by Leonard Ho | Jun 5, 2017 | Advanced Aquarist
This study doesn't have any practical value to aquarists, but it's like next-level (real-life) science fiction that is too cool not to report. Neuroscientists rewired the brains of two different sea slug species to control one another. They found that even animals with the same neurons and behaviors are wired very differently. by Leonard Ho | Jun 2, 2017 | Advanced Aquarist
Multiple studies are showing that corals are more resilient to acidification than we once feared. A new study "very precisely shows that corals will secrete proteins, and the proteins are what really forms the mineral and the proteins are very acidic, which will surprise a lot of people." by Leonard Ho | Jun 1, 2017 | Advanced Aquarist
Circa 2001, a new, unidentified orange-spotted freshwater goby entered the aquarium trade starting in Europe. Nearly two decades later, it is finally formally described as a new species: Pseudogobiopsis lumbantobing. by Leonard Ho | May 30, 2017 | Advanced Aquarist
Reefkeepers who run calcium reactors and keep their tanks at a lower pH than natural seawater know that coralline algae is unphased by the acidified water. Research now shows why: Coralline algae is able to adjust its internal chemistry to continue the process of calcification. by Leonard Ho | May 25, 2017 | Advanced Aquarist
Trimma finistrinum, AKA the Porthole Pygmygoby, is the newest described member of Trimma, a genus that contains some of the smallest yet most colorful reef fishes. by Leonard Ho | May 23, 2017 | Advanced Aquarist
It is with sadness we report the passing of Dr. Herbert Richard Axelrod, one of the aquarium hobby's pioneering and most influential experts, on May 15, 2017. Dr. Axelrod was 89 years old
