While we have come a long way in the hobby and have improved our husbandry skills for keeping corals immeasurably over the past four decades, we still have much to learn, especially in the area of coral diseases. Having worked…
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Scientists Find Potential Probiotic Treatment for SCTLD
Researchers at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History have discovered a probiotic treatment for stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD). We’ve reported on the disease many times since its discovery in 2014 in Florida, including most recently that it…
Hermit Crab Anemone Named Remarkable New Marine Species by WoRMS
A new species of symbiotic sea anemone has been selected as one of the ten remarkable new marine species described in 2022 by the World Register of Marine Species. Named Stylobates calcifer, the deep sea anemone attaches to the shells…
Saudi Arabian Island to Become World’s Largest Coral Garden
A $500 billion development in Saudi Arabia has announced an island destination and with it, the world’s largest coral garden. Called NEOM, plans for the futuristic Red Sea City include a marina, villas, a beach club, an underwater museum, and…
Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Spreads to Curacao
The Carmarbi Marine Research Station has reported that Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease has reached the southern Caribbean island of Curacao. Dubbed the deadliest and most devastating coral disease ever recorded, SCTLD first appeared off the Southeast Coast of Florida…
Snailfish found at deepest ever depth
Scientists have filmed fish swimming at a new record depth in the very deep ocean off Japan. The Snailfish, Pseudoliparius spp. were filmed at 8336m (27,349’) deep in the Izu-Ogasawara Trench, South of Japan, by an autonomous lander. That beats the…
How to get Reef Aquascaping Right First Time
Because of sites like Instagram, aquascaping is everything these days, and if you want to create a great saltwater aquascape you have to start with great-looking materials. Gone are the days of sloping rock walls with corals displayed like fruits…
Gymnothorax tamilnaduensis is a new species of Short Brown Moray Eel
A new species of Moray Eel has been described from the South East coast of India. Its been described based on four specimens caught as bycatch at Mudasalodai fish landing centre of the Cuddalore Coast in the state of Tamil…
Florida’s Marine Aquarium Fishery in great shape, assessment finds
An assessment published in the peer-reviewed journal Marine Policy has concluded that The State of Florida has a strong regulatory structure for its commercial marine aquarium fish fishery. The report by Paul A. Anderson and Robert S. Pomeroy of the…
Billions of Starfish Melt Into Goo on the Pacific Coast
A disease affecting over a dozen starfish species is decimating coastal populations from Alaska to Mexico. Called Sea Star Wasting Syndrome, the pathogen, possibly Densovirus, is infecting starfish, causing the limbs to detach and their bodies to melt, with some…