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By Brandon Klaus This is a tough picture because of the super intense blues, but the unique design of this coral made it jump out to us as a clear candidate for this week’s AquaNerd Picture of the Week. This acan is pretty unusual in Read more here…

By Brandon Klaus If you want to really clean up the look of the wires for your aquarium equipment, try hiding it all behind a false wall or tucking them into a piece of dedicated plumbing. Wires are unsightly. They fall all over the place, Read more here…

By Albert B Ulrich III What is that strange smell? What to do when you detect something…fishy…in your aquarium Just about anyone who has kept a marine aquarium has experienced an unexpected biological “meltdown” in their tank. Typical symptoms include a strange odors in the Read more here…

By Jeff Kurtz The sohal tang (Acanthurus sohal) is one of many fish species available in the marine aquarium trade that should come with a warning label. It’s a gorgeous fish and generally very hardy, which is a plus, but anyone contemplating purchasing A. sohal Read more here…

By Leonard Ho Click through to see the images. This week’s West Hawaii Today article is truly depressing. Why? We witness an appalling barefaced rejection of science by the council in charge of determining the fate of the aquarium trade in West Hawaii. North Kona Read more here…

By Leonard Ho Click through to see the images. The “trunk” of the tree is a 20cm (8 inch) diameter cork bark with driftwood projecting out from its base in order to create the effect of a root flare (AKA “nebari”) over rock. The aquarium Read more here…

By Brandon Klaus Here is some news that we aren’t exactly excited about. The large pet chain store, Petco, is getting ready to purchase the online retailer, Drs. Foster and Smith, who as well all know runs LiveAquaria. While the products division of the beloved Read more here…

By Paul Poeschl From the ferocious great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) to the graceful white-spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari), Elasmobranchii are a diverse group of boneless fishes that are circumglobal, inhabiting a diverse array of habitats, temperature ranges, salinity, and niches in …

By Brandon Klaus We are extremely excited to announced that Reef Savvy has not only met their $20,000 target donation for the St. Jude “Give Thanks. Walk” charity event, but they also destroyed it. Thanks to the aquarium builder, a ton of aquarium equipment and Read more here…

By Marzia Bo, Ph.D. Click through to see the images. When you visit a local fish store to run some errands, you may stumble upon corals labelled as “curled, spiral or pigtail gorgonians”. In most cases, however, these specimens turn out to be antipatharians, also Read more here…