One of my favorite types of tanks is nanos with predatory fish. In a small water volume, it’s easy to manage the high nutrients that come naturally with keeping more predatory fish due to their metabolism and food source. Nanos…
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The Tale of the Purple Monster and the Land of Gold
Recently I gave a talk at a UK reefing show, where I gave my (British,) take on the American reefing scene. One of the many aspects I admire the most is the legacy corals, their sharing throughout the community, and…
MarcoRocks Maricultured Live Rock Combines the Best of Both Worlds
MarcoRock is one of our favorite dry reef rocks. We love its shapes, porosity, and ease of stacking. But we love live rock too for its diversity, so when we heard that you can get Live MarcoRock – dry rock…
The Emperor of Commensal Shrimp Relationships
The Emperor shrimp is a very small, rarely imported shrimp, typically sporting bright orange and white primary colors. They can be found across the Indo-Pacific. Typically, we see this species associated with “Medusa worms” in captivity as their most popular…
Fiji’s Undescribed Stonogobiops Shrimpgoby
The year is 1977. Star Wars is a box office sensation, Billy Joel is topping the charts with his multi-platinum album The Stranger, and the King of Rock & Roll, Elvis Presley, is found dead in his Graceland bathroom, but…
ReefStock Chattanooga Exhibitor List Announced
ReefStock Chattanooga 2024 is hotting up with five speakers, over forty vendors, and just six weeks to go for the famous Reef Builders event. It’s the first time that the ReefStock show has exhibited in the central location of Chattanooga…
Could Marine Purple Photosynthetic Bacteria be the Fish Food of the Future?
A Japanese technology company has made a commercial fish diet from just light, bacteria, and air that can rival or beat the nutritional profile of normal fish meal. With some commercial fish farming diets coming under scrutiny, (the feeding of…
Mirage Hotel’s Famous 20,000-gallon Aquarium is No More
The Mirage Hotel’s famous aquarium has been shut down and emptied as the iconic Las Vegas resort closes for good. Situated in the lobby behind the registration desks, the huge fish-only saltwater aquarium was home to 450 fish from 85…
Golden Reef Solomon Islands FINDS PAIR of Aberrant Bicolor Angelfish
Golden Reef Solomon Islands L.T.D has collected not one but two aberrant Bicolor angelfish, and what’s more, they’re a pair! Bicolor angelfish, Centropyge bicolor, are widespread throughout the Indo-Pacific, from East Africa to the Samoan and Phoenix Islands, north to…
The Secret Nazi History of the Lyretail Anthias
In recent years, we’ve seen the classification of Pseudanthias slowly get whittled down in the light of molecular and morphological revisions. This has resulted in the expansion of Nemanthias from 1 to 6 species, the recognition of Mirolabrichthys as a…
