SPS release hydrogen peroxide when feeding
A beautiful pink Stylophora pistillata. Photo by Dr. Scott Mills (c.c.)Scientists have long known that corals can produce hydrogen peroxide but hav... Read more.
Four seasons
Many of you may notice the seasons seem backwards (i.e. vegetation in Winter and Spring, bare branches in Summer). That’s because the aquascaper, Fe... Read more.
How do you silence the reef’s loudest citizen?
Snapping/pistol shrimp with his goby partner. Photo by Steve Childs.From the University of AdelaideSilent oceans: Acidification stops shrimp chor... Read more.
Five new, radiant, freshwater crabs
The five new species are described in Zootaxa. These crabs are semi-aquatic crabs, much like fiddler crabs who spend a part of their lives out of the water. All... Read more.
Meet Corydoras eversi, a new cory species
Aquarium specimen of Corydoras eversi , nearly 37.0 mm SL, showing its peculiar bright orange color pattern. Photo by Hans-Georg Evers.The new cor... Read more.
Five new pygmy sweepers
Unidentified, possibly Parapriacanthus punctulatus, school of pygmy sweepers at KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (D.R. King).The paper, Preliminary revie... Read more.
Attention LFS: Do this.
What an incredibly thoughtful idea! And it really doesn’t require much resources to implement (a saltwater version would be a bit more involved).&nb... Read more.
CBD petitions to prevent import of cyanide-caught fish
Diver injects cyanide into reef to immobilize fish.In a new petition, the CBD is advocating NOAA Fisheries, The US NFWS, and the US Customs and Bord... Read more.
Technique developed to grow corals directly on microscope slides
(a) A colony of P. damicornis. Polyps appear as brown dots covering the colony surface. (b) Under salinity stress, polyps from a small P. damicornis branch (0 h... Read more.
First aquacultured yellow tangs are finally here!
Juvenile (still transparent!) yellow tangs at the Hawaii’s Oceanic Institute … looking for forever homes now!The Oceanic Institute of Hawaii... Read more.