by Matt Pedersen | Mar 29, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
The next time you’re scraping the glass, trying to clean off that stubborn coralline algae, maybe break out the magnifying glass first. That constellation of pesky spots might be worthy of investigation. Before you literally wipe out all the life eager to...
by CORAL Magazine | Mar 29, 2019 | Freshwater, Marine, New Products
via ELOS America ELOS is offering a new line of Fresco Foods in shelf-stable tins: • Cyclops is packed with juicy small copepods. The Cyclops are a genus of freshwater copepods which range in size from 500 to 1000 microns (0.5 to 1mm) in size and are an ideal food for...
by CORAL Magazine | Mar 27, 2019 | Marine
The World Wildlife Fund is inviting citizens, cities, businesses, and institutions to turn off all unnecessary lights for one hour on Saturday evening, March 30. via WWF We live in an interconnected world. Every action we take impacts life around us, and increasingly...
by CORAL Magazine | Mar 22, 2019 | Marine
This is a colonial tunicate well known to science as Botrylloides leachii (Savigny 1816). It is sometimes called the Ladder Ascidian and is seen in a range of color forms, this being the most distinctive. (Note: Its name is commonly misspelled as “Botrylloides...
by CORAL Magazine | Mar 21, 2019 | Marine
New study finds that coral reefs exposed to frequent temperature stress may be adapting to warming temperatures, while those further from the Equator remain more vulnerable MELBOURNE, FLA. — Ocean warming is threatening coral reefs globally, with persistent thermal...
by Matt Pedersen | Mar 21, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Bounce Mushrooms captivate the minds of reefkeepers and coral farmers alike, and the trend has had a bit of staying power. I can’t say that many corals have inspired a road trip halfway across the country in hopes of maybe finding one. Such is the story of my...