Coral Reef Project 4/24

This week we were working on gathering information for our coral reef project that we are doing in science. We are separated into groups, and each group has to make a boulder to build the reef on, and a specific kind of coral. Each individual person has to make a reef animal to display and talk about as well. For my group’s coral, we are doing the Common Sea Fan. Something interesting that I learned about them is that they can not die of old age. The Common Sea Fan grows across the current of the ocean so it can … Continue reading Coral Reef Project 4/24

Reef Animals 4/16/17

Hello. My name is Frank. I am an Atlantic Trumpetfish. My scientific name is Aulostomus maculatus, but I prefer to go by Frank because most people have trouble with the pronunciation of my scientific name. I mostly live in the tropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean around the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and Brazil. Today I travelled behind a Parrotfish, waiting for him to stir up the algae and scare out the small fish that I like to eat. I also floated around in some pipe sponges for awhile, because my thin body allows me to camouflage myself among them. One … Continue reading Reef Animals 4/16/17