Have your say on the future of the trade

hello all My name is Joanna Murray and I am a PhD student at the University of Portsmouth. My research is specifically concerned with ornamental polychaetes, namely sabellids and serpulids, and over the past couple of years I have worked with wholesalers and retailers to find out more information about the...

Coral ID

I picked up these SPS at a frag swap last weekend. The seller did not know what they where but mention that the seem to grow a little quick for SPS and they were only $16.50. Any ideas????? Read more: Coral...

Purple alge?

Not sure what this is… I thought at first it was a dark purple Coralline but I now Im not sure what it is. It has the small spike, needle thron type deals on it that come and go… It appears to be slow growing and likes lower light areas. Any clues? Read the original here: Purple...

My Octopus tank

I had been keeping a single octopus in the refugium section for my 470 gallon tank when I decided that it was time to get a real tank for it. Since I was already having the shark & ray tank built, I asked him to duplicate the tank, but set it up for keeping an octopus, or maybe two of them, since the...

My 210 Reef

I originally had this AGA 210 gallon tank set up in the family room and decided to replace it with a custom 470 acrylic tank. That meant moving this tank into my office and setting up a filtration system for the tank since it had previously plumbed into the basement. Excerpt from: My 210...