Corals in a Box of Water: Creating a Natural Reef Tank We’ve come a long, long way in advancing natural marine aquarium keeping. Those of us who started out in the 80’s with barren Read More about Corals in a Box of Water: Creating a Natural Reef Tank
Gutloading Live Microcrustaceans In the sense that very, very few animals specialize to eat only one thing, all animals are omnivores, and prefer live foods. For Read More about Gutloading Live Microcrustaceans
A Closer Look at Carotenoid Pigments Meeting the dietary requirements of a reef aquarium--a delicate microcosm filled with diverse organisms with varied nutritional Read More about A Closer Look at Carotenoid Pigments
The Whole Package: Integrating AlgaeBarn’s Kits & Combos AlgaeBarn is hardly the only aquarium hobby-centered business to produce phytoplankton and macroalgae. But we like to think that we’re Read More about The Whole Package: Integrating AlgaeBarn’s Kits & Combos
Phytoplankton Species and their individual Strengths When purchasing live foods for your tank, many people simply take the shop employee’s advice when handed a jar of unidentified copepods Read More about Phytoplankton Species and their individual Strengths
Gorgonians in the Marine Aquarium It should go without saying that the hermatypic, stony, reef-building corals will dominate most reef aquaria. Thankfully, so long as Read More about Gorgonians in the Marine Aquarium
Eliminating Detritus in the Refugium Ever feel like no matter how much time you spend cleaning your tank, it can never really ever get clean? Detritus build-ups can be Read More about Eliminating Detritus in the Refugium
Phytoplankton The first link in a food chain is always a primary producer, like phytoplankton (i.e. algae, plants, various types of bacteria). This Read More about Phytoplankton
Phytoplankton, Macroalgae, or BOTH? As marine aquarists, we might think of algae as being divided into three (maybe four) distinct categories: the benthic (i.e. Read More about Phytoplankton, Macroalgae, or BOTH?
Kickstarting Your New Refugium Whether it's just been installed as part of a bone-dry, newly set up aquarium system or as an add-on to a well-established, heavily Read More about Kickstarting Your New Refugium
A Copepod Cornucopia: How to Maintain a Continuous Live Food Source in Your Reef Aquarium Some of us aquarists are satisfied just to find a pod or two in our systems—just to know that they’re still there! Then again, some of Read More about A Copepod Cornucopia: How to Maintain a Continuous Live Food Source in Your Reef Aquarium
Using Phytoplankton to Control Bad Algae Despite their lush appearance, natural coral reefs are extremely nutrient-poor environments. Not likely to be able to grow too much bad Read More about Using Phytoplankton to Control Bad Algae
Boosting Reef Aquarium Diversity With Live Phytoplankton Saltwater aquarium keeping certainly come a long way in a relatively short period of time. Heck, we only started widely using live rock Read More about Boosting Reef Aquarium Diversity With Live Phytoplankton
Stocking a Refugium Marine aquaria have a peculiar way of growing (in terms of both size and complexity) over time. These “add-ons,” be they filtration Read More about Stocking a Refugium
Pods In Your Reef: Seeding a Marine Aquarium with Copepods Benefits of Pods In Your Reef: Microcrustaceans (or “pods”) in general, and copepods in particular, are an integral component of Read More about Pods In Your Reef: Seeding a Marine Aquarium with Copepods
Mandarin Goby Fish Care | Using Copepods to keep a Mandarin Dragonet Mandarin Fish Care 101: Foods and feeding are the foremost concern for any aquarist wishing to keep a Green Mandarin Dragonet Read More about Mandarin Goby Fish Care | Using Copepods to keep a Mandarin Dragonet
Thalassiosira: Big, Brown and Beneficial There are a multitude of uses for live phytoplankton in aquaculture and marine aquarium keeping. These uses can be nearly as varied as Read More about Thalassiosira: Big, Brown and Beneficial
Isochrysis: The Microalgal Reef Aquarium Superfood When imagining scenes from a warm, sunny, tropical coral reef habitat, it is easy to fill the visage with images of those Read More about Isochrysis: The Microalgal Reef Aquarium Superfood
Tetraselmis: The Big and Fatty Alga There is probably no single type of microalgae that is ideal as feed for a varied community of captive animals (such as a reef tank). Read More about Tetraselmis: The Big and Fatty Alga
Getting Your Greens: The Benefits of Feeding Live Nannochloropsis Most of us want—and should want—our aquarium systems to more or less function ecologically in a way that resembles natural marine Read More about Getting Your Greens: The Benefits of Feeding Live Nannochloropsis