Trials and Tribulations of a Reef Aquarium

Shrimp! Shrimp! We added shrimp! These invertebrates add a lot of diversity to the aquarium and do a lot of beneficial housekeeping. They ar...

So we recently added a Midas Blenny to the tank. I read over and over that these fish are "ideal additions to a reef tank". They e...

Oh...My....God....Look at what I found in our refugium! It's a hitchiker. I didn't know what the hell it was. Mike, our aquarium exp...

Leather Finger Coral We got this guy last week with the Banggais (Mr. Roper is now hiding in the rock and Mrs. Roper chases him back into hi...

We recently acquired a new pair of fish for our aquarium. I had been craving for a pair of Banggai Cardinalfish from day 1. However, every L...

These soft corals are hardier, require less light and won't suffer as much as their more finicky cousins, the hard, stony corals. Inste...

I visited my LFS (Pet Kingdom) the other day to pick up some RO water, aragonite substrate and activated carbon. Ugh. How boring. It was lik...

Algae: Friend or Foe? I thought all algae was bad in aquarium-speak. But I spoke too soon. Normally, we try to get rid of algae in our aqua...

What are copepods, arthripods, phytoplankton, and why should you care? Well, I got a scooter blenny after only 2 months so I needed a crash...

--our new HOB (hang-on-back) refugium I had been thinking of installing a refugium from day 1. However, I got so overwhelmed with the sump a...

I realize when I posted about our Canary Wrasse and Scooter Blenny, I forgot to give any information about our clownfish: Bonnie & Clyde...

We got new fish yesterday! A "Scooter Blenny" and a "Golden Coris Wrasse". Here's what I've found out about thes...