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Cephalopods are brought to focus in the newest issue of Reef Life Magazine

Posted on November 13th by Rich Ross.
The fourth issue of ReefLife focus on my favorites, the Cephalopods. In the issue I discuss the striking Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia Sp) and some of the pros and cons of even ...
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MASM Breeding Initiative calling all fish breeders to arms

Posted on November 5th by Rich Ross.
The Marinelife Aquarium Society of Michigan, MASM, has officially kicked off their innovative Breeding Initiative with their first Breeders Challenge.  If you have been looking for an excuse to get into ...
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Love the ink, hate the needle?

Posted on October 17th by Rich Ross.
[caption id="attachment_11186" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Jake Adams* shows off his new pair of sexy octopus tattoo tights. "][/caption] If you like tattoos and octopus, but fear needles, then these tights from Esty are ...
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Breed Banggai Cardinals!

Posted on October 2nd by Rich Ross.
Described as the guppy of the saltwater world, the Banggai cardinal is extremely easy to breed. More importantly, populations in their native range are threatened, get this, by over collection for the ...
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The allure of a pure frag swap

Posted on August 17th by Rich Ross.
I have been fortunate to attend several frag events around the country this year, but none gets me as excited as the Bay Area Reefers (BAR) regional fragswap. Last weekend there ...

Blanket Octopus Video

Posted on March 11th by Rich Ross.
This is an amazing animal and an amazing piece of footage. The good folks at www.TONMO.com (your source for all things cehpy) have ID'd the animal as one of the blanket octopuses, ...
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Piglet Squid smiles for the camera

Posted on March 3rd by Rich Ross.
This one is weirder than usual for cephs. Helicocrancchia pfefferi - the piglet squid. The name of this wee beastie comes from the funny location of its siphon in relation to its eyes ...
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Wunderpus markings are unique and allow for photoidentification

Posted on February 9th by Rich Ross.
As it turns out, those pretty spots on the mantle of the octopus Wunderpus photogenicus are unique to each animal and could be used to track these animals in the wild ...
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As flamboyant as I wanna be

Posted on January 21st by Rich Ross.
Hi, my name is Rich Ross and I am way into cephalopods. Keeping them, breeding them, eating them. Mostly the first two. One of the holy grails of ceph keeping are the two ...