by AquaNerd | Jul 24, 2018 | Aquaculture, Science
Skin Flukes are one of the most common parasites found on saltwater fish. Unfortunately they are also one of the most overlooked parasites by Afishionado | Jul 12, 2018 | Aquaculture, Fish, Video
This year at Reef A Palooza, the Reefs.com booth was on fire, presenting quite a few new, important things to attendees. One thing that really stole the show was Jen Lowy / Colchester Pet Shop's captive bred Flame Angels by ReefBum | Jun 7, 2018 | Eye Candy, Invertebrates
Years ago when I first entered the hobby I was mesmerized by a giant blue clam at a LFS. It was about 5 inches and I had never seen a blue clam with that type of pattern. I was told it was a Blue Squamosa clam, considered at the time to be the holy grail of clams. It was not for sale and even it if was I never would have been able to afford the price tag for such a rare gem. Nonetheless, I was hooked on clams and always kept a few in my tanks over the years, including a hard to find Blue Teardrop Maxima I acquired about eight years ago. Yes, this type of clam was also pricey at the time but it was by Todd Gardner | Jun 6, 2018 | Science
Last week I had the pleasure of visiting one of the world’s premier seahorse aquaculture facilities: Seahorse Savvy, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The visit materialized when I realized that a pilgrimage to my homeland of Long Island would take me within a few... by AquaNerd | May 7, 2018 | Aquaculture, Fish
The Wide Bar Black Gladiator Clownfish is a new Sea & Reef signature designer clownfish that was just released this past Friday! The Wide Bar Black Gladiator was naturally developed from the Wide Bar Mocha Gladiator Ocellaris Clownfish, which has much wider white bars than a regular Ocellaris Clownfish. In fact, the white bars are about twice as wide compared to that of a regular ocellaris (or Darwin Ocellaris) clownfish. Captive Bred Wide Bar Black Gladiator Sea and Reef Aquaculture created the Wide Bar Black Gladiator Clownfish by breeding their Wide Bar Mocha Gladiator Ocellaris Clownfish with their super black Darwin Ocellaris Clownfish through several generations to produce an all Black and White version of this gorgeous designer clownfish. Like the Darwin Ocellaris Clownfish, the Wide Bar