Recent content by cougha

sry bout that guys - my computer's having a spaz!! :S

well firstly its important to understand corals themselves. Are they animal, mineral, or plant? This has been argued by scientists for years, but essentially they are all 3. The coral is made up of a CaCO3 skeleton (mineral), within the skeleton live coral polyps (animal) and within the polyp...

I live in Queensland, Australia and I have recently been diving on the GBR. It's still fantastic diving! Sure the corals are in danger...but why not do coral research WHILE diving? I am currently working with a professor and scientist at the University of Queensland to produce a DVD to send out...

type of lionfish or sea star? as for the lionfish im pretty sure its the volitans... sea star - at this point no idea...any suggestions?

I'm getting a 2 yr old (second hand) lionfish from my local aquarium shop in a weeks time. I am perfectly aware of the hazard associated with keeping these fish so I was wondering if a sea star would be compatible? The idea of the sea star is to keep most of the aquarium clean and therefore...

Hi my name's Alex...Cougha's a nickname. I'm 15 and live on the Sunny Coast, QLD, Australia. I have looked after a 6ft SW aquarium (at school) for 3 yrs now. We have a shark (Brown banded bamboo), bubble anemone, indo pacific clown, moon wrasse, 2 blennies, 1 goby and a few other fishies. Last...