Justin Credabel has been one of our reefing homeys for many years now and as logn as we’ve known him he has had a long standing love affair with flowerpot corals. In addition to making really creative and adorable music videos that reflect reefing culture, Justin is the lead aquaculturist at Underwater World Enterprises. Justin [...]
CORAL magazine, a popular saltwater aquarium publication is promoting their digital version which allows you to take the magazine wherever you go. If you are already a print subscriber you will receive the digital version for free. Nifty yes? Single copies and Digital-only subscriptions are also now available. However, because of Reef Builders special relationship [...]
When we think of marine aquaculture and warehouse facilities we think about the typical havens like Southern California’s thriving wholesaler industry a stone’s throw from LAX. So it’s amazing to see Drs. Foster & Smith’s LiveAquaria, one of the top-notch facilities, in the heart of America’s Midwest a five-hour drive north of Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s largest [...]
Recently scientists from Israel encountered a strange sight—a coral eating a jellyfish in the Red Sea. We saw this news posted on the BBC’s website and did a bit more digging. Typically larger predators are the animals taking advantage of jellyfish for a meal but during a season upwelling in March 2009 a large number [...]
Coral antioxidants and fluorescent proteins are about to crossroad after the publication of the paper by Palmer et. al on Coral Fluorescent Proteins as Antioxidants. According to Palmer, Modi and Mydlar, most corals have been known to produce a wide range of fluorescent proteins but the purpose for these proteins was relatively undocumented. The research [...]
The Center for Biological Diversity recently prepared and filed a scientific petition to have 83 coral species listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The petition, filed on October 20, 2009, looks to use the powers of the Endangered Species Act to protect these corals identified as most the most vulnerable in [...]
This week Indonesia announced plans to begin setting quotas on coral trade in an effort to preserve its coral reefs. The country has seen the negative impact of destructive fishing, tourism, climate change and coral trading on its precious reefs and they are looking to do something to preserve its  diverse marine ecosystem. According to [...]
There has been an advertising ad that has been making the rounds in the print world. The ad asks you “Do You Have Trouble Getting it Up” was printed in CORAL and has been generating a little debate on whether or not Two Little Fishes should run this ad. Obviously the ad has a sexual [...]
If you are a current subscriber to Coral Magazine then you’ll be happy to know starting in November/December the magazine will offer a digital version to all print subscribers. What this means is that you should have some sort of digital copy that you can read on your computer, laptop instead of having to remember [...]
Did you know that some corals bioluminesce? Neither did we. This video was made by a deepsea submersible off the coast of Florida and believe it or not, this video was made in complete darkness. The light which is visible on the surface of the coral is the result of the manipulator arm of the [...]
