The shell of the corallivorous snail, Drupella sp. Photo from Wikipedia / Drupella.
Published this week in the journal Coral Reefs, researchers Nicolet, Hoogenboom, and others published their findings on the subject in their paper “The corallivorous invertebrate Drupella aids in transmission of brown band disease on the Great Barrier Reef.”
More speakers announced for the upcoming MACNA 2013!
MACNA has just announced two new speakers for the upcoming MACNA 2013, happening in sunny Fort Lauderdale, Florida, August 30 through September 1.
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Working in the Great Barrier Reef and under tightly controlled conditions in the Coral Reef Laboratory of the University of Southampton, the team of researchers produced experimental evidence that the pink and purple chromoproteins can act as sunscreens for the symbiotic algae by removing parts of the light that might become otherwise harmful.
NutriDiet flake food.
Each premium flake food is specially formulated for each variety of fish: Tropical, Marine, Goldfish, and Cichlid. According to Seachem, the foods are fortified with garlic, chlorella, and Vitamin C along with the appropriate vitamins and minerals.
Palythoa caribaeorum – Caribbean sea mat. Photo by Philippe Guillaume, Flickr.
Palytoxin can be found in our tanks. Maybe not all of them, maybe not even some of them, but it’s out there.
Hon Kit’s SPS dominant reef tank.
This tank, highlighted on the Singapore Reef Club’s forum, is owned and maintained by Hon Kit and features a tank dominated by SPS corals.
Some specifics about the tank:
Kit also uses the Fauna Marin Ultralith system (zeolite stones, bacteria, bacteria food & amino acids) to keep nitrates and phospates low as well as Fauna Marin Reef Color Elements for tweaking SPS coral colours.
Movoto blog released an amusing infographic on just what it would take to turn your house into an aquarium. Maybe soccer player Thierry Henry was on to something?
