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Safety in Numbers? Not so for corals.
Traditionally, it was assumed that corals do not face a risk of extinction unless they become very rare or have a very restricted range. A team of scientists from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa...
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Wanna scare your favorite Ichthyologist?
If you’re like us, this thing is absolutely terrifying. It only takes seeing these things once or twice to make us scarred for life. The idea that someone would purposefully create an isopod iPhone...
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Why Did My Pulse Corals Stop Pulsing?
The rhymically pulsing Heteroxenia fuscescens soft coral.Pulse corals (e.g., Xenia and Heteroxenia spp.) are among the more enigmatic sessile invertebrates. Many hobbyists and non-hobbyists alike find...
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Blue-Light Corals During the Day, Night and Blue-Light
Good morning all, as promised I have three photos showing the same little coral under three different lighting circumstances. The top photo shows our little coral during the day “closed for business”...
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Red Sea Launches New Website
Red Sea has launched a new, highly comprehensive and user-friendly website www.redseafish.com The website features a brand-new design, cleaner layout of page content, and an intuitive site-wide...
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An Aquarist’s Notes: Turbulence in Hawaii
I first went to Hawaii on assignment for CORAL Magazine in 2010, and for the better part of four years I have covered that state’s aquarium fishery. I expected to find a fishery full of complicated...
View ArticleAustralia plans to cull sharks to prevent attacks on humans
Western Australia is planning on using controversial shark culling as a “more aggressive” way to prevent shark attacks on humans. The total number of shark attacks per year is very low, a study in 2011...
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Ecoxotic Giving Away 10 EcoPico Aquariums for Holiday Season
Want a chance to win some free gear? Well, thanks to the crew at Ecoxotic, you’re in luck. The LED specialists are giving away not one, but ten EcoPico aquariums in their latest social media...
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The Chromis Wars
Apparently, it all comes down to luck when keeping Blue-Green Chromis. First-time saltwater tank owners want an easy-to-care-for fish to start their collection. So, when I asked my local fish store...
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Tagging Milletseed Butterflyfish Spawning Groups
Our initial population of milletseed butterflyfish consisted of one male and multiple females (lucky guy). To remedy this gender ratio conundrum, the staff at Disney-Hawaii recently sent us an...
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Living Color Aquariums Teams with Make-A-Wish Foundation to Fulfill Child’s...
Here’s a feel good story to cap off a year that has been full of aquarium industry drama. A young boy in south Florida, 10-year-old Benji Trevino, recently had his wish fulfilled when Living Color...
View ArticleSeveral New Fish Species Discovered in Philippines
Currently there is a team of scientific divers in the Philippines working on deep and shallow DNA sampling, and the new fishes they’re finding in the ‘Twilight Zone’ are quite exciting. The team...
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Review: Arcadia Aquarium Polyfilter
Being hobbyists for more than a decade, we’ve seen our fair share of ‘miracle’ products that make bold claims about their abilities and promise a one-off fix for all manner of problems. There are...
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1000 Steps Bonaire, Bonaire’s TOP Dive Sites
Good morning friends, it’s finally Friday!! For many of you this is the start of nice, long overdo holiday and time to get out and do some shopping! We have Wednesday and Thursday off next week and we...
View ArticleEven damaged reefs can recover suggests a new study by UF
A recent study done by the University of Florida, focused primarily on reefs in the Grand Caymans, suggests even damaged reefs can recover. Researchers at UF studied coral reefs in the Cayman Islands...
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How to Handle a Hunger-Striking Saltwater Fish
Copperband Butterflyfish (Chelmon rostratus) are notorious for frustrating aquarists with picky eating behaviors.Having a fish that refuses to eat anything offered—or having a specimen that had been...
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Picture of the Week, Banggai Cardinalfish Egg
The Banggai cardinalfish has been a staple in the marine aquarium hobby for many years, despite its high mortality in captivity and the intense pressure on wild populations. Because of the impact the...
View Article91 new species described by California Academy Of Sciences in 2013
In 2013, researchers at the California Academy of Sciences discovered 91 new plant and animal species and two new genera, enriching our understanding of the complex web of life on Earth and...
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Thief breaks into fish store – now presumed “too fat to swim”
In a charming story reported by the Plymouth Herald newspaper (Plymouth UK), a thief has been found raiding a fish store and eating into the catch. Police were informed, but decided not to attend as...
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End the Toil and Trouble of Bubble Algae
A whole mess of bubble algae.“Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble” could be the lament of any marine aquarium hobbyist battling a stubborn outbreak of green bubble algae. (Okay, “Double, double toil and...
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