Florida Finally Getting Settlement Money From 2010 Oil Spill
It has been a long time coming for residents and business owners in the panhandle of Florida. Governor Rick Scott just signed a bill to distribute the money handed over from BP after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill back in 2010. It has been seven long years of waiting...
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Protection Coming for South Florida Reefs!
The Reefs for South Florida are Dying In just 2 years time, there have been 21 out of the total of 35 species of coral in South Florida that have just disappeared. There are multiple causes for this, greater acidity in the ocean, disease, overfishing, pollution,...
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Coral Morphologic: Coral inspired fashion for all
Coral lovers, ocean protectors, and fashion enthusiast unite to welcome an exciting new line of clothing, home accents, and accessories from Colin Foord for the fahion platform PAOM or print all over me. After browsing the store site myself, I have to say the pieces...
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Roboray to be the new coral conservation hero
New technologies, such as Drones, are definitely making their mark on the future both above the ocean’s surface, and underwater. The latest subaquatic technology includes a “chameleon” drone that is here to change the future of coral reef ecosystems. Its name is...
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Aquatic Life FAQs
Several users throughout Facebook and Reddit have reached out to me asking detailed questions about aquatic life. Some of the questions I felt were very insightful for everyone to learn and know about, so I have compiled them into a FAQ list. Below you can find...
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Nile Crocodiles More Than Just Visiting The State Of Florida
Is it possible to have something more terrifying than a Burmese Python taking up residence in Florida? Apparently, it is as the Nile Crocodile has now been captured twice around Miami, Florida. If you did not know, Nile Crocodiles are primarily found in the...
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Kalkwasser: Your Reef Tank 2 part friend with benefits
Kalkwasser For many years aquarists around the world have been using kalkwasser (limewater) or calcium hydroxide (CaOH to maintain high pH and add addition calcium to their aquarium. Indeed, in more recent times there has been a push to solve many of the reefing...
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Spotlight: Kenya’s Marine Ornamental Fishery
A man dives under the crisp blue surface of the salty water and is suddenly engulfed in a busy world of color and bursts of life. His well-trained eyes lead him to a small overhang on the reef that is populated with colorful wrasses. In one swift motion,...
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Life saving transplant has potential for bleached corals
Similar to the idea of a kidney transplant, blood transfusion, or skin graft; scientists are testing the waters of the possibility of transplanting zooxanthellae to bleached corals. Now, the first thought I had when I read this title from Reefbuilders was “How...
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Man walking 400 miles of Florida beaches to bring awareness to ocean plastic issue
A Florida man has recently gained a lot of attention for a noble cause. Bryan Galvin recently embarked on a 20-day journey to help remove plastic products from our oceans and our beaches. "In case you were wondering... Yes, I do like long walks on the beach,” jokes...
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Cyclone Debbie brings cool water currents but no relief for bleached reefs
Environmental and ocean news outlets are full of information and articles about the bleak future of coral reefs, and the constant attack they are under in warming ocean temperatures around the world. Sadly, coral reefs are also facing natural disasters and the latest...
Vermetid Snail Control
Vermetids and the Reef Tank Vermetid snails are a type of snail that begins its life as a small mobile creature that can move where it wants. It then plants itself to a rock and builds a calcified tube where it spends the rest of its time. The featured image for this...
Water Changes Worth Doing?
One question some people ask themselves when faced with any type of aquarium is, "Do I really have to change the water out in my aquarium?" This is a fair question, as doing this all the time may seem cumbersome as a routine task to keep fish or reef life. Every store...
Reviewing Chasing Coral
I wrote a previous article announcing the very exciting and anticipated arrival of a new documentary; called Chasing Coral that is finally documenting the trouble coral reefs are facing out in the ocean today. It is pretty clear that global warming and human existence...
Product Review: Reef Brite 48″ XHO Actinic Blue
Here at Reefnation we do our best to test out new technologies and share our feedback. In this product review, we're going to take a look at the Reef Brite 48" XHO Actinic Blue LED lighting from Reef Brite. To test this product out, we installed 2 of these units...
Recharging GFO DIY
Lowering Phosphates with GFO GFO has been a popular choice to reduce phosphate in reef aquariums for a while now, but many people who use it don’t even know that it has the ability to be recharged. This is true and the only chemicals required are sodium hydroxide and...
