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-- Home | Species Profiles | Features | Help ! Line | Books | Travel | Sources | About Us Species Profiles Marine BioGroups Freshwater BioGroups Brackishwater BioGroups Features News Articles Blogs Views of the Day Letters Site News Help ! Line Marine Resources Freshwater Resources Brackishwater Resources Ponds and Water Gardens Resources Books Aquarium Bestsellers 100 Best Aquarium Books Eco-Travel Favorites Tropical Nature Favorites Microcosm Books About the Authors Travel Destinations Public Aquaria & Zoos Field Reports Trip Planning Sources | Directory Aquarium Books & CDs Aquarium Fish and Livestock Aquarium Goods and Services About Us Advertising & Sponsorships Contributor Guidelines Customer Service Contact Masthead Microcosm, Ltd. Your Portal to Aquatic Discovery From Jump to: navigation , search Breeding the Stippled Clingfish Felicia McCaulley Slingjaw Wrasse : Species Profile of a Fascinating Predator. Scott W. Michael Losing Nemo : Researchers look at ocean acidification and vulnerable clownfishes. Scott W. Michael Sexy Shrimp , a hardy, ideal nano-reef invertebrate. Scott W. Michael Rare Indian Ocean species: Cocos Pygmy Angelfish Inken Krause/CORAL Magazine Smalltail Pencil Wrasse : Spectacular colors, but not for beginners. Scott W. Michael WELCOME TO REEF to RAINFOREST MEDIA Home of AMAZONAS, CORAL, and MICROCOSM Losing Nemo When Nemo, the cartoon clownfish, leaves the safety of his trusted anemone, his friends and his senses help him find his way home again. But what if something interferes with Nemo’s sensing ability, and he can’t find his way back, ever? New research points to a scenario in which this is both possible and probable. Read more... Sexy Shrimp Profile This is a tiny shrimp that would fit comfortably on your thumbnail. It is a hardy, wonderful little animal especially suited to small and nano aquariums without large, predatory fishes. In nature it is found living with sea anemones and large-polyped stony corals. They are fond of Bubble Corals and Euphyllia spp., for example. Read more... Martin Moe Reports Breakthrough in Captive Breeding of Threatened Diadema Urchins "I am encouraged! Over the last 3 years I have been working intensively to develop a process for the mass culture of the long-spined sea urchin, Diadema antillarum , the key herbivore of the tropical western Atlantic coral reefs. "As you know, before the plague of 1983, this urchin maintained the ecological balance between coral growth and macro algae growth on our Atlantic reefs and also conditioned the limestone substrates to better accept settlement of coral and other invertebrates. Ecological restoration of western Atlantic coral reefs depends in large measure on the return of Diadema in ecologically functional numbers. This may/should eventually occur naturally as pioneer populations increase and expand, but natural restoration has been limited and spotty over the last 29 years. Read more... Retrieved from " http://en.microcosmaquariumexplorer.com/wiki/Your_Portal_to_Aquatic_Discovery " Category : Portal Toolbox Printable version -- Post to del.icio.us Post to Digg Sponsors & Partners Species Marine Fishes Freshwater Fishes Brackishwater Fishes Marine Invertebrates Freshwater Invertebrates Brackishwater Invertebrates Marine Plants and Algae Freshwater Plants and Algae Brackishwater Plants and Algae Features News Articles Blogs Views of the Day Letters Site News Help ! Line Marine Resources Freshwater Resources Brackishwater Resources Ponds and Water Gardens Resources Books Aquarium Bestsellers 100 Best Aquarium Books Eco-Travel Favorites Tropical Nature Favorites Microcosm Books About the Authors Travel Destinations Public Aquaria & Zoos Field Reports Trip Planning Sources Aquarium Books & CDs Aquarium Fish and Livestock Aquarium Goods and Services About Us Advertising & Sponsorships Contributor Guidelines Customer Service Contact Masthead Microcosm, Ltd. removed per W3 validation-- www.MicrocosmAquariumExplorer.com | www.MicrocosmAQX.com | www.AquariumExplorer.com MICROCOSM™ is a trademark of MICROCOSM, Ltd. 823 Ferry Road | Charlotte, VT | USA 05445 | Telephone 802-425-5700 Ext. 19 Reef to Rainforest: Discovering Tropical Species, Places & Nature is a world-class online resource devoted to the underwater worlds that are home to fishes, corals, aquatic plants and invertebrate life of special interest to aquarium keepers. The mission of is to inspire and inform those with an interest in the natural world, with particular emphasis on tropical coral reef and rainforest aquatic ecosystems that are the models for aquarists creating captive microcosms in their home aquaria. Copyright © 2008 Microcosm™ Aquarium Explorer unless otherwise noted....