With Fiji recently reopening exports, I dove into what corals used to be exported from that area. As I looked, one specific coral caught my eye right away, the classic Yellow Porites. I have always personally enjoyed viewing the Mustard…
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In Pursuit of Perfection: A Day in the Life of Advanced Aquarium Consultancy
Last week I visited Advanced Aquarium Consultancy, in Essex, England. I’ve been there several times before, I always recommend it, but this time I didn’t go there to shop, I went there to work. And gain a unique insight into…
Are Feather Stars STILL Best Left in the Ocean?
Feather stars and sea lilies are echinoderms classified within Class Crinoidea. They easily capture the hearts of new and seasoned hobbyists alike, and find their way into home aquariums due to their beautiful outer appearance and the graceful way they…
How to Protect Your Aquarium in Natural and Manmade Disasters
Wow, these past few days have certainly seen more than their fair share of disasters in Atlanta. We had Hurricane Helene rip through, flooding many homes, knocking down trees and powerlines, and shutting down the city. And if that wasn’t…
RVS Finds Yellow Tangs, Noble Anthias, and More at Calayan Island, Philippines
Keen fish watchers will have seen wild-caught Yellow Tangs on the social media feeds of RVS Fishworld, along with stunning Masked Swallow Angelfish and rare Anthias. But with the Hawaii fishery still closed for collection where did the Yellow tangs…
Algae – The Solution to All Your Problems
I know what you’re thinking. Why would I keep ALGAE on purpose? Much less buy it to PUT in my tank?I would have agreed with you almost 15 years ago. When I got my first saltwater fish tank as a…
A Research-Based Approach to Dendrophyllid Corals
Though the overwhelming majority of articles intended to be applied as guidelines for marine aquarists are based on anecdotes and present personal, undocumented evidence as husbandry guidelines and recommendations, an explanation as to ‘why’ a technique or practice works is…
Aquarium Store’s Moray Eel Helps Describe a New Species
Gymnothorax arabicus is a new species of Moray eel from the northwestern Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Socotra Archipelago, and the Arabian Gulf. The new species was formerly confused with Gymnothorax pseudoherrei, but is distinguished from it by having slightly more…
An Interview with NPS Coral Pioneer Boris Bielan
You think keeping NPS corals is difficult now? Try doing it 11 years ago! Florian Gaudig speaks to NPS coral-keeping pioneer Boris Bielan. While researching for my last article, I came across a ReefBuilders feature I had read years ago…
How to Maintain Suspension-Feeding Sea Cucumbers
When most hobbyists imagine sea cucumbers, or holothuroid species as they’ll be referred to later, we envision bottom-dwelling detritivores with little personalities whose slug-like bodies made their way into our tank simply to serve as valuable members of the clean-up-crew. …
