Tips for Buying Livestock
Understanding the different levels of care that various fish and invertebrate species require can be difficult, but by following a few simple guidelines to begin with, half the battle can be won at the onset of buying new livestock.
Hermit Crabs
Your About Guides give an overall profile on Hermit Crabs in general as good scavengers, things to consider before buying one, and which types are considered to be some of the best algae eating reef tank janitors.
True Crabs
Your About Guides give an overall profile on True Crabs of the Subphylum Crustacea - Class Malacostraca, and details some species that are considered to be good algae eaters as well as reef and non-reef safe.
Marine Snails
Your About Guides profile Marine Snails of the Gastropoda class, and which species are considered to be some of the best algae eating reef tank janitors to have.
Sea Cucumbers
Your About Guides give an overall profile about Sea Cucumbers of the Holothuroidea class, considerations that should be made before choosing one for an aquarium, and provide individual Cucumariidae, Holothuriidae, Stichopodidae, and Synaptidae family profiles.
Sea Urchins
Your About Guides give an overall profile on Sea Urchins of the Class Echinoidea, things you should know about them before buying, and individually profile some of the more common species often kept by aquarists.
Shrimps
Your Guides profile ornamental Shrimps in general as good scavengers, as well as which species make some of the best reef tank janitors.
Starfishes
Divided into three classes, Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea, and Crinoidea, your Guides discuss things you should know about Starfishes before buying, and individually profile each class in great detail, including information about good and bad species choices.
Aussie Species Guide
From the MASS (Marine Aquarium Society of Sydney) Online Home Page, click on the "General Section" then "Australia" to locate the "Aussie Species Guide". Here you will find a Species List for Class Actinopterygii - Bony Fishes, as well as two categories for Invertebrates, all of which contain generic taxonomy and other basic characteristic information about the animals listed.
Fish, Invertebrate & Coral Profiles
Enter Saltwaterfish.com's "Tropical Fish" section and browse their large fish, invertebrate, and coral group categories. Each contains a large collection of family groups with individual species listed under them by common names to click on and view photos and read profiles about them.
Eukaryotic Kingdoms
By using this simple Taxon Lift from the UCMP Berkeley site you can learn about the taxomonic lines of animals of the Metazoan Phyla, Kelps, Diatoms and Haptophytes of the Chromista-Chromistan Divisions, as well as Fungi, Plantae, and Protista classifications.
Kingdom Animalia Taxonomic Tree
From the Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification Website, "Enter the WBD" (World Biodiversity Database) to view the complete taxonomic tree of creatures in the Animal Kingdom with information about the animals contained in each classification.
Kingdom Animalia Taxonomic Tree
From the Alien Travel Guide-Science-Biology-Life Index, here you will find list of Phylums to click on that provides complete taxonomic line information on the Classifications, Orders, Families, Genera and Species contained within them.
Marine Life of Southern California
From CyberPhyla's Marine Life of Southern California Website, here you will find an index of Animal Kingdom Phylums broken down into their taxonomic lines along with photo resources of the animals containted in each group. An index of Plant Kingdom Divisions are included as well.
Marine Organism Phylums Profiles
From the MEER Marine Biology Organisms Table of Contents, just click on any of the marine organism Phylums listed to get a breakdown of the taxonomic Classes found within each group, along with a basic overview about the animals contained within them.
Marine Organisms Anatomy & Taxonomy Glossary
From the University of Paisley Biological Sciences Online Biomedia Museum site, here is a nice glossary of words and terms relating to the reference of the anatomy and taxonomy of marine organims.
ReefCon Reference Database
From the Infinity Software site, an ever growing interactive database that you can add new information, submit up-dates too, and search, containing all kinds of information and photos of saltwater fish, corals, inverts and plants.
Saltwater Fish & Invert Profile Databases
From the CentralPets.com Fish & More section, here you can access photos, taxonomic, characteristic and other detailed descriptions about the many fish and invertebrates listed in their "Online Now: Saltwater Fish/Saltwater Invertebrates" databases.
Sea Animals & Plants of Britain and Ireland
From The Marine Life Information Network of Britain and Ireland, here are Phylum groups that contain common and scientific names of sea animals and plants found in the waters of Britain and Ireland that you can click on to obtain taxanomic and complete profile information about them. Photos included.
