Using “Artificial Intelligence” resources to treat fish diseases
With the development and release of ChatGPT in 2022, “AI” as an informational resource is becoming more commonplace. This term is in quotes because the current methods are not true Artificial Intelligence. Instead, what the process does is scan the Internet to come up with some consensus as to the best answer for your question. The trouble is, polling the Internet does not always result in accurate information. “Garbage in –...
Linckia laevigata: An Analysis of Plausible Causes of Mortality in Captivity
By: Malcolm Levison
The indisputable beauty of Linckia laevigata has led to this fragile organism becoming an icon of the global aquarium trade. However, survival rates in captivity are tragically low. Epitomizing beauty with an exotic appearance and arms as blue as the ocean itself, Linckia laevigata, (commonly referred to as the “Blue Linckia”), seduces thousands of marine aquarium hobbyists into an...
R2R Username: @Olys_Tank
Tank Thread: My Reef Tank 2019
Introduction:
Hello, Reef2Reef! I've been in the hobby for around 28 years. It all started when my mother decided to get her children some pets. As some family members suffered from asthma, we couldn't keep any animals with hair or fur, so she decided to buy a freshwater tank. Each family member took care of a seperate fish species. After a few years of success, we had 10 different fish and water plant breeding tanks in the cellar...
R2R Username: @jose.morejon14
Reef Showcase: Jm_reefer
Introduction:
Hello everybody! I’m Jose Luis Morejon Vitali. You probably know me as my Instagram account, Jm_reefer. I'm a 29-year-old Italian guy. I have had a passion for aquariums since I was young since my father and I managed a freshwater tank together for 15 years. In 2019 I decided to switch to Marine tanks and the first one was installed in May 2021. So this tank is around 2 years old. It’s a total system of 470L or 125G...
Aquarium Myths and Misinformation
c. 2023 Jay Hemdal
Over the last 50 years, I’ve heard a number of myths and possible misinformation applied to aquariums and the husbandry of the animals contained in them. Most of these seem to go unchallenged; at least they keep showing up online, long after they have been shown to be incorrect.
Some of these myths take on the same characteristics as “urban legends” (Such as the story of the child who gave her hamster a bath and then used a microwave...
I have been waiting on the OSIX for the OR3 150's for some time and I finally got my hands on them a couple weeks ago. It seemed like a long wait, but I can say without a doubt that it was well worth the wait. Orphek has hit it out of the park with OSIX. The ability to dim my OR3 150's gives me the ability to really mix the lighting anyway I want for coral growth and color I want. The dusk to dawn is amazing with these lights. I now have the ability to control all of my led's.
My current...
Algae, unavoidable companions.
Algae are undoubtedly one of the inhabitants of a reef tank that cause the biggest headaches to hobbyists. In a world idealized by aesthetics, we might wish that these living beings were out of our system, however, this wish makes no biological and ecological sense. Algae are part of the food web of any aquarium, actively participating in the recycling of nutrients and contributing to the maintenance of adequate levels of nitrate, phosphate and CO2 in the...
R2R Username: @Alex Costa
Build Thread: Rebirth
Introduction
Hello everybody. My name is Alex.
I currently have a 2000-liter tank that was set up in 2015 when my previous 750-liter tank became too small for the fish and corals.
Sadly, on a trip to my parent's house, a power outage was responsible for decimating the first version of this tank (which I named Monolith because of its dimensions and shape). My first impulse after that was to dismantle everything and get rid of the...
The cherry anthias, also known as the Sakura anthias (a.k.a. Sakuradai (さくらだい) in Japan), is a large, attractive and very hardy member of the family Serranidae (groupers and their allies) and the sub-family Anthiinae (the anthias). Click on the PDF link on the right (or below on your phone) for the complete article.
