Justin Credabel’s Goniopower coming soon from Two Little Fishies to feed your flowerpot corals

Goniopower is a new coral food developed by Justin Credabel to be easily consumed by Goniopora and Alveopora flowerpot corals. We are very proud of Justin’s new product and we’ll let him tell you what Goniopower is in his own…

The responsibility of being a reefer

They say that great minds think alike, and with that thought, Rich wrote a piece this morning which is a perfect segway into this discussion that Scott had in mind. Both of these great reef guys had the same independent…

Tanked – can we have just a little more information?

This is a video of a big aquarium (not connected with ATM or Tanked) – doesn’t a little information about how it’s run and how the animals are cared for make it more exciting? Like many of us, I have…

Blue Harbor lands a sweet blue and gold soapfish, Aulacocephalus temminckii

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOoNKN2gfvI[/youtube] Most of the rare fish that the hobby fawns over are kind of wussy fish – pygmy angelfish, fairy wrasses, nano gobies and butterflyfish – even their names sound soft. So it is with great pleasure to…

Centropyge madness hits several Japanese LFS

The local fish stores of Japan are once again in the spotlight as they chaperon a new batch of very unusual Centropyge pygmy angelfish. The fish shown above is a very unusual dwarf angel brought in by B-Box Japan. We’re…

“Tanked” – A Dose Of Reality That Doesn’t Hold Water

Like many hobbyists, I decided to check out the Animal Planet reality series, “Tanked” last night.  Rather than getting caught up in the negative “pre-smack talk” about the show, I decided to actually watch it before rendering an opinion. So,…

Pseudanthias leucozonus re-appears from Bali sources

About a year ago, the lesser known white bar anthias, Pseudanthias leucozonus, made a grand appearance in large numbers at Greenwich Aquaria. Not known to many in the trade, the extremely rare anthias is a deep water resident of the…

Thrive Aquatics and Thrive Analytics set to Launch in September

Thrive Aquatics, a new supplement and online service is expected to be announced shortly.  The Thrive brand products are designed for stores and maintenance companies, not online stores. The system has two major parts, the additives (1. Alkalinity 2. Calcium…

Papercuts and Stray Voltage in the marine aquarium

A few days ago, I gave myself a small papercut on one of my fingers. I don’t think there are many positive attributes with a paper cut. But yesterday, that same paper cut clued me into some stray voltage in…

Following passion to a job in the aquarium industry

Seems like just a few months ago, I was comfortably rat-holed in my souless, financial-sector job, using every spare second to play with, or plot about my aquariums, writing my weekly rants on all things saltwater, or traveling to speaking gigs and…