We've received some great tattoo submissions. Today's tattoos belongs to Christina Castaldo. This work was done by tattoo artist Alessia Reinero of Vicenza, Italy. It sure looks like this piece took many hours and sittings to finish. The bold colors and slightly...
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Friday Rewind
More robots! Today's video brings us footage of some more advanced models of the CRM line of robots. Here we can see the robot going through its paces and performing various tasks, from dish washing and snow shoveling to fish netting and pet store clean up. Sadly, not...
Coral Interactions in 20,000 Gallons
I am continually fascinated by the goings-on in Joe Yaiullo's massive aquarium. There are a lot of lessons to be learned from this tank, and its mature age, 14+ years, allows for some dynamic interactions between coral species. I'm impressed with the way Joe is...
Tattoo Tuesday
Last week's tattoo teaser belonged to none other than Aquarist of the Year Rich Ross. Rich is well known for his love of cephalopods, and his mastery of some species is legendary. Aside from taking care of one of the world's largest reef tanks, he can blow glass and...
Friday Rewind Anatomy Lesson
Today we will review an important coral anatomy lesson. Did you know that corals have a dual use mouth-anus combo? It's true! Sometimes, when we refer to certain LPS coral or Zoanthids, we talk about mouths or eyes. But the label "mouth" is only half true. Folks, what...
Captive Grown Coral Colonies
One of my life goals is to become a key player in the restoration of coral reefs. Until that time comes, I get to play pretend with one of the world's largest thriving reef tanks, Joe Yaiullo's 20,000 gallon behemoth. Last year, Joe noticed how several of our...
Tattoo Tuesday – Guess Who?
Many of us in the reef industry and aquarium arts community have tattoos. Is it any wonder, considering how many hours we've dedicated to the art and science of cultivating the beauty of our aquatic world? For today's Tattoo Tuesday, let's play a game. Do you know...
Friday Rewind: Goniopora Love
For today's Friday rewind I reflect back on my love song for Goniopora. In fact, I will be singing it tonight to friends and strangers at my rock show. What is your favorite coral? I think you can guess mine. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0RmmYKvGJB8
Friday Rewind
For today's Friday Rewind, we take a look back at the demonstration video for the CRM-2000 Coral Fragging Robot. These handy dandy robots make propagating Goniopora stutchburyi a breeze! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqQxgoh2dNw
Tattoo Tuesday
Today is our first "Tattoo Tuesday" on Reefs.com. I'll kick it off with my latest piece, which I just had finished by my good friend George Wilkinson at Spirit Gallery Tattoo Shop in New London, CT. It is definitely a shop worthy of its 5 star rating on Yelp. The...