Advanced Aquarist
Destination Reefs: Solomon Islands
Situated east of Papua New Guinea (NE of Australia), the Solomon Islands was a strategic gateway location for many intense ground and naval battles of World War II. Time has largely mended the scars of warfare, and visitors today are treated to beautiful reef sites ... some borne out of war.
January 2012's Most Popular Posts
In January, we learned about new measures being considered in Hawai'i on banning/regulating the aquarium trade, drooled over a split-personality clam, watched a video about the relationship a pearlfish has with a sea cucumber, saw the world's largest conical aquarium. Here's a look back at our most popular posts for January 2012.
$4500 Aquarium Sink
Are you looking to redecorate your high-end bathroom with a modern and unique sink? Do you have a nagging compulsion to perform your daily hygiene over an audience of fish? Then consider the 'Moody Aquarium Sink' sold by OpulentItems.com.
Dear USA fish vendors: We want more schooling fish
Japan always gets the coolest fish. And no, I'm not just talking about the uber exotic and expensive species but also simple fish like cardinals. Or at least you would think they should be simple to collect and export State-side. Yet they rarely find their way into the American aquarium trade. Case in point: Rhabdamia gracilis
HawaiiBanFactCheck.org - The Facts About Hawaii's Marine Aquarium Fishery
MASNA has just launched a new initiative, HawaiiBanFactCheck.org, to keep stakeholders and interested parties informed about the issues surrounding the pending legislation in the Hawaiian legislature banning all fish collection for the aquarium trade.
ReefStock 2012
The fifth annual ReefStock will be held again at the Denver Downtown Aquarium, home to a 5000 gallon reef tank. Come experience top quality speakers, killer frags and lots and lots of new products for this one-day "reef aquarium extravaganza."
It's a shark-eat-shark world out there!
Have you ever seen a shark eating another shark? It's rarely observed in nature and most of the evidence for shark predation by another shark has usually been confirmed only from stomach contents. Not this time.
The Orange Jaw Purple Maroon Clownfish
This Premnas biaculateus is an exercise to see how many colors we can use to describe a fish. iBluewater.com recently imported this intriguing maroon clownfish: deep plum-purple body, golden bars, and a distinctive orange jaw. We've seen outrageous naturally-occurring variants before (e.g. the PNG Lightning Maroon Clownfish), but we never tire of seeing these oddballs.
Reef Octopus' new "Luxury Aquariums and Stands"
Like Elos, Red Sea Max, and CAD Lights' Artisan series aquariums, Reef Octopus is introducing a new line of aquariums and stands featuring low iron glass, rimless design, and modern cabinetry. Two models (32 and 48 gallons) have been announced, with an optional sump available. Unlike the aforementioned competitors the Reef Octopus are not complete systems (pumps and skimmers not included). Prices and delivery schedules were not provided at this time.
The Way We Were: 1973: Breeding the Clownfish, Amphiprion ocellaris
This was the first article written that described the successful culture of large numbers (relatively speaking) of marine tropical fish. I wrote the article in January/February of 1973 after working with about 10 spawns of Amphiprion ocellaris. It was also my first article in the popular marine aquarist magazines of the time. The article, including editor's comments, is just as it was first printed (with a few spelling corrections).
Reef fishes look for anemones to find cleaning stations
Cleaner shrimps are small, inconspicuous reef inhabitants that provide an important cleaning role for the fish at large. One big problem, though, is that these shrimp are not easy to spot on the reef structure. How do Caribbean reef fish find them in order to get serviced?
Revisiting Long Island Aquarium's 20,000 reef [videos]
In 2007, Joe Yaiullo, curator of Long Island Aquarium (known then as Atlantis Marine World) shared information and photos of their spectacular 20,000 living coral reef tank with Advanced Aquarist. Now through the magic of youtube, we revisit LIA's reef ... 5 years later to the day.
Coral responses to 110 years of climate change, and lessons on how to spin science
An honest assessment of all the data shows that the climate change we have had so far has harmed most corals but has benefitted at least some corals which grow on unusually cold reefs, though they represent a very small proportion of reefs worldwide. Hence, climate change has been mostly, but not entirely, bad for coral reefs whereas additional warming will be much worse.
Watercolor paintings by artist Nate Wilson showcase the diversity of marine fish
Nate Wilson is a reef aquarist from Pennsylvania who has created really amazing watercolor paintings, offering us an attractive yet affordable solution to add some reef art in our lives.
Unboxing and quick review of Vertex's new magnet products
Advanced Aquarist got our hands on Vertex's new cleaner magnets and magnetic probe holder. Here is our quick review and photos.
