If you love tropical fish, then finding quality livestock for your aquarium is important. Most pet stores buy their fish from wholesalers, who get their fish and other animals from fish farms around the world. The world of a wholesale…
First manta ray born in captivity in Japan aquarium
A Japanese aquarium is celebrating a special new arrival this week – a giant manta ray keepers say is the world’s first ever born in captivity. Video footage shows the 1.9 meter (6 ft) baby being squeezed out of her…
Pure Goodness: Giesemann Infiniti 2x150W HQI + 4x54W T5 Light Fixture
The INFINITI is the next big leap forward in the evolution of aquarium lighting—a completely new generation of pendant lighting which offers you all the latest innovations in lighting technology.
Clean Up Crew: The Short Version by Ronald Shimek, Ph. D.
If an aquarist desires to have a captive reef in their aquarium, it is essential that they try to include all levels of a normal ecosystem. Our little reefs are really small artificial ecosystems and to avoid problems, all the…
Week in Review for saltwater aquarium news June 11th-18th
Cycling (Curing) Live Rock for saltwater aquariums Tunze Aquarientechnik GmbH buys 50% stake in Tunze USA Hydrolagus colliei found on Oregon coast dies Another whale shark death at the Georgia Aquarium Caribbean Corals Heading Towards Extinction? Pump head Loss calculator…
Cycling (Curing) Live Rock for saltwater aquariums
A lot has been written about reef aquariums and their cycling process, starting with “cured†live rock, how much live rock to purchase because it is needed in the tank, and what kind you should get. These methods certainly work…
Tunze Aquarientechnik GmbH buys 50% stake in Tunze USA
In an important move in attaining a stronger foothold in America, Tunze GmbH bought a 50% stake in Tunze USA which was formally known as Marine International LLC. Roger the head guy over at TunzeUSA had several new announcements: New…
Hydrolagus colliei found on Oregon coast dies
The unique and bizarre looking creature usually lives too deep in the ocean to show up on land. But a group of kids from Oregon City brought in a three-foot-long Spotted Ratfish over the weekend. They had found it on…
Another whale shark death at the Georgia Aquarium
Norton, one of the original whale sharks at the Georgia Aquarium, died early today, the aquarium’s second whale shark death in five months. Aquarium officials said in a statement that in the last few months, Norton had stopped eating and…
Caribbean Corals Heading Towards Extinction?
Corals just can’t seem to get a break these days. Another study has found that Caribbean coral species are slowly but steadily dying off, with dramatic potential implications for the region’s ecosystem stability and structure. Ten percent of the 62…