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    Mame Design Calcium Sand is Whiter Than Snow

    Substrate choice in marine aquariums is an endless debate. Some like it fine. Some like it deep. Others hate it and like it bare. As long as your preference includes some type of substrate covering your aquarium’s bottom pane you may want to check out Mame Design’s Calcium Sand. It’s as white as it gets. [...]

    November 3, 2010
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    Japanese Aquarist Has Success with Obligate Corallivore Butterflyfish

    Obligate coral feeding butterflyfish, like Chaetodon larvatus or C. ornatissimus, are a pipe dream for most. Their beautiful patterns and colors scream for attention, but sadly their dietary needs are rarely met. Because of their stony coral diet, the mortality rate of these obligate corallivores in captivity is near 100%. That is why you should [...]

    October 19, 2010
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    Yasuhiro’s Blue Lagoon, The Tank that Started it All

    October is here and the “Reefing Season” is back in full swing. In a quest for reefing motivation I turned to the Blue Lagoon, one of my favorite aquariums. This article was originally published on June 4, 2009–tanks this good never reach an expiration. I remember stumbling across the Blue Lagoon online. It was nearly [...]

    October 8, 2010
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    Juvenile Genicanthus Personatus Captured On Film

    This Genicanthus personatus is one of the smallest ever collected and will go down as one the most impressive Angelfish for many years to come. As we reported earlier, this fish was collected by Rufus Kimura at extreme depths in the waters of Hawaii. It was offered for sale in the United States, but as [...]

    September 21, 2010
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    An Earlei Adventure: From Japan to Nebraska

    This post has been contributed by Jim Gryczanowski, President of the Nebraska Reef Club and admitted wrasse lover. Jim recently received a trio of wrasses that had a unique path to the United States. As a hardcore wrasse fanatic I have always been in love with the beauty of the Earlei Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus earlei) and for [...]

    September 17, 2010
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    New Deepwater Anthias Species from Japan

    At every MACNA the fish geeks become the industry’s equivalent of a drug dealer share their addiction. With a quick innocent looking handshake, an 8gb flash drive is exchanged with more fish “p0rn” than what was previously known to man. This particular flash drive was a rare LE Flash drive–it came from Japan. This MACNA was [...]

    September 10, 2010
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