Archive for the 'News' Category

London Aquarium coral reef zone video

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

Here is a short edited video of the coral reef section at London Aquarium.

New Visi-therm heaterstats

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

Visi-therm heaterThe best just got better!

Distributed by Underworld Products, Visi-Therm is now manufactured from shock resistant quartz tubing and includes a Visi-Therm heater guard to provide both thermal and mechanical protection.

The Coral Gardener update

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

The coral gardener is available on BBC iPlayer for a few more hours only so if you haven’t seen it yet you need to be quick. You can also download it and keep it for up to 30 days: The Coral Gardener iPlayer BBC video

Coral’s Addiction to ‘Junk Food’

Monday, March 24th, 2008

Over two hundred million humans depend for their subsistence on the fact that coral has an addiction to ‘junk food’ - and orders its partners, the symbiotic algae, to make it.

BBC2 - The Coral Gardener

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Austin Bowden-Kerby is a coral gardener. He has brought together his love of gardening, and passion for the underwater world, to do something very special that just might save the coral reefs of Fiji. This 10 minute nature documentary shows a glimpse at how coral reefs can be gardened to protect them.

The Worlds First ‘Hexapus’

Monday, March 10th, 2008

Henry the hexapus‘Henry’ the hexapus as he has been named by his keepers at Blackpool Sea Life, was first found in a lobster pot off the north Wales coast.

Butterfly Fish May Face Extinction

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

A beautiful black, white and yellow butterflyfish, much admired by eco-tourists, divers and aquarium keepers alike, may be at risk of extinction, scientists have warned.

Baby Thornback Rays at Blue Reef Aquarium

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Thornback Ray

Brainy ‘Bentley’ the humphead wrasse

Sunday, February 10th, 2008

humphead wrasse at the national marine aquarium‘Bentley’ the humphead wrasse is helping to dispel the common myth that fish have short-term memory. Keepers at the National Marine Aquarium have trained Bentley to come to the top of his aquarium in response to the noise of banging a gate to a neighbouring pen. This enables the keepers to easily trap him so that he can be checked regularly and be easily treated if he ever needs it.

Horniman Museum Aquarium

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

Immerse yourself in the wonderful underwater worlds of the new Aquarium. Journey through delicate environments and ecosystems from teeming British Pond Life, stunning and sensitive Rockpools, tropical Fijian Coral Reefs, to mysterious Mangrove Swamps and a breathtaking South American Rainforest display.Discover captivating creatures from across the world including jellyfish, seahorses and tropical monkey frogs amongst others.