Here are some photographs taken at the May 2008 MASS Meeting held and Andrew Turvy's house in Engadine.   More...

Here are some photographs taken at the June 2008 meeting of the Marine Aquarium Society of Sydney held at Sean Inkster's home on the Central Coast last Sunday.   More...

Yesterday I did water changes on the three tanks in the house: 6', 180G and 60G. With the glass clean I thought it would be a good opportunity to take some photographs of the tanks and the fish.   More...

I recently answered some questions from a reader about Cryptocaryon and hyposalinity. I thought others might benefit from making my answers available so I have expanded on the answers I provided to the reader.   More...

I'd like to announce my new blog. As I haven't had time to write articles or update other areas of my site, I have decided to keep a blog to provide updates.   More...

Nine years ago today I caught my oldest cleaner wrasse at Shelly Beach near Manly. This is now my second oldest fish. It has been in my 6' tank for its whole time in captivity, other than the 2 weeks it spent in quarantine after it was first caught.   More...

Nine years ago today, I purchased my from St George Aquariums in Rockdale. With the death of my blue tang last year, this angelfish is now my oldest fish.   More...

It was a sad day indeed when I found my blue tang dead. At the time it died, I'd had the fish for 8 years, 8 months and 16 days. It had been unwell for more than a month but I was unable to determine what was wrong with it.   More...

Eight years ago today I acquired my blue tang, , my longest surviving fish, in recent times.   More...

While doing a water change on the 6' tank on 12 March, a number of the fish started behaving oddly, in particular the 3 anemonefish (Amphiprion melanops, A. percula and A. ocellaris). They were breathing heavily either at the surface of the water or on the bottom of the tank. I managed to move all 3 anemonefish to my quarantine tank but the other inhabitants (cleaner wrasse, 2 angelfish and brown tang) were all in hiding.   More...

Unfortunately, one of my black anemonefish, Amphiprion melanopus, disappeared on 31st January 2006 and despite my attempts I was not able to find it. On 2nd February 2006, the body floated to the edge of the weir. It is very sad after 7 years in my care to lose this fish and not even know why it died.   More...

Seven years ago today I acquired my brown sailfin tang, Zebrasoma scopas, and my black anemonefish, .   More...

I was devastated to discover my most prized fish, conspicuous angelfish, Chaetodontoplus conspicillatus, had died. These are rare fish even to purchase and I had caught mine in May 2004.   More...

On 29th May, 2004, I caught a tiny conspicuous angelfish Chaetodontoplus conspicillatus. I was diving at Seal Rocks (3 hours north of Sydney) and was chasing a purple-yellow seaperch . The seaperch swam behind some sea urchins in a crevice. I carefully removed the sea urchins with my dive knife to reveal the seaperch and the angelfish. While I tried to catch the angelfish, the seaperch kept getting in the way. I had to catch the seaperch first and place it in a collection bag before I could get the angelfish. The angelfish was reasonably easy to catch.   More...