PIJAC –one of the if not only organization that is actively working in the interests of the aquatics industry announced a major update to the active petitions and strategy surrounding our dear friends at the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD). …
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The top 4 Reef forums for the reef aquarium community
We thought it might be cool to list the top reef forums in the overall hobby. And we have compiled a list below for your reading pleasure. Reef Central The reef site was started by a guy named John Link…
The Nebula Percula – Not A Made Up Name
Designer Clownfish are more popular than ever; over the summer of 2014 I’ve spent endless hours researching both the genetic and hybrid forms of designer clownfishes out there. I spoke on the topics of genetics, hybrids, and geographic variants at the…
Sustainable Aquatics shows off Longfin Ocellaris pair at MACNA
With a whirl of new products, ideas and people hitting MACNA 2014 this year, it’s a little easy to get lost on what to look out for and where. If you are planning to head down for MACNA, be sure…
Fish or Fishes? Shoal or School? A Few Fishy Terms Defined
In my nearly two decades as an aquarium writer and editor, I’ve noticed that certain terms routinely used in hobby literature when discussing our fine, finny friends are often a source of confusion to readers. So for today’s post, I…
A Recap of the MBI Workshop 2014
Hosted by the Marinelife Aquarium Society of Michigan (MASM) and the Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI), and held July 19, 2014 at Cranbrook Institute of Science in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, this was the fifth workshop they have offered dealing solely with…
Blue mimic anemone makes an impressive duplicate of Acropora digitifera
Unless they are hosting clownfish or somewhat reef-safe, Anemones don’t get a fair share of attention in the aquarium world. But things could be different if we saw more mimic anemones like this wonderful blue Phyllodiscus semoni which we sighted on…
5 Types of Marine Fish that are Reef Safe with Caveats
When we say a marine fish is “reef safe,” we usually mean that it won’t eat the corals or other sessile invertebrates that we keep in reef systems. Using that definition, we can easily determine that, for example, the peaceful,…
Guppies and Gonioporas make a wonderfully perplexing combination
I have a soft spot in my heart for guppies. I got bit from the aquarium bug thanks to the guppie tank my Dad had when I was just a wee lad and later on had my own crop of…
Captive Bred Mandarins Return…But Only for a Moment
After Scott Fellman’s well-written rant surrounding the explanation and loss of ORA Mandarin Dragonet production, the collective breeding world pretty much wrote off seeing captive-bred Synchiropus spp. for the foreseeable future. I echoed Fellman’s sentiments recently in my own story…
