If you follow my youtube channel, you've probably heard how I have to get my arms wet and really cull the 400g reef because the growth at the top is shadowing everything beneath, and those things beneath have little chance of living. I hate to have to rip out these big colonies, but there's no choice. Here are a bunch of pictures of the tank today. I've also included some images of the Anemone Cube. Biggest thing to happen recently was an alkalinity dip. When I see some coral turn white and bleach, I always think it's because of shadowing instead of being a smart guy and testing alkalinity, and yet it again I was wrong and water quality has dropped somewhat. Alkalinity was measuring 7.5 dKH and the big acro at the top took a hit. I was able to correct that mistake, and dosed some buffer to bring it up while adjusting the calcium reactor's melting point a bit lower to increase the total alkalinity of the tank. The effluent coming out of the calcium reactor measures 20 dKH which is perfectly goodReef Threads Podcast #315
Robert LaFlure’s towel.
This week’s topics are Robert LaFlure’s new towel and algae. Robert’s towel is an entertaining story and Christine cooks up an idea that can help spread the word about our hobby.
Algae is a problem for everyone at one time or another. In response to a listener request, we address algae growth in our aquariums and what to do to keep it in check.
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