There's a lot of talk at the moment about living in bubbles; be they on social media or in terms of social isolation and avoiding a particular pestilence that is making a nuisance of itself, to say the least. It got me thinking about some of the creatures I've photographed and just how small [...]
Have you ever seen such a thing? Does anyone know if they are actually real? These are Skeleton Panda Sea Squirts, also known as Ascidians (as they're in the class. If they ARE real, then, like all sea squirts, they are sessile, meaning that as adults, one end of the body is always firmly fixed [...]
I think most folk with an interest in the underwater world have a liking for hermit crabs, there's just something quite endearing about watching them navigate their world, protected by and yet, at the same time, encumbered by their stolen home. Aquarium-friendly hermits tend towards the small, [...]
Anemones are iconic marine organisms that have long captured the imagination of saltwater aquarium hobbyists. Unfortunately, many of these iconic critters are poorly suited to life in the average home aquarium. Even those that are generally considered good aquarium candidates, such as the popular [...]
I came across this anemone on a well-known dive site in the northern Red Sea; it's a great looking animal and possibly one of the busiest I've ever seen. Folks familiar with anemones will recognize it as the magnificent anemone, Heteractis magnifica. This is a widespread species, found not [...]
There’s an oft-repeated adage in this hobby that you can take to the bank: “Only bad things happen quickly in marine aquariums” (or some variation upon that general theme). In other words, while problems in marine aquariums seem to crop up overnight, effectively solving said problems tends [...]
Over the holiday period there have been quite a number of posts featuring the Christmas tree worm, for obvious reasons. Here are some of my images and a little more about this very attractive worm. I remember the first time I saw a Christmas tree worm; I was transfixed. "What a beautiful [...]
For this video, we got together with none other than the Cope-God himself, Chad Clayton of Reef Nutrition. The company recently introduced Apex Pods and I had to learn all about them! Creating a wide range of bio-diversity definitely matters in our aquariums and introducing pods as part of the [...]
