My Onyx Percula clownfish spawned recently and I hatched the eggs in a half full 10 gallon aquarium.  I have been having some problems with the clownfish larvae dieing in the first 8 hours after hatch.  I usually take the water out of the brood stock tank and use that for hatching the larvae in [...]

If you have nothing to do this weekend take the short drive and see me at the Madison Frag Swap on Saturday January 28th from 12-3 at the VFW Post 7591 301 Cottage Grove Rd, Madison WI.  I plan to be there selling some corals, fish and some dry goods.  It looks like there will [...]

Two nights ago I finally had the opportunity to watch my Onyx Percula Clownfish spawn.  This pair is around 5-6 years old.  The pair is the offspring of Rod’s Onyx clownfish.  The spawning started around 7pm cst and lasted a little over an hour.  A nest of 150-200 eggs were laid on a hammer coral.  [...]

One thing I am very interested in is photography.  It started with wanting to learn how to take photos of my aquarium and its inhabitants.  Over time I have gradually gotten better at taking photographs and photography has become a secondary hobby for me.  After seeing lots of aquarium photographs I have found macrophotography to [...]

The Greenwater aquarist Society in holding their winter auction on January 29th 2012 in Alsip,IL.  I have not attended one of these events but from what I have heard you can get some great deals on freshwater fish including cichlids.  It is supposed to be well run. For more information you check out this link. [...]

My main reef aquarium is a 240 Envision acylic’s cube with the dimension 4′x4′x2′.  It is set up as a peninsula so it can be viewed from 3 of the four sides.  It is filtered by a 120 gallon sump with an ASM G4X protein skimmer.  The 240 reef aquarium is on the same sump [...]