Monday Archives: A deep-sea squid with tentacle tips that “swim” on their own
A Grimalditeuthis bonplandi squid (left) with one of its tentacles extended. The arrow points to a small “club” at the end of the tentacle that wigg... Read more.
Monday Archives: World’s First Simultaneous Genetic Sequencing of Host Coral and Symbiont Algae
Photo by Steve EvansCoral health and survival largely depend on the interaction between the host coral, a photosynthetic symbiont algae, and an associated c... Read more.
Monday Archives: Mummy Eye
The Mummy Eye chalice coral has been around the hobby for a long while but it is still one of my favorites. The striking beauty of this coral and the bright p... Read more.
Monday Archives: Steinhart’s Pygmy Seahorse Program
Our friends Richard Ross and Matt Wandell were recently featured in Wired talking about their expedition to the Philippines and efforts to collect and rear pygm... Read more.
Monday Archives: Larval Rearing of the Purple Masked Angelfish (Paracentropyge venusta) Using Only Cultured Food
Over the past year while working on our Rising Tide project, the larval rearing work has focused on the Purple Masked Angelfish Paracentropyge venusta. We had s... Read more.
Monday Archives: What type of betta do you have?
A stunning betta at the International Betta CompetitionThis Bubbles & Bettas blog post is an useful reference, as is the video below.Are you nuts about... Read more.
The Golden Passer Angelfish
An one-of-a-kind aberrant Holacanthus passerThe adult specimen is unlikely a Clarion x Passer hybrid because it was collected well north of where Clarions ex... Read more.
Monday Archives: Lionfish: What to do if You Get Stung
I quite like the scientific word for stings, envenomation. It sounds more impressive than ‘getting stung’. I have never met anyone who has been envenomed (i... Read more.
Monday Archives: Meet the Napolean Wrasse
We’re used to wrasses being colorful, charming fish that scoot around the reef, generally getting on with things. They might be flashing at each other, ... Read more.
Monday Archives: Life in the UK Seas: A Few More Critters
Following up on from my post about life in UK seas and our wonderful soft coral Alcyonium digitatum, I thought I’d share some more pictures of the fabulous li... Read more.