In our previous episode of Reef Nuggets, we explored our options for peaceful and lesser known damselfish to add a little spark of colour and life to our aquariums. Having vanquished the hateful stereotype that not all damsels are malevolent and…
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Ultra Rare Fish Alert: First live photos of Chromis struhsakeri and Bodianus bathycapros
Robert Whitton is a renowned underwater videographer and naturalist, and is currently working in the ichthyological department of natural sciences as a research assosiate at the Bishop Museum in Hawaii. Robert runs a blog called Explorer’s Log where he documents…
Turbinaria heronensis – an incredible story of coral comeback
I’ve been personally fascinated with Turbinaria heronensis ever since the first time I saw one in a book, but never could I have believed that I would ever get my hands on a whole colony of this fantastic species. Looking more…
Five live peppermint Angelfish make their way to Blue Harbor Japan
Somewhere in Osaka Japan, down deep in the fish conditioning vault of Blue Harbor Aquariums, rests no less than five little treasures from the Pacific Ocean, the illustrious peppermint angelfish, Paracentropyge boylei. The quintet of holy grail reef fish arrived…
Leptoseris skeletons specialized to double-dip into into available light
The amazing stony coral genus Leptoseris is far from staying out of the spotlight since researchers have just teased out one of its mesophotic tricks. Fort eh longest time scientists including Rich Pyle have worked on projects to investigate how Leptoseris could grow so…
Photosynthetic Leptoseris coral found living deeper than 400 feet!!!
Leptoseris is a unique genus of stony corals that is just beginning to enjoy a following by reef aquarists. A team of researchers recently discovered some colonies of Leptoseris on the Great Barrier Reef of Australia growing at depths of…
Manta ray video gives a rare glimpse at deeper Bali coral habitat
The author of this video thought they were just filming the beautiful motion of a manta ray swimming, gliding through Indonesian waters. But what we see in this video is an incredible tour of Bali where coral cover is pretty…
Ride along a deep diving submersible beyond the reefs of Roatan
[vimeo width=”680″ height=”400″]http://vimeo.com/35805199[/vimeo] We’ve been totally digging all the uber deep water reef fish being collected in Curacao as well as wondering what their habitat looks beyond the mesophotic reef zone. Thankfully, a video camera was rolling when another deep diving sub…
Richard Pyle and researchers dive deep to study coral growth over 250 feet down
It’s not just reefers who are into mesophotic reefs. Researchers in Hawaii are currently underway with an experiment to measure how deepwater corals such as Leptoseris get the bulk of their energy; either from catching food or from photosynthesis. Rich…
