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With the increased visibility of captive bred fish I thought I'd post a few things to get everyone thinking.

Currently, under 10% of marine aquarium fishes that are available are raised in captivity, unlike about 90% of freshwater species. Captive breeding offers a way to limit the stress placed on coral reefs world wide. Learning to breed marine ornamental organisms in captivity will go a long way towards reducing the impact of the hobby. (I'll be using the term fish to stand for ...

After being out of the hobby for a few years, I started back a couple years ago with a 40 breeder that had a 20L for a sump. After going through all the normal steps of cycling my new reef, I placed an order for live rock from Tampa Bay Saltwater. When I received the rock, I was stunned at the amount of life that was on and in the rock. Not only did I have a couple porcelain crabs, but also some brittle stars, feather dusters, and a variety of of life. After marveling at the life in the rock for ...

Still a bit cloudy but I'm OK with that!!! I'll be filtering/cleaning for another week or so then I'll start adding some stuff as long as my levels check out. Until then it's on to my lighting and setting up the controller!

The cool thing is I'm going to do a video of all the stages of the controller setup and we'll have those on YouTube also.

I'm going to use an RKL for now and I'll show an upgrade to an RKE later this year. It'll ...

Admittedly, the issue of running a marine tank without a skimmer filtration system is a controversial topic amongst hobbyists. Getting rid of nuisance algae is also a frequent topic of discussion. Here is my story of the algae battle and the ultimate victory years in the making.

Setup:
My tank is a 72-gallon Oceanic bowfront. Inside the stand is a 29-gallon glass tank with a skimmer section (ASM G3 with recirc mod) and a return-pump section. Lighting is provided by a 4x54W T5 ...