by Caitlin Nichole | Oct 12, 2014 | Cephalopods, Conservation
In light of Tasmanian warming heating up, Sydney’s eight-armed sea-folk are packing up, heading south, and reproducing with a greater population turnover and greater growth... by Francis Yupangco | Oct 12, 2014 | Conservation, Science
Nautilus shells are beautiful, no doubt about it. These mollusks are also fairly rare. They are only found in the deep sea of the Indo-Pacific. Their gorgeous shells are also in demand. More than 100,000 shells (according to the... by Francis Yupangco | Oct 9, 2014 | Conservation, Corals, Science
The UN Convention on Biological Diversity has estimated that ocean acidification of coral reefs will cost approximately 1 trillion dollars by the year 2100. The report titled ‘An Updated Synthesis of Ocean Acidification on Marine Biodiversity’ came out... by Admin | Oct 8, 2014 | Conservation, Fish, Science
Figure 1. 25 day post hatch Purple Masked Angelfish larva. Over the past year while working on our Rising Tide project, the larval rearing work has focused on the Purple Masked Angelfish Paracentropyge venusta. We had success on our fifth rearing trial in getting the larvae to the juvenile stage. That larval trial started in November of 2013 and the success was most likely brought about through the use of wild plankton collected from Kaneohe Bay. Plankton was collected almost daily in an effort to provide the larval fish with the necessary nutrients to get them through the larval phases, past metamorphosis and into the juvenile stage. Although we were happy with this accomplishment it meant that larval rearing of this species might be dependent and only possible in areas near a source of wild plankton. by Austin Lefevre | Oct 7, 2014 | Conservation, Corals, Eye Candy, Industry
This is one bandwagon that I am incredibly pleased to see vendors jumping on. We recently shared that Cherry Corals offered a Zoanthid and Palythoa frag pack with all proceeds going towards the PIJAC Aquatic Defense... by Caitlin Nichole | Oct 6, 2014 | Conservation, Science
Well here’s some seriously troubling, ass-backwards news for you today. In the face of what seems to be the greatest deterioration we’ve yet to see over the past five years of one of the world’s most treasured reef systems, The Great Barrier Reef,...