Coral and Invert Quarantine
What?! You want me to quarantine my fish AND my corals and inverts? In a word, Yes. Have you ever quarantined all your fish, were so careful to treat carefully and follow all the rules only to end up with ich or velvet in your display anyway? The reason this happens is most usually because there was a tomont on the hard surface of the coral, frag plug, or even the shell of a crab or shrimp! A tomont is the cyst stage of ick and velvet where the parasite...
ReefStock 2017 will be the tenth time that I host this fun, well-rounded reef show in my hometown of Denver Colorado. I was so young and inexperienced when I put together the first ReefStock back in 2008, I can't believe that it was successful or that the show would carry on to be an annual tradition.
Back in 2008, there were much fewer reef aquarium conferences; MACNA had had a few rocky years, IMAC had recently shuttered, but new events were beginning to sprout up. The Midwest Frag Fest...
Welcome to the Reef2Reef Photo of the Month Contest Sponsored by Avast Marine!
This month's subject is: Wrasses
Entering is easy, just follow these simple guidelines: Enter ONE photo, taken by you of the subject for the month, before the deadline.
Multiple entries, off subject photos, broken image links and submissions after the deadline will be disqualified for voting.
The photo must be taken by you (whether in a tank or in the ocean), and posted by you for the month's subject/theme...
What to do with all those spare parts...
@Bulk Reef Supply and @randyBRS always add, to an extreme sometimes, every extra part you might need. What do you do with all these parts?! If you are like me, they go into a random fish stuff drawer in my "Fish room" (really the guest bathroom). What do you do with it?
I have a mandarin that is doing well, but I wanted to make sure that he was getting all the food he needs. I decided to look into a brine shrimp hatchery. $120....$70...what...
Build Thread: http://www.reef2reef.com/threads/presenting-myself-and-my-mixed-reef-tank.142235/
Name: Júnio Melo
Introduction:
Hello reefers! First of all, I would like to thank everyone who has visited my build thread, and it’s a great honor to have it nominated for ROTM!
My name is Júnio Melo, and I am from Brazil. When I was a kid, I asked my mom for a puppy and she gave me a goldfish. She couldn’t imagine the monster she had awakened! In a short period, our apartment was housing 5...
This year on February 3rd 2017 the reefing community will gather together at a Floridian coral aquarium show that has become a reef hobbyist holiday. Located across from the University of South Florida at the Museum of Science and Industry (Mosi) will host the Florida Frag Swap’s 3rd annual reef show. Florida’s abundant reefing community will explore their favorite coral vendors from across the state and have theopportunity to sample corals from visiting west coast vendors. Amongst the coral...
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Making testing easy with a magnetic stirrer
As we all know testing our system can be time consuming and challenging. Did I time the test, right? Did I count the drops, right? Did I shake the vile long enough?
After some thought, I started looking around for a way to simplify the shaking, dropping, and adding the reagent and I came up with using a lab magnetic stirrer. I use Red Sea test kits and also, I have also tried test on Salifert test kits using their vials and it works...
How to perform a freshwater dip
Freshwater dips are a very important diagnostic tool when you have a sick fish. Since it can help flush out the excess mucus that can and does build up in the gills with a parasite infestation, it can be lifesaving as well. It will even confirm a flukes infestation. It’s important to know how to perform a freshwater dip since so much can be gained from it. We are going to go through the steps here together.
Equipment:
· A container that holds water and...
The Mysterious Chambered Nautilus
I recently had the opportunity to see one of these amazing, interesting creatures in person. While I don’t condone keeping this creature in captivity, it does happen and so we ordered one at the store. I was impressed with how well it shipped and acclimated. We had it eating only the second day and got to watch it motor around the tank for several weeks. We found the idea of having a “living fossil” in our care both intimidating and cool all at the same...
