Why Dose Vodka?
The majority of us know at least one fellow reefer who swears by dosing his/her reef aquarium with vodka. This seemingly counterintuitive act is often believed to have beneficial effects on the overall...
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Science Happens: New Caribbean Deepwater Blenny Found
Sometimes science just happens, as when a new species turns up by happenstance, hope, and a generous measure of luck. A beautiful new species of blenny has been discovered as unintended bycatch during...
View ArticleMicro Reef Builders in Their Final Century?
Most are smaller than a pinhead and are largely unseen by humans who don’t have a magnifying lens in hand, but foraminiferans or “forams” are found in countless numbers on the world’s reefs, often...
View ArticleSeabird bones reveal changes in open-ocean food chain
Remains of endangered Hawaiian petrels — both ancient and modern — show how drastically today’s open seas fish menu has changed. A research team, led by Michigan State University and Smithsonian...
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Arrested by the Tang Police: I Refuse to Confess!
The Poster Child of the Tang Police: Paracanthurus hepatus is actually very site-specific and not range as widely over the reef as do other tang species. Most marine aquarists who frequent online...
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New eco-friendly shark barrier
‘Sharksafe’ is the name of the new eco-friendly shark barrier developed by a team of researchers at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. The Head of the Botany and Zoology Department, Prof. Conrad...
View ArticleStable Isotopes and Marine Ecosystems
The food chain of a marine ecosystem can be better understood with the use of stable isotope analysis. An isotope is an atom with an abnormal number of neutrons. Isotopes exist in two forms: stable and...
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Global Reef Expedition: Canopies of Coral
Fiji’s reefs house some 333 species of corals of all shapes, sizes and colors, many of which we’ve seen in Lau Province. We’ve examined many reef types, some which fringe the shore (fringing reefs),...
View ArticleHow Fish Swim: McCormick Researchers Examine Mechanical Bases for the...
How do fish swim? It is a simple question, but there is no simple answer. Researchers at Northwestern University have revealed some of the mechanical properties that allow fish to perform their complex...
View ArticleSubmarine springs reveal how coral reefs respond to ocean acidification
Ocean acidification due to rising carbon dioxide levels will reduce the density of coral skeletons, making coral reefs more vulnerable to disruption and erosion, according to a new study of corals...
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Club Impacts Far and Wide
The Reef Conservation Society’s Tanks for Schools program was featured in the July/August 2013 issue of CORAL Magazine. This program was started at Williamsport High School under the leadership of...
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MBI Workshop is Less Than Two Weeks Away
The MBI Workshop is the only marine aquarium conference that is dedicated strictly to captive breeding and nothing else, and this year’s gathering is just around the corner. In less than two weeks,...
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Antarcttic fish, 4km down – its a possibility say researchers
The possibility is raised by scientists who have sifted genetic material in ice drilled from close to Vostok’s surface. They found signatures for organisms such as bacteria that are often associated...
View ArticleSeeing starfish: The missing link in eye evolution?
A study has shown for the first time that starfish use primitive eyes at the tip of their arms to visually navigate their environment. Research headed by Dr. Anders Garm at the Marine Biological...
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Banggai Rescue – Sneak Preview Video
Set to launch at the Marine Aquarium Conference of North America (MACNA 2013) in South Florida, The Banggai Cardinalfish book represents almost two years’ of work and the involvement of hundreds of...
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Aquarium Hobbyist Makes Lifejacket for Diseased Fish
Unless you’re a heartless Snorkel Bob supporter, you are really going to enjoy this heartwarming story about a beloved goldfish. Einstein, the fish, was stricken with a dibilitating disease that...
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US Navy Drops Bombs Near Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
A training exercise went wrong July 16th when two United States harrier jets failed to dropped their unarmed bombs on their intended targets. A joint exercise between the American and Australian...
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Streptomyces May Provide Antibiotic Compound to Defend Against Anthrax
A team of researchers from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego uncovered a new compound that could one day ward off diseases such as anthrax and Staphylococcus aureus also known as...
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Diver Rescues Turtle From Plastic Noose
A chance encounter for a Loggerhead sea turtle and a recreational diver occurred recently in the African waters of Scottburgh. The turtle swam “right on my chest and just looked at me” said Craig...
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CORAL September/October 2013 Preview
From a virtual unknown in a remote archipelago in Indonesia, the Banggai Cardinalfish became an overnight sensation among marine aquarists and, now 20 years later, its striking beauty, bold attitude...
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