John Clipperton

UltraMarine Video :: Project Atlantik – The Display Tank of Gary Wilkinson

Gary Wilkinson's Project Atlantik

John Clipperton recently filmed Gary Wilkinson’s display tank, first featured in UltraMarine Magazine Issue 51 and now radically updated. Watch the video to get a flavour of Gary’s system, and read about it in detail in UltraMarine Magazine Issue 59, Aug-Sep 2016, as a high quality magazine and/or in digital format available for all majorRead More

Calcium Reactors: Understanding the Basics

Calcium Reactor Basics

By Richard Aspinall Richard runs through the basics of setting up this often confusing bit of kit Images: R. Aspinall There are several ways to maintain the levels of calcium, alkalinity and magnesium within our systems. The ‘Big 3’ as they are often known, are the parameters that we need to monitor most closely andRead More

Coral Bleaching Taskforce: Most Severe Bleaching on Record

Coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef, March 2016

Aerial surveys of more than 500 coral reefs from Cairns to Papua New Guinea reveal that the most pristine section of the Great Barrier Reef is currently experiencing the worst, mass bleaching event in its history, with the overwhelming majority of reefs being ranked in the most severe bleaching category. Share:FacebookTwitterEmail

Wanted! Dory

While the trailer for ‘Finding Dory’ is out now and we know more about the story line, what we still don’t know is how many Dorys there are in the sea? Share:FacebookTwitterEmail

A New Hope for 2016

2016 begins with the creation of the largest marine reserve in Atlantic Ocean The Blue Marine Foundation said 3 January that it is “delighted to announce the creation of a marine reserve almost the size of the United Kingdom around Ascension Island in the Atlantic Ocean.” The reserve which is 234,291km2 in size comes atRead More

SAIA ‘Dory’ Campaign

In line with the Sustainable Aquarium Industry Association (SAIA) campaign All Eyes on Dory, Dr. Ike Olivotto of the University of Ancona, Italy, has provided a comprehensive article on biology, breeding and aquarium keeping of Paracanthurus hepatus. Read more, including details  of  the SAIA campaign at saia-online.eu/index.php/en/ Share:FacebookTwitterEmail

Plastics, Plastics, Everywhere …

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) issued a press release 11 August about what the research ship Dr Fridtjof Nansen is finding in the southern Indian Ocean – and the news isn’t good – for life in the sea or for the human food supply chain. Share:FacebookTwitterEmail