The Fishes

Upfront Wisdom

Physical Size

Nutritional Needs

Compatibility

Shipping Bags

Selecting Healthy Specimens

Acclimation

Less than 2 Hour Acclimation

2 to 4 Hour Acclimation

Overnight Shipments

Quarantine

Hospital Tank

Freshwater Dip

Hyposalinity

Environmental Conditions

Osmoregulation

Temperature

Carrying Capacity

Lighting

Stress

Nutrition Requirements

Categories

Composition

Proteins

Fats & Oils - Lipids

Sugars & Starches - Carbohydrates

Vitamins

Water Soluble

Fat Soluble

Minerals

Fiber

Foods & Feeding

Immunostimulants

Garlic

Storage

Feeding Frequencies

Fish Foods

Dry

Freeze-dried Foods

Flake/Granule/Pellet

Spirulina

Krill

Nori

Feeding Blocks

Live/Fresh

Copepods

Amphipods

Brine Shrimp

DIY Live Brine Shrimp

Feeder Fish

Plankton

Rotifers

Worms

Tubifex (Red/Black)

Earthworms

Other Terrestrial Foods

Fish Flesh

Shellfish

Leafy Foods

Macroalgae

People Green Foods

Lettuce

Broccoli/Spinach

Frozen

Mysis Shrimp

Introduction

Anemonefishes

Angelfishes

Anthias

Assessors & Comets

Bannerfishes

Batfishes

Blennies

Boxfishes/Trunkfishes/Cowfishes

Butterflyfishes

Cardinalfishes

Catfishes

Coral Crouches

CuskEels

Damselfishes

Dartfishes/Wormfishes

Dottybacks

Dragonets/Mandarinfishes

Drums & Croakers

Eels/Morays

Filefishes

Flashlight Fishes

Flatfishes

Flatheads

Frogfishes

Fusiliers

Goatfishes

Gobies

Grammas

Groupers/Hinds/Soapfishes

Hamlets

Hawkfishes

Helmut Gurnards

Jacks

Jawfishes

Lionfishes

Livebearing Brotula

Lizardfishes

Monos

Moorish Idol

Morwongs

Parrotfishes

Pineapple/Pinecone Fishes

Pipefishes

Porcupinefishes & Burrfishes

Pufferfishes

Rabbitfishes

Rays

Reef Basslets

Sand Perches

Scats

Scorpionfishes

Sea Moths

Seabasses

Seahorses & Weedy-Leafy Seadragons

Sharks

Shrimpfishes

Snappers

Soldierfishes & Squirrelfishes

Spinecheeks

Surgeonfishes/Tangs

Sweepers

Sweetlips & Grunts

Tilefishes

Triggerfishes

Trumpetfishes

Walking Batfish

Waspfishes

Wrasses

Introduction

Phylum Cnidaria - Corals

The Soft Corals (Class Anthozoa)

