The Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association (OATA,) is supporting two research projects that will examine how wild-collected ornamental fish can be caught sustainably and how the industry can contribute to conservation in source countries. Both projects are being run in collaboration…
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Quality Marine’s Citron gobies come in several funky flavors
Citron gobies come in many colors from lemon to mustard yellow, brown to black, but these specimens from Quality Marine are definitely in the in-between category. Gobiodon citrinus are widespread in nature, inhabiting reefs off Africa, Asia, and Oceania, and…
TMC closes Bristol facility after 18 years
Tropical Marine Centre has closed one of its three British wholesale livestock branches. The TMC Bristol facility had served the South West of England and Wales for nearly twenty years and was instrumental in the company’s growth when they also…
10 items that make reefkeeping easier
We wouldn’t run a reef tank without these! RO Unit Filling up and maturing your tank with tap water is fine, but for topping up you need a pure source of water that will replace evaporation without making any levels…
Colonial tunicates are cool but should be avoided
While scanning the Acro tank in our LFS we noticed this overgrowing the base of a colony. It’s an ascidian, a colonial tunicate, possibly Botrylloides leachii, which has spread over this Indonesian maricultured Acropora in a matter of just weeks.…
In memoriam of Jacob Adams
The reefkeeping world is mourning the sudden loss of our Managing Editor, Jake Adams. To many people Jake informed, educated, and entertained reefers in all four corners of the world. A Bachelor of Marine Science, Jake also became a skilled…
Reef AccuStir is a new app-controlled stirrer from TMC
The Reef AccuStir is a new app-controlled magnetic stirrer that the company teased at the Vivarium show at the start of October. TMC did already have a magnetic stirrer called the Easi-Stir, sized to fit under their dosing containers and…
Hawaii harvesting of tropical fish for aquariums approved
The saltwater aquarium industry has won a small victory in the battle to reopen Hawaiian fish exports. The Board of Land and Natural Resources – the agency that protects Hawaii’s natural resources – approved an Environmental Impact Statement on October…
WaveReef Safe-Fill can top off your Auto-Top-Off
Equipment manufacturer WaveReef has released three ATO devices all armed with a triple-level sensor. The Nato 3M and SMT-03M are both variations on a common theme, comprising a water level sensor that sits in the pump chamber of your sump,…
Fishial Project uses artificial intelligence to identify fish
A not-for-profit organization is aiming to use artificial intelligence to help ID the planet’s 34,000 fish species. The Fishial project has been set up by Thomas Wye of the Wye Foundation, to identify fish by photograph automatically, with the aim…
