by Joe Rowlett | Sep 18, 2015 | Corals, Eye Candy
Merulinidae: Favites With twenty species, this is the second most speciose genus of merulinid coral. As discussed above, Favites shares most of its morphological characters with Dipsastraea, differing most visibly in the nature of the corallite arrangement (typically... by Joe Rowlett | Sep 17, 2015 | Corals, Eye Candy
Coral identification is a challenge for every aquarist, and few groups pose as many difficulties as the “closed brain corals”. Well known aquarium references (Sprung 1999, Borneman 2001) are rife with erroneous generalizations and outdated... by Austin Lefevre | Sep 10, 2015 | Conservation, Corals, Eye Candy, Industry, Science, Sustainability
One of my favorite pastimes [besides diving] is perusing through the never-ending pictures of reefs in nature. It’s hard to believe where some of our favorite corals grow, often in vastly different environments than what we create in our glass... by Austin Lefevre | Sep 9, 2015 | Conservation, Eye Candy, Fish, Industry, MACNA, Science, Sustainability, Too Cute
Renown fish breeder Karen Brittain, who made waves last year revealing a slew of captive bred Genicanthus personatus at MACNA 2014, recently had a larval run with Apolemichthys arcuatus, the Bandit... by Austin Lefevre | Sep 8, 2015 | Conservation, Corals, Equipment, Events, Eye Candy, Fish, Industry, Invertebrates, MACNA, Photography, Sustainability, Tanks, Technology
The Marine Aquarium Conference of North America (MACNA) is the largest marine aquarium conference in the world. The gathering brings livestock vendors, equipment manufacturers and everything in between together for a three day extravaganza of reef geek utopia from... by Todd Gardner | Sep 7, 2015 | Eye Candy
Contrary to commonly-held beliefs, a day in the life of a marine biologist bears little, if any, resemblance to a National Geographic documentary. I remind my marine science students of this at the beginning of each semester.…
