Acropora insignis gets an official release from ORA
Acropora insignis is an interesting staghorn Acro which was one of the must-have stony corals back in the day when the selection was much more limited. Acro Insignis has been obscured by more showy species in the recent past but ORA has an interesting strain which they are now bringing to the masses. The Ant Insignis Read More
Red Dragon Acro: large wild Acropora carduus colonies photographed in Bali
The reef aquarium hobby has never enjoyed so much diversity and abundance of maricultured stony corals but with so many of these species being highly sought after, it seems like all we know of many of these species is how they look as frags or tiny “colonies”. By special request future MACNA speaker Vincent Chalias Read More
New study documents increased growth of staghorn Acropora in higher phosphate levels
Acropora corals are a mysterious creature with complex needs and one of those that we thought we’d nailed long ago was their “need” for minimal phosphate concentration in the water. A new study by Dunn et. al. which will be published in January 2012 in the Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology showed that Read More
Colin Foord presents urban Acropora at TEDxMiami
We wrote in August about Coral Morphologic’s Colin Foord speaking at the prestigious TEDxMiami and we are happy to share with you his informative presentation is now available online. Foord’s unique presentation dives into finding thriving coral colonies within the city limits of Miami. Not just any coral — “delicate” Acropora coral Read More
Magical video by Coral Morphologic shows the staghorn coral tree nursery in exquisite detail
If you were intrigued by our last story on the staghorn coral tree nursery by the Coral restoration Foundation, Coral Morphologic has produced a video of what these aquaculture contraptions look like out in the field. We’re not sure how this underwater video was shot so smoothly, we have to work to do it on Read More
Staghorn Coral Tree Nursery by Coral Restoration Foundation takes a page from aquarium culture techniques
The Coral Tree Nursery is an innovative new technique for growing corals at sea which takes some inspiration from techniques for culturing corals that were pioneered in home aquariums. Now the whole Coral-Tree part is totally of Coral Restoration FOundation’s doing, but the practice of suspending corals from strings now as ‘Coral Candy’ was introduced Read More
Coral Morphologic’s Colin Foord to speak on urban Acropora at TEDxMiami
You usually think of Acropora as being a delicate coral group, ready to die at a moment’s notice but would you believe that there are acropora growing inside Miami Florida? We’re not talking about Acros in reef tanks, we’re talking about live wild Acropora colonies growing inside the city limits of Miami and surviving all Read More
Gulf oil spill threatens reef restoration project
For Meaghan Johnson monitoring the forecast for the loop current in the Gulf of Mexico has been a daily ritual since the disastrous BP oil spill began. The “loop” is the current that seasonally carries water and everything in it east through the Florida Keys and straight at the offshore coral farm the marine scientist Read More
Coral Nurseries of Elkhorn and Staghorn Acropora need our support, adopt a coral today
Elkhorn and Staghorn coral nurseries in the Florida Keys are beginning to bear the fruits of their labor. Now that the coral farm founded by Ken Nedimeyer has been in operation for several years, it’s thousands of coral pieces ranging in size from nubbins to colonies are strong evidence that the mariculture project is working. Read More