All my fish are infected with ich! Now what do I do? This is the all-too-common lament of impatient hobbyists who habitually introduce new fish to an established aquarium without a period of quarantine and other preventive measures. They may…
9 Tips to Maintain a Healthy Marine Fish Aquarium
There’s no better teacher than experience, and with nearly a half century of saltwater aquarium keeping under his belt, Richard “Dick” Hilgers certainly has plenty of experiences to share! Currently the owner of The Cultured Reef, a coral-aquaculture facility located…
Quarantine Tank: A Crucial Part of Aquarium Success
When it comes to stocking a saltwater aquarium, there is one irrefutable truth every hobbyist must learn and take to heart—introducing livestock to a display tank without quarantining it first is a surefire recipe for failure. Trust your friends here…
Australian Leopard-wrasse Quarantine Technique
Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Labridae Genus: Macropharyngodon Species: choati, Randall, John E. 1978 Common Names: Choati Leopard-wrasse, Australian Leopard-wrasse Of all the Leopard Wrasses one can acquire for their reef aquarium Macropharyngodon choati is…
Best reason to quarantine? Your health
Need a better reason to quarantine? How about your own health. We know quarantine systems are an essential component to bringing new fish into your system to help prevent the spread of disease to your other fish, but recent research from Oregon State University…
Safety Stop from BlueLife USA is the first dip for reef fish providing ‘instant quarantine’
Safety Stop is a new product from Blue Life USA which is billed as “instant fish quarantine”. The veterinarian-formulated Safety Stop is the first commercial product to offer the benefits of dipping fish in a solution which helps to knock…
