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Most Popular Reef Aquarium Stories of 2016!
Our annual roundup of 2016’s best stories is one of our favorite times, when we reflect on the most popular stories that You the readers liked the most. As much as any other recent year, two thousand and sixteen had…
Oddball Reef System Symbiosis
Symbiotic relationships are among the most interesting aspects of this hobby. A coral reef is a battlefield for real estate; however, there are still amazing examples of cooperation between completely different animals. Everyone is very familiar with clownfish and anemones,…
Why You Should Buy Captive Bred Fish
These past couple of years we’ve seen an influx of captive bred fish. This is amazing news and here’s why you should support captive bred fish in order to instill more research. Captive bred fish are fish that have been…
Incredible Photos of Galaxea Pipefish from Bali
The concept of symbiosis is the foundation of coral reef aquariums; everything from clownfish and anemones, corals and zooxanthellae, even the ecology of the aquarium is predicated on nitrifying bacteria cleaning the water for us. But there is an incredible…
We Played Abyssrium For Two Weeks, Here’s What Happened
Abyssrium Abyssrium is an app for IOS and Android that lets you create a mini aquarium inside your phone. We'll admit to being addicted for the past two weeks, tap, tap tapping, our way to a level 1000 corallite. This game…
Pinto Seahorses: Captive Bred Seahorse Can Get Domesticated Too
Because they bear live young, seahorses were among some of the first marine fish to be bred in captivity. With a long history of captive breeding you’d think that there would be more domesticated strains of various Hippocampus species, and there…
Life After Purchase: A Guide to Introducing New Fish to Your Aquarium’s Social Dynamics
Moving can be tough on a kid. New places, new school, making new friends, meeting new bullies . . . I’m sure some of you can relate. So can your fish. Life can be tough even after getting shipped halfway…
The Amazing Reef Tanks of Italy
As I have mentioned numerous times in the past, I consider myself to be a lucky person. And one of the ways this luck has manifested itself, is that I have been fortunate to get to see one of my…
The Truth About Yellow Tang Collecting in Hawaii
Along with the common clownfish, yellow tangs are one of the most iconic and familiar reef fish, on the reef and in our home aquariums. Because of this status there is a lot of attention paid to this species; it’s…
