All these photographs have been taken during two night dives on the 8th and 10th august at Marsa Shagra together with my buddy Gerhard Kutschera. After excitation with a blue light torch most corals fluoresced in green light, but also partly in red, orange or blue light. Some fish have [...]
FISH OF THE RED SEA In this 2-day part of the Marine Biology Workshop, we mainly dealt with fish and immersed ourselves in two different reef species:1. At Marsa Shagra House Reef, a coastal strip interrupted by a natural Bay (Marsa), and2. On the Elphinstone Reef, a platform reef that [...]
The topics of the 3-day workshop were : • Coral reef ecology • fishes of the Red Sea • plankton and microfauna • threats to marine ecosystems & marine conservation The evening presentation on “Coral reef ecology” began with the conditions and pre-requisites of coral reef ecosystems, reef building [...]
After the exciting quiz at our 64th like we want to repeat that on the occasion of our 128th like! Quick and painless “What do you see on this picture???!” The one with the best answer until sunday, 13th july, will receive a prize! We [...]
Aquarium action day for young & old. This day of action around the aquarium is directed by the stately Natural History Museum together with the Aquarium club Braunschweig e.v.. The day serves both the exchange of experience of experienced aquarist, as well as the information for beginners and incoming aquarium [...]
Now, we have a new logo: “GREEN CORALS” ! The old name “Biologische Meereskunde & Meeresaquaristik” was simply too long… Some have already showed appreciation for the fact that they don´t need to twist their tongue anymore by speaking this out. “GREEN CORALS” is just much more handy. [...]
Roughly half a year passed by since we projected and built up a closed recirculation unit for the keeping of warm water corals at the GEOMAR in Kiel. In 2 stages (4 days in all) a fully functioning coral reef aquarium was set up, with a rich stock of [...]
In august there will be again two „Marine Biology Workshops“ at Marsa Shagra / Red Sea Diving Safari, by now in the sixth year. One 5-day workshop in german language, 8th -12th august (250 €) and one 3-day workshop in english language, 15th -17th august (150 €) The workshops [...]
On November 3, the BS Town Hall of the 26th ornamental fish exchange between the Harz and the Heide took place. There were about 2500 visitors, including many families. More than 50 breeders from the region offered their offspring on 94 tables. The well-known author of the aquarium Andreas [...]
