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Rapid rates of coral reef growth have been identified in sediment-laden marine environments, conditions previously believed to be detrimental to reef growth. A new study has established that Middle Reef – part of Australia's iconic Great Barrier Reef – has grown more rapidly than many other reefs in areas with lower levels of sediment stress. View the full article

Researchers recently fitted a South American sea bird called an imperial cormorant with a small camera, then watched stunned as it became 'superbird' -- diving 150 feet underwater in 40 seconds, feeding on the ocean floor for 80 seconds where it eventually caught a snakelike fish, before returning to the surface 40 seconds later. View the full article

Researchers recently fitted a South American sea bird called an imperial cormorant with a small camera, then watched stunned as it became 'superbird' -- diving 150 feet underwater in 40 seconds, feeding on the ocean floor for 80 seconds where it eventually caught a snakelike fish, before returning to the surface 40 seconds later. View the full article

Welcome to SRC . Please share with us the Reefing scence in Iltaly of you can . Happy Reefing..

Click through to see the images. Store owner Shane Kevin Jurgense started a cannabis grow-op in his LFS for personal use and began to sell small quantities to support his habit. During the raid, law enforcement found several packages of marijuana, a small amount of speed, and $3500 AUD cash. Jurgense is sentenced to 18 months in prison but should be released on parole after 6 months. View the full article

Click through to see the images. A cownosed ray at the California Academy of Sciences. Contrary to what news sources are reporting, this underwater robot is not modeled after the manta ray as their quirky "Mantabot" name suggests. It's actually modeled after the common wester Atlantic and Chesapeake Bay cownosed ray, Rhinoptera bonasus, pictured at right. Cownosed rays have a set of dental plates surrounding their mouths whereas manta rays have a set of paddle-like lobes extending in front of their mouths. "Biology has solved the problem of locomotion with these animals, so we have to understand the mechanisms if we are going to not only copy how the animal swims, but possibly even to improve upon it," said Hilary Bart-Smith. Bart-Smith is an associate professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Virginia's School of Engineering and Applied Science where she and other researchers are working on this Navy-funded project. Due to the versatile and highly maneuverable design of rays, underwater autonomous vehicles based on this design could have potential industrial and military applications ranging from covert surveillance to long-term collection of data for scientists. The researchers spent time studying the rays' movements in the wild, in the laboratory, and through dissection to better understand how the creatures effortlessly moved and turned. Their initial prototype attempts to mimic those movements and their long-term goal is near silent propulsion with minimal energy input. The current model is made out of plastic and houses a battery and electronics. The wings are made from silicone rubber and embedded within this flexible "skin" are rods and cables that, when given a specific command, will give the robot locomotion. "We are studying a creature to understand how it is able to swim so beautifully, and we are hoping to improve upon it," Bart-Smith said. "We are learning from nature, but we also are innovating; trying to move beyond emulation." Currently the robot is controlled from the surface through a computer interface "umbilical cord" that tells the robot which way to turn and how to flap its wings in order to move in specific ways. To turn in a given direction, scientists will stop one wing from flapping while the other one continues to flap. To go forward, both wings beat in unison. The below interview with Hilary Bart-Smith goes into more detail about the project and shows the cow-nosed ray robot in action: (via UVatoday.com) View the full article

Nope didn't see any

Large numbers of humpback whales are remaining in bays along the Western Antarctic Peninsula to feast on krill late into the austral autumn, long after scientists thought their annual migrations to distant breeding grounds would begin, according to a new study. View the full article

Click through to see the images. I personally want to thank Tal Sweet and the rest of the Marine Breeding Initiative staff that put together this year's Workshop. They did an excellent job pulling everything together from selecting speakers, arranging raffle items, the great noon meal, and the exemplary barbecue meal and get-together on Sunday at Tal's house. Speakers Dan Underwood, Todd Gardner, Richard Ross, and Eric Cassiano all gave invaluable talks to attentive listeners and throughout the weekend made themselves available to answer questions from attendees. I also want to recognize and thank the MASNA Speaks program as their support allowed Rich to attend the Workshop this year. Reef Nutrition and LiveAquaria.com provided gift bags for each attendee which included various sizes of APBreed's Top Dressed Otohime, Sera Marin Granules, Marine Chips, Instant Ocean Brine Shrimp, Reef Accelerator, and Marine Stabilizer. Raffle items included items from Reef Nutrition, Algagen, Melev's Reef, Rod's Food, and other businesses. I personally believe the most important part of this yearly event is the information exchange that happens throughout the weekend. Bringing together people with very different backgrounds and breeding programs (from pipefish to cephalopods to live foods) allows people to discuss what they are doing, form more personal relationships, and learn new things from one another. I would like to leave you with a couple photos from the weekend: Dan Underwood discusses his seahorse breeding program. Todd Gardner talks about his work at Long Island Aquarium. Richard Ross lectures on caphalopods. Eric Cassiano talks about Success and complications in species-specific embryological and larval rearing, and future projects. The breeding awards were handed out just after lunch. Everyone had a great time at the after-workshop meal at the Moose Preserve. The Sunday barbecue was excellent and Tal was a great host! If you are interested in breeding anything marine-related, I highly suggest attending workshops like this one. I am looking forward to next year's program. Keep up the great work MBI! View the full article

Click through to see the images. Earlier this month, Advanced Aquarist shared news about the grand opening of Aqua Planet Jeju Aquarium at Seogwipo, South Korea. Aqua Planet Jeju edges out Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium as Asia's largest aquarium, but only by the slimmest of margins. Both aquariums are similar, each with gigantic 75 feet wide, 3 story tall main exhibits. While the new Aqua Planet Jeju is the new king of big, it has some ways to go before matching the grandeur and beauty of this living exhibit at Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium. Whale sharks, manta rays, eagle rays, huge schools of pelgaic fish ... takes your breath away, doesn't it? View the full article

CF still have Majestic angel , Juv and adult Emperor, swallowtail angelfish ( Male & Female ), watanable angelfish, 1 x Gold flake , lots of small size PBT, and marble shark ...

