by CORAL Magazine | Nov 12, 2015 | Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
Third annual show with “everything aquatic under one roof” reports 30% increase in attendance from last year CHICAGO (November 12, 2015)—The World Pet Association (WPA) is thrilled to announce more than 6,200 guests visited its third annual Aquatic Experience –...
by CORAL Magazine | Nov 12, 2015 | Marine
Among terrestrial animals, extreme alarm or distress calls and bodily defense reactions are well known: the piercing wail of a rabbit caught by a fox, the blinding jet of anal gland musk unleashed by a cornered skunk, the toxic or even burning sprays of certain angry...
by Matt Pedersen | Nov 12, 2015 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
While it’s fair to say that the majority of aquariums on display at the 2015 Aquatic Experience were freshwater, that should come as no surprise, given the vastly larger size of the freshwater aquarium hobby. Still, marine fish were very well represented. While...
by Ronald L. Shimek, PhD | Nov 12, 2015 | CORAL - Ronald L. Shimek, PhD, Marine
Little Miss Muffet Sat on a tuffet, Watching her captive reef When she saw a sea spider Eat the zoanthid beside her, It gave her a lot of grief. Now, the first question you need to ask yourself, before you proceed any further in this essay is, “What is a Tuffet?” In...
by Than Thein | Nov 5, 2015 | CORAL - Than Thein, Marine
Hitchhikers make their way into home aquariums by stowing away on pieces of live rock and coral. Some are relatively benign such as the occasional feather duster worm. There are even highly sought after hitchhikers such as commensal hermit crabs that live in some...
by CORAL Magazine | Oct 30, 2015 | Marine, News & Notes
With the aquarium world still buzzing over the October 20th announcement of the world-first success in the captive culture of Zebrasoma flavescens, researchers at the Oceanic Institute of Hawaii Pacific University tell CORAL that their historic class of juveniles are...
