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Aquaria/Reefkeeping

The image shows a Sargassum Triggerfish. Credit: Cliff.

Reefkeeping, or reef-keeping and sometimes reef keeping, is a marine aquarist hobby of creating, maintaining, and actively sustaining a living captive reef, within an aquarium, complete with various life forms common to coral or other types of reefs.

Introduction

This is a reef aquarium in Monoco. Credit: Filip Maljkovic.

"An aquarium (plural aquariums or aquaria) is a clear-sided container in which water-dwelling plants and animals (usually fish, and sometimes invertebrates, as well as amphibians, marine mammals, and reptiles) are kept in captivity, often for public display; or it is an establishment featuring such displays."[1]

Audience

Scope

Science of Reefkeeping

In Nature

Physics

Light

Two light levels: photosynthetically active radiation (PAR, ~400-700 nm), PAR of 80 versus 180 µmol m-2 s-1 have been used to grow "crustose coralline algae (CCA), a desired group of benthic calcifying algae", on two "types of rock (initially bare coral rock and rock preconditioned for 12 weeks under low light)".[2]

"In general, pink CCA's developed more quickly than red CCA's, with 4.31-10.44% versus 2.45-4.56% cover after 9 weeks, respectively. Pink CCA grew more quickly on non-preconditioned rock; after 9 weeks of culture, pink CCA showed higher percentage cover and larger colony size on initially bare rock compared to preconditioned rock. In contrast, red CCA showed higher percentage cover and colony density on preconditioned rock. Although higher pink and red CCA colony densities were found at higher light intensity, no effect of irradiance was found on relative CCA cover. In addition, red CCA colony size was larger at the lowest irradiance, for both rock types."[2]

Temperature
Water Motion

Chemistry

Salt
Trace Elements
Nutrients

Biology

Food
Ecology

Physiology

Microlife

Bacteria
Plankton

Algae

Invertebrates

Cnidaria
Echinodermata
Crustaceans

Vertebrates

Fish
Zebrasoma desjardinii displays its soft dorsal and anal fins. Credit: Hectonichus.{{free media}}

The Aquarium

Introduction

Chemistry

Nitrogen
Phosphate
Calcium
Trace Elements

Physics

Light
Temperature
Water Motion

Ethics

Practical Reefkeeping

Introduction

General Rules

Equipment

Introduction

Materials

Glass
Wood
Sillicone
Plastics
Rubber
Coatings
Metal
Blacklisted
Ftalates
Metals

Tank

Stand

Sump

Plumbing

Lighting

Fluorescent
Metal Halide
LED

Water Movement

Pumps
Wavemakers
Dump

Temperature Control

Heating
Cooling

Filtering

Mechanical
Biological
Materials

Additives

Kalkwasser

Sterilization

UV
Ozone

Analysis

Introduction
Test Kits
pH
Nitrates
Phosphates
Calcium
Continuous
pH
Conductivity
Light
RedOx

Electronics

Timers
Safety

Other

Food Dispenser

Getting Started

Planning

Types
Fish Only
Nano
SPS
Mixed
Sizing
Examples

Equipment Setup

Purchasing
Building
Curing

Cycling

Algae Removal
Testing
Stocking
Animal Removal

Maintenance

Introduction

Daily

Topping Off
Inspection

Periodically

Testing
Water Changes
Cleaning

Annually

Holidays

Moving

Disaster

Animal Encounters

Pests

Crustaceans
Mantis Shrimp
Hermit Crabs
Algae

Disease

Itch

Equipment Failure

Leakage
Power Outage
Overheating

Other

pH low/high
Metal Poisoning

Propagation

Corals

Crustaceans

Crustaceans are arthropods. Their skeletons are on the outside of their bodies. Shrimp, crabs, lobsters, barnacles and hermit crabs are all crustaceans. Crustaceans have jointed body parts and often have many legs. Crustaceans have two pairs of antennae. Most crustaceans live in the sea and include animals, such as lobsters and crabs. Two types live on land – rolie polies, also known as isopods, pillbugs or sowbugs, and crayfish. Reference: About Crustaceans

Fish

Zebrasoma flavescens swims in an aquarium. Credit: Federico Candoni.{{free media}}
This Mandarinfish (Synchiropus splendidus) is in Muséum Liège (Belgium) aquarium. Credit: Luc Viatour.{{free media}}

Dragonets such as the Mandarinfish on the left are bottom-dwelling fish that constantly hunt tiny invertebrates for food, but in an aquarium most starve to death unless a refugium or place for the invertebrates to reproduce safely without any fish being able to reach them is provided.[3][4]

Resources

Reefkeeping

Biology

Aquarium Photography

Manufacturers

Future

Basic science

Physics

Light
The Spectrum
Intensity
Absorption

Hydrodynamics

Pressure

Temperature

Chemistry

Basics
pH
RedOx
Calcium

Physiology

Methodology

Introduction

References

  1. ↑ Stonda (19 April 2005). Aquarium. San Francisco, California: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aquarium&diff=156725&oldid=156486. Retrieved 2014-09-05.
  2. 1 2 Robin de Vries, Tim Wijgerde, Michaël Laterveer (09 December 2015). "Effects of rock preconditioning and irradiance on growth of crustose coralline algae in aquaculture". Advanced Aquarist's Online Magazine (Reefkeeping South Africa). http://www.reefkeeping.co.za/Advanced_Aquarist_s_Online_Magazine/2015/12/09/Feature_Study:_Effects_of_rock_preconditioning_and_irradiance_on_growth_of_crustose_coralline_algae_in_aquaculture. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  3. ↑ "Mandarins, Psychedelic "Gobies", Dragonets, Scooter Blennies....YAH! Family Callionymidae". Retrieved 2008-12-18.
  4. ↑ "...I'd like to buy a Mandarin!".
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