by Than Thein | Jul 30, 2015 | CORAL - Than Thein, Marine
You may not be aware, but Pocillopora, despite being one of the less popular stony corals in the reef aquarium hobby, are second only to Acropora in reef building productivity in the wild. Their skeletons make up a huge portion of the reef’s structure in the ocean....
by CORAL Magazine | Jul 30, 2015 | Marine
Take the 3-Question Bulletproof SPS Survey now. Our story thus far: Your good friend is suddenly eager to graduate to keeping SPS corals, after proving that he/she can manage basic water quality and successfully maintain soft corals such as Discosoma spp. mushroom...
by CORAL Magazine | Jul 30, 2015 | Marine, News & Notes
via Neptune Systems Marine Aquarium Hobbyist of the Year (MAHY) Every year at the MACNA (Marine Aquarium Conference of North America) banquet it is exciting to see who is crowned a new “Aquarist of the Year,” as selected by the MASNA committee. This is often a person...
by CORAL Magazine | Jul 28, 2015 | CORAL - James Lawrence, Marine
Vancouver, B.C. Tiny marine zooplankton are ingesting microplastic particles at an alarming rate, according to a new study by Dr. Peter Ross, head of the Ocean Pollution Research Program at Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre. Starting here near the base of the...
by Ronald L. Shimek, PhD | Jul 27, 2015 | CORAL - Ronald L. Shimek, PhD, Marine
One of the reasons I enjoy the reef aquarium hobby is the continual chance to see something odd. The regular animals that I purchase for my systems are interesting enough, I suppose, but after a while they lack the pizzazz that comes with seeing something brand new in...
by CORAL Magazine | Jul 23, 2015 | CORAL - James Lawrence, Marine
CORAL Magazine Volume 12, Number 5 CORAL’s exciting next issue (September/October 2015—to be introduced at MACNA 2015 in Washington, DC, September 3-5)—will provide a guide to Bulletproof SPS corals—the species that experienced reefkeepers rank highest by these...
