It’s been a while since we wrote about Australian corals but with all this down time, we finally can find the time to write about things that inspired us in our previous journeys.During our Ultra Coral Australia trips on the…
Understanding the Ideal Australian Coral Habitat
Having learnt my Acros while living in Indonesia, I’ve grown up as an inshore reef stony coral freak because offshore reefs conditions are almost impossible to find in Indonesia. Even though we can find some of the species there, they…
Hoeksemai Acro is the King of Blue Staghorn Corals!
Acropora hoeksemai is a gorgeous blue staghorn Acro which been a classic Indonesian coral, produced in the thousands through mariculture. So you would think that this coral is probably available all over the world right now, through frag sellers, but its…
星期五Smorgasbord：HSP20版
我们回到了星期五Smorgasbord的预投放前。我们几乎已经完成了这一年，并在冬季天气和假期的潮流中定居（难以置信！）。事不宜迟，与smorgs一起！最后！一些好的…
Top 10 Corals to Spot in the Gardens of the Queen, Cuba
珊瑚Spotting in Cuba Gardens of the Queen, a protected archipelago off the southern coast of Cuba, is renowned for their healthy population of sharks and mature fish. But coral diversity in the park can be just as spectacular, especially…
Eucheuma Algae Is a Perfect Mimic of Staghorn Coral
Mimicry is a very important part of survival of the fittest, both on land and in the sea. Usually we tend to notice mimic anemones transforming its appearance to look like a wide range of corals and algae, but today…
Caribbean Coral Diaries: Acropora cervicornis
Acropora cervicornis acropora cervicornis是标志性的加勒比海珊瑚，每个水肺潜水员都应该知道如何识别。在加勒比海地区，有三种Acropora物种对于建立复杂的栖息地和缓冲海岸线至关重要。Acropora cervicornis成长为圆柱分支…
Friday Smorgasbord: Drifting Plastics, GBR Value, Reef Rescue and Whales
This week’s Friday Smorgasbord has a conservation feel to it. We didn’t set out that way, but these compelling videos that captured our attention just set the theme. We first start with just where that plastic in our oceans ends…
Incredible video of Staghorn coral spawning
Each year, researchers from all over the world come together in August in coral nurseries off the coast of Florida to witness one of the most stunning events in nature, coral spawning. This multi-institutional task force meets every year to help the…
Florida reefs are dissolving away faster, earlier than expected
海洋酸化是多少worse than imagined, as the limestone structure that forms the foundation of Florida’s coral reefs are actually dissolving dissolving away sooner than ever expected. According to a new study published in Global Biogeochemical Cycles, research showed the upper…
