Check out this beautiful time lapse video from myLapse; it celebrates the diversity in color, shape, and movement of  corals such as Acantophyllia, Trachiphyllia, Heteropsammia, Physogyra, Fungia, Zoanthus, Duncanopsammia, Goniopora, Plerogyra and Scolimia, as well as a clam and a couple of tube worms.…
Neptune Systems has just announced a call for nominations for their 3rd Annual Marine Aquarium Hobbyist of the Year (MAHY). Nominations must be submitted by a club official with examples (links to online profiles, forum posts, photos, etc.) that would show how this...
Our reefs are disappearing at an alarming rate. Emmy-winning filmmaker and director Jeff Orlowski and his team of scientists, photographers, and divers have collected photos and videos from 30 countries around the world to create Chasing Coral, a striking full-length...
Though illegal, the use of cyanide to catch fish continues. A fisherman drops a small tablet of the poisonous chemical into a squirt bottle filled with water, dives down to the reef, and sprays the toxin liberally over the rockwork. The cyanide works immediately,...
Jamie Craggs and his Project Coral team at the Horniman Museum have just released images of their 18-month-old acroporas, and they are beautiful! The acros spawned at the Museum in January 2016, after Horniman scientists collected the gravid parent corals from the...
Wet, rainy spring weekends call for fun indoor activities - especially those that use up even a fraction of kids' seemingly endless supply of energy. To that end, I've found a couple of fun pirate-themed games that should keep everyone busy for at least a few hours;...
Hawaii Government Senate Bill SB 1240 has just gained momentum, which means that it is crucial that we act NOW. The bill focuses on Hawaii's Aquarium Fisheries; its stated purpose is to "Prohibit the department [of land and natural resources] from issuing new aquarium...
Water changes - arguably one of the most important tasks in keeping a healthy aquarium, and, unfortunately, one of the most tedious (and therefore most procrastinated). Â Reefloat, the UK company founded in 2010 and specializing in automatic top-off and water changing...
MASNA, the Marine Aquarium Societies of North America, is now accepting applications for its 2017-2018 Student Scholarships. This is the 9th year that MASNA has offered the contest/program, and this year there are two scholarships available; one $4,000 scholarship for...
Going on today from noon-6:00 pm, your entire family is invited to join the Atlanta Reef Club for our 2017 Coral and Aquatics Expo. This expo will feature some of the most exotic corals available and top equipment manufacturers. There will also be local and national...