Monthly Archives: August 2016
Lobster Poop And Jellyfish
By Leonard Ho Click through to see the images. Empty circles are the nematocysts, or stinging cells, of jellyfish that have been packed together and wrapped tightly into packages of feces in the beginning of the lobster’s digestive tract. The membrane, which can be seen Read more here…
Vast Halimeda ‘Bioherm Reef’ Discovered Behind The Great Barrier Reef
By Nicole Helgason Scientists from James Cook University, University of Sydney and Queensland University of Technology have just discovered a vast Halimeda reef hiding in plain sight behind the northern Great Barrier Reef (GBR), Australia. Halimeda is a green macroalgae composed of calcified leaf-like segments, Read more here…
Tetra MyFeeder Is Automatic Fish Feeding For A Range Of Foods
By Jake Adams The TetramyFeeder is a new automatic fish feeder to help make sure your fish get enough to eat. Whether you’re going on vacation or just want to automate some or all of the feeding of your aquarium, the myFeeder can handle that. Read more here…
Twist-In Filtration Is A New Reverse Osmosis System From Aquatic Life
By Jake Adams Twist-in Filtration is a new form of water purification from Aquatic Life. The twist-in form factor of Aquatic Life’s new filtration system streamlines the process of using and servicing this filtration, and it reduces the cost too. Aquatic Life is offering the Read more here…
Probable Great White Shark Nursery Discovered Off Long Island
By Scott Groseclose OCHEARCH, an ocean research organization, has discovered a Great White nursery/birthing site in the North Atlantic, off the coast of Montauk, Long Island. Chris Fischer, the founding chairman of Ocearch (the organization behind the development) told CBS News that they had “definitely Read more here…
MACNA 2017 Will Be In New Orleans, Hosted By Bayou Reefkeeping
By Jake Adams MACNA 2017 will be in New Orleans, Louisiana, August 25th to the 26th, hosted by Bayou Reefkeeping. We’ve seen our big annual reefing conference held in a myriad of places around the country, but this is the first time that we’ll be Read more here…
Jumpstarting A Reef Tank After A Long Break
By Michael Paletta With Labor Day fast approaching, vacations winding down and the kids going back to school, it’s a sure sign that the end of summer is upon us. And with Fall and the colder weather, many of us start spending more time with Read more here…
Obama Creates Largest Ocean Reserve, Takes Heat For New Federal Decrees
By Guest Writer A green sea turtle is seen off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii. (Reuters) President Obama, with the stroke of a pen, created the world’s largest ocean reserve on Friday off Hawaii, days after designating a massive federal monument in Maine – moves Read more here…
Meet The Lionfish Terminator
By Nicole Helgason A team of researchers from the deep ocean research charity Nekton, and Robots In Service of the Environment (RISE) has designed a shocking new way to control the spread of lionfish in the Caribbean. The team is currently testing two methods including Read more here…
The World’s Largest Marine Reserve Established At Hawaii
By Leonard Ho Click through to see the images. Using his Constitutional power to designate national monuments, President Obama has created the world’s largest protected marine area at Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument by more than quadrupling its size from 138,900 to 582,578 square miles (1,510,000 Read more here…
