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The Care and Breeding of Cherry Shrimp
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on Thursday April 25th, 2013 at 04:37 AM
As many hobbyists have noticed, invertebrates are making a comeback in the hobby. Many hobbyists are keeping invertebrate tanks only due to their interesting characteristics and funny behavior. The popular invertebrate on the scene are the cherry shrimps, Neocaridina heteropoda. These fun little shrimps are creating a storm around the globe along with other color morphs. This is a simple guide to highlight the care and requirements of these intriguing shrimp and to give key points on how to...GBR Nano Reef Biotope Macro Video in HD
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on Monday March 11th, 2013 at 12:09 AM
Here's a nano reef we have set up stocked with species found on the fringes of Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Coral, tunicates, a peacock mantis and more can be seen! Being able to use natural seawater makes a huge difference in the survival and growth of all sorts of neat invertebrates covering the rock:Photos from a Great Barrier Reef Island
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on Thursday February 21st, 2013 at 01:51 PM
Being a researcher and living near the Great Barrier Reef has it's perks! We took a day trip to a small nearby island and snapped a few photos with a point-and-shoot (they're not as good as Haille's excellent photos from Florida, but oh well!). There was a surprising amount of life only a few dozen meters offshore (or even closer, the first picture shows zooanthids growing on a boulder adjacent to shore!), and we thought we'd share: Diving or even snorkeling on a reef can't be described, it...Video of an LED-lit Estuary Biotope Nano Aquarium
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on Friday December 28th, 2012 at 07:50 AM
Here's a video featuring a biotope we've set up featuring only species we collected by hand from a local estuary, some endemic to the area (click the video to view in HD). We've also seen juvenile reef species such as the achilles tang and racoon butterflyfish, protected by turbidity and mangrove roots. The biotope features a mud bottom with planted with a few mangroves of various species. The system receives weekly water changes with raw natural seawater, and is fed with the results of...How to Frag Branching SPS Coral
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on Monday September 17th, 2012 at 08:39 AM
This guest post by My Reef to Yours Coral Frags will teach you all about fragging branching SPS coral! Fragging live SPS is easy and is a great way to share coral frags with your friends. This article will cover most branching SPS such as Acroporas, Birdsnest, and others. If it has branches, we can frag it safely. Tools needed: Latex Gloves Wire Cutters or Bone Cutters Superglue Gel Frag Disks or Rubble Rock You want to wear gloves during this process to protect the coral and to protect you....Photos: Singer Island Dive & Artificial Reef
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on Saturday September 8th, 2012 at 08:07 AM
Well, this is my first post as me, although you've probably seen my pictures posted here. My name is Hallie Carter and I'm an environmental ecologist, photographer and dive master currently living in FL! I hope to provide interesting pictures of marine life to compliment those posted by my friends who are living in the southern hemisphere! I had a a great bridge dive today off the coast of Singer Island, FL! The visibility wasnt great at first, but once we hit slack tide it improved...Hawksbill Sea Turtle Photographed
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on Wednesday September 5th, 2012 at 07:39 AM
Our friend Haille is a dive master and environmental ecologist currently working off the Florida coast. She also happens to snap spectacular photographs that we shamelessly share here! The hawksbill sea turtle is a beautiful and smaller species of sea turtle that's unfortunately been hunted for ornamental purposes in the past.Cairns! (Ecology & Tons of Photos)
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on Monday September 3rd, 2012 at 11:30 AM
In between research we decided to take a vacation to Cairns and got a lot of photos. We stayed on a semi-private beach where a mangrove estuary met the ocean. Tidepools were everywhere with a variety of gastropod and barnacle species as well as trapped blennies, gobies, and damsels. Rock anemones and crabs were abundant as well! Cairns is very close to the great barrier reef (see photo taken from the air above) and close to some of the several island research stations I visit for collecting...
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