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Welcome
From FrugalReef
 A beautiful Mandarin Dragonet Welcome to the Frugal Reef!
- It's amazing how much reef content there is on youtube! Seems like everybody must be videotaping their aquariums! I've added a new module to the wiki installation that will allow us to embed youtube videos right into the articles. This is great because sometimes no photo can do justice for a creature, some creatures are [...]
- I've implemented a far improved captcha anti-spam system. This new system uses captcha's from http://recaptcha.net/. There are a couple great things about this system. First, the captchas go to a good cause. Every time you fill one of these captchas out, you're helping to digitize a book for the internet Archive or old editions of [...]
| - Contrary to popular opinion, a person does not have to be rich to enjoy a reef aquarium of their own. Saltwater can be an expensive hobby, but it doesn't have to be, and here's how.
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- Between the grains of sand on the sea floor there is an unknown and unexplored world. Scientists have just found new animal species on the Great Barrier Reef, in New Caledonia, and in the sea off the Gullmarsfjord in the Swedish county of Bohuslan.
- The involvement of locals is a key ingredient in the success of marine parks which protect coral reefs and fish stocks. The largest-scale study to date of how coastal communities influence successful outcomes in marine reserves has found that human population pressure was a critical factor in whether or not a reserve succeeded in protecting marine resources -- but so too was local involvement in research and management.
- Fossil corals, up to half a million years old, are providing fresh hope that coral reefs may be able to withstand the huge stresses imposed on them by today's human activity. Reef ecosystems were able to persist through massive environmental changes imposed by sharply falling sea levels during previous ice ages, an international scientific team has found. This provides new hope for their capacity to endure the increasing human impacts forecast for the 21st century.
- If you are one of the few aquarists dedicated enough to go the 'extra mile' and make a serious effort to successfully house one of these amazing anemones, you will be rewarded with a unique display of nature in your aquarium.
- Feeling handy? You might try DIY'ing your next piece of equipment.
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