MIA x Coral Morphologic skateboards apeal to skaters and reefers alike

Coral Morphologic is well known in the aquarium world for their coral photography and art projects, and their very interesting work regarding urban corals in downtown Miami. Some of you might especially remember their role in bringing attention to the hybrid Acropora x ‘prolifera’, which is…

Friday Smorgasbord: Coralbots, shark-stalking robots and a tongue-eating louse

We all made it through the first month of spring and have another fun edition of the Friday Smorgasbord to set your weekend off in a fun, entertaining way. First off, we have to say we do have a thing…

Reefgen’s Project X Fungia is an absolute showstopper

Can you picture an encrusting Fungia coral with a body as fuschia as can be with fluo-green tentacles? Well thanks to Reefgen we don’t have to use our imagination because it’s real and it’s called the Project X Fungia –…

RVS 4 Star Mariculture Coral Farm is the first of its kind in the Philippines

RVS 4 Star Mariculture Coral Farm has just struck ground on coral and frag farming in the Philippines, the first project of its kind which promises to have a huge impact on wild and aquarium reefs. Located inside the marine park of Lubang…

Friday Mega-Smorgasbord: Squid arms, robofish, shark feast, sea slugs, coral planting, living undersea, AEFW hit the high seas and gigantic clumps of whale poo

We have a great post lined up for this Friday with everything from amazing to just odd and something in between. We lead off this edition with a breaking story about deep sea squids that actually tear its arms free…

Aquascapers launches Eco-Gorgs and a whole menagerie of Caribbean reef corals

Aquascapers is a renewed, re-imagined retail outlet from Coral Morphologic with a new vision for delivering the finest selection of Caribbean corals. Not to be confused with Aquascaperz, Aquascapers is where Coral Morphologic wants you to go from now on…

Coral Rekindling Venus brings marine life to planetariums

Coral Rekindling Venus is a project to display coral reefs and marine life at planetariums, bringing the experience of marine life cinematography to a whole new level. The full-dome digital planetarium motion picture will feature a wide array of stunning…

Banggai RESCUE Project using Kickstarter to aid the endangered fish

Project Banggai RESCUE is a unique new research project starting up to tackle issues plaguing the Banggai Cardinalfish, Pterapogon kauderni, in its native habitat. By tapping into the aquarium community for support via Kickstarter, the project pulls together a team of both…

Coral Restoration Foundation’s Ken Nedimyer named a CNN Hero

We never get tired hearing about the work Ken Nedimyer is doing with the Coral Restoration Foundation (CRF) and recently, Ken was featured as a CNN Hero by the cable news giant for the reef restoration projects they are taking…

Tiny coral eating butterflyfishes eating homemade food is a cute and encouraging spectacle

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJMgFsMDUiY&list=UUIBWI3kRIzs0djnG8h8644A&index=17&feature=plcp[/youtube] The short video above is really quite something. To see a whole bunch of obligate coral eating butterflyfishes munching on homemade food is not something you see everyday. Sure it has been done before with adults but the success…