Richard Ross’s Home Coral Breeding Video is a Recipe for All Reefers

By Jeremy Gay, ReefBuilders  Captive coral spawning is a big deal right now and represents the cutting edge of decades of trial and error when we learned first how to keep them alive, then how to frag them, and now, most importantly, how to breed them. The successes of pioneering individuals and institutions couldn’t have […]

A demanding pet with 8 legs and personality

By  LINDA LOMBARDI, Associated Press, Updated: Tuesday, February 4, 11:08 AM When Nancy King got a pet octopus, she made a serious commitment: She wouldn’t spend a night away from her home in Dallas the entire time she had it.“I had decided it would be an experiment in whether I could have a relationship with an octopus,” she says. “I sat […]

Making Babies! Once a Year Coral Spawn Event

From and written by Animal World October 5, 2013 by clarice Tenting a Staghorn Coral Acropora cervicornis All Photos included here courtesy Richard Ross California Academy of Sciences The Octo Mom pales in comparison to the Florida Keys Coral Spawn An event that happens just once a year yet results in hundreds of thousands of babies. Imagine have just one such happening […]

Dr. Seuss in the Bedroom

From Reefs.com by Josh Saul on October 4, 2013 There has been a strange sense of romance across reef dwelling animals of late, with reports of very large spawning events we do believe, love is in the air.  It seems a few people have taken on some interesting breeding projects, including this one by Rich Ross, the Dr. Seuss […]