Success with the Harlequin Filefish, Oxymonacanthus longirostris

We are pleased to present another inaugural post today on Reef Builders, this one is by Tim Morrissey, a fish breeding aquarist who is attending the Florida Institute of Technology where he studies reef fish ecology and reproduction. Harlequin filefish,…

Matthew Wittenrich comments on new developments in marine fish breeding

We want to thank Matthew L. Wittenrich for contributing the following post. Matt is the author of Breeder’s Guide to Marine Fish and he is the founder of the awesome Aquatic Pixels website.  Photo of Queen trigger larvae by Andy…

Reef Tank Temperatures — Another View

By: RICHARD HARKER The November 1997 issue of Aquarium Frontiers Online included an article entitled, “What are Natural Reef Salinities and Temperatures…Really…and Does It Matter?” (Shimek 1997). In the article, the author argued that hobbyists maintain reef tanks at artificially…

Anthias for your saltwater aquarium

Many people think of members of the grouper family as a tasty main course, rather than a brilliant adornment to the coral reef community. However, reef crests throughout the Pacific to the Indian Oceans and even the Red Sea, are…