The International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) has declared the International Year of the Reef (IYOR) for the third time, after 1997 and 2008. As marine aquarists and coral enthusiasts, we are naturally very interested in the "real" coral reefs in nature and their condition. Unlike our mini biotope at [...]
A view from space on Yap shows a green island with dense forests. Yap is not a volcanic island, but part of the largely submerged oceanic Philippine plate (whereas actually most of the Philippines do not belong to this tectonic plate). In the east, the Pacific plate subducts below [...]
Here is a small (but growing) overview of the reef fishes of Micronesia. According to www.fishbase.org (10/2019), a total of 1069 reef fish species from 88 families live in the waters of Micronesia. Note that this list does not include pelagic and deep-sea species of the open ocean.In total, Fishbase [...]
*** Great first MARINE BIOLOGY WEEKS at Manta Ray Bay Resort!*** *** Three different Workshops were successfully conducted in course of the first MARINE BIOLOGY WEEKS at Manta Ray Bay Resort in Yap/Micronesia: One 3-day Marine Biology Workshop “basic”, a 2-day Coral-ID Workshop and a 2-day Marine Biology [...]
Microscopy course for children and young people at Braunschweig Das Aquarium 28th Information Day. After getting up close and personal with hermit crabs, sea urchins and the like, the children were shown how to use the stereomicroscopes and were able to practise on all sorts of dead insect [...]
– now published in “Limnology and Oceanopgraphy: Methods”, Vol.15, Issue 9, September 2017. In this paper, the active and passive ion transport through the aboral epithelium (the tissue where the coral skeleton is formed) in the living coral was investigated with a sophisticated experimental setup. The exact mechanism [...]
These two overview charts show some of the more common reef fish found at Red Sea Diving Safari's various dive sites, particularly the house reefs of Marsa Shagra, Marsa Nakari and Wadi Lahami. The overview boards were created for this special occasion: In September, a large group of Dutch guests [...]
We have a changing selection of 40 species of coral with discounts of up to 40%! For saltwater dealers with proof only. On pre-order, minimum purchase 1 box / 20 pieces. * Own offspring, * Best adapted to aquarium conditions * Well grown, good size ready for [...]
More than 30 divers and sea lovers attended the "Marine Biology Day" at the dive school Die Tauchprofis on 6 September 2017. The programme included live microscopy of living corals and small creatures from Green Corals' seawater aquariums (who has ever looked at the tentacles of a living coral [...]
