As hard core reef hobbyist, we are also very much fascinated with the ecology and biology and the conservation of any marine creature, and deep water corals are no exception. It’s been quite a long time since we first shared…
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Scandinavian cold water aquariums a lot more diverse than you might think
When thinking about coldwater marine aquariums, west coast aquariums like that of Steve Weast come to mind, usually not coldwater aquariums from the supposedly “murky” waters of the coasts in Scandinavia. Recently however we’ve come across some Scandinavian cold water aquariums that throw…
Raja Ampat Indonesia is a non-photosynthetic coral heaven
This video of Raja Ampat is pure NPS Heaven. . . if you can ignore the soundtrack. Cirque du Soleil music isn’t the ideal tribute to this great video of Eastern Indonesian aposymbiotic corals. But taste aside, thanks to the…
Marcy’s reef is full of sweet azoox corals
At Reef builders we are huge fans of azoox reef aquariums because they are unique and quite simply they’re just hot. This neat little Japanese 170L (45 US gallons) tank is no exception. The huge variety of Tubastraea, Dendrophilia and…
Coral growth time lapse video of a Caribbean reef tank for two years
There’s so much more to this time lapse video than the growth of an Acropora cervicornis hitting the glass and then encrusting its entire surface. Over the span of more than two years, 734 days to be exact, we can…
Coral Search becomes Corals of the World online, every stony coral species now a click away (again)
Corals of the World online is a modernized version of the old staple website for coral identification, Coral Search. Before Coral Search the average aquarist would have been hardpressed to name more than a dozen species of stony corals, and…
The beautiful Belgian reef aquarium of Luc Loyen (Jawsee)
The following is a contribution from Ducth reefing veteran Tanne Hoff better known as Tanu on the interwebz. [youtube width=”680″ height=”420″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDBG_6clEVE[/youtube] I first visited Luc about 6 years ago as I saw his previous tank being featured in a topic…
“Oh My!” Aquarium coral spawn at home on tape
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmF7Xt_f_ZA&feature=youtu.be[/youtube] Hobbyist and friend of the program, Mark Poletti, shared this incredible up close HD video of a coral spawning in his system. Catching a coral spawning in your aquarium is in fact, a rare experience but Poletti noted this…
Over 200 new invertebrates and 11 new fish discovered in Philippines
The California Academy of Sciences recently concluded a biodiversity expedition in the Philippines discovering over 300 new species including 200 marine invertebrates and 11 new fish. The six-week expedition focused most of the marine exploration on the Verde Island Passage, a deep-water…
Follow this year’s SECORE coral spawning field workshop in Curacao
Just on the off chance you can’t make it out to Curacao this summer, the SECORE team is bringing all the fun from its annual coral spawning field workshop to you via its blog and Facebook page. From August 12-22,…