Subclass Octocorallia

Order Helioporacea

Blue Coral

Order Alcyonacea

Clove Polyps

Star Polyps

Organ Pipe Corals

Leather Corals

Alcyonium

Cladiella

Lobophytum

Sarcophyton

Sinularia

Christmas Tree Coral/Medusa Coral

African Tree Coral

Carnation Corals

Waving Hand Coral

Xenia

Gorgonians

Family Acanthogorgia

Family Anthothelidae

Yellow/Red/Orange Finger Sea Rod

Family Paramuriceidae

Red Gorgonian

Family Plexauridae

Silver Sea Whip

Purple Frilly

Sea Rod

Order Pennatulacea

Sea Pens

Subclass Hexacorallia

Order Actiniaria

Sea Anemones

Family Actinidae

Condylactis

Rose Anemone

Family Stichodactylidae

Ritteri Anemone

Family Aiptasiidae

Rock/Glass Anemones

Majano Anemones

Curleycue/Ringed Anemones

Order Corallimorpharia

Family Corallimorphidae

Orange Ball Anemone

Families Discosomatidae & Ricordeidae

Mushroom Corals

Order Zoanthidea

Zoanthids

Subclass Ceriantipatharia

Order Ceriantharia

Family Ceriantharia

Tube Anemones

Class Scyphozoa

Order Semaeostomeae

Jellyfish

Family Cyaneidae

Moon Jellyfish

The Stony Corals

Subclass Hexacorallia

Order Scleractinia

Family Pocilloporidae

Pocillopora

Seriatopora

Stylophora

Family Acroporidae

Acropora

Montipora

Family Poritidae

Goniopora

Porites

Alveopora

Family Siderastreidae

Psammocora

Family Agariciidae

Pachyseris

Pavona

Family Fungiidae

Fungia

Cycloseris

Heliofungia

Slipper Coral

Family Oculinidae

Galaxea

Family Mussidae

Acanthastrea/Micromussa

Blastomussa

Cynarina

C. deshayesiana

C. lacrymalis

Lobophyllia

Scolymia

Family Merulinidae

Hydnophora

Family Faviidae

Caulastrea

Diploastrea

Favia & Favites

Platygyra

Family Pectiniidae

Echinophyllia

Mycedium

Family Trachyphylliidae

Trachyphyllia

Family Euphyllidae

Catalaphyllia

Euphyllia

Nemenzophyllia - Fox Coral

Bubble Coral

Physogyra – Poor Man’s Bubble Coral

Family Dendrophylliidae

Tubastraea

Turbinaria

Duncanopsammia

Dendrophyllia

Family Flabellidae

Rhizo Coral

Family Meandrinidae

Maze Coral

Introduction

Phylum Arthropoda

Barnacles

Gooseneck Barnacles

Volcano Barnacles

Crustaceans

Family Hippolytidae

Lysmata

Saron

Thor

Family Alpheidae

Pistol Shrimp

Family Gnathophyllidae

Harlequin/Clown Shrimp

Family Palaemonidae

Periclimenes holthuisi

Family Rhynchocinetidae

Camel/Dancing Shrimp

Family Stenopodidae

Banded Coral/Boxer Shrimp

Mantis Shrimp

Family Hemisquillidae

Peacock Mantis

Clawed Lobsters

Family Enoplometopidae

Polka-Dot/Pink Spotted Lobster

Red Lobster/Hawaiian Lobster

Hermit Crabs

Family Diogenidae

Dardanus

Striped Hermit

Calcinus

Blue-legged/Tri-colored Hermit

Scarlet Leg/Red Legged/Scarlet Reef Hermit

Family Paguridae

Phimochirus

Porcelain Crabs

Family Porcellanidae

Neopetrolisthes

True Crabs

Family Hepatidae

Shamefaced Crab

Family Lithodidae

Golden King Crab

Family Plaqusiidae

Sally Lightfoot/Nimble Crab

Family Mithracidae

Emerald Crab

Family Majiidae

Decorator Crabs

Spider/Arrow Crab

Family Trapeziidae

Coral Crabs

Family Xanthidae

Boxer/Pom-Pom Crab

Bristle Crab

Zoisimus

Phylum Chelicerata

Family Limulidae

Horseshoe Crab

Phylum Mollusca

Class Bivalvia - Clams

Family Limidae

Flame Scallop

Family Tridacnidae

Tridacna Clams

Class: Polyplacophora

Family Chitonidae

Chiton Snails

Class Gastropoda - Snails

Family Fisurellidae

Keyhole Limpets

Family Haliotidae

Abalone

Family Neritidae

Nerita Snails

Family Trochidae

Red Foot Moon Snail

Margarita Snail

Trochus Snail

Family Turbinidae

Astraea Snails

Turbo Snail

Family Stomatellidae

Dove Snail

Family Architectonicidae

Box/Sundial Snail

Family Cerithiidae

Cerith/Tower Snails

Family Cypraeidae

Cowries

Family Ovulidae

Flamingo Tongue

Family Strombidae

Conch

Family Vermetidae

Tube Snail

Family Buccinidae

Bumble Bee Snail

Family Conidae

Cone Snails

Family Eulimidae

Blue Linckia Snail

Family Fasciolariidae

Tulip Snails

Family Muricidae

Murex Snails

Family Nassariidae

Mud Snails

Sea Hares

Family Aplysiidae

Spotted Sea Hare

Sea Slugs

Family Elysiidae

Florida Lettuce Slug

Nudibranchia

Family Scyllaeidae

Aiptasia Eating Nudibranch

Class Cephalopoda - Octopuses, Squids, Cuttlefish and Nautilus

Family Octopodidae

Blue Ringed Octopus

Two Spotted Octopus

Family Nautilidae

Nautilus/Chambered Nautilus

Phylum Echinodermata

Class Crinoidea - Sea Lilies/Feather Stars

Family Comasteridae

Schlegel’s/Black & Gold Feather Star

Class Asteroidea - Starfish/Sea Stars

Family Astropectinidae

Sand Shifting Star

Family Asterinidae

Fiji Star

Family Ophidiasteridae

Fromia

Icon Star

Blue Star

Family Oreasteridae

Chocolate Chip Sea Star

Class Ophiuroidea – Brittle Stars

Family Ophiodermatidae

Brittle Stars

Class Echinoidea – Urchins

Family Cidaridae

Pencil/Mine Urchin

Family Diadematidae

Hatpin/Black Long-spined Urchin

Double-spine/Hatpin Urchin

Family Strongylocentrotidae

Purple Urchins

Family Temnopleuridae

Blue Tuxedo Urchin

Salt & Pepper Urchin

Family Toxopneustidae

Priest-Hat Urchin

Class Holothurioidea - Sea Cucumbers

Family Cucumariidae

Yellow Cucumber

Sea Apples

Family Holothuriidae

Holothuria

Spiny Pink Sea Cucumber

Family Stichopodidae

Black/Geenfish Cucumber

Family Synaptidae

Red-ring Worm Cucumber

Phylum Porifera - Sponges

Class Demospongiae – Most Sponges

Family Chondrillidae

Chicken Liver Sponge

Family Coppatiidae

Yellow Encrusting Sponge

Family Clionidae

Red Boring Sponge

Boring Sponge

Family Axinellidae

Yellow/Red Lattice Sponge

Orange Paddle/Fan/Ear Sponge

Family Chalinidae

Blue Sponge

Red Tree Sponge

Family Ircinidae

Stinker Sponge

Family Agelasida

Candy Cane Sponge

Class Calcarea – Calcareous Sponges

Family Clathrinidae

Yellow Calcareous Sponge

Phylum Chordata - Tunicates

Class Ascidiacea

Family Clavelinidae

Pom-Pom Tunicate

Family Polycitoridae

Eudistoma angolanum

Family Didemnidae

Didemnum molle

Family Diazonidae

Blue Sea Squirt

Family Pyuridae

Golden Sea Squirt

Phylum Annelida – Segmented Worms

Class Polychaeta

Family Sabellidae

Duster Cluster

Feather Dusters

Family Serpulidae

Christmas Tree Worms

Magnificent Tubeworm/Co-Co Worm

Family Amphinomidae

Bristle Worms

Family Terebellidae

Spaghetti Worms

Family Chaetopteridae

Thread Worm

Phylum Platyhelminthes - Flat Worms