For all you reef fans if you are looking forward to an educational cum fun outing with your friends or family, blue reef aquariums are perhaps the right place for you. They are located at four different locations and you can consider the one that is nearest or closest to your convenience; Hastings, Newquay, Portsmouth,… [Read More]
The hawkfish are tropical, perciform marine fishes of the family Cirrhitidae. Associated with the coral reefs of the western and eastern Atlantic and Indo-Pacific, they share many morphological features with the scorpionfish. Hawkfish have large heads with thick, somewhat elongated bodies. Their dorsal fins are merged, with the first consisting of ten connected spines. Each spine has several trailing filaments… [Read More]
The gobies form the family Gobiidae, which is one of the largest families of fish, with more than 2,000 species in more than 200 genera. Most of them are comparatively small, less than 10 cm (4 in) in length and include some of the smallest vertebrates in the world, such as species of the genera Trimmatom nanus and Pandaka pygmaea,… [Read More]
The National Aquarium in Baltimore has renovated what once was a dull, leaky, concrete tank of mostly sting rays, adding 1,000 animals and 3,000 hand-sculpted coral replicas to create a colorful and massive new centerpiece exhibit. The huge central tank had always been well-liked by visitors but became square, and it is now teeming with new life after the $12.5… [Read More]
Dragonets are small, perciform, marine fish of the diverse family Callionymidae, found mainly in the tropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific. They are often miscategorised as gobies or blennies by fish sellers for similar morphology and behaviour. These “little dragons” are generally very colourful with cryptic patterns and hence could be perfect for your reef tank. Their bodies are elongated… [Read More]
At reefland we strive to bring reef aquarium hobbyists the best information and resources available to successfully create and maintain their own small reef aquariums. Here is a list of beautiful reef tanks and aquariums that will definitely inspire you to have one.
If you are a truly crazy aquarist who never lets his imagination rest when it comes to trying something new in the field, this will surely excite you. I know exactly how we saltwater aquarium fanatics go gaga over large tanks but somewhere everyone hates the bulky look. We are always on the look for something that could… [Read More]