Hawaii has made national headlines as the first state to ban the sale of sunscreens containing either oxybenzone or octinoxate. Scientists at the Polytechnic University of the Marche, Ancona, Italy studied the chemicals, and found that “Sunscreens cause the rapid and complete bleaching of [...]
This year, I plan on focusing my interviews, articles, and other reefs work on aquaculture, conservation, sustainable efforts, and education. Why is that important? We as hobbyists need to know what is going on in our world, as well as what efforts are being made to preserve what we have [...]
It’s 7/17/17 and our featured coral of the week is coming to us from Joe Knows Reefs. This coral that Joey Nichols is working on is a new one that we haven’t seen before. Joey hasn’t even named it yet and he’s looking for some help naming this stunning acropora species. If you can [...]
I’ve always been interested in how corals grow with – and very often upon – each other in the wild. As we all know, reefs are dynamic places, where change is commonplace. Here are a few shots that I’ll use to explore my theme. In the image at the top of the [...]
One of the great things about this hobby are the nicknames given to designer, high end Acropora. The Icefire Enchinata, ORA Pearlberry, Strawberry Shortcake, Tyree Red Dragon and Tyree Pink Lemonade are a few examples of corals with eclectic names. An eye catching name is certainly important to [...]
There are two genera of coral guard crabs commonly found in the aquarium trade – Trapezia and Tetralia – that are symbiotic with small polyp stony corals such as Acropora, Pocillopora, Stylophora, and Seriatopora corals. These corals attract and feed their tiny symbionts with special [...]
Aquarists don’t usually spend much time pondering the finer details of stony coral morphology, but within their calcareous walls is a wealth of information waiting to be explored. The microscopic structure in a scleractinian’s skeleton contains important clues to the evolutionary past, and, by [...]
Congratulations to the Coral Restoration Foundation, who has just received a $2.1 million dollar grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to restore eight reefs along the Florida Reef Tract. The grant will be spread out over three years and will be met dollar for [...]