Articles by nautical_nathaniel

I would like to take a moment to share with all of you one of my favorite fish in reef aquaria, and one that has consistently been a great addition to not only my tank, but to a lot of fellow hobbyists’ tanks as well. Pseudocheilinops ataenia, or as it is commonly known, the “Pink-Streaked...

Let’s start off by establishing what a Poking Stick is: It’s a stick that you poke, prod, move, touch, stir, and/or point at stuff in the aquarium with. It has a humble reputation initially associated with it, but its functionality is immense and practically unlimited. Now, you’re probably...

We all get them occasionally, those little unidentified critters that magically appear in our tank even after we’ve been so careful to source good quality, clean live rock (sometimes even starting with dry rock) and dipping our corals on top of carefully inspecting everything going into our...