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Shipping large corals is much more expensive.What does your lfs charge for a torch coral such as you described?

Remove all rock.Use big net.Old Man oil of clove will anesthetize fish.

An algae farm is the perfect place to raise seahorse fry,but definitely watch the temp.

By mandarin do you mean splendidus or picturatus?IME splendidus very rarely eat frozen,while picturatus usually will if worked with properly.The trick is to house them with no competition for food and no natural food source until they eat the mysis.9 out of 10 will take to it within a week.You...

Ghost pipefish are VERY different from regular pipefish,to the point of having their own family,Solenostomidae.They are the marine equivalent of annual killifish,and will not live long after metamorphosis.Yes metamorphosis as the young are NOT born as miniature copies of adults as in family...

Palytoxin is a strong neurotoxin.You could also experience anaphalaxis on exposure to just about anything that isn't you.Either way very serious business.

Why do we as a species put eveything into our own timeframe?Reefs have grown and died since long before anything remotely resembling a human walked the earth.If a massive die off occurs in our lifetime it's a catastrophe.If it happened 65 million years ago it's an interesting occurrence worthy...

Nobody buysfish from WalMart.They rescue them.Glad to see Walmart is learning its limitations.

Lions are routinely seen by divers off the Outer Banks and have been reported as far north as Long Island.As far as bagging one without getting stung I have accomplished that "feat" hundreds of times.The odds of a reproducing population establishing itself with released or escaped fish are slim...

I have worked in the trade since 81 and have seen quite a few ribbon eels eat very well provided with a simple rock cave.IME source is the most important issue,followed closely by patience.Quite often they refuse to feed for a couple of weeks,and at that point employees essentially give up since...