Panta Rhei used ultrasound to sex mega rare zebra pike cichlid

For many marine fish, it is impossible to determine the sex of a given reef species simply by looking at it. Many species of saltwater fish have differently colored sexes, dichromatic, or different shaped sexes, dimorphic, or in the case…

University of Florida & Rising Tide Updates: Dr. Matthew L. Wittenrich hired and Porkfish reared

The proof is in the results.  News broke publicly last week that the University of Florida Tropical Aquaculture Lab has hired well-know marine aquarium author and MASNA 2010 Aquarist of the year Dr. Matthew L. Wittenrich.  This organization has been…

Breeders Blend from Rod’s Food is designed to get your fish in the mood

Breeders Blend is a new frozen fish food from Rod’s Food which is specially formulated to help condition your fish into prime breeding shape. Starting with the original formula of Rod’s Food, the Breeders Blend does away with the smaller…

Hands-On, In-Depth, with Reed Mariculture’s RotiGrow System

Last month ReefBuilders featured the new RotiGrow System from Reed Mariculture.  As promised, this next installment looks at the hands-on results with the most modern marine algae paste system available to marine fish breeders.  This system was actually designed for…

RotiGrow System is vastly improved algae pastes for marine fish breeders

Reed Mariculture RotiGrow® is a new line of frozen algae pastes that make the prospect of raising marine fish at home easier and more affordable than ever before. Reed Mariculture is well known and respected in the marine hobby and…

So really, how important is it to feed aquarium fish frequently?

Most of us are familiar with recommendations like “feed your fish only a couple times per week to minimize organic waste in a reef tank”.  These recommendations also stem from the fact that most beginning hobbyists simply overfeed so we…