Recent content by RU_Coral_Guy

Hello, On behalf of the Rutgers University Marine and Coastal Science Coral research lab, we are desperately seeking some Stylophora pistillata. We have a new post-doctoral researcher associate who needs a significant amount of tissue to extract proteins from the matrix just above the...

haha, one of the moderators move it for me... thanks! I'll search the literature online to see if I can sex them properly... I have 0.0.3 right now in separate 90 gal tanks. While in quarantine, two of them did not get along very well... maybe they were both males?

doh! n00b error.. totally posted this in the wrong forum!

Just wondering if anyone has had any success or advice with sexing/breeding Lawnmower blenny's (Salarias fasciatus).

Yea, like most tank mates, their always seems to be conflicting reports of success and failures. I've had them decimate my bubble algae problem and never bother any of my xenia or other corals. However, i concur with the mantra that no crab is 100% safe.

Best advice ever!! hahaha! ;D

Good luck with trying to catch it. If you do, you may want to consider keeping a small species tank for it.. IMHO they are neat little buggers (as long as they aren't killing my fish ;) ) However, as it grows... I highly recommend a thick glass or acrylic tank... as they (some species at least)...

If they are emeralds, then yea... the one's i have had were very successful at keeping my bubble algae (valonia spp.?) in control. They were never a bother to anything in my tanks besides the valonia though. As far as the pics of the crab you posted last year... they are nasty little hitchhiker...

ah, too bad you already bought a trap... i've had them show up as hitch hikers and was able to catch them with a DIY trap I made with some PVC parts and drill. There was one that was able to elude capture for years... until my burrfish got him. :o

hmm... can't get a good look at your crab there... however, I can say that you're hammer coral frag may need to find a new home if this guy is stubborn... or you can just appoxy it into place.

That's pretty sweet. Dr. Thomas J. Goreau does similar work with the Global Coral Reef Alliance. I think his structures run electricity through the metal and it supposedly allows for faster growth rates (don't ask me how)

"Test subjects" are always welcome! Considering corals grow so fast (sarcasm), we are always looking for some new frags!

Hello everyone! Quite a nice forum you've got here. I guess this thread is about introductions so here I go... My name is Frank, I'm an Oceanographer at the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences at Rutgers University in New Brunswick. I helped design/build and continue to maintain the Coral...