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By Brandon Klaus It isn’t just evaporation that can cause the return section of your sump to run a little low on water. Sure, it’s the main cause, but the slightest buildup of algae in the teeth of the overflow can cause the water level Read more here…

By Brandon Klaus Photo Credit: Jeff Reinitz, WCF Courier It is with sad news that we report the utter devastation at a fish store in Iowa. Anemones, Clowns and Corals reportedly caught fire sometime early Monday morning, prompting the response of five different fire departments, Read more here…

By Ret Talbot Click through to see the images. (Read Part 1) There are myriad reasons why fishes originating in places like Fiji, Solomon Islands, French Polynesia, Cooks Island, New Caledonia, Maldives, and Kiribati are more likely to be sustainable choices over fishes from the Read more here…

By Brandon Klaus Hoping to fill your tank with a small school of chromis, cardinalfish, or damsels? Well, good luck, because chances are that it won’t pan out like you had hoped. In nature, fish shoal together in small groups around prominent structures on the Read more here…

By admin When I think back to my high school days, I remember a 29-gallon freshwater aquarium in science class. Coincidentally, I donated most of the specimens in that tank to my teacher from my home aquariums. It served as more of a stereotypical science Read more here…

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By Brandon Klaus Red Sea is shaking up their lineup with today’s announcement of their new REEFER System aquariums. These sleek new tank and stand combos offer up a rimless, low-iron glass playground for hobbyists from all walks. They include a well-rounded filtration system and Read more here…

By Brandon Klaus We love LPS corals, especially huge, fluffy, wildly colored ones. That’s why we’re featuring this sexy Acanthophyllia for our Pic of the Week, which sports some awesome maroon, orange, and green coloration arranged in vertical striations. What we love about this genera Read more here…

By Leonard Ho Click through to see the images. The South Pier at Gdynia (photo right) already has a public aquarium, which was built in 1971. The Gdynia Aquarium is a modest facility by modern standards housing only about 200 species of animals (for comparison’s Read more here…

By Brandon Klaus There are plenty of stinging organisms in our tank, and they’re not always obvious. Sure, things like anemones and corals use stinging cells (nematocysts) to subdue their prey, which sometimes turns out to be our hands, but there are plenty of other Read more here…