Fabrication Table Aquarium

Pistol Shrimps

Pistol shrimps, like Alpheus, are almost never seen for sale, but they often end up in tanks anyway. They are sometimes hitchhikers in live rock or live sand, and youll know that you got one if you hear loud pops coming from your aquarium at night. These pops, which are where the name comes from, are produced by specially modified pincers, and are used to warn off or stun other creatures. How loud? Loud enough to be heard at th

Occasionally we are treated to a "Debelius" mini- natural history photo-essay on recorded reproduction of a species, strategies for survival.

Suggested Changes/Additions:

This work is principally geared to "advanced divers" who are keen on underwater natural history. Sales of this work could have been easily trebled by the inclusion of a few pages (even at the expense of supplanted images) offering of aquarium information such as the best source countries, size at acquisition, acclimation, disease identification and treatment Even a couple of such pages wou

are presented with numerous notes on their structural characteristics, distribution and interesting natural history.

For Whom the Fish Tolls:

Fisheries biologists, serious aquarists, folks interested in zoology will find the bulk of the texts systematic review a valuable ichthyological orientation. Pet fish hobbyists may benefit most from reading the books introduction (to fishes) chapter and use of its extensive (seventy-four pages) of references. For those who have heard whines of "theres nothing written ...", or more honestly, "How can I go about finding ...about such or such f

75 gallong lighting
Hi, I have a 75 gallon tank that I'm going to be setting up in the next few months and I have a lighting question. I would just like to know what the best watt/gallon ratio would be for a mostley softie tank and maybe some Pavona Cactus, and some other easier SPS. I'm going to go with metal....