caribbean

Hello All, To give a little background, I live on the island of Tortola, in the British Virgin Islands. I am the Captain of a charter yacht for a living (my tank will be in my house) and subsequently do a lot of diving. As much as I love boats, I have decided that I need a hobby that keeps me...

Just curious if anyone had thoughts on the recent changes to our oceans. I read the Caribbean is in danger.. Pretty sad, now they talk of probes in areas to try and determine why these changes are happening.. I think it obvious, people are taking there toll on the environment in general..:(

In the process of setting up a 55g with plenty of live rock and live sand. After cycling and testing, the store I've been working with has suggested 2-3 yellowtail damsels to start because they're tough as nails and will help to establish the bio cycle. I've heard and read they can be...

Hello, Im a marine biologist researching in Utila, Honduras this summer, involved in different projects including one on Surgeonfish. Blue tang, Doctorfish, and Ocean Surgeons have developed pale lesions on the side of their bodies. Due to my lack of knowledge on pathology in marine life, im...

Wikipedia claims there are 20 species of soft coral that come form the Caribbean. Since i am trying to set up a Caribbean themed tank i would like to know what corals these are. I have only found so far that some members of the Alcyonium genus and one species of clove polyp are present. Does...

Hi I'm new here, comes the tough question right away. I live on Aruba, caribbean sea, have a tank about 400 g, still freshwater. Been in freshwater tanks for about 18 years. I have many years ago attempted a saltwater tank and it worked shortly. I have found out that marine fishkeeping has...

I didn't realize we would not be able to go back and add to the old weekly disecussion threads... http://www.nhm.org/guana/bvi-invt/home.htm