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Common Saltwater Fish Diseases

Saltwater fish are susceptible to some of the same disease you see in tropical aquariums. As always, determining the cause of the illness is the most important thing! Many diseases are caused by stress in the fish, whether from transport, water quality, or trouble acclimating to the tank. Quarantine tanks are even more useful for saltwater aquarium hobbyists than they are for tropical aquarium hobbyists! Your saltwater fish can live in your quarantine tank for a few weeks before entering the main tank; this gives them time to acclimate and time for you to make sure the new fish are … Continue reading →

Be Fish Friendly!

Kiss a fish if you so desire, but that isn’t what I mean by being fish friendly. Instead of dishing out salt water smooches, it may be more helpful to the environment to make certain that the fish in your aquarium come from reefs and populations that are ecologically sustainable. Environmentalists are concerned (and rightly so) that the ornamental fish industry has done severe damage to natural reef habitats. Believe it or not, the ornamental fish industry makes approximately two hundred million dollars per year. That’s a lot of fish! And a lot of those fish are coming into the … Continue reading →