by Justin Credabel | May 1, 2015 | Corals, DIY, Equipment, ReefGen, Science, Technology, Too Cute
Inspired by Jake Adams and Julian Sprung’s friendly debate on Refugiums last MACNA, I decided to remove algae from my Refugium and replace it with Xenia. I wanted to remove any nuisance algae as well as Chaetomorpha and Caulerpa, so I added urchins, snails, and... by Justin Credabel | Apr 8, 2015 | Equipment, ReefGen, Science, Technology
I have the honor of working with Todd Gardner at his phenomenal Marine Lab at the Suffolk County Community College. Our aim is to provide a world class aquatic education to the students at the school, and to that end, this lab is shaping up to be quite the... by Justin Credabel | Dec 24, 2014 | ReefGen, Science
I have always been fascinated by the variations that crop up in asexually propagated coral, and I have spent many determined hours working on locking in these traits for all downstream propagations. The culmination of these efforts has resulted in one of my favorite... by Justin Credabel | Oct 1, 2014 | Corals, Eye Candy, ReefGen, Science
My most recent spiral graft is part art project, part science experiment, and involves a genus that I have had great success with in the past, Acanthastrea. I used two corals that originally came from the same mother colony; over the span of two years, one line of... by Justin Credabel | Sep 29, 2014 | Conservation, Corals, Eye Candy, ReefGen, Science
I was recently going through pictures from my exploratory trip to Belize earlier this year. I was especially interested in coral that were growing in close contact with one another, and I took many pictures and videos of coral interactions.… by Justin Credabel | Sep 26, 2014 | Corals, ReefGen, Science
I love Cyphastrea; it is a beautiful coral, and one that I have had great success with, but one day I realized that I had been growing it for so long that the excitement was gone.  I didn’t want to stop my work with one of my favorite corals, but I knew I had to make...