by Afishionado | May 22, 2017 | Science, Tanks, Video
Many people have asked me what I used to instant cycle my new build. There are definitely many bacteria out in the market but after much research and speaking to Shawn Hale at Fritz Aquatics, Lance Ichinotsubo of Elite Marinelife by Captive Seas and Chris Meckley of ACI Aquaculture, I was sure that Turbostart 900 would be the way to go and I am glad that I did. Formulated specially for saltwater, this strain of bacteria is one of a kind denitrifying bacteria bacteria that simply works. Here in this video, Chris Meckley of ACI tells us how he uses them exclusively for his fish holding systems (2000 gallons each) when he bleaches them twice a year for preventive measures for possible parasites without any loss of precious fish lives. Have confidence, follow directions and use the trusted product that's being used by the pros. Enjoy! by Afishionado | Nov 24, 2016 | Aquaculture, Tanks, Video
For this episode, we drove up to Orlando, Florida to check out World Wide Corals and their coral farm. Hidden to the public eye, they have made a 12ft long, 900g tank to the entrance of their farm and it houses all of their high end corals, cataloged and turning into... by AquaNerd | Oct 20, 2016 | Aquaculture, Conservation, Fish, Reef, Science
It seems Quality Marine is very interested in reef conservation.  Lately, it seems every few weeks or so we learn about a new success in the captive fish breeding arena. Below is a press release we just received and we thought our readers would be interested to hear news about the latest captive bred species coming out of Hawaii; Lemon Miliaris Butterflies (Chaetodon miliaris) Rising Tide Conservation and Hawaii Oceanic Institute has done it yet again. The unstoppable duo has announced successfully breeding yet another species – Chaetodon miliaris, Lemon Butterfly, which is another Hawaiian endemic. Quality Marine is excited to be a part of this breakthrough event by receiving some of the fish from the very first batch. This project’s journey first began with by ReefBum | Oct 18, 2016 | Aquaculture, Corals, Reef, Science
SPS Deep Dive – Purple Bonsai Acropora Bonsai! When I see that word all I can think about is John Belushi in a Saturday Night Live skit waving a sharp samurai sword perilously close to a nonchalant Buck Henry. Belushi actually hit Henry during one of these skits, going down as one of the more memorable moments in SNL history. But I digress. When a reef keeper sees the word Bonsai he or she typically thinks of a purple coral with green polyps. The most well-know morph is the GARF Purple Bonsai. GARF stands for Geothermal Aquaculture Research Foundation and was a pioneer in the reef keeping business, known for its research to help advance the reef keeping hobby. Nonetheless, their Bonasi was a must-have by AquaNerd | Oct 11, 2016 | Aquaculture, Fish, Reef, Science
This has been an unprecedented year of breakthroughs in aquaculture. Quality Marine is proud to welcome yet another species to our ever growing list; as a result of our partnership with Roger Williams University, we are now able to offer Aquacultured Fire Shrimp (Lysmata debelius) to our customers. We do everything in our power to support aquaculture projects focused on marine ornamental species and as a result, are a leading source of these aquacultured livestock. Fire Shrimp has long been a highly sought after species due to their deep, blood-red coloration and their parasitic cleaning qualities. In the wild, they occur throughout the Indo-Pacific. Most of the individuals look very similar throughout this range with the exception of specimens from the Maldives, which
