by Noel Heinsohn | Nov 3, 2015 | Science
Summer is over; fall has seized Long Island. The waters are cooling down, the tropical fish that we’ve enjoyed collecting all season will soon be gone from our bays and inlets. At the LI Aquarium, the summer exhibits are closing and the visiting crowds have... by Davana | Jul 20, 2015 | Corals, Eye Candy, Fish, Industry, Photography, ReefGen, Science, Sustainability, Tanks
Joe Yaiullo and his world-renowned aquarium and staff got to play host to Newsday’s Jimin Kim this week, and provided the reporter and his photographer, Thomas A. Ferrara, with a myriad of fascinating, behind-the-scenes views of the daily workings.... by Todd Gardner | Jun 26, 2015 | Conservation, DIY, Fish, Science, Sustainability, Too Cute
Last week I reported on the arrival of the first tropical fishes of the year to appear in Long Island waters after a seining trip at Fire Island inlet turned up a filefish, groupers, and northern... by Justin Credabel | May 26, 2015 | Cephalopods, Contest, Corals, Invertebrates, MACNA, Photography, ReefGen, Reefs in Art, Science, Tanks, Too Cute
Last week’s tattoo teaser belonged to none other than Aquarist of the Year Rich Ross. Rich is well known for his love of cephalopods, and his mastery of some species is legendary. Aside from taking care of one of the world’s largest reef tanks, he can blow... 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...