Monthly Archives: June 2011
Eye-Popping LPS Land At Ocean Corals, York
There are few hobbyists who wouldn’t give their right arm for high colour LPS like Scolymias and Acanthastreas. If (like me) you are one of those people then just look at these beauties now available at Ocean Corals in York. These … Continue reading
The Eyes Have It: Stomatopod Vision To Enhance 3D Movies
With trinocular vision and depth perception possible in each eye, plus the ability to see polarised light, four colours of UV light and distinguish up to 100,000 colours, Stomatopods (aka Mantis Shrimps) possess some of the most complicated and advanced visual systems in the … Continue reading
Cryptic Species Takes Digital-Reefs Wrasses Into The Hundreds
Although there are already well over 100 different Wrasse species profiles in the Digital-Reefs galleries, it’s always exciting to see something new and unexpected. This gorgeous specimen, thought to be a Cryptic Wrasse Pterogogus cryptus, was one of two (a … Continue reading
Don’t Bite The Customers!
Until now, no other creatures have been observed to dole-out punishment proportionately in the way that humans do (or fail to do in some cases). However, researchers at the ZSL Institute of Zoology in London have recently conducted experiments that … Continue reading
Secret Lives of Tiny Gobies Revealed
This interesting video was posted on Youtube recently by Dr Piotr Kierzkowski. As well as demonstrating some impressive ingenuity and dedication, Dr Kierzkowski has captured some really interesting behaviour including a possible egg-site of this Bryaninops species. Although this isn’t … Continue reading
The Aquarium at Cockfields Farm Offering AquaCultured Fox Coral Frags
Obtaining a Nemenzophyllia Fox Coral is tricky at the best of times but if you’re quick you might manage to snap one of these frags up. 20 are currently on offer at The Aquarium at Cockfields Farm and priced at … Continue reading
