by CORAL Magazine | Mar 3, 2022 | Marine
Abalones are single-shelled marine snails widely regarded as excellent herbivores and coveted members of cleanup crews for reef tanks, although their availability in the aquarium trade is often sporadic. via Unique Corals These are very special new algae eaters...
by CORAL Magazine | Feb 24, 2022 | Marine
It’s featured in REEF VISIONS in the March/April 2022 CORAL. What is the popular trade name of this organism? Image by Michael Vargas, taken at Aquatic Operations, Austin, Texas. Proof, once again, that Nature can display an astonishing sense of color, this...
by CORAL Magazine | Feb 24, 2022 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine
Nitrification in Marine Aquaria, Part 1, as it first appeared in the September/October 2021 issue of CORAL Magazine. A FRESH LOOK AT THE MICROBES IN HEALTHY REEF SYSTEMS by Timothy A. Hovanec, Ph.D. CORAL Magazine, SOLAR SYMBIONTS, September/October 2021 – Click...
by CORAL Magazine | Feb 18, 2022 | Marine
Tropic Marin Pro-Reef Salt produced in Germany. Some batches shipped in 2021 from a new facility in Turkey have drawn a rash of consumer complaints. Following scattered consumer reports of cloudy water, odd odors, and some brown residue after the use of its Pro-Reef...
by CORAL Magazine | Feb 17, 2022 | Marine
“Very rare find” of chimaera hatchling: Neonate (newly hatched) deepwater ghost shark (Hydrolagus sp.) discovered by New Zealand scientists. Photo: Brit Finucci/NIWA 15 February 2022Scientists in New Zealand the rare discovery of a days-old “chimaera” or...
by CORAL Magazine | Feb 12, 2022 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
The holotype of Coris flava, immediately after collection. 224.8 mm in length, or approximately 9 inches. Collected at 250 meters depth, southwestern Indian Ocean, La Réunion, Baie de Saint-Paul. This is initial-phase coloration. Image credit: Patrick Durville, CC BY...