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The Return of Fish Aid in Reef Recovery
Overfishing is one key impact to the decline of coral reefs worldwide and a new study performed by the Wildlife Conservation Society, James Cook University, and The Australian Institute of Marine...
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Long Island Collecting Log: An abundance of butterflies
For me, one of the most interesting things about the appearance of the tropical strays on Long Island, is the sheer abundance of some of the species. The spotfin butterflyfish, Chaetodon ocellatus is...
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Chromis Make Gender Adjustments to Combat Global Warming
A new study from the University of Sydney Australia has found that the Spiny Chromis reef fish can manipulate the gender of their offspring to combat the gender bias created by increasing ocean...
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Buying ich vaccinated fish?
Could ich free fish be the wave of the future? Imagine if you were shopping for a new addition to your marine aquarium, and in addition to choosing between captive bred and wild caught, you could also...
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Mapping the Intrinsic Risk of Marine Species
The Journal of Science recently published a paper from the University of California at Berkeley where fossils were studied to help predict which marine species were now at the greatest risk for...
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Coral Letters
Two years ago, Barry and Aimee Brown began photographing “hidden” letters in the brain coral colonies around Curacao, the Caribbean island where they live. Their hunt, which sometimes took them as deep...
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Happy 4th of July!
Happy 4th, everyone! I hope you all have a great holiday, and remember to drink responsibly, drive carefully, and wear plenty of sunscreen!… More: The post Happy 4th of July! appeared first on...
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Seahorse-Inspired Engineering
A team of engineers at Clemson University, led by Michael M. Porter, have created a 3-D printed model of a seahorse’s tail in the hopes of finding out if the tail’s unique shape – an organization of...
View ArticleSchool of Black Margate
Good afternoon friends, I’m back!! I had another three day weekend and stayed far away from the computer, I love being out of touch! Aimee and I both refuse to enter the world of mobile phones, we...
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Tattoo Tuesday – New Artist Watch
Ben Johnson is a Facebook staple for many of us in the reef industry. He runs a successful aquarium maintenance company, and is known for his funny, opinionated, and informational posts. But did you...
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Introducing a NEW Zoanthid: Sparkle Pony
The name “Sparkle Pony” has been kicking around my head for months, waiting for the perfect coral or Zoanthid. I have had great success with propagating the specimen pictured here, and I feel that it...
View ArticleRare Split Colored Lobster Caught Off the Coast Of Maine
A very rare catch was found off the coast of Maine: a split colored lobster. According to research by the Lobster Institute, the chances of finding this split colored lobster is a one in fifty million...
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Reef Kids
Here’s a fun art project to keep the little ones entertained and occupied during these long summer days – a serene jellyfish of one’s own, floating peacefully in a water bottle. The activity uses all...
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Some Japanese Aquariums Plan To Continue Buying Taiji Dolphins
Several Aquariums in Japan are trying to organize a group to bypass the restrictions placed on buying Taiji Dolphins instituted by the Japanese Association of Zoos (Jaza) and Aquariums on behalf of the...
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Mindstream Aquarium Monitoring System
Exciting news! The scientists behind the Mindstream Aquarium Monitoring System have announced that they will be showcasing and demonstrating their product at MACNA this year! Aquarists have been...
View ArticleGreat White Shark Photobomb
This video is by far probably the best photobomb I have ever seen. This footage was taken on July 6, 2015 in Mossel Bay, South Africa and has been gaining more and more viewers. Essentially because...
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Astronaut Takes A Dive Into The New England Aquarium
Sunita Williams, 49 years old, has been an astronaut with NASA since 1998. She has spent over 322 days in space. On Thursday, to the pleasure of guests, Williams dove in the New England Aquarium’s...
View ArticleInappropriate Feeding—Not Just Overfeeding—Kills Marine Fish
Everyone knows it’s feeding time in the aquarium!“We lose a lot more fish to overfeeding than we do to underfeeding.”I’ve read or written that sentence—or some variation upon it—more times than I can...
View ArticleFrench Angelfish
Good morning friends, I know long time no blog, sorry about that! We have been crazy busy with our family members and yesterday we had submersible runs here at Substation Curacao all day long! On...
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Spawning Frequency Regulates Reef Diversity
Reachers from Miami’s University of Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science have been simulating and studying reproductive strategies of three reef species to better understand the...
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