Aquaria/Reefkeeping

< Aquaria
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]

Practical Reefkeeping

Equipment

Materials

Blacklisted
Ftalates
Metals

Analysis

Test Kits
pH
Nitrates
Phosphates
Calcium
Continuous
pH
Conductivity
Light
RedOx

Getting Started

Planning

Types
Fish Only
Nano
SPS
Mixed
Sizing
Examples

Disaster

Pests

Crustaceans
Mantis Shrimp
Hermit Crabs

Propagation

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

Related Topics

References

  1. ↑ Stonda (19 April 2005). "Aquarium, In: Wikimedia Commons". San Francisco, California: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Retrieved 2014-09-05.
This article is issued from Wikiversity - version of the Sunday, January 31, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.