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VICE Magazine Vol. 21 No. 8
VICE Magazine Vol. 21 No. 8 A morphing loop of ‘The Humongous Fungus Among Us Issue’ photographed under daylight, blacklight, and fluorescence filter. Be sure to pick up a copy of the August, 2014...
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Reef Threads Podcast #194
Arm of a basket starfish.This week we talk about something for beginners and something for veterans. The beginner segment is mistakes to a avoid and the veteran segment is what to think about before...
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Worlds Largest Aquarium Opens in China
Guinness Book of World Records made it official Monday, Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in China has set five world records. Claiming the title to the largest aquarium in the world. This 12.87 million gallon...
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New Coral Discovered In Red Sea
I was fortunate enough to spend several years working as a marine biologist in the Red Sea off the Coast of Saudi Arabia. During my frequent dive trips, I had always hoped of discovering a new coral...
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Drifters: A look at some Sargassum invertebrates
With a huge mass of Gulf Stream water much closer to shore than usual, we’ve had a rare opportunity here in New York to examine Sargassum communities. Out on an excursion with Reel Science Charters...
View ArticleThis Year’s Shark Week Was a Total Bust – Let’s Make it up to You.
Being that this year’s shark week really seemed to “Jump the Shark” (insert giant eye-roll) with lack of decent programming, a bit too much propaganda and fluff, I decided I wanted to treat you to an...
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EcoTech Marine RMS Radion Mounts Start Shipping
EcoTech Marine is accessorizing their Radion LED fixtures, releasing one of the best and most functional mounting systems the lights have ever seen. Available in two different kits designed...
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Seaworld’s New Stance on Orcas, Blue World Project
Top view of the proposed Blue World Project Due to the recent backlash from the documentary Blackfish. Seaworld has slowly been seeing the effects ripple threw their empire. After their stock...
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Clearing the Air on Ozone: Part 2
In the first installment of this series, we examined the confirmable uses of ozone gas in the home aquarium. We saw ozone having a positive effect on the nitrogen cycle and doing a great job creating...
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Human Induced Feed Loop is Cause for Coral Decline
A new study performed by a San Diego State University team adds to the conversation about commercial fishing and inhabited islands around the Pacific. Many recent studies have shown how the presence of...
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BP Oil Spill Continues to Destroy Marine Life
The deepwater Horizon (BP) oil spill of 2010 has largely been written off by the media and its perpetrators as “dissipated” or “contained,” yet the affects of releasing millions of gallons of oil into...
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Mysterious Plankton From Outer Space!
Space officials and experts were left dumbfounded as to how traces of sea plankton and other various micro organisms were found living on the surface of the International Space Station. It’s unlikely...
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Transparent Creatures Under The Sea
This article highlights a characteristic widely used, and not often studied, by animals in the ocean: transparency. When animals on land can try and camouflage with their surroundings, this usually...
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Where a Reef Nerd’s Mind Wonders – Jellyfish Clouds
The past few weeks have been quite interesting for me, to say the least. As a result, I’ve spent a considerable amount of time with my head in the clouds, where it often tends to go when I need a...
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4-eyed success
Photo: kienthuc.net.vn The Tennessee Aquarium has had a breakthrough…two sets of baby four-eyed turtles have successfully hatched. The name is a bit misleading, they don’t actually have 4 eyes, they...
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Rising Tide Intern Joe Frith
Hello Everybody! My name is Joe Frith and I have been interning here at the Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory in Ruskin, FL for the past 2 months. I would first like to say “thank you” to Dr. Judy St....
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Deep Red
Bigeye, Priacanthus arenatus. This specimen was found drifting in Sargassum weed. Red coloration and large eyes are typical of deep-water fishes. In the Atlantic, bigeyes of the family Priacanthidae...
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Drooling. ReefGen Has Developed the First Ever Aquacultured Trachyphyllia...
I’ve been debating how to stock my new nano for quite some time and this gem popped onto my newsfeed today! The creative masterminds of ReefGen have done it again and blew me away with their stunning...
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A Recap of the MBI Workshop 2014
Hosted by the Marinelife Aquarium Society of Michigan (MASM) and the Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI), and held July 19, 2014 at Cranbrook Institute of Science in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, this was...
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And the Winner of the Kessil 350 is…..
“Woah, woah! You piss in the tank BEFORE you put me in!” - Jeremy Mixon of Orlando, Florida! Congratulations, Saltwater Hobbyist! Jeremy won based on his originality and the fact that he threw in an...
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