CORAL January/February 2014 Preview

CORAL January/February 2014 Preview

CORAL Magazine Volume 11, Number 1 Launching into 2014 and its 11th year of publishing, CORAL Magazine will take a fresh look a Seahorses with cutting edge secrets to their successful aquarium husbandry, feeding, and breeding, a species guide to the best (and worst...
Ocean Blues: The Curse of the Caribbean

Ocean Blues: The Curse of the Caribbean

A frequent presence at marine aquarium and dive industry events, French artist Pascal Lecocq has departed from his usual whimsical compositions and offered his statement on the tragedy of Pterois spp. lionfishes spreading throughout the Caribbean and tropical Western...
CORAL Featured Video: Nathan Gist’s 210-G Reef

CORAL Featured Video: Nathan Gist’s 210-G Reef

Checking back in on Nathan’s Mixed Reef Aquarium – 2013 Update Very impressive 210-gallon (795-liter) reef aquarium created by Nathan Gist, with narration by Than Thein of Tidal Gardens in Copley, Ohio.  The same tank, one year earlier below. Says Than:...
Dragons & Wrasses: New Reef Species Discovered

Dragons & Wrasses: New Reef Species Discovered

Although best-known as the home of the world’s largest living lizard, Komodo National Park in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia is also a noteworthy dive destination that attracts biodiversity researchers doing marine species surveys in the Coral Triangle....
The Eyespots Have It

The Eyespots Have It

The old proverb about a leopard not being able to change its spots now has a new biological footnote after researchers in Australian recently found that fish exposed to predatory danger can, indeed, transform their spots to make them less vulnerable to attack. Working...