William Saville-Kent As you do when you’re stuck at home, you fall down a rabbit hole on the internet. The story of William Saville-Kent is one such divot we stumbled upon, and oh boy are we happy we did. We…
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Nexus Burst Anemones from Eye Catching Coral
The Nexus Burst Bubble Tip Anemone is an exciting new strain of Entacmea quadricolor that is set to rekindle the hype for aquarium anemones. This very wild lineage of bubble tip anemone is partially green and partially neon orange, and it…
The Quest for Ludicrous Aquarium Water Flow
My path in the larger reef aquarium world began with college studies of the interaction between light and water flow, culminating in a water movement pattern that I introduced as ‘Gyre Flow’. Back then It sounded silly describing aquarium flow…
Bob Fenner Will Forever Be Missed
Bob Fenner was one of the most prolific authors in the marine & reef aquarium hobby, writing at least a dozen books, hundreds if not thousands of articles, and speaking frequently on a wide range of topics about diving, photography,…
NASA Laser Can Map Sea Floor and Could Help Monitor Health of Coral Reefs
Last month NASA mission scientists began to map the shallow sea floors around the world’s coastlines. The NASA’s ICESat-2 satellite’s green laser beam, penetrating up to 40 meters into the ocean, will generate bathymetric data that could be game changing,…
Second Generation Acropora Successfully Raised at Horniman Museum
it was around six years ago that Jamie Craggs and the Horniman Museum & Gardens first successfully spawned and raised Acropora corals in an aquarium environment. Now this same team has succeeded in spawning the first generation of corals they…
This Coral Restoration Method Helps Slow Down Slope Erosion
TRACC – Pom Pom Island Malaysia Back at the end of 2019, yes back when we could fly around the world to tiny islands in a matter of days, we had the pleasure of visiting Pom Pom island in Borneo…
Grafted Digitata: WWC Developing an Exciting New Coral Strain!
Grafted SPS coral strains, that is ones with an ‘infection’ of fluorescent proteins, are a very popular natural phenomenon that coral farmers work hard to develop in aquarium colonies. This bizarre occurrence is widespread and can be found in a…
Cloud Brightening Is Being Tested Over The Great Barrier Reef
Earlier this month we wrote about a recent bleaching event in Australia. This is the third widespread bleaching event in five years, and firsthand account from Ultra Coral Australia, describes this year’s event as the most severe deepwater bleaching they…
Australia Records Third Coral Bleaching Event in Five Years
One-quarter of the Great Barrier Reef suffered severe bleaching this summer in the most widespread outbreak ever witnessed. One of Australia's top Great Barrier Reef scientists says a third mass bleaching event in five years. Prof Terry Hughes, director of…
