by Gary Parr | Jun 8, 2016 | Podcast, Reef, Science
Live Aquaria has a freshwater option for Dory.
We’re excited to have Craig Bingman with us again. In this week’s show we talk about the Petco and Live Aquaria campaigns to protect the ocean’s Dorys and the trends we’ve experienced in the history of the hobby, good and bad. It’s a terrific conversation with a real veteran of the hobby. Download the podcast here, or subscribe to our podcasts at iTunes. Also, follow us on Twitter at reefthreads.—Gary and ChristineSponsor: Rod’s Food
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Live Aquaria Finding Dory website
Live Aquaria Finding Dory website
NameEmail * by Barry Brown | Jun 7, 2016 | Fish, Reef, Science
Good morning from way down South!! I have a new Blue-Light collage for you all today that we (Aimee and I) shot a few weeks ago with Stijn at a dive-site called Tugboat. This has turned out to be one of the hands down best spots in Curacao for finding cool stuff with the blue-lights. Not only do you have the pier to search under which is a blast in itself, you have the tugboat, huge concrete pilings, a sandy bottom filled with tons of giant anemones, glowing goatfish and lizardfish and beautiful coral heads just about everywhere you look. I have been trying to get all of us over there again for another dive but with all the cycling I am doing right now there just doesn’t seem to be enough time. Remember if you go night diving here there are no lights at all and no security, don’t leave anything of value in your cars! by Barry Brown | Jun 6, 2016 | Fish, Reef, Science
Good morning friends, guess what?? It rained! It wasn’t a lot but it was our first good shower in ages! At 5:00 I heard rain hitting the window and jumped out of bed and raced to the front door to make sure I wasn’t dreaming, it was great! Aimee and I then sprinted upstairs and sat on the porch listening to this long overdue H2O wonder, it had been at least 5 months since this last happened! Yesterday we were just saying how bad all our little agave plants need water but it’s so hard to get water out to them, this just saved us a week of doing that task alone! by Saltwater Smarts | Jun 5, 2016 | Corals, Fish, Reef, Science, Seahorses, Tanks
A large, aggressive species, such as a queen triggerfish, is sometimes best kept singlyA diverse community of marine fishes presents quite a visual feast, especially when housed in a reef system brimming with colorful corals. However, in some stocking situations, it’s preferable to avoid the “typical” marine community (if there is such a thing) in favor of a single-species or even a single-specimen tank. Ah, but if you limit your livestock to a single species or specimen, won’t that make for a real yawner of a tank? On the contrary, sometimes systems that put the focus exclusively or primarily on a particular species or individual are among the most fascinating to observe.Here are five circumstances that warrant going single-species or single-specimen: 1. The shy, specialized feeder Seahorses, which are slow, awkward swimmers, shy by nature, and very specialized, methodical feeders, come to mind here. In your average community aquarium, these fish would basically be doomed, as they’d be unable to compete with bolder, faster-moving tankmates for food and would be unable to tolerate the brisk water movement typical of such systems. Not to mention, a community tank of any appreciable size would make it extremely difficult to provide the steady supply and high concentration of suitable food items necessary to sustain seahorses. On the other hand, in a small dedicated system with very gentle current, no competition for food, and suitable “hitching posts” to cling to, a group of seahorses can make for a truly mesmerizing display by Barry Brown | Jun 4, 2016 | Contest, Corals, Reef, Science
ABOUT Avid outdoorsman and underwater photographer, Barry Brown has spent the last ten years documenting life above and below water in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. He is currently working with the Smithsonian Institution documenting new Caribbean deep-water species and building a one of a kind database. His underwater images can regularly be seen in Sport Diver, Scuba Diver and on the Ikelite website. His image of a "Collage of Corals" seen under blue-light at night recently placed in the TOP 10 images for the 2014 NANPA (North American Nature Photographers Association) photo contest. General by AquaNerd | Jun 3, 2016 | Reef, Science
Yesterday, we announced the launch of the new Tunze Stream 3 wavemaker pump that will begin shipping in September. As you can see from the flier below, this pump will cross/overlap several models of the current generation of Tunze stream pumps. Pricing for the US market has been set at $344.90. The Tunze Stream 3 utilizes magnets and suction cups for mounting the pump inside the aquarium and it can be positioned horizontally, vertically or at an angle. To conceal the pump there will also be an optional Tunze Stream 3 rock. [embedded content]
