June 8, 2007 – World Ocean Day is an opportunity each year to celebrate the ocean and our personal connections to the sea. Oceans shape every aspect of our lives—from where we live, work and play, to what we eat,…
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Shark Gives “Virgin Birth” in Detroit
A female white spotted bamboo shark at the Belle Isle Aquarium in Detroit surprised zookeepers in July by giving birth to two babies. Why the surprise? It was a virgin birth: She hadn’t been near a male for six years.…
Divers dismantle artificial tire reef
Divers began removing up to 2 million tires from the ocean floor off Florida’s southeast coast. The used tires were dumped there in the 1970s to create an artificial reef, a scheme that turned into an ecological disaster. The idea…
Honolulu firm joins rush to export deep-ocean water and it ISN’T for aquarium use!
A new Oahu company soon will start tapping into one of Hawaii’s biggest exports — water. Deep Ocean Hawaii early this week will launch its first vessel, the Spirit of the North, to harvest deep-ocean water 3.4 miles off the…
Belize Ticked Off at Miss Universe Pageant for Misinforming Viewers about reef
Belizeans are upset with Miss Universe Pageant organizers and NBC for misinforming viewers about the location of Belize’s famous Barrier Reef – the second largest in the world. During the pageant watched by over one billion people around the world,…
Anthias for your saltwater aquarium
Many people think of members of the grouper family as a tasty main course, rather than a brilliant adornment to the coral reef community. However, reef crests throughout the Pacific to the Indian Oceans and even the Red Sea, are…
Sim Aquarium Widget from Opera.com
SimAquarium is an aquarium simulation game – you can buy and sell fish, aquarium sceneries (plants, rocks etc), lighting and other things for your aquarium! You can feed your fish, play with them and do much more. To earn money…
Do you have a backup plan for your saltwater aquarium?
It’s the holiday weekend, and while most of you are enjoying your holiday weekend have you thought about a backup plan for your saltwater aquarium? I mean for example that if you go on vacation who is going to watch…
Make your life easier: Buy an Aquarium Controller.
As computer technology advances, the technology for marine aquarium controllers has also advanced. In the beginning, these controllers could only measure pH and turn on a couple of lights or powerheads. Now it is possible to get monitors that not…
With a Little Help from Their Friends…
The effects of climate change on the world’s oceans have not been kind to coral reefs. Facing a range of threats from multiple fronts, including a diverse array of predators, pathogens and people and, now, the looming specter of rising…
