I think we all know that the oceans are warming, we might argue about the cause, though I think I’ll side with the vast majority of scientists who show that the rapid warming of recent years is due to greenhouse gas emissions from human activity, despite what some vocal deniers may say. Anyhow, [...]
Are Pavona corals the most beginner friendly of all SPS corals? They are not only one of the most beginner-friendly SPS corals, but one of the most beginner-friendly corals of any [...]
One of my favorite corals of all time is the Acropora Lokani. This deepwater beauty has sturdy main branches that run horizontal with thin, small branches that shoot up. It is a smooth skin SPS with polyps at the end of its branches. The more popular pieces have a nice purple or blue coloration [...]
It’s 7/17/17 and our featured coral of the week is coming to us from Joe Knows Reefs. This coral that Joey Nichols is working on is a new one that we haven’t seen before. Joey hasn’t even named it yet and he’s looking for some help naming this stunning acropora species. If you can [...]
For this video, we are going to show you what grabs your attention! CORALS! Surprisingly they had one type of coral more than the rest in this show. Can you take a guess on which one? Take a sit back and enjoy all the eye candy pieces that were available in the show. [...]
For this episode, we traveled to Plant City, Florida to visit our friend Chris Meckley of ACI Aquaculture to talk about my personal favorite type of corals: Meat Corals. We talked about various different corals such as Acanthophyllia, Cynarina, and Indophyllia, their care, what you should do [...]
Good morning, I’m finally getting around to actual dive photos I took on my last trip to the Caribbean, here’s a little window into a dive-site called “Valley of the Sponges”. The morning we did this dive a small boat came from shore over to our ship and picked me and two other Smithsonian [...]
I’ve always been interested in how corals grow with – and very often upon – each other in the wild. As we all know, reefs are dynamic places, where change is commonplace. Here are a few shots that I’ll use to explore my theme. In the image at the top of the [...]