Author: John C

Pucker up! If you’ve ever wanted a kiss from a fish, then the kissing gourami may be the next addition to your freshwater tank. These dazzling fish in their …

Rosy barbs are a favorite fish among hobbyists for many reasons. Rosy barbs are active and peaceful fish that do well in community tanks, and their bright, metallic coloration …

I think a lot of people have a particular liking for gobies, there’s plenty to choose from with around two thousand or so species.  Not only are there plenty …

Happy World Penguin Day from us at the Aquarium and little Miss Rey the African penguin. Our blue world is better for sharing it with the planet’s ensemble of …

It’s no secret, times are tough right now for many of us. People are reevaluating their priorities, changing their habits and pinching their pennies. This strain doesn’t only apply …

I posted a few images, in an earlier posting, showing some large corals colonies I came across on a dive to a very healthy reef in the northern Red …

Studying nature makes me ask questions. Most days I don’t know what the question will be. It’s usually questions that I never expect. I want to learn about something …

It’s been a good long while since we’ve seen a nice, novel aberrant pygmy angelfish specimen but the new Morse Code flame angelfish is just the fish we needed …

In biology, when we talk about “adaptation,” it is usually to describe the slow evolutionary process by which an organism fits itself to their environment over the course of …

The Hammer Coral is a beautiful large stony coral that is popular with many reef aquarium keepers. In this comprehensive guide, we explain how to care for this coral, …