The aquarium hobby is blessed with talented painters like Kaitlyn Cameron and Nate Wilson but the big surprise today is that one of our pioneering aquarists is also gifted with the brush, and the chisel. Chris Turnier who has paid his…
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Friday Smorgasbord: Tiny people, electric paper, fish paintings and more
The first Friday of February and winter is in full swing for much of the US and heading into Groundhog Day (who needs six more weeks of winter?) and Super Bowl Sunday we have a few intriguing bites of smorgasbord goodness. Leading…
Riusuke Fukahori paints amazing three-dimensional fish paintings
If you think that the above picture is one of actual fish you’d be wrong, rather than water the container is filled with resin and rather than being filled with actual fish these fish are painted. Riusuke Fukahori, a Japanese artist, paints these…
Coral Morphologic wins a grant to start painting Miami as a Coral Reef City
Throughout many parts of Miami there’s a whole lot of coral growing at the water’s edge and no one knows that better than the coral-huggers at Coral Morphologic. We’ve written extensively about Core More over the years: first with some…
Karen Talbot painting live at Reef-A-Palooza, amazing fish art for sale
Karen Talbot is once again at Reef-A-Palooza displaying her gorgeous art pieces for sale. Better yet, she’s also here painting in person and man has she got some talent! You can pick up her amazing art work in postcard sizes…
Apolemichthys guezei, the Reunion Island angelfish is so rare it is imagined in a painting
Apolemichthys guezei, the Reunion Island angelfish was only described in 1978 yet since that time it has rarely been photographed once in its natural habitat and it has never even been close to collection for the aquarium trade. Since so…
In Search of The Perfect Reef Tank
Sir Galahad searched for the Holy Grail, Ponce de Leon the Fountain of Youth, and Indiana Jones for the Arc of the Covenant, like them, we hobbyists search for something that at times seems just as unobtainable: the perfect reef…
Only Bad Things Happen Fast: How to Avoid Beginner Mistakes
Wouldn’t it be nice if before you started a project you knew what to look out for so that you could avoid costly mistakes? Like when you started to drive you understood that the police would be looking at you…
Dysbiosis and the Pathobiome – A Molecular Pathway for Coral Disease
In previous articles, we briefly explored the idea of the coral holobiont and what a healthy microbiome looks like. In this article, I will provide a brief overview of the microbiome of a diseased coral and the steps that cause…
Celebrating the reef-related art of Lazycoffeedesign
Reefkeeping is one of the most visual hobbies you can have, and our eyes were just wowed when we first saw these fluorescent paintings, pillows, and stickers by Lazycoffeedesign. Born out of Covid lockdown and spending time looking into her…
