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Tattoo Tuesday
The beginning of an aquarium sleeve For Today’s Tattoo Tuesday we feature Maddie Butterfield’s start on her aquarium-themed sleeve. It is inspired by her favorite tank, and the love she has for it...
View ArticleWhitespotted Filefish – Monacanthidae
Good morning from a tiny island in the Caribbean called Curacao! I have a super cool fish for you all today called a Whitespotted Filefish, Cantherhines macrocerus, it’s one of our personal favorites!...
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Football Takes a Hit from The Mantis Shrimp
Researchers from the University of Riverside are studying the internal bone structure of Mantis Shrimp in an effort to reduce the damaging effects of head trauma associated with American Football....
View ArticleRare Giant Shark Caught Off Australian Coast
Fisherman in Southwest Australia hauled in a surprising catch on Sunday: a 3 ton, 20 foot long Basking Shark! The Basking Shark is the second largest living fish, after the Whale Shark. This large...
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Long Island Collecting Log: The next wave has arrived
Last week I reported on the arrival of the first tropical fishes of the year to appear in Long Island waters after a seining trip at Fire Island inlet turned up a filefish, groupers, and northern...
View ArticleFish Faces: Banded Butterflyfish
Good morning, I have a very gentle, super fun to watch, reef fish for you all today called a Banded Butterflyfish or Chaetodon striatus. The name is derived from the dark vertical bands on the fish’s...
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Laudato Si
Pope Francis waves as he leads his weekly audience in Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican August 27, 2014. REUTERS/Max Rossi (VATICAN – Tags: RELIGION) – RTR43XCT Pope Francis released an...
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Coastal Activities Making it Harder for Fish to Breathe
New research out of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University finds that the impacts of human activities like dredging are making it harder for fish to breathe, and...
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Making Your Own Ice Packs is Cool and Easy
Summer is here and if you ship out a bunch of corals every week like I do, you’re going to need to keep them cool. Ice packs from most shipping supply companies cost anywhere from $1.00 – .50 cents...
View ArticleIrish Team ROV Images New Coldwater ‘Reef’
A new coldwater coral habitat has been discovered on a submerged cliff face almost 1km below the sea surface by Irish marine scientists. Operating at around 300km off the Kerry coastline, the research...
View ArticleReefing from Afar, Part 4: The Wong Solution
The last article discussed some of the quick and simple ways to take care of your reef while being away for just a short period of time. Due to my work responsibilities, which require travel around the...
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NASA Tests Under Ice Rover At California Science Center Aquairum
On June 24, 2015, NASA tested its Buoyant Rover for Under Ice Exploration (BRUIE) at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. The BRUIE was placed at 24 feet underwater on the bottom of the...
View ArticleShark Summer
It is has not been that long since I last wrote about a shark attack incident in North Carolina. Although shark attacks are extremely rare, there have been a steady stream of high profile attacks this...
View ArticleMating Pair Slender Filefish
Good morning from Curacao! Sorry for the lack of blogs these past few days but we had another three day weekend due to another holiday and I was no where near my computer. Yesterday was “Kings Day”,...
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Deepwater Coral Reef Discovered off Coast of Ireland
The deep sea biome is said to be less understood and less explored than the Moon. Nearly any serious expedition into deep sea ecosystems reveals new species, or even entirely new habitats. Often,...
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One Tough Goldfish
Here’s a story of feeder goldfish that beat the odds. Seven years ago, at Shima Marineland in Japan, a small goldfish was thrown into a tank, intended as food for a hungry Arapaima. In case you didn’t...
View ArticleLong Island Collecting Log: Brush with a stargazer
Stargazer1 Last week, after a successful seining trip in Shinnecock Bay, I lugged my dive gear out to the inlet to see if I could spot any tropical fishes among the rocks of the jetty. Although I...
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NEW Fish ID App
credit: reef.org Chelsea Harms Tuohy and Evan Tuohy are building an exciting new Caribbean fish id and survey app for iPad and Android tablets. They realized that during the first few dives, students...
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Tattoo Tuesday
Ocean sunfish tattoo ya’ll Today’s submission comes from an aquarium hobbyist. Liam Brinston got his Mola Mola tattoo from artist Ryan Buttar in Edmonton, Alberta. I think this makes Tattoo Tuesday a...
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Joe’s Milka Stylo Insta-Colony
A beautiful combination of colorful SPS in Joe Yaiullo’s 20,000 gallon aquarium It’s easy to get lost for hours just staring into Joe Yaiullo’s massive aquarium. One new addition to the tank is a...
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