No doubt, the regal blue tang, Paracanthurus hepatus, is one of the most popular fish for the marine and reef aquarium. This species is imported by the thousands at a size of 1-2″ but these specimens often take a long…
Five ways Nano Reefs are changing the way we do reef tanks
Yesterday, some hobbyist blogs began a series of posts about nano reef aquariums. Inspired by the beginning of meme on nano reef tanks, we decided to follow suite and write about what we feel are the most important effects nano…
A message from the president of the Anti Feeder Fish Coalition
The Anti Feeder Fish Coalition is an interesting movement which aims to educate fresh and saltwater aquarists that feeding live goldfish to aquarium predators is just really bad form. Feeding goldfish is messy, they are not nutritious and never mind…
Algae Tweezers by AquaMedic can make short work of your hair algae farm
When we first picked up the package for AquaMedic’s Algae Tweezers, we stared at it first in confusion and then in wonderment. No doubt countless numbers of reefers have long used some kind of cockamamie scheme for simultaneously removing Derbesia…
Koralia Evolution 1400: hands on with hydor’s hand grenade of flow
The Koralia Evolution 1400 gives the reef aquarist more choices than ever when it comes to propeller water pumps: with so many aquarium water flow products on the market the first generation products are starting to show their age but…
Crosshatch bass and juvenile spanish flag make their way to the Blue Harbor
Looks like that planeload of rare Curacao reef fish flew right by Phoenix and straight to Japan’s Blue Harbor. The image above may be blurry but it’s still very exciting for us because it’s one of the only ones displaying…
Scraper blade & squeegee from AquaMedic could actually be a good buy
The squeegee scraper from AquaMedic is quite a handy device that will be a welcome addition to any aquarium service company’s toolbox. The new scraper is actually a 6″ long blade which is very sharp. When not in use the…
Genicanthus personatus spawning & rearing video by Karen Britain and Bruce Carlson
Genicanthus personatus, the masked swallowtail angelfish is a holy grail angelfish species that is endemic to the Hawaiian Island chain. Paradoxically, this is one of the few angelfish species which has been raised in captivity and it is the only…
Historical images of Marine Fish living at the Steinhart Aquarium from the 70s and 80s
The Liopopoma fasciatum above and the Achilles Goldrim Hybrid surgeonfish below are evidence that it was possible to get very neat and rare fish even if you were an aquarist working at the Steinhart Aquarium back in the 70s and…