Microscopic Mayhem When Corals Are Attacked

A juvenile Crown-of-Thorns Starfish with ultimately fatal damage to the arms and central disk after being repelled by the stinging weaponry of an Acropora coral. Credit: Dione Deaker, University of Sydney.

Coral can fight back against attacking juvenile Crown-of-Thorns starfish—using stinging cells to injure and…

Nominate Worthy Aquarists for MASNA's Annual Awards

It is that time of year where MASNA askes the marine aquarium community to nominate those special aquarists for the highest honors given within the marine aquarium community. Who will you put forward for consideration? Remember, they can’t win if they were never nominated!

Illuminate Your Reef Aquarium with the SKY

Reef aquarists have a new choice in LED reef tank lighting with the SKY LED reef aquarium light from Neptune Systems. With wide coverage, diffused soft light, endless control options alongside user-friendly presets, the SKY aims to be all you need to light your reef.

Captive-bred Copperband Butterflyfish, Chelmon rostratus

The UF/IFAS Indian River Research and Education Center, with Rising Tide Conservation, is pleased to announce the successful aquaculture of the copperband butterflyfish, Chelmon rostratus!

Red Sea Introduces ReefDose Dosing Pumps

Designed from the bottom up specifically for reef aquariums, ReefDose comes with 2 or 4 bespoke (patent-pending) dosing heads that are so precise, they keep a consistent daily dosing schedule to the accuracy of a single drop.