Manage to snap a video of this AT with big tears drop. It will be nice for a large tank with plenty of swimming space for this fellow.

Mostly small size

LCK Still have 1 flame hawk, king angel, show size queen , flame back, lemon peel, royal gama , show size AT ( With big tear drop ! ) and many many yellow tang.

Another new week !

Not me decomming ,but posting on behalf of a friend since he is not a member here; All inclusive tank with fish and corals. Only two years old with original price of nearly $7000. (Able to provide all original purchase documents upon request). $2950 ONO... with instillation/set up assistance. DETAILS: 5 by 2 by 2.5ft Tank with Cabinet and standard hood 5 by 2 by 2.5 ft main tank (12mm glass inclusive of overflow box) Overflow box with removable filter net Dorsal pipings for overflow box Double Euro bracing top and bottom of tank for safety Chengnai wood frame as main frame support 3 ft sump tank with special design refugium compartment (for your seahorse) Cover lip at water outlet to prevent water splashes Return pump - German Ehiem pump 4500litres/hr Skimmer Acrylic Needle wheel skimmer (Reef Octopus) 2500litres/hr Needle wheel SICCE pump inclusive Lightining (Metal Halide Black colour): - DE Lights 4ft MH 2 x 150Watt - 2 x blue T5 54Watt per tube (high output) - Blue LED - Electronic ballast - 3 separate plugs for different timing settings Chilling system - 1/2HP Hailea chiller - Feeder pump for chiller - Hose and connectors Filter Medium - Bacteria starter - Additives Vortech wavemaker - controllable - energy saving - 15 to 40Watt - 5000 to 12000 litres per hour Acccesories - 2 x timers (German) - 2 x extension plugs (12 sockets) - Mag Float magnets - Thermometer - Hydrometer - Glass Scrapper Rocks and coral sand - 80kg Premium live rocks covered in purple coralline algae - 50kg of coral sand C3 Viewing / collection location is at Holland Village area. PLEASE CONTACT HIM DIRECTLY VIA EMAIL for any further query ; simon.valentine@gmail.com

Researchers are monitoring the algal blooms that have been discoloring Chesapeake Bay waters during the last few weeks. These “red tides” occur in the lower Bay every summer, but have appeared earlier and across a wider area than in years past, likely due to last winter’s warmth and this summer’s heat. View the full article

Researchers are monitoring the algal blooms that have been discoloring Chesapeake Bay waters during the last few weeks. These “red tides” occur in the lower Bay every summer, but have appeared earlier and across a wider area than in years past, likely due to last winter’s warmth and this summer’s heat. View the full article

The pods is food for your corals, fishes. If you intent to keep fishes like mandarin , pods is their key food source. Many reefer spend money buying this for their tank so I suggest you should keep it too

Click through to see the images. We may never know what this round object is because the Blue Reef Aquarium (Portsmouth, UK) whom the fisherman donated the oyster to has decided to leave the fossil intact. Could you show the same restraint and resist the lure of possible treasure? Right: MRI scan of the oyster fossil shows a golf-ball sized round object where pearls are usually found. A pearl of this size is twice as large as the largest pearl known to man. [via DailyMail] View the full article

Welcome to SRC. If you are not really sure what you are doing, at least you have make the right move by registering as a member here and starting a post about it. There is tons of information in our forum, i would strongly advice you to do some research / reading here to save you on time / money so as to have more time enjoying your hobby.

Good stuff at Iwarna today from Australia shipment. Aussie acro, acan lord, acan bowerbunki, golden hammer, scolymias, ultra lobo, zooathids, wall coral, duncan and Aussie elegance !!

Batoid rays, such as stingrays and manta rays, are among nature's most elegant swimmers. They are fast, highly maneuverable, graceful, energy-efficient, can cruise, bird-like, for long distances in the deep, open ocean, and rest on the sea bottom. Researchers are trying to emulate the seemingly effortless but powerful swimming motions of rays by engineering their own ray-like machine modeled on nature. They are designing an "autonomous underwater vehicle" that someday may surpass what nature has provided as a model. The vehicle has potential commercial and military applications, and could be used for undersea exploration and scientific research. View the full article

Excitation of neurons depends on the selected influx of certain ions through specific channels. Obviously, these channels were crucial for the evolution of nervous systems in animals. Scientists have revealed that voltage-gated sodium channels, which are responsible for neuronal signaling in the nerves of animals, evolved twice in higher and lower animals. View the full article

During a recent oceanographic expedition off San Diego, graduate student researchers discovered convincing evidence of a deep-sea site where methane is likely seeping out of the seafloor, the first such finding off San Diego County. View the full article