by Admin | Jan 6, 2017 | Advanced Aquarist
This is Stiphodon anniaeae. It may look saltwater, but this gaudy goby was only recently discovered (2014) on the rocky bottom of clear freshwater streams in Indonesia. by Admin | Jan 5, 2017 | Fish, Photography
In an earlier post I mentioned how Hawkfishes make excellent subjects for the underwater photographer and just how useful they are when I’m on an assignment and I need to ‘bag’ some fish portrait... by Admin | Jan 5, 2017 | Advanced Aquarist
Aquarists are aware that much of today's aquarium clownfish are captive-bred, but few of us have seen the entire egg-laying process from start to finish ... let alone in such detail as this 4K macro video. by AquaNerd | Jan 4, 2017 | Corals, Eye Candy, Science
Now that we are back from our break, it’s time to introduce our featured Coral of the Week! This weeks coral, which comes to us from Joe Knows Reefs, is a beautiful Hieroglyph Chalice.  I had the pleasure of stopping by Joey’s place in Charleston, SC two weeks ago and this was one of the corals I purchased while visiting his store. The Hieroglyph Chalice is a Mycedium sp. and like many chalice corals, this coral does not require high light or intense flow in the aquarium.  For the best coloration, we recommend placing this coral in the middle to deepest part of the aquarium with light to moderate water flow.  Mycedium can be recognized by observing the polyps.  These corals always have outward facing polyps that by Admin | Jan 4, 2017 | Advanced Aquarist
Most of us strive to keep our aquariums as crystal clear as possible. But in many natural habitats, the water is anything but clear. Sometimes a little color is a beautiful thing. by Joe Rowlett | Jan 4, 2017 | Fish, Science
A mysterious new species belonging to the little-known genus Navigobius has just surfaced from Vietnam. Navigobius might not be quite so familiar a name among aquarists as some of its relatives... by Barry Brown | Jan 3, 2017 | Fish, Reef, Science
Happy New Year out there!! I’m super busy these days getting ready for a trip to Bonaire on the 14th, I will be there for a week aboard the Chapman shooting photos for the World famous Smithsonian Institution in Washington. The plan is, the scientists go down in a mini-sub for 3-6 hours at a time and I wait on the ship, cameras loaded and tanks ready to photograph whatever they may find. The Smithsonian is very selective about what they collect, they don’t haul up everything they see and have a shopping list of sorts of what they hope to find or that they are looking for. by Leonard Ho | Jan 3, 2017 | Advanced Aquarist
Few people know how expensive it is to not just carry out research but to publish research in a peer-reviewed journal. No doubt, the cost has prohibited a lot of advancement. MASNA has set up a new fund to help scientists publish marine aquarium research. The fund is set up in memory of Florida Institute of Technology professor, Dr. Junda Lin, who in 2016 was taken from us way to early at the age of 55.
