Anthias Explosion
As 2017 gets underway I’ve been reviewing my underwater images from the last eighteen months or so. I keep coming back to this one that I’ve decided to call... Read more.
Eightline Flasher Wrasse in the Wild
As anyone who reads me posts knows, I spend a fair bit of time photographing the fish and reefs of the Red Sea. As you can imagine, I’ve developed a fascination... Read more.
Reef Fish Larvae use Magnetic Senses to Locate Reefs
I just came across a great press release from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University in Australia. It was released just before... Read more.
Stony corals suffer jet lag, too
Apical branch fragments of Acropora eurystoma.When corals are exposed to new lighting conditions, they still try to maintain the same calcification patterns... Read more.
“Play dead,” fishy
Photo by “Cassium” (C.C. 3.0)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql63drMEkL4 The owner of this parrot cichilid suggests that he can order his... Read more.
One of the world’s sexiest gobies … is freshwater
Stiphodon anniaeae. (Photo: R. Hadiaty)Stiphodon anniaeae is found in high gradient, fast-moving rivers in Halmahera (Indonesia). Its beauty takes... Read more.
Five more ‘photographer’s friends’: Fish I love to shoot!
In an earlier post I mentioned how Hawkfishes make excellent subjects for the underwater photographer and just how useful they are when I’m on an assignment... Read more.
This is how Nemos are made
Clownfish can lay between 100 to 1,000 eggs per clutch. Here is a 45-minute video showing the entire process – from preparing the nest site to a single... Read more.
When yellow water is beautiful
This is George Farmer’s Evolution Aqua Aquascaper 600 aquarium set up for pentazona barbs, driftwood and Bucephalandra plants. It uses a blend of... Read more.
Is the market ready for another aquarium monitor?
The Aquapro is designed to hang on the side of standard glass aquariums. The device measures pH, temperature, and salinity and report these information... Read more.