by Leonard Ho | Feb 5, 2018 | Advanced Aquarist
Have you ever wondered how brittle stars hide from light without eyes? Scientists have now discovered the mechanism for their eyeless "vision": The skin on the arms and bodies of brittle stars are covered with thousands of photoreceptors. by Afishionado | Feb 4, 2018 | Aquaculture, Corals, Video
For this video, we drove up to Plant City, Florida to visit our good friend Chris Meckley of ACI Aquaculture and talk about one of the hottest trending coral species of the moment: Discosoma mushrooms.… by danireef | Feb 2, 2018 | Supplements, Tanks
The Dutch Colombo has introduced two new products designed to aid in the elimination of nitrogen compounds, (nitrates), and phosphate compounds, (phosphates): Phosphate Ex and Nitrate... by Leonard Ho | Feb 2, 2018 | Advanced Aquarist
A new research has found a clear link between contact with plastics and the prevalence of coral diseases. Corals in contact with plastic were over twenty-two times (yes, 22x) more likely to suffer from infectious diseases! by danireef | Feb 1, 2018 | Supplements, Tanks
This new active carbon is ATM‘s Supernova, and it’s available for marine and freshwater... by AquaNerd | Feb 1, 2018 | Eye Candy, Invertebrates, Science
Rock Flower Anemones have become widely popular in the reef aquarium hobby. They are available in a myriad of vibrant, contrasting color combinations. They are considered to be one of the easiest anemone species to care for in the home aquarium, making them a great choice for beginner or advanced aquarists. They only reach about 4″ in size so they are even ideal for aquariums as small as 5 gallons. Prices typically range from $35.00 to $100.00 but I’ve seen one seller try and fetch $1800.00 for an extraordinarily beautiful specimen at one of the trade shows we attended. Sometimes referred to as a Rock Flower Anemone (RFA) or Red Bearded Anemone, there are actually 11 distinct species of Rock Flower Anemones which include: Phymanthus crucifer (Red Beaded Anemone) by danireef | Jan 31, 2018 | Equipment, Industry
If you love technology and aesthetics, then of course you know Apple. And if you have ever been in a Apple Store anywhere in the world, you can recognize them very easily. Jiyin, a Chinese company that we didn’t know, got its inspiration from the Apple concept,... by drynne_ | Jan 31, 2018 | Reef, Science
2018 is the International Year of the Reef, a world-wide initiative enacted by the ICRI to strengthen awareness globally about the value of, and threats to, coral reefs. Learn more about #IYOR2018 with an immersive Google Earth Voyager Story. Tags: Coral Morphologic, Google Earth, Google Voyager, International Year of the Reef, IYOR2018 This entry was posted on Monday, January 1st, 2018 at 1:40 pm and is filed under Natural History. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
